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The Shadow Work Journal

by Keila Shaheen • 2024

Your triggers know what you won't face. A guided journal for tracing each one home.

4.01

500+

🧩 Shadow Work 🔮 Jungian Psychology 🧸 Inner Child Healing

The Shadow Work Journal

Your triggers know what you won't face. A guided journal for tracing each one home.

by Keila Shaheen 2024 272 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🧩 Shadow Work 🔮 Jungian Psychology 🧸 Inner Child Healing

The Daily Stoic Journal

by Ryan Holiday • 2017

A year of Stoic writing: morning intentions, evening self-audit, a practice that builds steadiness.

4.33

1k+

📜 Modern Stoicism ✍️ Guided Journal 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

The Daily Stoic Journal

A year of Stoic writing: morning intentions, evening self-audit, a practice that builds steadiness.

by Ryan Holiday 2017 384 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

📜 Modern Stoicism ✍️ Guided Journal 🏛️ Stoic Philosophy

Journal to the Self

by Kathleen Adams • 1990

No rules, no perfect prose: 22 techniques that turn a notebook into your most honest therapist.

3.99

1k+

🛠️ Journaling Techniques 📖 Journal Therapy 🖊️ Expressive Writing

Journal to the Self

No rules, no perfect prose: 22 techniques that turn a notebook into your most honest therapist.

by Kathleen Adams 1990 240 pages

3.99

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Journaling Techniques 📖 Journal Therapy 🖊️ Expressive Writing

Self-Love Workbook for Women

by Megan Logan • 2020

A workbook for women who give everyone else compassion but have none left for themselves.

4.06

1k+

🫂 Self-Compassion ✍️ Interactive Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

Self-Love Workbook for Women

A workbook for women who give everyone else compassion but have none left for themselves.

by Megan Logan 2020 174 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🫂 Self-Compassion ✍️ Interactive Self-Help 🚧 Boundary Setting

Expressive Writing

by James W. Pennebaker • 2014

Putting your worst experiences into words measurably changes your body, not just your mind.

3.89

311

🩹 Trauma Processing ✍️ Writing Therapy 💭 Emotional Processing

Expressive Writing

Putting your worst experiences into words measurably changes your body, not just your mind.

by James W. Pennebaker 2014 198 pages

3.89

311 ratings

🩹 Trauma Processing ✍️ Writing Therapy 💭 Emotional Processing

Find Your Flow

by Sarah Gregg • 2020

Four weeks of morning-and-evening practice that replace busyness with flow, one day at a time.

4.10

111

🧱 Guided Journaling 🌅 Morning Routines 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Find Your Flow

Four weeks of morning-and-evening practice that replace busyness with flow, one day at a time.

by Sarah Gregg 2020 112 pages

4.10

111 ratings

🧱 Guided Journaling 🌅 Morning Routines 🙏 Gratitude Practice

Dot Journaling

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller • 2017

Bullet journaling without the art: how a few dots and symbols can organize your whole life.

3.77

7k+

📓 Bullet Journaling 📝 Analog Productivity ✅ Habit Tracking

Dot Journaling

Bullet journaling without the art: how a few dots and symbols can organize your whole life.

by Rachel Wilkerson Miller 2017 240 pages

3.77

7k+ ratings

📓 Bullet Journaling 📝 Analog Productivity ✅ Habit Tracking

365 Journal Writing Ideas

by Rossi Fox • 2013

One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.

3.84

446

📓 Journaling 🧭 Guided Journals ✍️ Writing Prompts

365 Journal Writing Ideas

One prompt a day for a year of memories, self-reflection, and creativity. The blank page loses.

by Rossi Fox 2013 250 pages

3.84

446 ratings

📓 Journaling 🧭 Guided Journals ✍️ Writing Prompts

Writing Begins with the Breath

by Laraine Herring • 2007

The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.

4.09

376

🧘 Mindful Writing ✍️ The Writing Life 🫁 Body Awareness

Writing Begins with the Breath

The deepest writing starts with breath and body, not technique.

by Laraine Herring 2007 190 pages

4.09

376 ratings

🧘 Mindful Writing ✍️ The Writing Life 🫁 Body Awareness

Creative Journal Writing

by Stephanie Dowrick • 2007

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

3.81

373

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing

Creative Journal Writing

Turn a blank notebook into honest self-discovery, emotional clarity, and creative freedom.

by Stephanie Dowrick 2007 259 pages

3.81

373 ratings

🖊️ Journal Writing 📝 Expressive Writing 💭 Emotional Processing

The Great Book of Journaling

by Eric Maisel • 2022

Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.

3.74

114

📝 Therapeutic Writing ✍️ Expressive Writing 🎨 Creative Self-Expression

The Great Book of Journaling

Nine ways a blank page becomes therapy, art studio, and compass: writing that heals and creates.

by Eric Maisel 2022 288 pages

3.74

114 ratings

📝 Therapeutic Writing ✍️ Expressive Writing 🎨 Creative Self-Expression

Writing Alone, Writing Together

by Judy Reeves • 2002

How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.

4.01

👥 Writing Community ✍️ Writing Workshops 🖋️ Freewriting

Writing Alone, Writing Together

How to start a writing group that provides feedback, builds accountability, and keeps you writing.

by Judy Reeves 2002 265 pages

4.01

78 ratings

👥 Writing Community ✍️ Writing Workshops 🖋️ Freewriting

Writing Down Your Soul

by Janet Conner • 2008

Fifteen minutes of daily writing, and the guidance you've been seeking starts talking back.

4.03

1k+

🕯️ Spiritual Journaling ✍️ Expressive Writing 👂 Inner Voice Work

Writing Down Your Soul

Fifteen minutes of daily writing, and the guidance you've been seeking starts talking back.

by Janet Conner 2008 253 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Journaling ✍️ Expressive Writing 👂 Inner Voice Work

Reflective Practice

by Gillie Bolton • 2001

A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.

3.64

109

🔍 Reflective Practice 📓 Journal Writing 🔄 Experiential Learning

Reflective Practice

A blank notebook is the most underrated professional development tool. Here is how to use it.

by Gillie Bolton 2001 304 pages

3.64

109 ratings

🔍 Reflective Practice 📓 Journal Writing 🔄 Experiential Learning

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