{"id":83538,"date":"2025-12-29T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/?p=83538"},"modified":"2025-12-31T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:41:13","slug":"guided-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/guided-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"26+ Guided Journals To Crack Open In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Especially as busy parents, taking some time to be calm and reflective amidst a whirlwind of commitments and needs (yours and others) is essential. One of the easiest and effective ways to do this is to incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/journaling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journaling<\/a>\u00a0into your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/free-self-care-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">self-care practices<\/a>. In fact, studies have shown that putting pen to paper actually has a number of health benefits, including decreasing stress and anxiety and boosting the immune system. If you&#8217;re a newbie to the practice, don&#8217;t know what to write about, or just want to change up your writing routine, picking up a guided journal might be your best bet. Filled with probing questions and thought-provoking quotes, guided journals make journaling easy, plus you&#8217;ll likely be surprised at what they draw out of you. Below, over 26+ guided journals to consider cracking open in 2026.<\/p>\n<h4>Check out our favorite 2026 guided journals in the slideshow below!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especially as busy parents, taking some time to be calm and reflective amidst a whirlwind of commitments and needs (yours and others) is essential. One of the easiest and effective ways to do this is to incorporate journaling\u00a0into your\u00a0self-care practices. In fact, studies have shown that putting pen to paper actually has a number of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":166697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83538"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171815,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83538\/revisions\/171815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}