The Journaling Muse

The Journaling Muse – Issue #39 Patterns That Hold Us A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Dear Reader, There are places where I feel my energy contract, as if the air itself remembers an old story about who I should be. Each time I return there, the familiar roles wait—dutiful, careful, quiet. Each time I leave, I breathe a little easier, remembering that freedom is also a geography of the heart. It isn’t the place itself that holds me;it’s the pattern—the invisible...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #38 The Shadows We Carry A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Personal Reflection Lately, I’ve been trying to live from my dream-life self—the version of me that Dr. Joe Dispenza describes, already whole, peaceful, and free. But sometimes I slip back into old patterns. A headline, a twinge of pain, or a wave of fear from the world around me pulls me off course. Suddenly I’m doubting, reacting, or losing patience with my body’s slow healing....

The Journaling Muse – Issue #37 Where do you want to begin? 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, The beginning of October feels like opening a fresh page. Summer has slipped behind us and we’re standing at the quiet edge of a new season. It’s the perfect time to ask: where do I want to begin...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #36 Equinox Light and Shadow A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Hi, Dear Reader, Last Sunday, the Moon slid silently between us and the Sun, a celestial moment of awe and temporary shadow. 🌙The very next day, the Earth held its breath at the Equinox. ☀️ A holy pause indeed. This is a moment of balance, not only between day and night in the sky, but also within us. The eclipse reminded us to let go, to allow old habits, fears, or stories to...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #35 Unease of Change A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Hi, Dear Reader, Restlessness has many flavors. Before a competition, before jumping into the water, it can feel electric, charged with adrenaline. But there’s another kind: heavier, slower, stretched across weeks. That’s the one I feel now. I’m finishing the last details of remodeling our old house into an eco-home, the garage, the garden, the paperwork. Years of choices, effort, and...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #34 Who Do You Choose to Be 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, Years ago, I was a workaholic. I worked in Corporate Finance as a managing director of a brokerage company on the securities market, moving from project to project without pause. My life was spent in...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #33 One Mug, One Life A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Hi, Dear Reader, How much do we really need? September always feels like a month of clearing. This year, it’s literal for me — as renovations finish in our eco house and as I sort through belongings in Budapest, deciding what stays and what quietly needs to go. But enoughness isn’t only about physical stuff. It can also mean enough screen time, enough news and negativity from the...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #32 Harvesting what Summer Gave You 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, How did you spend your summer? The end of August always feels like a shock — the season slips away so quickly, as if it was only a dream. Walking through Książ Castle this month, I thought of...

The Journaling Muse – Issue #31 Emotional Rest A soft space to reflect, reconnect, and create with feeling. Hi, Dear Reader, Have you ever walked in a place that made you feel both small and completely alive? I just returned from Adršpach in Czechia, where I wandered around an enchanting lake and into the sandstone rocks made famous in The Chronicles of Narnia. Tall stone shapes rose from the fields like giant cups and towers, as if witches and wizards still lived among them. Some paths led...