BEGIN TODAY
An invitation to start journaling at your own pace. I’ll send you one simple journaling exercise a day for 7 days — completely free. My hope is that it gently takes away the intimidation you’ve felt before, and becomes the beginning of a practice you’ll return to for years.
It’s likely that there’s a beautiful notebook waiting on your shelf for this moment to arrive. You’ve heard that journaling can help with stress, clarity, and knowing yourself better, but somehow the right time to start and stay consistent hasn’t arrived.
Here’s the thing: journaling is so much more than keeping a record of your days. Behind it is a whole body of research — and simple, time-tested practices that gently lead you toward calm and self-understanding. You don’t need more discipline, or the perfect words, or to write every single day. You need a practice that’s both meaningful and doable. And that’s something you can learn.
For seven days, you’ll receive one email from me each morning: one simple journaling exercise, and a short note on why it works. Each one is small in length but big in purpose — easy enough to sustain, meaningful enough to keep.
There’s nothing to get right and nothing to fall behind on. The days build on each other, but life happens — and the emails will wait for you. You’ll write a little, notice a little more, and somewhere along the way the blank page stops being a test and becomes what it was always meant to be: a conversation with yourself.
By the end of the journey, you’ll have written pages in your journal — and you’ll own a starter kit of seven exercises you can return to anytime.
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR
This course is for you if you’ve never journaled, if you’ve started and stopped a dozen times, or if the blank page has felt intimidating in the past. You don’t need to be a writer. You don’t need 30 minutes a day. You don’t even need to write every day… This journey is made to meet you where you are, in whatever season life finds you.
Already journaling? Welcome, too. The seven days make a lovely sampler of fresh exercises to weave into the practice you have — and Day 7 will add so much depth to it.
INSIDE THE COURSE
The simplest journaling exercise for every day.
Forget the gratitude list. Try this instead.
A playful exercise that will tickle your inner critic.
A great weekend ritual for turning mental noise into insight
One question, from the island where people live the longest.
The smallest exercise of the week. Your favorite a year from now.
Learn how to read your entries, and why it matters
I’m a journaling facilitator and certified Journal to the Self® instructor, on a mission to make journaling a widely recognized practice for well-being. It began as my own way of making sense of life — and grew into the work I do today: guiding people to the page since 2018, through workshops, guided journals, my YouTube channel, and courses like this.
Journaling is so much more than emptying your mind onto paper. Behind it lies a rich body of techniques and decades of research in therapeutic and expressive writing — and ahead of it, a practice as unique as the person holding the pen. That’s what this week is for: helping you begin yours.
A week from now, you’ll have begun your practice — and a small toolkit of exercises to return to anytime. Join me today and let’s take this journey together.
Completely. The seven emails are my favorite way to welcome you into my corner of the journaling world. After the series, you’ll receive my monthly newsletter, which you can unsubscribe anytime.
5–10 minutes a day. The course is designed to fit inside a full life — the practice is designed to be sustainable and meaningful, so don’t worry about keeping it daily. Consistency matters more than frequency.
Nothing breaks. 🙂 The emails wait for you. Pause, return, and continue.
Not at all. An old notebook and any pen work perfectly. I’m a fan of writing by hand for the slowness of it — but a digital page works just as well if that’s easier for you.
Journal writing can have therapeutic outcomes — many people find it calming, clarifying, and healing. In fact, the exercises I share draw on therapeutic writing techniques: research-based practices designed to support reflection and emotional well-being. That said, journaling isn’t therapy, and it’s not a replacement for professional support. Think of it as a gentle practice of self-reflection — and if you’re moving through something heavy, it can be a beautiful companion alongside the care of a professional, but not in place of it.
