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Emotions Journal Prompts

Emotional awareness is a skill, and journaling is one of the best ways to develop it. These prompts help you name, explore, and process your feelings — the comfortable ones and the difficult ones alike.

41 prompts and growing.

#1
“What are you afraid to lose that you already have?”

Fear of loss and gratitude live in the same neighborhood.

#2
“What's been on your mind all week that you haven't had time to think about properly?”

Give the nagging thought the attention it's been asking for.

#3
“How are you? The real answer. Right now.”

The simplest question. The hardest honest answer.

#4

“What are you holding space for?…”

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#5

“What do you want someone to ask you?…”

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#6

“What makes you nervous in a good way?…”

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#7

“What's a feeling you've been sitting wit…”

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#8

“What makes you feel powerful?…”

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#9

“What does vulnerability look like for yo…”

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#10

“What do you keep going back to in your m…”

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#11

“What are you carrying into the new year …”

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#12

“How do you handle being alone during the…”

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#13

“What's something you need to say to your…”

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#14

“What scares you about the future that yo…”

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#15

“What does healing look like for you in t…”

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#16

“What's a fear that controls more of your…”

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#17

“How are you doing, really? Not the polit…”

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#18

“What are you carrying for someone else t…”

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#19

“What do you need that you're not asking …”

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#20

“What do you need to stop pretending you'…”

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#21

“How do you know when you're running on e…”

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#22

“What are you not saying that needs to be…”

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#23

“What do you need to hear right now that …”

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#24

“When was the last time you let yourself …”

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#25

“What are you most afraid of losing?…”

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#26

“What's the most honest answer to 'how ar…”

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#27

“What emotion do you have the hardest tim…”

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#28

“What are you pretending is fine that isn…”

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#29

“How do you process hard emotions? Walk t…”

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#30

“What thought keeps showing up lately tha…”

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#31

“What are you holding onto that's already…”

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#32

“What's something you pretend doesn't bot…”

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#33

“What are you overthinking right now?…”

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#34

“What emotion do you feel the most often?…”

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#35

“What do you think about when you can't s…”

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#36

“What conversation do you keep replaying …”

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#37

“How do you act when you're stressed and …”

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#38

“What's weighing on you right now that ha…”

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#39

“If you had to describe your current mood…”

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#40

“What does your inner critic sound like? …”

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#41

“What emotion have you been avoiding late…”

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