Journal Prompts

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✧ How To Feel Better ✧

This works with any negative emotion.

1. Sit in a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Get cozy - this could mean sitting in your car and bringing a fuzzy blanket, brewing a cup of tea, sitting in front of a space heater, turning off overhead lights and turning on smaller lamps and fairy lights, rolling out your yoga mat, lighting the fireplace, lighting some candles, burning some sage, reading a good book for a few minutes to calm your mind - anything that makes you feel cozy and transported to a new headspace. Even trying to conjure ideas to invite peacefulness and coziness into your life right now will help.

2. Breathe. Focus solely on your breath by counting.

   
   Breathe in for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
   Hold for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
   Breathe out for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
   Hold for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
   

   If this is hard for you, good. This exercise is meant to completely capture your attention. Do it at least 5 times until you feel your heart settle and mind clear. Take in one last deep breath and return your breathing to normal.

3. Grab your journal and do a brain dump. Literally everything you’re thinking (you can burn it after). Get it all out and don’t stop until all the things bothering you are out of your mind and onto paper.

4. Once you complete this, you’ll notice a shift in your writing. You will start writing about things that make you feel better and sorting out conclusions that will help you move forward. Solutions. Be sure to leave this session with at least one conclusion that make you feel more grounded in how to deal with this emotion or situation in the future.