There’s a question I hear all the time — sometimes out loud, but more often underneath what women are really asking.

It sounds like this:

“What if I’m doing journaling wrong?”

Not: “Is journaling helpful?” Not: “Should I journal?”

But: “What if I’m messing this up before I even start?”

If you’ve ever opened a journal… written a few words… then stopped because you thought, This doesn’t feel right —

this episode is for you.

Today we’re going to gently dismantle the idea that there is a “right way” to journal — and replace it with something much safer.

Prompt 1: Releasing the Standard

What rules do I think journaling is supposed to follow?

Just notice them.

Prompt 2: Finding Your Way

When journaling has helped me in the past, what made it helpful?

This honors your lived experience.

Prompt 3: Tool Permission

What form of journaling feels easiest for me right now — and why?

Ease is wisdom.

Prompt 4: Returning Gently

If I returned to journaling without guilt, what would I write first?

Let it be simple.

Prompt 5: Truth Statement

There is no wrong way to journal because…

Finish the sentence honestly.

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Today’s episode feels really special to me — because The Journaling Room is officially turning one year old.

And when I thought about how I wanted to mark this anniversary, I didn’t want to do something complicated or flashy.

I wanted to come back to the very beginning.

Because if there’s one thing I know after a year of conversations, coaching, and messages from listeners, it’s this:

So many women want to journal… but feel quietly unsure if they’re doing it right.

So for the next three episodes, we’re doing a back-to-basics series — especially for:

• Women who are just starting
• Women who used to journal and drifted away
• Women who love journaling but feel pressure around it

Today, we’re answering three of the most common questions I hear.

And we’re answering them with permission, not pressure.

Prompt 1: Permission

What permission do I need to give myself around journaling right now?

Prompt 2: Simple Start

If I wrote one honest sentence today, what would it be?

Prompt 3: Enough

What does “enough” look like for me in this season — not forever, just now?

Prompt 4: Relationship Check

How do I want my journaling practice to feel — not how do I want it to look?

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I get asked this question a lot:

“What does your morning journaling routine look like?”

And I understand why people ask.

We love routines. We love knowing what works. And we secretly hope that if we just copy someone else’s rhythm, things will feel calmer and clearer.

But here’s the honest answer I always lead with:

My morning journaling rhythm changes. And not because I lack discipline. But because I have a life.

If you’ve ever had a journaling routine that worked beautifully for a season… and then suddenly didn’t — this episode is for you.

Prompt 1: Naming the Season

What season of life am I in right now — practically and emotionally?

Let it be descriptive, not evaluative.

Prompt 2: Capacity Check

What does my current capacity realistically allow for in the mornings?

Be honest, not aspirational.

Prompt 3: Releasing Comparison

What version of my journaling rhythm am I comparing myself to?

This brings compassion to quiet self-judgment.

Prompt 4: Gentle Adjustment

What would a supportive journaling rhythm look like for this season — not forever, just for now?

Small is wise.

Prompt 5: Permission Statement

What permission do I need to give myself about journaling right now?

Write it like a blessing.

You can reach Kendall here: Kendall@kendallsnydercoaching.com

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There is a kind of disappointment that doesn’t announce itself loudly.

It doesn’t always come with tears or dramatic words. Sometimes it’s just a quiet heaviness you notice when things slow down.

Maybe it’s disappointment in a relationship that still hasn’t healed. Maybe it’s disappointment in yourself — in choices you’ve made, or patterns you hoped you’d outgrown by now. Or maybe, if you’re listening to this early in the year, you’re already disappointed in how 2026 is shaping up — and that surprises you.

You thought things would feel clearer by now. Lighter. More settled.

And instead, you’re carrying this low-grade ache that whispers, “I thought it would be different.”

If that’s you, I want you to know: you are not doing faith wrong.

Today we’re talking about journaling with God when you’re disappointed — not with polished prayers or tidy conclusions, but with honesty that becomes refuge.

Prompt 1: Naming the Disappointment

God, this is what I’m disappointed about right now…

No editing. No spiritual spin.

Prompt 2: Honest Emotion

What emotions live underneath this disappointment?

Let them all be named — even the conflicting ones.

Prompt 3: Relationship Grief

What did I hope this relationship would be like?

This honors the loss without assigning blame.

Prompt 4: Disappointment With Self

Where am I being hardest on myself right now — and why?

This brings compassion into places of quiet shame.

Prompt 5: Refuge Prayer

God, what would it look like to let You sit with me here instead of fixing this?

You don’t need an answer — just presence.

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Let me start today by saying something that might surprise you — especially coming from someone who hosts a journaling podcast:

You do not need to journal consistently for it to “count.”

If you are someone who journals for a few days… then stops… then comes back… then disappears again…

This episode is for you.

If you’ve ever thought:

• “I always fall off.”
• “I can never stay consistent.”
• “What’s the point if I don’t keep it up?”

I want you to take a breath — because today we are officially dismantling the myth of consistency.

And we’re replacing it with something much kinder. Something truer. Something that actually works.

Prompt 1: Releasing the Rule

What rules have I unknowingly placed on journaling?

Let them be seen without fixing them.

Prompt 2: Honoring the Rhythm

When has journaling supported me most in the past — and why then?

Look for patterns, not perfection.

Prompt 3: Awareness Check

What has journaling helped me notice or change, even when I wasn’t consistent?

This builds evidence of value without pressure.

Prompt 4: Nervous System Permission

What does my body need more of right now — reflection, rest, or living?

All three are valid.

Prompt 5: A New Definition

If journaling were allowed to ebb and flow, how would I like to relate to it?

Let this answer be gentle and flexible.

You can reach Kendall here: Kendall@kendallsnydercoaching.com

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Today we’re going to talk about why we avoid the journal, and we’re going to do it without shame, without rules, and without another “just be consistent” pep talk.

Instead, we’re going to practice something so beautiful: compassionate curiosity.

Prompt 1: Naming the Avoidance

What do I think journaling will require of me right now?

No editing. No fixing. Just honesty.

Prompt 2: Nervous System Awareness (LMS-informed)

When I think about journaling, what do I notice in my body?

Tightness? Fatigue? Resistance? Nothing at all?

All answers are welcome.

Prompt 3: Permission-Based Inquiry

If journaling were allowed to be easy, what might it look like today?

Not what it should look like — what it could look like.

Prompt 4: Compassionate Reframe

What might my avoidance be protecting me from?

This is not about pushing through — it’s about honoring your pace.

Prompt 5: A Gentle Return

What feels like the smallest, kindest next step back to myself?

Even if that step is simply closing the journal again with gratitude.

You can reach Kendall here: Kendall@kendallsnydercoaching.com

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Welcome back to The Journaling Room. I’m Kendall, and today we are stepping into one of my favorite kinds of journaling:

Future-focused journaling. Not in a pressure-filled “new year, new you” way. Not in a “fix everything about yourself” way.

But in a gentle, hopeful, Christ-rooted way.

This episode is for the listener ready for fresh hope. For the woman who feels something new stirring. For the one tired of living in reaction mode and longing to begin living with intention.

Today we’re going to explore:

• What it means to imagine and journal about “next-year me”
• How small daily actions become the bridge between today and tomorrow
• And how identity-based journaling shifts you into who you are becoming in Christ

Journaling Prompt #1: Who do I want “next-year me” to be?

Journaling Prompt #2: What is one small action I can begin now to bridge today with tomorrow?

Journaling Prompt #3: If I believed I already was this future version of me, how would I show up today?

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Welcome back to The Journaling Room. I’m Kendall, and today we’re doing something that can feel both vulnerable and incredibly freeing:

We’re looking back at the past year with kindness.

Not with comparison. Not with criticism. Not with the “I should’ve done more” soundtrack that so quickly takes over this time of year.

But with compassion. With truth. With grace.

This episode is for the woman who looks back at her year and immediately sees the gaps. The places she fell short. The goals left undone. The moments she wishes she’d handled differently.

If that’s you, then take a breath and settle in—because today is not about judging your year. It’s about rewriting the story you tell yourself about it.

We’ll be talking about:

• How to journal your wins—even the tiny ones
• How to reframe “failures” as evidence of growth
• And how to write a compassionate letter to your past-year self

And we will do it all with Christ’s gentleness shaping our perspective.

Journaling Prompt #1: What are three wins—big or small—I can name from this past year?

Journaling Prompt #2: What did I learn from something I once called a failure?

Journaling Prompt #3: If I wrote a letter of kindness to myself about this year, what would it say?

You can reach Kendall here: Kendall@kendallsnydercoaching.com

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Podcast Art: @ShieldsMediaStrategies

Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay