Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

Journaling reduces stress! #mom #doctor #resilience #podcast #mindbodyspace #mentalhealth

18 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this conversational segment, the speaker highlights the scientifically supported advantages of journaling. They argue that regular writing not only lowers stress but also enhances self-awareness, self‑observational skills, and overall resilience. By naming and recording emotions, journaling serves as an emotional anchor, while the reflective process fosters metacognition, allowing individuals to step back from their experiences and solve problems more effectively. The speaker invites further discussion on the brain mechanisms behind these benefits.

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Journaling is one of those things that, you know, everybody thinks they should do and they don't, but it's got a lot of science-backed evidence that it is really important for not only stress reduction, but even self-awareness and just building self-observational skills, which is really a big part of resilience. Also can be an emotional anchor because if you write about your emotions, if you name your emotions, there's so many benefits to writing, I'm sure you could tell us more about that. As far as the brain goes, writing, journaling, reflecting, going over things, whether it's emotional things or just trying to figure things out, it gives you that metacognition where you can just step away from yourself and be able to solve problems better, all kinds of things, right?