The Journaling Guy Podcast

This is episode four of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 4). Today, I talk about the Biggest Mistake New Journalers Make, and Why You Need to Stop Editing Yourself. “If you’re filtering your journal… you’re filtering yourself.” Have you started writing a text message, deleted it, written it again, deleted it again, and then finally sent somethi...

This is episode three of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 3). Today, I talk about one of the best Journaling Techniques there is, for beginners... but, one that I still use to this day! THE BRAIN DUMP - This is he first technique that I used on my Journaling Journey and it's still one that I use all the time. Taking those ruminating thoughts ou...

Welcome back to our NEW SEASON! This is the second episode of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 2). If you've not listened to Episode 1, I'd highly recommend tuning into that first before giving episode 2 a listen. Today, I'm answering probably the second most asked question about Journaling... EVER! What sort of Journal should I use? - Spoiler...

Welcome to a BRAND NEW SEASON and the first episode of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 1). Today, I'm answering probably the most asked question about Journaling... EVER! Why Should I Journal? In this first episode of the New Journaling Foundations Series , I explain all about the Surprising Benefits of Writing Things Down into a Journal. Even...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 15), I'm talking about Why Most People Stop Journaling and How to Make It Stick. Most people who start journaling, Stop! Not after years. Not after months, it’s usually after just a few days. So, how do we make it stick? There are 5 Main Reasons why people stop Journaling; many of us will have fallen into one or more of these categor...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 14), I'm talking about What Needs To Change in Your Life and How Journaling Can Help? If you carried on living exactly as you are right now, where would you be this time next year? This is a BIG episode and one that you may need to listen to more than once. Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is The Change Audit! Here is your 5-step...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 13), I'm talking about What You're Really Avoiding that's probably run under your nose. The truth about Avoidance is that it is CLEVER. It rarely announces itself, it turns up in disguise. It's disguised as being busy, being tired, or even as doom scrolling. Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is called - FACING THE TRUTH! What keep...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 12), I'm talking about Breaking Old Habits Through Journaling . We're only human after all, which is why we repeat old habits and behaviours, even when we genuinely want to change. Habits aren’t logical, they’re emotional. We like to think habits are simply about discipline or willpower. But they’re not. Habits are responses! Your Jo...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 11), I'm talking about carrying out a Self-Audit in your Journal. Most people don’t have bad intentions, they're just stuck in their ways. If you listen to today's episode, it will help you figure out how to become unstuck and to see yourself in a different light. Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is - “The Self-Audit Framework" A...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 10), I'm talking about The Conversation You’re Avoiding and how Journaling can help rectify that. You’ve been putting off THAT CONVERSATION forever; telling yourself that now’s not the right time, or it’s probably not that big of a deal. I'm here to tell you the truth, the more you avoid it, the bigger a deal it will become. Your Jou...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 9), I'm talking about Decision Making . We can often spend way too much time thinking about decisions. However, if you use Journaling to help with this process, those decisions can become remarkably easy! Your Journaling Prompts for This Week are: What is the ONE decision I’m trying to make right now? What are my options? What am I a...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 8), I'm talking about Overthinking ! We've all been guilty of it, letting thoughts loop around and around our minds. Yo go over it. Turn it around and around and looked at it from every angle - but still, nothing is clear! Journaling has a lovely way of bringing clarity to our thoughts! Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is this: “...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 7), I'm talking about how Journaling can help you cope with Anxiety . We covered how Journaling can help release Stress in Episode 5, so now we're going to look at Anxiety. Anxiety is different to Stress. Anxiety is more internal. It’s not always tied to what’s happening right now but what might happen next. And dealing with that is...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 3, Episode 6), I'm talking about an Easter Restart. The days are getting longer and lighter and there's a subtle sense of things beginning to shift. We're not trying to reinvent your life but to begin something that could quietly change it. Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is: What’s been on my mind lately? What feels slightly off — even if...

Season 3, Episode 5 On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about How Journaling Can Reduce Stress - FACT! Journaling isn’t just about ' Reflection ', it's also about Science. Journaling, when it’s done properly, can genuinely reduce stress in your body and your mind, and that's exactly what we discuss on today's episode! Your Journaling Prompt for This Week is: Step 1: Write fr...

Season 3, Episode 4 On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about Energy Before Effort. Because the problem isn’t the effort you're putting into Journaling, the problem is the Energy! We're often told - Work harder - Push through - Stay disciplined . But, more effort DOES NOT create progress, it creates friction. Journaling Prompt for This Week: 1️⃣ What is currently draining my...

Season 3, Episode 3 On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about something incredibly important if journaling is going to change your life: Becoming consistent… without becoming stale. You know the phrase, consistency is key (yes, yawn), but it's so relevant when it comes to seeing the results of Journaling. In this episode, I give you FIVE different methods to try, yes 5... if...

Season 3, Episode 2 On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about making tiny adjustments. These adjustments, albeit small, if carried out consistently, they WILL lead to BIG CHANGES . Here's your Journaling Prompt for this episode, and it comes in 3 parts, answer these three questions: Where in my life do I feel slightly off-course? What is the smallest possible shift that woul...

Welcome to SEASON THREE and Welcome to March! On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about not starting again, but Starting Wiser as the seasons change. March does something to us. The light changes. The air softens and there’s a subtle shift in energy. It's OK to notice that, but we mustn't forget about what came before it. Here's your Journaling tip for this episode, and it c...

Season 3, Episode 1 On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about how important it is not to write-off February, but to discover what it taught you instead. People have already started to mentally writing this month off. And I wonder… How often do we dismiss entire chapters of our lives simply because they didn’t look dramatic, exciting, or Instagram-worthy? It's time to RECLAIM...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about Journaling through those days where your mood is low. It's mid-February. The novelty of the new year has faded. The weather, here in the UK at least, is still cold, very damp, and impossibly miserable. So, what can we do about that? Today's episode will help you clear that Mental Fog! Here's the four-step process that I use and expla...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about Discipline & Honesty. By now, you should know that one of the cornerstones of effective Journaling, is BRUTAL HONESTY, with yourself. But, we live in a world nowadays where Discipline is what we're told we need to make progress. Actually, what we really need is to be more HONEST with ourselves. HERE'S THIS WEEK'S JOURNALING EXERC...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about The February Dip. It's real, it happens to most of us and here's what you can do to fix it, through Journaling. HERE'S THIS WEEK'S JOURNALING EXERCISE: “The Reality Check” 1. What feels harder than you expected right now? Not what you think should be hard. What actually is. Be Brutally Honest. 2. What have you kept going with, even i...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about Recognising Your Wins. Adults are terrible at recognising their wins; the positives in their lives. It's time to stop that and start realising when we win and allowing ourselves to think we're good enough. HERE'S TODAY’S EXERCISE - THE DAILY WINS LIST In your journal, write down... Three wins from today They MUST be small. Taking the...

On this episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast, I'm talking about stripping it back to the beginning. If you feel like you don’t know how to journal - If the blank page makes you freeze - If you worry you’re doing it wrong - Congratulations, you are a perfectly normal human being . It's time to remove the rules. There is NO WRONG WAY TO JOURNAL. Here are FOUR STEPS to get you going... again! Step 1...