Class Descriptions Strands 1-4

Classes are facilitated by Laurie Benson-certified in Journal Facilitation, 2018

Location varies, usually taught at the KnewMeJournaling Studio

1642 Ashby Meadows Court, Riverton, Utah

Classes are taught in 4 or 8 week series, each class is called a "strand" and has a topic.

Powerpoint Presentations, with various writing techniques for journaling, are presented in a fun and interesting way, with chances for class participants to share, if they desire.

Classes are informal but insightful.  The journaling techniques are therapeutic in that participants gain greater insight into their lives, have "aha" moments, and regain or begin to love the practice of putting their words on paper.

"How will I ever know you if you never wrote anything down?"  

KMJ Student wishing an ancestor had kept a journal.

Strand 1: Emotional Literacy:  

"We may be carrying familiar patterns that 

carry the echoes of hidden pain 

from the past.  What we need to do in understanding 

these emotional traumas is to be willing to feel our 

sore spots long enough to attach words to them, 

develop emotional literacy, and process them." 

-Tian Dayton, EMOTIONAL SOBRIETY

Strand 2: Gratitude Attitude: 

"Gratitude comes from having been to the 

edge of your limits, knowing

the darkest of your depths, and never wanting to

return to it again.  Gratitude that comes from pain

and suffering is strong and resilient.  It is no

longer a forced, "thank-you," but a tangible

feeling.  I have known despair, but I am no longer

there.  I hope this feeling never fades."

-Nadia Sheikh

Strand 3: Quote Yourself: 

"I don't want to know 

what 'so and so' thinks about this or that.  

It doesn't convince me of what you believe. 

 I want to know what your pain has taught you.

What joy have you found that has become part of 

your soul and your experience?  Quote yourself!

Your words are powerful!"

-Laurie Benson, KnewMeJournaling

Strand 4: Body Works:

"We release negativity by

cutting the link between the pain-body

and our thought processes, so that

we no longer feed the pain-body

with our thinking.  Every negative

thought has a similar frequency

to the pain-body and so it feeds it.

It cannot feed on positive thoughts.

when the pain-body no longer runs 

the internal dialogue of our compulsive

thinking, we become aware of it

directly.  We feel the emotion in our body,

and so we bring awareness to it,

the light of consciousness.

-Eckhart Tolle