Heal + Create Journal and Included Instructional Program
Writers' Retreat with Anne Lamott, Julia Cameron, SARK Commemorative Edition
Welcome to your journal. We hope that you enjoy the experience of listening to yourself, experiencing clarity and guidance, and using your journal as a practice of restoring the connection to your inner creative self. WeÕve added quotations throughout that you might use as inspirations, prompts, or things to keep in your brain as you move through your days. If youÕre new to journaling Ð or youÕre a veteran journaler but would like to explore fresh approaches, weÕd like to recommend a few resources that can help you gain the most from developing or continuing a journaling practice.
Julia CameronÕs classic work, The ArtistÕs Way, includes specific instructions on how to use Morning Pages. ItÕs a method that millions of people have adopted since she first published that book over twenty-five years ago.
Writing Down Your Soul, by Janet Conner turns journaling into a real conversation with yourself and the universe. We highly recommend either of these books Ð or both, as you can combine the practices found in each.
If you would like to experience a program developed by our founder, Jacob Nordby, we have it available as a free, multi-media gift that you can download at www.CreativeSelfJournal.com. This program includes a short instructional video, an e-book and audiobook, and a guided meditation.
This journal is part of our work at Heal + Create Ð a community platform dedicated to helping people heal and create lives they are meant to live. We invite you to visit our site and explore how we are growing to support you! You will see the Heal + Create watermark on the pages of this journal. Its fourfold knot represents our vision of healthy creative living in mind, body, spirit, and emotions. Throughout this journal, you will find quotations that we invite you to use as journal prompts, chuckles, or inspiration for your days.
Go to www.HealCreate.org to learn more.
Thank you for being here and we hope that you find as much joy in using this journal as we have experienced in creating it.