The therapeutic benefits of journaling

When we process our feelings, clear them and move on, we feel free.

Let me start by explaining how journaling works to reduce stress and thereby improve our mental health and then I’ll talk you through the practicalities and how to introduce it to your child or teen.

Our body is a reflection of our mind; when we feel sad, it hunches up, folding in on itself as a protection, almost like a baby in the womb or a hedgehog cu…