The Journaling Muse

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...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #42 Riding the Current: Flowing with Resistance and Restlessness 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, As the year speeds toward its close, I feel the familiar pull, the world begins to spin faster, and part of me still tries to find stillness inside it. But the truth...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #41: When Resistance Speaks, Listen Softly 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 As the holidays approach, I find myself facing resistance again. Every time I plan to share or sell my paintings, a familiar voice shows up.Suddenly, the photos aren’t ready, the website...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #40 The Bottleneck and the Breakthrough 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, Imagine a glass bottle filled with light.Life, ideas, and possibilities flow through it—but only as fast as the narrowest point allows. That narrow place is our bottleneck.It’s where desire and...