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Send us Fan Mail Today is Day 13! I'm so proud of you for sticking with this Challenge! Today's episode is titled: "...Praise You Like I Should..." Though this is not journal therapy, let me help you focus  and journal today with this pin-point focused prompt. Information referred to today is from: The Early Childhood Academy article, "50 Simple 'Good Job' Altern...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we have a reflection on the Retreat I had with a group of beautiful women today. Today's prompt and reflection is about one of my Tools of Joy Super Powers (aka Life is Good's Optimism Traits)-Gratitude. "Gratitude and Growth" is the title of today's episode. The quote I read from one of my favorite books, Life is Good: The Book (2015), by John and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 11 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! Bring Me to My Knees Today, we apply self-love to a reflection of a time we were brought metaphorically and perhaps literally to our knees. Today, I share a vulnerable story that brought me to my knees from my own book, Embodying Joy: A Heart Journal,  A Memoir for Body, Mind, & Spirit Health ( 2022). You can purchase an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 10 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! Once Upon Your Shoulders Today, we apply self-love to an emotion that likes to sit heavy upon us and even causes us physical pain in our shoulders and beyond: stress. Research referred to can be found in: The book The Things They Carried , (2009), by Tim O'Brien, available wherever you purchase your books. and Elite Spo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 9 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! Pen Down Your Anxiety We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today, we apply self-love to an emotion that likes to rev us up and needs release: Anxiety. Research referred to today about journaling when you're anxious is from Dr. Elizabeth Scott's 2022 article on verywellm...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 8 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! Good Grief We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today, we apply self-love to an emotion that affects all parts of the body-Grief. Research referred to today about grief, how it affects us, and the importance of processing it are from Dr. Cynthia Li's website and her article...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 7 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! Get A Head Of It We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our heads, especially when we are experiencing headaches. Research referred to about our heads and headaches is from the National Institute of Health branch, the National...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 6 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! "Let Me Clear My Throat" We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our throat. Research referred to about our throat is  from ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP, on their website, entandallergy.com, titled, "The Comple...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 5 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! "Get Gutsy" We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our guts. Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our gut health. Research referred to about our hands from Egton Medical Information Syst...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 4 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! "Lend Yourself A Hand" We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our hands. Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for our hands. Research referred to about our hands from Dr. Douglas G. Smith, W...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 3 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today's prompt is about embodying the joy we receive thanks to our feet. Today, we show full out appreciation and self-love for, yes, your feet... Learning how to feel, hold gratitude for, and embrace our bodies is such an important part...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Day 2 of the Self-Love Journaling Challenge! We are so thankful that you are putting YOU at the top of your priority list today! Today's prompt is all about letting your body and your journal guide you in where to apply self-love to your body today. Today's journaling inspiration/prompt is from: C.S. Lewis, quoted in Write for Life, Creative Tools for Every Wr...

Send us Fan Mail Today, Lynn Meadowcroft joins us to kick off our FREE fourteen day self-love journaling challenge! Feb.14-27 <3 Can you commit to loving yourself from the start of each day, every day, in your journal, from now until February 27th? I believe you can and I know Lynn sure does too! <3 <3 Lynn is the 2022 Bolton Health & Wellness Coach of the Year recipient in the United...

Send us Fan Mail It was my birthday this past weekend! I turned forty-eight and celebrated in quiet, meaningful ways, including applying the balm of self-compassion with so much care today in my morning journaling session. I thought I'd share the experience with you. I have some research and a journal prompt to help you do the same! Today's Journal Research from: Dr. Kristin Neff's...

Send us Fan Mail Hey, Joyful Journalers! This week has been a showstopper for me! My day job work colleagues at Life is Good threw me a surprise party to celebrate the launch of my book. I work with the BEST people! I ended up in bed with the full-blown flu. Healing now. Thankful! I was able to speak in Gratitude on a program of women that have enriched my life beyond explanation in 2022 this week...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode I share my story with you, the story behind why journaling is so important to me. It's so important to me that I started this podcast-to help you establish a joyful jouranling habit too! Hear my WHY, a journal prompt, and a follow-up reflection prompt! All in under 19  minutes! You deserve a mental health break! Why not Journal? I recently published a...

Send us Fan Mail Noooo, this has not become a fishing podcast! Sorry if I lured you in! (insert silly emoji)... In all seriousness, today's episode has nothing to do with a ROD or REEL! Today is about getting REAL with RELEASE, and, of course, finding JOY in the journaling process as we allow this healthy habit to serve you. The Research I Refer to in Today's Episode: Cindy Spiegel'...

Send us Fan Mail One of my favourite musicals growing up was "Into the Woods". I adored the characters' quests, sharing their dreams in the process...kind of like we do here, digging deeper into ourselves through journaling. In the opening song, Little Red Riding Hood sings,"Into the woods/To get the thing/That makes it worth/The journeying/into the woods" ( Sondheim). Sim...

Send us Fan Mail Hi, Joyful Journalers! Here is our weekly quick break, journal break prompt. It is a follow-up to yesterday's special episode with Tiphany Kane. If you missed yesterday's conversation, you'll surely want to give it a listen! Happy New Year and Happy Journaling! Love, Becca Rae New Intro to start Season 6

Send us Fan Mail Happy 2023! True Story: I created this podcast thanks to our guest today!!! A mutual Coach and mentor, Cathy Heller, once said to us, "your love, loves others into life," and the Heck Yes! Coach, my very own podcasting coach, Tiphany Kane, made these words come to life for me! Radical Audacity is part of ALL that award-winning podcaster, writer, Ted Talk speaker, Interna...

Send us Fan Mail Visualize Journaling in a new Way with my special guest, Diane Gibbs, Dr. of Gourmetology! *Today's episode is a 40 min. conversation * A follow-up journal entry to complete sometime this week is: "I am Grateful for..." *Take 15 min. just for you!  Join our Joyful Journaling w/Becca Rae to SEE the VIDEO of this podcast! https://www.facebook.com/groups/63181497499472...

Send us Fan Mail All Aboard the One-Word Express! It's Holiday Time! Let's welcome the magic and wonder together! What to bring:  -a journal,  pen, one word that's on your mind today & 19 minutes to journal with us! Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS! <3 Today's research from: The Writing Center at...

Send us Fan Mail Let's Cozy into this Together! What to bring:  -a journal -a pen -something COZY to TOUCH or your best VISUALIZATION to tap into your tactical senses! -19-ish minutes to journal with us! Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS! <3 Today's research from: The University of Pennsylvania &  Linda Ros...

Send us Fan Mail This is an episode you can truly sink your teeth into! What to bring:  -a journal -a pen -something yummy to TASTE or your best VISUALIZATION to tickle your tastebuds! -15 minutes to journal with us! Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS! <3 Today's research from: Taste and Memory (L.Yang) http://www.yo...

Send us Fan Mail The Joyful Journaling Podcast is ALL about sniffing it up this week! What to bring:  -a journal -a pen -something yummy to smell in your environment -15-ish  minutes to journal with us! Remember, this is not journal therapy, but I will continually share the research behind why Journaling WORKS! <3 Today's research is from: https://www.discovery.com/science/Why-Smells-Trigg...