After a year in therapy, you are likely to have learnt a lot about yourself, others, life and the therapy process itself.
Therefore, I’m sharing 11 amazing reasons to start a blog after a year in therapy.
If you’re reading this post, I imagine, you’ve already considered starting a blog after a year in therapy (or at least roughly around that time).
Since being in therapy has supported you in making changes within your own life, and within the lives of those around you, simply by you making the decision to change yourself from the inside out.
As you have started to see yourself, your life and the situations taking place in your life, from a different perspective, to the one you first walked into therapy with.
Therefore, are inspired to share the knowledge, wisdom and understanding you gained with others, in the hope your voice and learnings will make a difference to them too.
As a result, through sharing these 11 amazing reasons to start a blog after a year in therapy, I hope to cheer you and your idea on.
And stop you from resisting the urge and temptation to avoid starting a blog, due to your fears, doubts and insecurities regarding whether it will work
So let’s dive in.
Table of Contents
One healing reason to start a blogging business after a year in therapy
1) To benefit from the transformative power of writing
As you might already be aware, there is transformative power in writing.
More of which, is described in this post here, on the transformative power of telling your story.
As well as in, Julia Cameron’s book The Artists Way and Steven Pressfield’s Book The War of Art.
Both of which, I highly recommend you read, if you are experiencing any hesitation in starting your blogging idea.
Therefore, the process of writing, has the potential to further assist you in your journey of self discovery, alongside your therapy sessions.
As you exercise openness and honesty around your own truth, and have the opportunity to think and reflect on what to say and write within your blog posts.
As a result, helping you to draw to more conclusions and realizations then you would, only from the weekly sessions with your therapist.
Therefore, enabling you to make your therapy session even more effective.
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3 Knowledge and Understanding reasons to start a blogging business after a year in therapy…
2) To connect the dots between therapy sessions
Sometimes, during therapy, it can feel as though there is no focus or link to what you have discussed during previous sessions.
And as though, you are starting afresh with each weekly session, which rolls around.
However, through starting a blog after a year in therapy, you will be able to draw links together between the various discussions you have had with your therapist, and may continue to have with your therapist.
As you think and blog about particular topics, which you have personal experience of.
Therefore, further supporting you in progressing your therapy sessions forward.
3) To cement your learning and understanding
In neuroscience, there is a common phrase, which states…
‘Nerves cells that fire together, wire together’
Dr Joe Dispenza
Therefore, in this case, meaning…
As discussed above, as you write about a particular topic, you’ll inevitably recall information, which you might have learnt during therapy sessions.
Therefore, allowing you to connect the dots between the topic you are writing about, and that, which you have learnt.
As a result, supporting you in embedding even more new synaptic connections in your brain, to the ones, which, you are already embedding through engaging in the therapy process.
Consequently, supporting you in cementing the learning and understanding, you are gaining during therapy sessions.
At times also, during the writing process, you might connect certain dots between certain topics brought up in your therapy sessions, which you didn’t necessarily fully understand at the time.
Or you hadn’t been able to connect previously.
However, through the writing process, have been able to finally realize what your therapist might have been referring to, in one or more particular sessions.
And connect the dots you hadn’t connected before.
Therefore, again, further helping you to cement the learning and understanding gained during therapy sessions, and developing those synaptic connections in your brain even further.
4) To become an expert
All of the above, as a result, supports you in becoming an expert on the topics you are discussing.
Since, as Robert Kiyosaki (Founder of the Rich Dad Company and author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad) says, simply by the act of teaching others, you learn even more.
Therefore, increasing your knowledge and understanding of your personal experiences.
3 self-worth increasing reasons why to start a blog after a year in therapy…
5) An opportunity to exercise your difference
Everybody in this world wants to feel different, and unique to the next person.
So, by starting a blog after a year in therapy, you will be able to exercise that difference.
Since, you’ll be discussing certain life topics in relation to your unique experiences, learnings and understandings.
Related: How to start a blog when you don’t know what to blog about?
6) An opportunity to share your opinions, thoughts and feelings
Everybody has opinions, thoughts and feelings, which they want heard.
Therefore, by starting a blog after a year in therapy, you get exactly that…
The chance to share them.
Consequently, also getting an opportunity to exercise your belonging and importance in this world.
7) An opportunity to express your true self
If you identify as an introvert, it can be difficult to express your thoughts, feelings and opinions, fully and completely when in person with other people.
And, this too goes for when attending therapy sessions.
Therefore, by starting a blog after a year in therapy, you get to voice your unique voice, thoughts, feelings and opinions in a way, which feels safe and comfortable for you.
3 life satisfaction reasons to start a blog following a year in therapy…
8) Making a difference to the lives of others
Everybody has a need to make a difference in their community and to the lives of others.
Therefore, by starting a blog, you also get to contribute and make a difference to society, through your writing.
Sometimes it may not feel like this, as often you are writing alone, and to begin with, you might not have a large audience.
However, the more you write with your reader in mind (focusing on SEO), making sure to share and promote your blog posts, the more you will feel you are contributing and making a difference.
9) Expanding your horizons
Through starting a blog, you’ll also start to see new opportunities to the ones you previously saw when you were simply considering starting a blog.
Since, you will become part of a larger community of bloggers, all seeking to achieve as you are.
10) A chance to change your life
As you embark on the journey to starting and growing a blog, you’ll also get the chance to change your life.
As you’ll begin to follow and trust more and more in your ideas.
And you’ll start putting all your focus and attention on making your dreams a reality.
Instead of, continuing to neglect them.
Related: Is your life feeling off balance? Why you need to make yourself a priority and how to do it
One (change in how you feel) reason as to why to start a blog a year after therapy…
11) You’ll experience an even bigger increase in your confidence and happiness levels, than you already have experienced after a year in therapy
Overall, starting a blog after a year in therapy, will give you the chance to further experience an increase in confidence and happiness levels.
To that, which you may already be experiencing through working with a therapist.
Since, if you have been thinking about starting a blogging business for a while, but haven’t taken the plunge to start it, it’s likely because you are afraid.
However, when you finally do decide to start that blog, you will experience a sense of relief, as you’re no longer merely thinking about it.
But are now taking action towards making your dream a reality.
Related: When IS the right time to leave your job to start a business?
Summary
So, there you have it, 11 amazing reasons to start a blogging business after a year in therapy.
Including, the transformative and healing power of writing in and of itself.
A further opportunity to connect the dots you are learning in therapy as you write about particular topics.
Therefore, allowing you to cement the learnings you are gaining in therapy, as well as, become an expert in the niche you are blogging about (most likely personal development/mental health).
Starting a blog after a year in therapy will also, allow you to increase your self-worth, as you exercise your difference, share your opinions, thoughts, and feelings, and become more comfortable expressing your true self.
In addition, you will get the chance to make a difference to the lives of others, expand your horizons, and ultimately, change your life.
Therefore, overall, increasing your happiness and confidence levels too.
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