What is The Reciprocal Journaling Practice?
- Apr 12
- 1 min read
The Reciprocal Journaling Practice is an iterative method of journaling that heavily centers meta-cognition. It is broken into 8 parts: Awareness, Curiosity, Meta-Awareness, Agency, Application, Evolution, Reflect, and Reciprocate.
What is a 'journaling practice'?
A journaling practice is habitual, focuses journaling on particular themes and ideas. Practices are a part of your life, rather than being a chore or task. They are intentional, ongoing, and evolve as your needs do.
What makes it 'reciprocal' ?
This practice is 'reciprocal' because the insights you gain are reinvested into the next integration. Different versions of you are in communication.
What makes it iterative?
You make improvements to how you approach journaling each time you cycle though the RJP.
Do I have to go from 1 to 8 every time?
No! Start anywhere you'd like. You may even cycle the same group of steps (e.g. Agency and Application focused journaling).
How much time do I spend on each?
You can spend as much or as little time on each venture as you'd like.
What's the difference between Awareness and Meta-Awareness?
Awareness is having and experience or noticing it from an subjective lens. Meta-Awareness is taking an objective lens.
Think of it as first-person vs third-person view or streetview vs bird's eye view.
( e.g. "I'm sad" vs. "I'm experiencing sadness right now.".)
What sorts of things do I journal about for each?
Each page of RJP has some practices and techniques you can try. Also, try corresponding prompts, buided journals,or other journaling technieques that inspire you l
