Journal Prompts
Strategic Communication takes practice! Starting in February 2021, I will post a month’s worth of journal prompts. Each month has a theme, and each week has a focus. These are designed to give you 365 days of reflection and practice.
You may be wondering what this has to do with strategic communication. That’s fair! It’s simply practice.
– Practice reflecting on what you think, feel, experience.
– Practice trying to sort through your perspective.
– Practice giving all that words.
– Practice working through pain and elation.
– Practice revisiting your personal values and how you live them.
– Practice before you have to perform when it really matters.
Focus on the process not the results.
Use this month’s prompts to practice any or all of the ways we communicate: visual, verbal or written.
– Doodle. Draw. Paint. Make a collage. Take pictures.
– Make a digital presentation with one slide per day.
– Make a video. Record a voice memo.
– Stand in front of the mirror and talk to yourself.
– Write in your journal. Write a blog post.
– Write a letter. Use new words.
– Type it. Voice dictate it.
July is HOT in Here.
When things get HOT, sometimes we LIKE IT, and sometimes it really hurts!
Reflect on how differently you react and how you communicate about these oppositionally intense experiences.
Take particular notice of how quickly your emotions can shift between light and pain, like the flickering flame.
June is for PAUSE.
In June, I recommend taking time to PAUSE. Every single day, our happy, merry way is interrupted. What do you typically do?
This month’s journal prompts ask you to not react but instead pause.
PAUSE gives you time to: breathe, think, reflect, decide, take action, or not.
Marvelous May
It can symbolize beauty and magnificence. But growth and change can also be ugly and clumsy.
As you journal, look for the deeper meaning, the bigger lesson. Experiment with capturing and expressing your inner growth. Reflect on situations that were both positive and negative regardless of the weekly focus.
At the end of the month, what will help you more: keep it to review in a year or burn it and release it?
April – The Messy Middle!
This month, the journal prompts are designed to help you reflect on the messy middle for yourself, for your most cherished relationships, your responsibilities, and even for those who are not necessarily your favorite people.
My hope is that you remember your compassion for the human condition, I mean your compassion for yourself, for those you love the most, and for those who push every button you have and some buttons you didn’t know you had.
March NEW BEGINNINGS
In the month of March, I will provide journal prompts about new beginnings, aka the way you respond to change. It will impact your communication skills, your ability to see what you choose to see, and the way you look at yourself.
February Love Letters
In the month of February, I will provide LOVE letter writing prompts. This practice is intended to remind you of all the good, important people and experiences in your life. Some of them may have lifted you up; some may have taught you painful lessons.
Write each letter to send or maybe to keep. Write them all in a journal to burn at the end of the month as a way to release what may be holding you from moving forward. Write them for yourself, to look back on in a year to see how you may or may not feel differently.
Amy Callahan
Communication Coach
Navigating change is tough, even when we make the decision for ourselves. I believe that each month's journal prompts will help you see your own patterns, reveal your values and non-negotiables, and help you decide where to focus any personal or professional development activity.
Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss ways to explore this that suits your learning style, information processing preferences, and desired outcomes. I'd be happy to explore this with you!
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