My morning journal process / Spiritual Practice

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Discover a powerful morning journaling practice for anxiety relief, emotional healing, and self-connection. In this video, I walk you through my real-time process of identifying and writing down what’s present in my body, such as chest anxiety, fear, grief, and attachment needs, and meeting each part of myself with compassion. You’ll see how deep breathing, mindful awareness, and attuning to the “God image” within can dissolve stress, regulate your nervous system, and bring emotional clarity. This guided self-reflection is perfect for anyone struggling with existential dread, overthinking, people-pleasing, or fear of rejection—and seeking a gentle, spiritual way to process and release it.

Whether you’re looking for mindfulness techniques, inner child work, spiritual journaling prompts, or somatic awareness exercises, this video offers a simple yet profound approach to emotional self-care. You’ll learn how to acknowledge and validate your feelings, uncover hidden fears about relationships and approval, and create space for peace and presence in your daily life. By the end, you’ll have a repeatable self-soothing tool you can use whenever you feel anxious, disconnected, or overwhelmed—helping you reconnect with yourself, your purpose, and the unconditional love that’s always available.

Transcript:
Good morning. I’m doing my morning journal process and I thought I would share that. Where I start is I just listen to every part of me that’s coming up in the moment. The biggest thing right now is I have a pretty intense sensation in my upper chest—quite anxious and fearful. My heart’s kind of pumping. So, I’m just going to write that down: I have a chest anxiousness. As I turn my attention towards it, I’m noticing it’s quite acute. I’ve actually got a shudder in my voice. There’s a little bit of a tremor in my body. Now, I did have a full pot of coffee, so I want to keep that in mind, but it feels like more than that. It’s pretty intense.

What I’m doing is I’m just being with it and letting it get as big as it wants. As I be with it, I notice how I’m feeling towards it. Part of me wants it to stop and says, “This is not how I want to feel. We need this to stop.” I’m just letting that idea—that this needs to stop—drift away for a moment. I’m not fighting that idea, but I’m asking it to just give me some space so I can be with this anxiousness in my chest. The anxiousness is actually settling now. I’m breathing deeply, which is helping my nervous system by sending signals that everything’s okay. There is no tiger in the bushes. This existential dread is not a physical threat right now.

Sometimes when I go through this, I have a little wave of grief, some tears, or maybe my body will shudder. I attempt to keep my body relaxed and really let it do whatever it spontaneously does as I attune to this sort of thing because my body has wisdom. It knows how to actually process this energy if I simply allow that. I’m attuning to the God image within myself and connecting that to the ball of anxiety. Now I’m asking the anxiety what it needs from me. I’ve been being vulnerable on the internet this week, and that seems to be related to it. This is in my attachment system—parts of me who always want everybody happy with me, parts who have been abandoned and want to always do the right things to make sure people don’t abandon me again.

There are also parts of me who don’t want to ruffle feathers or create crises of faith or problems for other people. There are parts who fear retribution, being misunderstood, mischaracterized, slandered, or shamed. The anxiety dissolves as I acknowledge all of that. I bring the part of me who wants the approval of people on the internet to the God image within me and say, “Look to that. That is your parent. That is your love. That is who you need the approval of—who gives it to you always, no matter what.” I also say it’s okay to want the approval of other people. It’s okay that the connection this part of me craves with members of my family and people I’ve known in the past—people I feel disconnected from these days—is something it wants, even if it isn’t possible and probably never will be. That grief is okay. It’s appropriate to feel sad about it. In fact, I wouldn’t want to not feel sad about it.

The anxiety has subsided. There’s a little shakiness in my hands, but again, could have been too much coffee. Now I notice a part of me who’s worried about work. I’m asking it what it needs me to know. It needs me to know that my job is important, paying the bills is important, and being able to help my family when they need it is important to me. I’m noticing that some of that is also rooted in fear and attachment needs. But of course, that’s all okay. This is me down here on Earth having a human experience, and part of that is connection needs and physical needs.

I also have a part who’s excited about today. I’ve been alone all week while my wife’s at a retreat, and I’m going to see her today. That’s been quite hard for this part of me, and it’s excited that’s ending. I’m also noticing we’re traveling tomorrow, and there’s some anxiety around that. I’m writing each of these down, and the part feels acknowledged and seen when I do that. I just come back to neutral, letting the motor idle, and write down the next thing that comes up. If another part says, “You’re not supposed to feel that way” or “Don’t write that down,” then I have two things to write down—the part I’m experiencing and the part who doesn’t like it or thinks it’s inappropriate. I just get it all on the page.

I’m offering love and connection to each of these parts of myself. All of their points of view make sense. After I’ve written them all down, I cycle back through them and notice if there are any polarities—parts conflicting with other parts. If so, I listen to that argument from a place of spiritual connection and keep asking what needs to happen until it untangles itself.

Finally, I close by thanking all the parts for sharing with me and making their needs and desires conscious instead of acting subconsciously and causing me to self-sabotage outside my awareness. I invite all these parts to notify me today if they become upset again and need my attention. That’s my morning practice. During the day, I sometimes do it if I find I’ve lost my way, feel stuck and looping, or have a heavy sense of dread, shame, or worthlessness. I can come back to this same exercise—writing down what’s coming up one thing at a time, giving each one my full attention, while making sure I’m spiritually connected. That’s my process.