Over the years, Counsellors and Therapists have recommended journaling as an indispensable tool for self-development. Keeping and writing in a journal helps you to explore how you are feeling, pour out your emotions and work through difficult situations and problems. Many times we want to just pour out our hearts, but not necessarily to someone, a journal provides a perfect avenue that can help us to de-stress and unwind.
It is always amazing to revisit the pages you have written to see how you felt then and how you are feeling now. You can see how far you have grown and even perhaps have a different perspective on things.
Stepmoms have a particular need for getting things off their chest, and here is where journaling can be quite helpful. In this somewhat ambiguous role, many stepmoms don't quite know where to begin, who to express their feelings to and how to manage the temper turmoils that can arise from feeling unappreciated, disrespected, overlooked, taken for granted and confused. Then, there are those amazing times that stepmoms experience, feelings of joy and gratitude, responsibility and grace, that would be quite noteworthy and you would do well to jot them down, as the challenging times can seem to last a lifetime and lest you forget this time as a Stepmom is a journey.
Take heart, pour out your feelings, record the good the bad and the ugly. Later, sit back, laugh, pray, eat and drink. "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all", 2 Cor. 4:17.
Use this journaling therapy book to record: How you are feeling today. What you are celebrating. The worst thing that happened. Today's Thoughts. You go on girl!!!! God's got you covered.
