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Soul Journaling Sessions Podcast
Hosted by Marcy Farrey · EN
Stories and journal prompts to encourage self-study and spiritual reflection.
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Journaling to Build a Life You Love
Sep 2800:28:33Tap to summarizeYour Journal Prompts:Reflect on how you may feel broken on the inside. We all have some broken pieces within. Is there something that you feel guilt or shame around? Most of the time, it can stem from our childhood and translate in our lives in ways like being a people pleaser or not being able to say no.Journal about how you feel broken and become an onlooker – speak to yourself as if you are a child or a friend.Reflect on how you used to be creative – this could just be one outlet like drawing, painting, or papier-mâché. Whatever it is, think about it. What did you enjoy getting lost in when you were younger and then life happened, and you had no time anymore?Journal about how this creative outlet made you feel or how you would like to feel with a creative outlet – it could even be walking in nature. Reconnect with your inner healer and allow your creative side to lead the way by asking what it needs to nurture your inner healer.About this EpisodeI am honored to welcome Kristen Crocker to the podcast to share “Journaling for Building a Life You Love.” In this essay, Kristen tells her story of personal growth and evolution, including navigating motherhood, a difficult birth experience, a divorce, getting sober, and finding love again. Through it all, she was able to build a life she loves, and her journal prompts will help us see the opportunities in our own life to do the same.About KristenKristen writes to normalize recovery from alcoholism for strong, smart women on her Substack, Recoverettes. Her work has been featured in the Towers & Dragons anthology, Escape into Life (a literary magazine), and the Sober App Substack. In addition to writing, Kristen is an ISA Certified Arborist and draws inspiration from nature. She is a mom of 8 (4 bio kids and 4 step) and when not writing, is generally filling juice cups or sweeping up goldfish crumbs, or being impatient with her dear and adoring husband.Connect with Kristen on Substack: https://recoverettes.substack.com/And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/recoverettesAbout Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack! https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/View the post for this episode here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/journaling-to-build-a-life-you-loveWant to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/collaborate-with-me Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Journaling with Your Inner Healer with Grace Grossman
May 7, 202500:24:30Tap to summarizeYour Journal Prompts:Reflect on how you may feel broken on the inside. We all have some broken pieces within. Is there something that you feel guilt or shame around? Most of the time, it can stem from our childhood and translate in our lives in ways like being a people pleaser or not being able to say no.Journal about how you feel broken and become an onlooker – speak to yourself as if you are a child or a friend.Reflect on how you used to be creative – this could just be one outlet like drawing, painting, or papier-mâché. Whatever it is, think about it. What did you enjoy getting lost in when you were younger and then life happened, and you had no time anymore?Journal about how this creative outlet made you feel or how you would like to feel with a creative outlet – it could even be walking in nature. Reconnect with your inner healer and allow your creative side to lead the way by asking what it needs to nurture your inner healer.About this EpisodeThis week’s guest host is Grace Grossman. In this episode, Grace speaks directly from personal experience on how journaling can connect you with your inner healer. She shares with us what the inner healer is, what it needs, and what it’s like to access it through journaling. She then offers us four journal prompts to help us connect with the healer within.About GraceGrace is a passionate mentor, writer, and holistic healer specializing in yoga, mental health, well-being coaching, and spiritual growth. Grace is known for her infectious smile and laughter. She guides you on your healing journey toward deep, sustainable transformation through mindset shifts, intentional action, and emotional healing—one step at a time.You can check out Grace’s newsletter on Substack:https://gracegrossmann.substack.com/Grace is also hosting a virtual event May 24 and 25, the Nourished Inside Out Live Summit, which is an opportunity to nourish yourself from the inside out and step into your power. You can learn more about that event here: https://gracegrossmann.substack.com/p/whats-stopping-you-from-being-theYou can also check out her social media, digital offerings, and community here: https://bio.site/healingheartshub.About Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack! https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/View the post for this episode here:https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/journaling-with-your-inner-healerWant to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/collaborate-with-me Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Journaling & Love: A Letter to Romantic Love from Maria Luz O'Rourke
Feb 13, 202500:21:48Tap to summarizeYour Journal Prompts:What are your earliest memories of eros/romantic love? What beliefs and values about it were instilled in you or did you take for granted?Have you ever given up on romantic love, or has your view of romantic love changed over the course of your life?Do you think romantic love will continue to dominate in media and culture over other types of love (friendship, self-love, nature/universal love)? Why or why not?If you are so inspired, write your own letter to Eros this Valentine’s Day.This week’s guest host is Maria Luz O'Rourke, and she's sharing with us her Letter to Romantic Love. She writes of her personal journey with romantic love, bringing us through all the twists and turns and lessons—many of which I believe will resonate with you. She shows us what it looks like to grow and gradually develop a healthy relationship with love overall (despite earlier setbacks), and reminds us that it’s okay to find ourselves wanting and needing different types of love at different phases of our lives.I hope you enjoy listening to Maria’s letter and consider writing your own this Valentine’s Day!About MariaMaria Luz O’Rourke is an astrologer, certified hypnotherapist, and psychic medium and holds a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington and a M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.Maria switched gears in 2024, leaving a 29 year career in Pharmaceuticals to start a practice (marialuz.online) utilizing spiritual modalities to help and heal. She currently holds 1:1 sessions for astrology and spiritual guidance.She writes the Substack newsletter, Astrology, Alchemy, & Honest Recovery: https://marialuzorourke.substack.com/. The focus is to share hope for living freely authentically, and to empower people with the wisdom of astrology and the Universe.You can also connect with her on social media:LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marialuzorourkeSubstack: https://substack.com/@marialuzorourkeAbout Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack! https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/View the post for this episode here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/journaling-and-love-a-letter-to-romantic-loveWant to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/collaborate-with-me Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Journaling for Healing Trauma in Our Relationship with Self
Feb 6, 202500:21:05Tap to summarizeYour Journal Prompts:What is your relationship with yourself like?What are some of your deepest beliefs about yourself? (Even if they don’t feel true logically, they might feel true in your heart, belly, or in a part of you.)Where do these beliefs come from?What are some of your Inner Critic’s favorite lines?Do you ever offer yourself compassion? How does it feel?This week’s guest host is Ellen, who writes ROAR Healing Relationship Trauma on Substack. She's helping us explore one of the most important relationships in our lives: the relationship we have with ourselves. She shares how to identify trauma in your relationship with Self and how to begin to heal this, working through the process with journaling.About EllenEllen is a trauma therapist who helps folks heal trauma in their relationships with self, others, and the collective. Her work explores healing at the intersections of mental health, spirituality, and creativity. Ellen is currently slightly obsessed with renovating her 100 year old row home, one room at a time, and thanks her partner and cat for their patience with the endeavor.You can learn more about Ellen and her perspective and approach by reading her work over on Substack. Her publication is called ROAR Healing Relationship Trauma: https://roarhealingrelationshiptrauma.substack.com/.About Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack! https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/View the post for this episode here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/journaling-for-healing-trauma-relationship-with-selfWant to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here:https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/lets-collaborate-guest-host-post-submissions Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Journaling with Your Inner Child with Lisa Parkes
Nov 27, 202400:25:51Tap to summarizeYour Inner Child Journal Prompts:Reflect on the people who had both positive and negative influences on your life growing up. Notice their personal qualities and values and how your inner child responded to those.Reflect on the games and activities you enjoyed as a child and how they shaped you. If play is how your inner child communicates best, what is it?Journal about a memory from your childhood when you made a mistake and you felt bad about yourself. In particular, pay attention to the feelings in your body and what compassionate and kind words you could offer yourself to support yourself as you move through those feelings.Journal on all the ways you offer kindness and compassion to others.Reflect on all the ways you could extend this kindness and compassion to yourself on a daily basis.This week’s guest host is Lisa Parkes, and she's helping us connect with the inner child. She shares what inner child work is, how we can connect with our inner child, and her personal story of working with the inner child.About LisaLisa is a Spiritual Detective & Mentor who is passionate about journaling. When she’s not teaching journaling, she supports highly sensitive and neurodivergent students at her local college. She also make journals and write murder mystery books.You can connect with her over on her Substack, The Intuitive Writer: https://lisaparkes.substack.com/About Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack!https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/Want to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here:https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/lets-collaborate-guest-host-post-submissions Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Getting real about gratitude
Nov 24, 202400:25:36Tap to summarizeYour journal prompts this week:What is my current relationship with gratitude?What does a gratitude practice look like to me? What are some practices I’ve tried or currently work with?What do I think are the benefits of gratitude, and how could it enhance my personal development practices?What would I like to change about my view/perspective on gratitude, and how might I begin to make this shift?Share your stories or any insights from your journaling with the community on Substack. Visit https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com. Want to support this podcast? Become a paid subscriber for just $5/month to receive special bonus content, including a monthly personal Tarot/Oracle card message, a mini audio course, and additional journal prompts and Tarot/Oracle readings.View posts for the Gratitude Reset here: https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/s/exploring-gratitude-an-8-day-journaling Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Journaling & Motherhood with Amanda Aaron
Nov 15, 202400:28:06Tap to summarizeYour Motherhood Journal Prompts:What is my expectation of motherhood, or motherly energy, based on my childhood experience?What does society say motherhood, or mother energy, should look like and feel?What do I want my experience of motherhood, or mother energy, to be? And what can I do to pivot my current routines and rituals to get there? What do I need?What is at its fullest that I am harvesting and celebrating now? What is no longer serving me, or that didn’t come to fruition, that I need to release?This week’s episode is all about motherhood. Our guest host, Amanda Aaron, shares her story of motherhood--what she thought it was and how her view of her role as a mother has changed over time. She provides us with journal prompts to explore motherhood and mother energy in our own lives.About AmandaAmanda is a mother, storyteller and modern witch. She weaves slow, seasonal living and ritual into the everyday experiences of motherhood. Her influences include indigenous spirituality, earth-based pagan ceremonies and Christianity. Amanda's writing walks the reader through difficult emotions and personal evolution. Her passion is journeying with women to embody their divine feminine. Follow along with her writing and podcast through Soul Musings, a Soul Yoga Retreat Newsletter on Substack. Amanda lives with her 4-year old son, Forryst, and her husband in Port Moody, BC, Canada. They enjoy long road trips and hiking through the pacific northwest rainforests.Amanda's Substack: https://soulyogaretreat.substack.comAbout Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack!https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/Want to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here:https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/lets-collaborate-guest-host-post-submissions Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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On Journaling: Journaling & Shadow Work
Oct 30, 202400:31:35Tap to summarizeYour Shadow Work Journal Prompts:* What traits or behaviors in others trigger strong negative reactions in me, and why might they reflect something within myself?* What am I most ashamed or afraid to admit about myself, and how might that part of me be influencing my decisions or actions?* In what ways do I sabotage my own happiness or success, and what deeper fears or beliefs could be driving this?* What unexpressed emotions (anger, sadness, jealousy) do I tend to suppress, and how can I safely acknowledge and release them?This week’s episode is all about shadow work, and I am excited to welcome Kylie Marie as our guest host to guide us through it!Kylie explains what shadow work is, the benefits of doing it, and how journaling can help. With this being Scorpio season and with Samhain, Halloween, and Day of the Dead upon us, this is the perfect time to explore shadow work. (Of course, it is good to do shadow work any time of year, whenever you feel called, so don’t worry if you are listening to or reading this at a later time—it definitely still applies.)About KylieKylie is a trained trauma Shadow Work guide, writer, and teacher who helps highly sensitive women heal from the inside out so they can live authentically and thrive. You can connect with Kylie on most social media platforms and also on Spotify under the name Intuitive Legacy. Kylie’s website: https://open.substack.com/pub/intuitivelegacyKylie's Substack publication: https://stan.store/IntuitiveLegacyAbout Soul Journaling SessionsJoin the community on Substack!https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/Want to collaborate and be a guest host? Learn more here:https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/lets-collaborate-guest-host-post-submissions Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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I've been afraid to try this . . .
Oct 2, 202400:25:25Tap to summarizeYour journal prompts this week:What, in theory, do I want to do or create but have been avoiding starting?Why do I think I’ve been avoiding this, and would I be disappointed if I never tried?What do I need in order to feel ready to this?What is the worst thing that could happen if I did this? And, on the flip side, what is the best thing that could happen if I did this?When I’m ready, what is one baby step I can take to make progress on this?Share your stories or any insights from your journaling with the community on Substack. Visit https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com. Want to support this podcast? Become a paid subscriber for just $5/month to receive special bonus content, including a monthly personal Tarot/Oracle card message, a mini audio course, and additional journal prompts and Tarot/Oracle readings. Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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Lost in compromise
May 23, 202400:26:57Tap to summarizeYour journal prompts this week:Where in my life, past or present, did I make a compromise that prevented me from being my true self and/or prevented me from fully exploring my passionsWhere and when in life do I feel I am okay with making a compromise or a sacrifice?What boundaries can I set to prevent myself from compromising in areas where I am not truly willing to compromiseWhat could I start doing today that would allow me to either explore or share who I really am, without compromise?Share your stories or any insights from your journaling with the community on Substack. Visit https://souljournalingsessions.substack.com/p/lost-in-compromise. Get full access to Soul Journaling Sessions at souljournalingsessions.substack.com/subscribe
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