About this episode

Deedee Cummings shares journal prompts to help process emotions during heavy days of grief, burnout, and stress.

This short bonus episode of How to Dream is for the heavy days. The days when you feel emotionally tired, overwhelmed, discouraged, or like you're carrying too much. In this episode, Deedee Cummings shares gentle, practical, and easy to follow journal prompts specifically designed for grief, burnout, and stress to help you identify what you're carrying, calm the mental storm, and support yourself without forcing positivity. You'll be guided through a "Heavy Day Support" journaling practice designed to help you process emotions, reduce overwhelm, and choose one small, kind step for the next 24 hours. If you've been trying to hold it together, this episode gives the heaviness you've been holding on to a safe place to land.

People in this episode

Host: Deedee Cummings

Topics covered

• grief
• burnout
• stress
• journaling
• emotional support

Keywords

• journal prompts
• emotional tiredness
• overwhelm
• mental storm
• self-support

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