Author: DrToni

Dialogue with Events Events can be anything that aren’t persons.  They can be actual events like a party, an accident, an achievement, or a failure.  Events can be abstract concepts, too, like emotions or truth or justice.  Circumstances that exert a real influence on us are no longer fixed and opaque.  They become accessible to Read More …

Daily Log Keeping a daily log is recommended, but it’s not essential.  It’s similar to a diary but with the emphasis on feelings and inner experiences rather than external events. To write in the Daily Log: Sit in silence first and let your mind gently go back over your day. Spend a minute or two or Read More …

  Dialogue with the body Many years ago, I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease. The only word I could use to describe how I felt, at the time, was: betrayed. I’d totally bought into the message that prevention was better than a cure, and I’d proactively done what I thought was a basically good job Read More …

Dialogue with Persons: Who were the persons who had inner importance to you during this unit of time? Describe the relationships, including both the pleasant and the unpleasant aspects. 2. Dialogue with Work: What were your work projects and activities during this period? What happened to them? Which came to a dead end? Which were Read More …

NOTE:  The following information and instructions are revisions of information from At a Journal Workshop:  The Basic Text and Guide for Using the Intensive Journal Process by Ira Progoff, published by Dialogue House Library, New York, NY, 1975. Progoff’s Intensive Journal is a way you can explore your past as it relates to the present.  This exploration Read More …