In this episode, we warmly welcome our guest Caroline MacGillivray, Local Writer and Wellness Entrepreneur, as we talk about ‘Journaling to Connect to Your Soul, Body, and Spirit’.

In addition to our amazing Featured CoachMe Coaches, we also have guests on the show this season who are experts and topic enthusiasts on specific areas of personal and professional development that will support your growth journey even more.

Caroline MacGillivray is a 5th generation Vancouverite! Curious about her hometown, Caroline has written for local publications about restaurants, spas, tourism, and dating. She produced and hosted Sexy in Vancity at CITR 101.9FM and Save On Radio. Other hats she wears include medical Qi Gong therapist, aerial yoga teacher, and barre and yoga instructor. She has led yoga and journaling work for people who are healing from trauma. She is best known as founder of Beauty Night Society and Co-founder of Qi Day.

Journaling is frequently used as a tool between coaching sessions to give the coachee a deeper understanding and learning, and we hope you find the insights and tips about journaling as valuable as we have.

Amongst many other points, in this podcast we’ll learn:

• What journaling is and what's it's used for.

• What the benefits are of journaling, the different journaling styles, and if you definitely need a pen and paper to journal.

• How to start journaling if you're a newbie, or to up your game if you've long subscribed to the value of journaling.

• How to journal to connect with soul, body, and spirit.

Resources mentioned during the podcast:

• Contact details:

  • carolinemacgillivray.com | Instagram @caroline_macgillivray | Twitter @talktocaroline | Facebook carolinemacgillivraywellness

  • beautynight.org | Instagram @beautynightsociety | Twitter @beautynight | Facebook BeautyNightSociety

• Stream of Consciousness Journaling

• My Fitness Pal App

• Trust within one tenth of a second - psychologicalscience.org

• Book: Journaling on Money: The Latte Factor: Why You Don't Have to Be Rich to Live Rich by David Bach & John David Mann

• Psychology of Gender at UBC

• Master's (M.A.) in Counselling Psychology - adler.edu

• 10 Yoga 'Commandments', Yamas + Niyamas - yogajournal.com

• Oprah on gratitude journaling - oprah.com

• Bullet Journaling - bulletjournal.com

• Book: Receiving Love: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. & Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D.

• Book: Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. & Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D.

• Book: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

• Book: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg & Julia Cameron

• Book: Write Yourself Happy: The Art of Positive Journalling by Megan C Hayes

• Opus Art Supplies for scrap books

• Dollarama for note books

• Book: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Book: The Five Minute Journal: A Happier You in 5 Minutes a Day by Intelligent Change

Quote: "Your values and what's important to you is going to show up on those pages."

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