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    Home » Self-Care » Journaling Prompts

    50 Journal Prompts for Clarity, Well Being & Healing

    Published: Jan 3, 2020 · Updated: Nov 11, 2022 by Jessica Dimas · 2 Comments · Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I’ll earn a commission, at no additional cost to you.

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    Deep, thought-provoking journal prompts are hard to come by. And journaling itself is one of the most underrated forms of self-therapy. It clears the mind, helps you to focus in on what is desired, and release what is no longer serving you.

    I journal nearly every day and at the very least, every week. In this article, I'm going to share quality journal prompts that will take your journaling and its effectiveness to the next level.

    Journal prompts for clarity, well being and healing

    Table of Contents

    • How to journal
    • What are journal prompts?
    • Daily morning journal prompts
    • Nightly journal prompts
    • Prompts for clarity
    • Prompts for healing & well being
    • Anxiety journal prompts

    How to journal

    Journaling is extremely easy. You buy a journal, a pen or pencil, and you begin writing. You don't need to be a writer and you don't need to know what you're going to write. Nor do you need to keep some sort of strict schedule with it.

    This is where journal prompts do come in handy, not only for the new journal writer but also for the seasoned one. It can be extremely helpful when you're overwhelmed to be "asked" your thoughts on a subject matter in order to help untangle everything in your mind.

    I actually incorporate journal prompts onto my morning worksheets that come in all of the self-care and mindset bundles. It's a very powerful daily practice and why I'm excited to share this post.

    What are journal prompts?

    Journal prompts are simply questions or prompts that get you thinking about a particular subject or focus.

    Depending on your end goal for journaling, journal prompts can help you achieve it. Sometimes I journal for clarity, other times I journal to process an emotion I'm struggling with.

    Journaling is even considered a form of divination because of the way answers can so easily come to your mind. It can almost feel as if you're receiving divine guidance (which I fully believe in).

    Below is a list I compiled of journal prompts that will get you thinking. Some will only elicit a short answer and others might have you filling up an entire page. Don't worry about your spelling or if you can even re-read it. Just write.

    I'm also not suggesting that you do every journal prompt for the specified category. Pick one or a few–whichever ones call to you–and start writing.

    Daily morning journal prompts

    • Today, I want to feel...
    • If today could unfold perfectly, it would look like this...
    • I'm appreciating...
    • 3 ways I could nourish myself today....
    • 3 ways I could take action today...
    • 3 ways I could love myself today...
    • 3 ways I could stay present today...
    • My top 3 goals of the day...
    • My word of the day is...(abundance, love, forgiveness, grace, tenderness, trust, faith)
    • What am I most needing right now?

    Nightly journal prompts

    • How today went...
    • How I'm feeling about things that happened today...
    • 3 things to let go of...
    • What do I want to do differently tomorrow?
    • Today, I was so grateful for these things...
    • What am I most needing tonight?
    • Beautiful moments from the day...

    Prompts for clarity

    • Recently, I've been feeling very...
    • I've been feeling like this because...
    • Ways I want to begin feeling...
    • If I could have things my way, they would look like this...
    • What is no longer serving me?
    • What am I truly needing these days?
    • What would my perfect schedule look like?

    Prompts for healing & well being

    • I often feel...(angry, irritated, mad, sad, cheated, belittled, shamed, etc)
    • If I had to name one emotion that seems to live deep in my core, it would be...
    • How long have I felt this emotion?
    • Where could it have come from?
    • When I think of this emotion and time of my life, what is my biggest fear? What do I believe I am?
    • What could I begin to do to soften and love this scared part of me?
    • What activities bring me a deep sense of inner calm?
    • What situations, circumstances or people seem to trigger this negative emotion within me?
    • What makes me feel safe?
    • How do I want to begin feeling?
    • What can I begin to let go of?
    • What boundaries need to be placed so I can return to well being?
    • What does well being feel like?
    • What does well being look like?

    Anxiety journal prompts

    • I am currently feeling...
    • The worst thing that could happen would be...
    • The best thing that could happen would be...
    • Even if the worst thing happened, I know all would still truly be okay because...
    • Things I can control...
    • Things I can't control...
    • What improves if I worry?
    • What improves if I let go and go with the flow?
    • Things I can do in this moment to help myself...
    • Talking to these people make me feel worse...
    • Talking to these people make me feel more calm...
    • Beliefs that trigger my anxiety...
    • New beliefs I can choose that serve me...

    Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed reading and that there was something there for you to take away.

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    Lots of love,

    Jessica

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    About Jessica Dimas

    I'm an advocate for self-love, discovery, and looking up at the stars to remember how vast it all is. I believe in the power of your mind, the power of self-care and the power of believing in the unseen. There is so much more to the story that we are just beginning to understand.

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    1. Laura Holley

      February 24, 2020 at 8:14 pm

      Thank you....I know how beneficial journaling can be yet I'm horrible at it. The prompts are so helpful....like a starting point but then the words just flow.

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      • Jessica Dimas

        February 25, 2020 at 10:05 am

        That's the beautiful thing about prompts...they make journaling so much easier because we all have reflections and answers within us, we just sometimes need the nudge in the direction we're wanting to go 🙂

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