Yes, your journal can hold your thoughts, feelings, drawings, poetry, music, rage, whining and kindness. It can hold all that you are.

Harnessing the power of your journal can have a profound impact on your life. With or without realizing it, starting a journal is to embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal empowerment, and recovery from various challenges. When you engage in journaling, you are opening the door to your vast conscious and unconscious mind.

By approaching your journal with honesty, regardless of your emotional state, your psyche will pay attention to your words. It will be there for you in times of pain, stress, rage, love, hate, confusion, sorrow, and frustration.

Your psyche knows. Your journal helps your conscious mind hold your experiences while giving your unconscious the opportunity to provide insights, facts, and energy that you cannot access otherwise.

Novelty can be your perspective. Is this a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?

Embracing novelty is closely related to creativity as it fuels the creative process and expands our creative potential.

Here's what embracing novelty can do for you.

Stimulate new ideas:

 Embracing novelty exposes us to new experiences, perspectives, and information. This influx of novel stimuli can serve as a rich source of inspiration for generating new ideas. By engaging in diverse activities, exploring different environments, and encountering unfamiliar concepts, we broaden our creative palette and enhance our ability to think outside the box.

Embracing novelty is a valuable opening, always available, that can give you more fulfillment and joy than you might imagine. Boredom, listlessness, feeling that you are alone while everyone else is at the party are triggers for depression, anxiety, eating disorder behaviors. You want to stop these feelings through numbness or distraction. There’s a better way.

When your normal routines seem lackluster and nothing excites your interest it’s time to embrace novelty, even when you can’t think of anything that’s new and interesting.

Embracing novelty involves being open and receptive to new experiences, ideas, and

         Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation can have significant consequences on both physical and mental health and trigger eating disorder behaviors. If you suffer with an eating disorder, knowing the consequences of sleep deprivation can help you recognize and avoid triggers that cause you to act out.

Here are some common effects of sleep deprivation. Look for effects that trigger your eating disorder.

Impaired Cognitive Function: Lack of sleep can lead to difficulties with concentration, memory, and overall