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Episode 65 Journaling: Meditation For The Busy Mind: Interview With Jennifer Convissor
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Episode 65 Journaling: Meditation For The Busy Mind: Interview With Jennifer Convissor

Yoga in the Therapy Room: Tips for integrating trauma informed yoga · Chris McDonald, LCMHCS

June 1, 202238m 24s

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Show Notes

Can you achieve overall wellness and enhance your well-being with journaling? How to make connections and use journaling as a self-healing tool?

MEET Jennifer Convissor

Jennifer Convissor is an LCSW and Reiki master with LiveWork Solutions, a psychotherapy practice licensed in NY, CT & SC. She's been journaling for over 30 years and loves helping people find The Write Balance between journaling and holistic mental health. In 2021, she published Journaling for Non-Journalers: Your expert guide to creating a journaling practice that works for you, which mixes the science of habit formation, with guided journaling exercises and a comprehensive overview of the beginner, intermediate and advanced benefits of this versatile self-healing tool. She teaches a variety of workshops, webinars, and online courses, for a general audience and for other mental health professionals. She's also a proud mama of two cool kids, a singer-songwriter, rabid crafter, and vegan ice-cream sundae artist.

Find out more at Live Work Solutions and connect with Jennifer on Instagram and Pinterest.

IN THIS PODCAST:
  • How to get started in journaling 4:19
  • Different types of journaling 9:57
  • Planning your journaling schedule 18:00
  • Benefits of Journaling 22:40

How To Get Started In Journaling
  • Techniques to get started journaling
  • Refocusing with lists
  • The best tools for journaling
  • What is a non-narrative form of journaling?

Different Types of Journaling
  • What is process journaling?
  • Using gratitude journaling to retrain your brain with positivity
  • How to start a dream journal
  • Creating a manifestation journal

Planning Your Journaling Schedule
  • Getting rid of barriers that are stopping you from journaling
  • Using journaling as mindful meditation

Benefits of Journaling
  • Dealing with difficult situations with journaling techniques
  • How to use journaling to make connections with your triggers and how you interact with others
  • Practicing self-compassion
  • Integrating journaling into your practice

Connect With Me

Download the Free guide: How to build confidence and competence bringing yoga into the therapy room

The Yoga in Therapy Collective —where therapists learn, grow, and get support with yoga-informed practices

Explore the Yoga Basics for Therapists course—designed to help you confidently and ethically integrate yoga into therapy

Yoga Basics: The Therapist's Guide to Integrating Trauma-Informed Yoga into Sessions

Instagram: @chris_mcdonald58

Join the Free Bringing Yoga Into the Therapy Room Facebook group

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