Stuck? The Science-Backed Tool To Finally Get What You Want

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Have you ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what you actually want from your life? I sit down with Tara Schuster, top journaling researcher, who is changing the way people use journaling to heal, gain clarity, and build real, lasting self-worth. Tara shares how she went from the world’s biggest journaling skeptic to a massive advocate after it helped her out of a deep depression. We unpack the surprising science behind why journaling works—and give a step by step guide of how and when to use it for the greatest benefits. This conversation is vulnerable, hilarious, practical, and packed with tips you can use today. 🎧 What you’ll learn: The 5 research-backed journaling methods that actually work Why journaling reduces anxiety, trauma symptoms & emotional reactivity How to find clarity when you genuinely don’t know what you want How to use her “Values Filter” to attract the right people The science of “affect labeling” and how it calms your nervous system The nighttime journaling practice that instantly reduces overthinking The journaling technique proven to help you heal old wounds Tara’s tool for turning jealousy into possibility The neuroscience-backed version of manifestation For more from Tara Schuster: Her New Book: ⁠This Journal F*cking Works⁠ Her 14-Day Journaling Challenge & Resources at www.TaraSchuster.com/Liz⁠ Her Instagram: ⁠@taraschuster⁠ Subscribe to Liz’s Substack to download a FREE Connection Card Game: https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome Ready to transform every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Shop our conversation cards, cute merch & more at https://shop.lizmoody.com/. Use our discount codes from vetted partners at https://www.lizmoody.com/codes. Join The Liz Moody Podcast Club: www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to our sponsors: Seed: visit Seed.com/LizMoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. LMNT: head to DrinkLMNT.com/LizMoody to get a free sample pack with any order. Birch: go to BirchLiving.com/LizMoody for 20% off sitewide. Clearstem: visit Clearstem.com and enter code MOODYHH at checkout to get the Hydration Heroes Mini Kit free with a $75 purchase. Fatty15: go to Fatty15.com/LizMoody to get 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit or use code LIZMOODY at checkout. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. Music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represent the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests. The content is not intended as medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider for personal health questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 389 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a time of year, I think, that we're all kind of thinking about, like, what do we want our future to look like? What do we want our goals to look like? Here is an easy hack for living a more intentional life. That is such good advice. You have since met somebody that you're really in love with. Do you think journaling played a role in that journey for you? Journaling has saved my life. I had never heard of these techniques and they were so fascinating to me.
0:22.9	There's also been a lot of research that when we write our goals down, we tend to achieve them more easily.
0:29.1	Help us make 2026 the best year of our lives.
0:32.3	We all have the same hangups and I have one answer to all of those.
0:36.6	I am Tara Schuster. I am the author of two
0:39.7	best-selling books on self-help, self-care. The first is buy yourself the effing lilies,
0:44.7	and the second is glow in the effing dark. Why is journaling the secret of most successful people?
0:52.6	Well, I don't know that it is the secret of most successful people, but I think the reason
0:57.9	it's the secret of so many is putting what is in your head on the page automatically gives
1:05.1	you perspective, right?
1:07.0	Automatically gives you clarity.
1:09.1	It separates you from your thought.
1:13.2	And once you have any amount of distance, you can make different choices, right? You can see your life as something bigger than just
1:19.5	what's going on in your brain. There's also been a lot of research that when we write our goals down,
1:24.6	we tend to achieve them more easily, specifically because it causes us to get
1:31.0	very detailed. And so if you start writing about a future that you really, really want,
1:36.1	you're going to be more likely to attain that future that you really, really want. All the goads
1:40.4	journaled. First off, St. Simone Biles, journals. Right? Okay. Frieda Kalo,
1:47.2	journaler. Leonardo da Vinci, obviously, journaler. Susan Sontag, journaler. Oprah,
1:53.9	journaler. It is a wild assortment of people over history who have journaled. Well, and it's so
2:00.4	interesting because I think I've always had this
2:02.8	idea that journaling is just one thing in my head. And when you say all these people, I'm like,
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