No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her 18-year marriage actually helped her feel better. Those little missives, ...

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Do you keep a diary in good times or bad? According to researchers James W. Pennebaker and Joshua M. Smyth, most journalers tend to fall squarely in one of the two categories: Either they write ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Justin Dunnavant is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Florida. You can find him on ...