The Journaling Muse

The Journaling Muse – Issue #53 What Are You Building, Layer by Layer? A weekly journaling letter for slowing down and coming back to yourself.Through colour, texture, and expressive journaling, the Journaling Muse offers a gentle space to soothe your nervous system and reconnect with your inner world. Dear Reader, The Vistula was frozen when I stepped into the Japanese Museum last week, looking for beauty. Inside, everything slowed down. Then I saw the lacquerware — black surfaces holding...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #52 Perfume in the Front Row A weekly journaling letter for slowing down and coming back to yourself.Through colour, texture, and expressive journaling, the Journaling Muse offers a gentle space to soothe your nervous system and reconnect with your inner world. Dear Reader, The temperature drops quickly here once the sun sets. I know it will be cold, but it still surprises me how fast the air turns sharp. The parking lot had kept some warmth from the afternoon sun,...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #51 The sound of your own breathing A weekly journaling letter for slowing down and coming back to yourself.Through colour, texture, and expressive journaling, the Journaling Muse offers a gentle space to soothe your nervous system and reconnect with your inner world. Dear Reader, Lately, I’ve been listening for my breath. Not to change it. Not to correct it. Just to hear it. Some mornings it feels shallow and quick, as if it’s already bracing for the day. Other...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #49 Where Does Your Handwriting Take You? A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Dear Reader, At the end of December, I spent a few quiet days cleaning the house.Not tidying in a hurry, but slowly, shelf by shelf, drawer by drawer. As I went through old documents, journals, and books, something unexpected happened.Touching the paper softened my heart. The texture.The faint smell.The way pages carry time. I noticed how different it felt to hold...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #48 Beginning the Year by Listening A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling.My intention is to help you slow down and soothe your nervous system — through colour, texture, and expressive journaling that speaks gently to your inner world. Dear Reader, I don’t begin a new year with big declarations.I return to a few simple rituals I’ve followed for years, because they work. I take time to think the past year through.I write down the thirty best...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #47 The Quiet Magic of December (Inside: A Moment, A Wish, A Plan) A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Hi, Dear Reader, Last night, I sat in the Opera Krakowska watching The Nutcracker — something I used to do every December with my son.In Budapest, we went year after year until he finally said, “Not anymore, Mom.” This performance began differently — not a lavish Christmas house, but a ship moving gently on an open ocean.The music was the...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #46 The Quiet Glow A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. My intention is to help you slow down and soothe your nervous system — through colour, texture, and expressive journaling that speaks gently to your inner world. Hi, Dear Reader, Recently, whenever I tried to touch something light, uplifting, or magical, I found myself swallowed by crowds instead. On the last warm November day, we drove toward Ojcow hoping for a peaceful walk, only to...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #45 A Soft Return to Yourself A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. My intention is to help you slow down and soothe your nervous system — through colour, texture, and expressive journaling that speaks gently to your inner world. Dear Reader, I’ll be honest:I don’t like this time of year. The darkness, the cold, the long stretch until spring — it all feels heavy to me. December carries its own glow, but once it fades, winter can feel endless....

The Journaling Muse – Issue #43 Where Is Your Light Hiding? A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. My intention is to help you slow down and soothe your nervous system — through colour, texture, and expressive journaling that speaks gently to your inner world. Dear Reader, This morning, while exercising, I listened to Mel Robbins interview Mark Nepo, and one line stopped me completely: “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms, and the bee comes.” We spend so...