Discover Yourself Through Allegorical Journaling
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Explore how Allegorical Journaling fosters deep self-reflection, creativity, and personal growth through a unique introspective approach.
What is Allegorical Journaling?
Allegorical Journaling is a structured method for reflecting on your experiences and exploring your emotions
The Benefits of Allegorical Journaling
Allegorical journal has many potential benefits.
How To Write Your First Journal Entry
Getting started is simple. You do not need to be a great writer or storyteller
Articles
Articles to support your allegorical journaling practice
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The Case For Expressive Writing
Is it possible that allegorical journaling has wellbeing benefits that could be scientifically proven? That is definitely a question that I am committed to exploring. Once I realised that I was feeling consistent advantages from my allegorical journaling sessions, it sparked my curiosity.…
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Guided Reflection: The Waiting Room
As part of my mission to make allegorical journaling accessible to others, I am devising a range of supplementary resources to support self-reflection. As part of this, I am starting to create some pre-written pieces to be used as a self-reflection tool. Unlike…
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The Seeds of a Concept
I have journaled on and off, with various degrees of success, since I was a child. I have many notebooks in my home that have five or ten pages’ worth of entries before being abandoned for a different journaling method or a fancier…
Examples of Journal Entries
A handful of examples of allegorical journal entries for contemplation and inspiration. For more examples please see the ‘Journal’ page.
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The Ash Tree’s Burden
In the valley, a proud ash tree stood quietly at the edge of the meandering river. An ancient bridge straddled the river. It was built long before the ash tree had even pushed its first green shoot through the ground. No-one could remember who had built it but many depended on the bridge to get…
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The Moth
The moth looked at her drab brown wings. She sighed longingly. The butterflies were so beautiful in comparison. Their colours danced in the sunlight, reflecting every colour of the rainbow and she only got to sit hiding in the darkness. It just didn’t seem fair. So she started to plan. She painted her wings in…
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The Shore and the Sea
The shore was so insecure. She knew she had found a good friend in the sea. Whatever the sea’s mood, its waves greeted the shore with a comforting consistency, sometimes with a gentle ripple, other times crashing down with an anger and fury caused by the conditions surrounding it. But the shore had been let…
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The Walled Garden
On the edge of the hills, where few travellers wandered and fewer people called a home, there lived a woman. The woman liked the stillness of her home because, for some reason, being alone made her feel less lonely. During the summers, tourists would arrive with their demands and their questions. It distracted her peace…
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