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Journaling guides and journal prompts.

Practical, gentle guides on journaling, overthinking, people pleasing and therapy, with prompts you can use today. Written by the team behind Pleso Therapy. Not medical advice.

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Relationships · People pleasing · Journal prompts

How to set boundaries when someone close to you calls every evening with problems

Decide when and how long you can talk, explain the change, and prepare what to say when you end the call. A five-part worksheet helps you describe the current pattern, choose the support you can offer, and review the arrangement after a few calls. A clear explanation does not guarantee that the other person will accept your decision.

Two speech bubbles beside a notebook and pencil: turning a conversation into a journal entry.
Journal prompts · Relationships · Overthinking

Journal entries after an unclear conversation: 2 examples

After an unclear conversation, separate what was said from what you assume, name your feelings and choose one question to ask. The five-part worksheet and two fictional journal entries below show how to do this after a short message or an unclear agreement about chores. The aim is to clarify one situation; writing cannot tell you what someone else intended.

An open notebook surrounded by loose thought shapes, illustrating thoughts gathered into a journal.
Journal prompts · Relationships · Overthinking · Work stress

50 journal prompts for when you don’t know what to write

When you don’t know what to write in a journal, choose one question about the situation on your mind and answer in a few lines. These 50 prompts cover repetitive thoughts, relationships, saying yes too quickly, work, therapy and ordinary days. A topic guide and a three-line worksheet help you start without completing a whole list; skip any question that feels unhelpful.

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People pleasing · Relationships

People pleasing: how to pause when you say yes but mean no

If you often say yes before checking what you want or can manage, begin with a pause rather than a perfect refusal. This guide explains people pleasing as an everyday pattern, offers three phrases to buy time and a worksheet for checking capacity, preference and a possible reply. Context and safety matter: setting a boundary is not always simple, and the pattern alone does not establish its cause or a diagnosis.

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