Journey App Review: My Favorite On-The-Go Journaling App

Disclosure: I was given a membership to the Journey app Coaching Program for an honest review. I only work with companies and brands that align with my identity and the blog. All opinions remain my own. For more information, please refer to my disclosure policy.

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Looking for a new journaling program? Read the review for information on how the self-care journaling app, Journey has helped me to love myself on-the-go!

Let’s talk about journaling because it’s my favorite self-care practice. I know I’ve said this one too many times. However, journaling is one of the best wellness tools for personal growth. 

I love to journal because it helps me to process and heal emotional trauma. I’ve also used journaling to help me discover and learn new things about myself, such as passions, desires, and emotional triggers. 

Whenever I journal with pen and paper, I feel instantly relaxed. It helps me to sort through the jungle of feelings that are intertwined together and sort out the source of the emotional madness. 

There are so many reasons to start journaling, which is why I was so excited to do this collaboration with Journey. 

About Journey

Journey is an award-winning self-care journaling app that allows users to create happier and healthier mindsets through various guided journal prompts by life coaches in the health and wellness industry.

This app is dedicated to self-care, emotional healing, personal growth, and building positive mindsets. Their goal is to be a sanctuary for the mind and soul of every app user. One of the critical features of this app is the Journey Coach Program. 

Journey Coach provides daily journal prompts to users, from building a positive mindset to self-care to mindfulness and intentional living. Users can select a program they are interested in and jot down their responses to these prompts.

If you’re like me: someone who loves being intentional and in tune with their inner selves, then you’ll love using the Journey app. 

Staying Mindful On-The-Go

One of my favorite features of the Journey Coach Program is its cross-platform functionality. Users can conveniently use Journey on almost all platforms, including macOS, iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and the web. This cross-platform compatibility is possible thanks to Google Drive sync, which enables you to back up your new journal entries from this point forward.

I signed up for several coaching programs such as personal development, my feelings matter, intentional living, and practicing self-gratitude. With all these coaching programs, I can start replying to the journal prompt on my iPhone and finish it later on my MacBook while I’m at work. 

I love being able to reflect on my emotions and overall well-being at any time or place. One of my smaller health goals was to be more in tune with my emotional side and to practice being more mindful of my mental health. In the Journey App, users can free-write and jot down notes related to:

• The type of activity they’re completing at that moment
• How they feel right now
• Share their location
• Upload photos of things that made them feel happy
• Create tags for entries

I use Journey to upload pictures and jot down daily notes about things that made me happy. Then, I use those notes and photos to create an in-person entry in my diary at the end of the night. In addition, each journal prompt takes a few seconds to do so that I can schedule self-care into my already busy day.

I struggle with staying mindful outside of my home, especially when I’m at work. The Journey app gives me the tools and time needed to ensure that I’m prioritizing my well-being at all times. It’s also helped me to stay clutter-free and live a more minimalist lifestyle. For example, instead of buying thousands of journals for mental health, productivity, self-care, and personal growth, I now use all the features within the app to record everything at once. 

How To Journal For Self-Care

Self-care is essential for success, personal growth, and overall well-being. Without it, you risk feeling sick, emotionally drained, and unable to focus on tasks. With the Journey app, you can set a reminder in the app. This reminder will pop up on your screen to let you know it’s time to do some journaling. 

When journaling for mental health and self-care, consistency is essential. Consistency helps you to build positive habits and teaches your brain to associate that behavior with specific times.

It also helps to have a strong reason for wanting to start journaling, especially on an app such as Journey. Some of the most common reasons why people start journaling are to 

• Improve mental health
• Track personal development goals
• Manage everyday emotions 
• Build healthy coping mechanisms

My strong reason for journaling was to improve my mental health and build healthy coping mechanisms. If that is your goal, too, I recommend adding the self-care journal app Journey into your schedule when you’re on the go. 

Does this app appeal to you? Let me know in the comments.