Hello Lovelies,
Here are our monthly journaling prompts.
Journaling can be a beautiful, non scary way to explore our hearts, our minds and our relationship to nature both inside and outside of us. It can be fun, interesting and inspiring. You do not have to be a writer, you do not need to able to spell well, be a poet, nor do you have to write regularly. Writing in this journaling form, is a tool, a tool to explore curiously what is held within and create a communion between the head and heart.
So grab your journal, a herbal tea or a jug of coffee, a blanket, a cosy space or whatever it is you need to explore these prompts along with pen/pencil, journal and maybe a timer if you want to give yourself timings which I personally think is a good idea, but do whats right for you.
A little on boundaries - inspired by hawthorn
(Feel free to skip this if you wish, and head down the page, going straight to the writing prompts)
I used to think boundaries were rude or violent. Lines that could get me in trouble, a container that will make people not like me, words that will make me seem rude. The idea of having them, scared me. This may be because I had learnt to people please as a way to survive, I had been abused as a child, and my abusers worked hard at disintegrating my boundaries. But it is not just abuse that gets people to not have boundaries. It can be education, religion, upbringing or society which can all attribute to us developing a lack of self worth or a lack of trust in our own feelings, and we can grow to believe that our own knowing is defunct and not worth protecting, and instead look towards another.
Even though I once thought of them as rude, I understand now, that boundaries are the opposite of rude and are in fact, kind and caring. Without boundaries, we can end up dishonest to others, we end up suppressing our needs and create bitterness and resentment towards another. Creating boundaries in my life has created better relationships personally and with work, its created more ease in my body and I feel safer with my own self.
A gorgeous thing I once heard about boundaries, are they arent something that tells others how to behave, boundaries area guideline for our own behaviour. I
Boundaries allow you to be your true self
Boundaries create a separateness that allows you to have your own feelings, make your own decisions, and know and ask for what you want without needing to please others.