Self Discovery Journal - Shalu Sharma

This book is a set of 121 questions (with lines) for you to note your thoughts. Every woman should record their thought that serves as a powerful way to clear the head and maintain physical and emotional well being. There is growing evidence to suggest that maintaining a journal helps improve physical and mental health. Research carried out by a team (Pennebaker et. al.) at the University of Texas at Austin showed that those who engage in expressive writing for three 5-minutes session in the first person conferred health benefits. Writing will help you to reduce stress, clear your thoughts, know yourself better, solve previously unsolved questions and feel calmer and happier.

Some of the other benefits of journal writing include;

It has the ability to increase overall intelligence (IQ) by increasing vocabulary.
Allows you to think and actively engage in thoughts and let go of frustrations.
Journaling will increase help you manage your emotions and increase self-awareness.
Writing has shown to increase memory and comprehension.
Relieve from stress and trauma by improving immune functions.
It will certainly help you unlock your creativity and increase self-confidence.
Will help you achieve goals by activating the reticular activating system (RAS) responsible for regulating wakefulness and sleep-wake transitions that plays an important part in achieving goals.
Try to write about 10 to 20 minutes each day. Do not worry about punctuation and grammar. There are 121 journal type questions and you don't need to start from the first page. Just pick a question and start writing. Your journaling will be the cheapest therapy you can get helping you to let go of bottled-up emotions. Once you start writing, you will feel emotionally, physically and spiritually lighter with yourself. Journal writing will change your life for the better.

**Those who have bought the kindle version of this book can use loose paper or another notebook to pen the answers while those who bought the paperback can use the spaces within the book.