It’s the start of a new year and it’s a good time to begin or renew a journaling practice. I believe that creative expression is as much of a wellness practice as good nutrition and exercise; it is not only an effective means of stress reduction, it is also a pleasurable cognitive “workout” that flexes your creative muscles and sensory parts of your brain. I encourage you to get yourself an art journal or even a dollar store composition book and drawing, painting, and/or collage materials and try some of the techniques described in the four previous posts on visual journaling. In order to download the free PDF, go to Psychology Today to read the complete article and find a link to the download, Visual Journaling as Art Therapy and Self-Care.
