Category Archives: Butterfly Journal

Butterfly Journal 7th Month: Compassion (Entry #1)

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

Last month’s focus on practicing patience has been very helpful and has provided me with helpful reminders when facing the challenges of caring for and being around my mother. But in truth, the lessons for patience are all around us … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged Alzheimer's, awareness, butterflies, challenges, compassion, empathy, journaling, Love, meditation, metamorphosis, mother, personal growth, suffering | 23 Comments

Butterfly Journal: Patience (Entry #3)

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

This month’s journal prompt on patience, has gotten me to not only think about or review the things that help me to practice patience, but it has also reminded me of someone who was a teacher of patience for me. … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Journal: Patience (Entry #2)

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

In the last journal entry I discussed how breathing, Pranayama practices, and other yoga practices help me when I am challenged to be patient and calm. Another practice that I have recently returned to is art. Art is a wonderful meditative practice or … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged art, awakening, Buddhism, Carl Jung, circle, daily prompt, Divine Love, impermanace, inspiration, journaling, mandala, mindfulness, patience, personal growth, sacred geometry, symbolism, unconscious | 15 Comments

Butterfly Journal 6th Month: Patience (Entry #1)

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

So far on our caterpillars’ metamorphic journey, we have grown from Self-reflection, Truth, Faith, Awareness, and Acceptance. Now we are half way through our journey, and it’s time to take a pause. Not a break, but a pause to take in … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged breath, butterflies, grounding, mantra, meditation, metamorphosis, patience, personal growth, practice, pranayama, rest, self-awareness, sociopath, Spirituality, trees, yoga | 24 Comments

Butterfly Journal: Acceptance (Entry #2)

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

By accepting our situations, we can surrender to the process of metamorphosis and personal growth. Acceptance and surrender, however, does not mean giving up or becoming a martyr. It means embracing what is, right now, for it is only when … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal, Psyche & The Dreamworld | Tagged acceptance, allowing, ascension, astral travel, awakening, books, dreams, healing, journaling, letting go, lucid dreaming, mind traveling, parallel lives, parallel universe, personal growth, quantum jumping, sociopath, spiritual growth, spiritual transformation | 14 Comments

Butterfly Journal 5th Month: Acceptance (Entry #1)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Julianne Victoria

The last Butterfly Journal entry ended with me saying: I’ve always believed in feeling and embracing our emotions…Feel your experience, for it is part of the creation of you. This leads nicely into what I’d like to journal about for this month’s prompt: Over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged acceptance, Alzheimer's, butterflies, Butterfly Journal, journaling, journals, life coaching, metamorphosis, personal growth, self-awareness, spiritual growth, Surrender, wisdom | 10 Comments

Butterfly Journal: Awareness (Entry #3)

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Julianne Victoria

In the last journal entry I discussed the challenges of dealing with my mother’s behavior, especially her violence. With the addition of her Alzheimer’s it is often a futile situation, and I concluded the entry saying: How do my thoughts, feelings, and actions … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal, Health & Healing | Tagged Albert Camus, Alzheimer's, awakening, butterflies, consciousness, emotional healing, Freedom, healing, Josephine Wall, journaling, personal growth, self-awareness, shadow side, spiritual growth | 24 Comments

Butterfly Journal: Awareness (Entry #2)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Julianne Victoria

I left off the last Butterfly Journal entry saying: The biggest awareness challenge in my current situation, however, is in dealing with my mother. My mother has Alzheimer’s and I am one of her main caretakers. She is a very difficult person, to say … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged Alzheimer's, awareness, books, butterflies, Butterfly Journal, caretakers, death, healing journey, journaling, mental illness, psychic, self-awareness, soul journey | 17 Comments

Butterfly Journal Fourth Month: Awareness (Entry #1)

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Julianne Victoria

Last month’s journal topic was Faith, and with the journaling process of the first three months of Butterfly Journal I feel I have accomplished a great amount of healing. I left off the last entry saying: I am now curious to see how … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged Alzheimer's, awakening, butterflies, caregiving, consciousness, dream meaning, journaling, law of attraction, manifestation, mental illness, positive energy, self-awareness, thoughts | 17 Comments

Butterfly Journal Third Month: Faith (Entry #1)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Julianne Victoria

In my last journal entry here, I discussed how coming to the understanding of the Truth of my shadow side and healing my roots had brought my life full circle and has unveiled further the connection between the physical/conscious and … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Journal | Tagged awareness, butterflies, Butterfly Journal, faith, fears, manifestation, Maya Angelou, metamorphosis, personal growth, root chakra, self-help, spiritual growth, Truth | 9 Comments