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Welcome to "Journal to Win"
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| "Journal-to-Win" is a web-based program designed to help young adults succeed in every aspect of their lives. |
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| Available in a format for computers, ipods, and iphones, and hosted by both PC's and MAC's, this interactive journal writing program is designed to address major problems facing young adults all across the nation, using the electronic technology they prefer. Individual privacy assured. |
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National crisis areas addressed in "Journal To Win" at this time:
Alcohol and substance use;
Obesity and weight issues.
(Additional areas are in the planning process.) |
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Goals of this innovative approach to prevention and care:
Improving health and the quality of life!
Having more fun living |
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| Twenty-two colleges currently piloting this program |
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| Modules can be customized for specific target audiences. |
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| Please access www.journaltowin.org for detailed information for Participants, Subscribers (Institutions of Higher Education), Sponsors (corporations, agencies, etc.) |
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Mount Vernon News, Mount Vernon, Ohio, October 1, 2009
"Kenyon launches pilot program to fight binge drinking, eating |
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Gambier - ...The "Journal to Win" pilot program will lead students through a Web-based journal writing process. The students will start by writing in response to prompts from a dedicated website. The site will include two modules for the pilot program: Life Choices, tailored to the issues of irresponsible drinking/substance abuse, and Body Image, examining unhealthy eating practices/low self-esteem. Under each module are channels with prompts grouped by subjects to point students in various directions, such as examining one's history, habits, family, goals and how drinking and eating issues are woven through them...
"The [Kenyon] pilot program will feature 50 students - a mixture of volunteers and referrals from Kenyon's student counselors - journaling for two months. Seventeen other colleges and universities will participate, with several others waiting in the wings to hear about how the program does. |
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"... it is economically effective, costing much less than individual therapy would for students while still giving them the tools to examine their own lives and decide how to improve them... more...
read the full article |
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| Research reveals that writing in a journal reduces blood pressure, muscle tension, stress, and hypertension. Suffering caused by chronic pain, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer is diminished because journaling about stressful problems evokes positive emotions and is the fastest way to move from one emotional state to another. Its benefits are amazing. |
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| Will it be expensive? Does it require a costly prescription? Do you have to study up on how to do it? No -- to all these questions. With an ordinary tablet, (a legal size one is best because it gives you lots of room), and any pen handy to you, you have everything you need to begin. |
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| "Why, oh why, didn't someone put a book like this in my hand when I was twenty-five!" [Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes.] Well, Journal To Win is an easily accessible alternative for you to explore. Please go to www.journaltowin.org |
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