Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal: A Creative Way to Let Go of Anxiety and Find Peace

by Lori Deschene

A beautifully designed, inviting interactive journal to help you destress, reduce anxiety, and find peace from the founder of the popular online community Tiny Buddha, and author of Tiny Buddha’s 365 Tiny Love Challenges and Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal.

Filled with prompts, quotes, questions for reflection, and coloring and doodle pages, Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal can help you feel calmer and cultivate a more mindful, peaceful spirit every day.

In addition to prompts, the journal features three recurring sections:

"Let It Go"—identify what is currently creating anxiety in your life and suggestions for working through it;

"Plan Ahead"—help to navigate particular situations and devise a plan to approach them in productive ways;

"Color and Draw Yourself Calm"—fifteen coloring pages and fifteen doodle pages carefully designed to inspire you to use your own creativity to soothe worries and focus on the moment.

Don’t let anxiety control you. Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal lets you carve a little time for yourself every day, and gives you tools to help you improve your mood, focus on the present moment, and kindle your unique creativity.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Religion, Psychology

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2018

About the author

Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha, an online community that enables participants to share their experiences and insights to help themselves and others. Since launching the site in 2009, she has helped over a thousand writers tell their stories, attracting more than three million monthly readers.

Lori is the author of Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life’s Hard Questions and Tiny Buddha’s Guide to Loving Yourself. She has presented at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, and her writing has been featured in Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Shambhala Sun, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Lori lives in San Mateo, California.

Reviews

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was excited to win this journal as a Goodreads giveaway and really had no idea what to expect. I really love the Tiny Buddha website and I think the journal does a fairly good job of representing that. I really like the soft colors and size of the journal. Rather than a blank journal, it's creative in that it is guided to sort of prompt you to think and dig deeper into why you are anxious and stressed and what you can do to let it go. That being said, I think the repetition of the "Let it Go" sections is actually useful as a daily reminder that if something is stressing you out and it's out of your control, you have to just let it go. My favorite parts of the journal are the blank pages with the drawing prompts and the coloring book pages, so relaxing!

[Johanna Sawyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks for a copy to look at and review my opinion.

A lot of people struggle with anxiety and worry today, and this was a really great idea for a journal. You don't have to go in order but you can skip around. I liked many of the ideas in the journal, and the coloring pages included. That was one of my main focuses when I had extreme anxiety was to color for endless hours. It helps you focus on something else for awhile until you can adjust. I found it really helpful that they include actual coloring pages within the journal. I would not suggest an ecopy of this journal, print only.
I would definitely suggest this journal for someone looking to maybe keep track of bouts of worry and anxiety. Maybe as a way to identify triggers and put down your feelings. A problem shared is a problem halved. Maybe if your working through problems with someone like a spouse or significant other as well. Ideally this is a workbook to help you not just identify but maybe make peace with some of the feelings you experience.
I gave this workbook five stars because I would definitely buy it and love some of the ideas within. Thanks for allowing me a copy to give my honest opinion.

[Timothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

For someone who does not usually use a journal, this was an easy means of composing my thoughts by using prompts such as "I know I am safe because..." or What's worrying me? While the prompts might seem limiting and this journal functions more as means to clear one's mind than a day to day "dream journal." The coloring book pages are definitely interesting addition to a journal. This journal covers all types of means to improve one's inner peace and is definitely for those that could use a productive means of relieving stress and anxiety.


** I received this as part of a Goodreads giveaway.

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book and the great quotes and journaling. Just a complete book to help when going through a hard time. I talked about this book to a counselor I am seeing and she was impressed by it and bought several copies to give out to her clients. Definitely recommend.