WFHY-010-WHAT YOUR HANDWRITING SAYS ABOUT YOU & WHY JOURNALING IS SO IMPORTANT

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WHAT YOUR HANDWRITING SAYS ABOUT YOU &WHY JOURNALING IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOUR HEALTH Handwriting is really brain writing – it speaks volumes about your traits, personality, and your health Ready to find out more about you? Jo is offering a special to all who listen to this podcast. Click to listen and find out more! Jo Coppola  is a Handwriting Analyst,Certified Graphologist and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Jo has been an advocate for mental health wellness for many years, using the tool of Handwriting Analysis and Journaling in her professional work, with a particular passion in assisting young adults with a better understanding of self awareness and well-being. Jo has been teaching workshops throughout her career, and has a special interest and passion in Mandala Art interpretation and Journaling Handwriting doesn’t tell half truths, handwriting analysis (Graphology) is a science and it tells all about your fabulous self INTRO 2:18 Handwriting and creative art therapy – getting away from medication and healing the wounds 3:17 How journaling (handwriting) and art helps to get unstuck from those wounds and re-tell your story 4:30 The right side of your brain is where your intuition comes from. Why you want to pay attention to it and how changing your thoughts can change your thinking 6:20 The interesting story of how Jo got into handwriting analysis (graphology) 7:44 What is handwriting analysis and how it can help you emotionally, intellectually, and creatively learn more about yourself 8:48 Europeans use this as the tool it is and in Israel, many landlords insist on having a handwriting sample before they will lease to a person 8:50 How companies use handwriting analysis to select employees 9:29 Handwriting is brain writing – it is a direct reflection of you in the moment 10:41 A person with “negative” traits (e.g. evasive, deceptive) can be identified just as a person with “positive” traits can be 12:06 Handwriting tells you so much about a person even if you’ve never met them but Jo shares how she works with people online with their handwriting sample to help them get to know themselves better because their whole personality – and even their health status – is revealed 15:01 What my handwriting told Jo about me before we did the interview and her analysis of my personality 18:52 Breaking down the letters, the zones (baseline, lower, and upper) to understand energy, traits, motivation, whether you finish projects or not, and goals. 22:22 Writing is communication – even if you’re jotting down a note to yourself or a list – you’re communicating 22:49 Why you might want to start writing love letters – even to yourself 25:35 A conversation – Is handwriting a dying art with the digital age (computers, email, cell phones, and texting) and what does that mean for you, and your children, great grandchildren in the future? 27:01 Why your signature is so important – learning to write used to be a privilege so we are moving backwards 28:26 Why grading handwriting and art has lasting consequences 29:16 When you reach the age of 18, your handwriting has formulated to represent who you are 30:00 Mothers need to teach their children the basics of handwriting and have them do artwork to develop the brain 34:03 How journaling can help you and why it is so important to write – in your own handwriting – Write your own story 36:20 The intimacy of learning about you (not anyone else in your life), your story, and when the best time to journal is 36:40 Why journaling can help you to get better sleep when you do it right before bed and how to do it 37:31 Jo is also a dream interpreter and she explains how journaling before bed helps you to dream better 37:52 How to prepare for grief and death with journaling – Jo has cr...