The Journaling Guy Podcast

Sometimes You Just Need to Stop Before Deciding What's Next. In the final episode of Season Five of The Journaling Guy Podcast , it's all about slowing down... a little. The timing feels right ( for me ) and I hope it resonates with you too. Sometimes, before we ask what's next... perhaps we need to just stop for a bit. Journaling doesn't always have to produce an answer. It can simply give us som...

Using Your Journal to Explore the Future with Curiosity This is Episode 9 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today it's all about what's next. Now, don't panic! We're not writing a five-year plan. There are NO S.M.A.R.T. goals There are NO Vision Boards I want to explore a very different way of thinking about the future. I want you to get CURIOUS ! Maybe the clues are already there. M...

Journaling and What You're Proud Of Why We Don't Notice Our Own Progress This is Episode 8 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today it's all about Pride! Ask yourself the question "What are YOU proud of?" Your brain might immediately start searching for achievements. Things like getting a Degree or an Award. Maybe it was a Business you started. Or you got a promotion at work. Maybe it...

This is Episode 7 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today it's all about noticing the person you're becoming, right now... and you do that by looking back at the person you once were, in your old Journals. Noticing BIG changes in your life is easy. A new job, a new car or even a new relation ship, they're all really important ( in their own ways ), but have you noticed the tiny chang...

What Do You Actually Want? How Journaling Helps You Look Beyond Goals and To-Do Lists. This is Episode 5 of Season 6 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today it's all about finding out what we ACTUALLY want! Not what SHOULD you want. Not what would look impressive. Not what your family thinks you should want. Not what someone your age, in your job, with your life is SUPPOSED to want. What do YOU...

The Things You Keep Coming Back To: How Journaling Helps You Notice What Really Matters. This is Episode 5 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today it's all about noticing what really matters to you, when writing in your Journal. It's important to remember here... it's not necessarily about what we keep writing about directly, it's more about what that means when we dig a little bit d...

How Journaling Helps You Understand Your Emotional Triggers so we can ask ourselves... "Why Did I React Like THAT?" This is Episode 4 of Series 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today, I'm asking talking about Emotional Triggers and how we react to them. For example, the moment when something happens and you react and then perhaps five minutes later, an hour later or even the following day, yo...

What Makes You Come Alive? - How Journaling Helps You Discover What Energises You This is Episode 3 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today, I'm asking all about ENERGY. I feel like we don’t pay enough attention to Energy. We tend to notice what EXHAUSTS us because exhaustion shouts LOUD. ENERGY is much quieter. THIS WEEK’S MISSION IS: For the next seven days, I want you to start not...

Who Are You When Nobody's Watching? How Journaling Helps You Get to Know Yourself This is episode 2 of Season 5 of The Journaling Guy Podcast , and today, I'm asking what sounds like a really simple question... How well do you actually know yourself? Last week, I spoke to former NFL player Jed Collins, who has been Journaling for more than 20 years. Jed talked about the incredible ability his jour...

This is a really special episode of The Journaling Guy Podcast . I got to sit down and interview Jed Collins , a former NFL Fullback who just so happens to have kept a Journal throughout his whole career Jedidiah Collins - The Fullback of Finance. This is one of the best conversations I've ever had the pleasure of having, about Journaling. Jed's Father instilled the practice in him from a young ag...

This is episode seven of our the Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 7). It's the FINAL episode in this series and today, I talk about how a Journal starts to KEEP YOU. One of the biggest gifts Journaling gives you is perspective. When you're living through something difficult, it can feel permanent. But when you can flick back through months or even year...

This is episode six of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 6). Today, I talk about Gratitude. There are many misconceptions when it comes to Gratitude as it is an often misunderstood technique. A lot of people think it's quite a false thing to do, and at the extreme end, it's been referred to as Toxic Positivity - Harsh! Our brains have a natural...

This is episode five of our New Journaling Foundations Series of The Journaling Guy Podcast (Season 4, Episode 5). Today, I talk about how to make Journaling a habit, by figuring out the Where and the When. Have you ever bought something with the best of intentions? Something like an online course, a gym membership or a fitness watch... only for it to sit there, completely unused. Journaling is ex...

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: “...