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Getting to Good: A Guided Journal
Change your story, discover your happiness, and live your dreams starting today
Getting to Good is a life-changing guided journal that will empower you with positivity and help you get back to your happy place when you're feeling down or struggling to feel satisfied or fulfilled.
Research shows that when we feel positive, we think more creatively and develop better solutions to life's challenges. Author and licensed clinical psychologist Lena Walsh created Getting to Good to help you let go of negative thoughts and patterns, and start focusing on the good days, using inspiring writing exercises based on proven psychology methods.
Getting to Good is a happiness journal that will help you cultivate an attitude of gratitude and improve your life
You don't need to carry the weight of your problems around with you. Give yourself permission to start feeling better, and build a life you'll love, with help from Getting to Good .
Getting to Good is a life-changing guided journal that will empower you with positivity and help you get back to your happy place when you're feeling down or struggling to feel satisfied or fulfilled.
Research shows that when we feel positive, we think more creatively and develop better solutions to life's challenges. Author and licensed clinical psychologist Lena Walsh created Getting to Good to help you let go of negative thoughts and patterns, and start focusing on the good days, using inspiring writing exercises based on proven psychology methods.
Getting to Good is a happiness journal that will help you cultivate an attitude of gratitude and improve your life
You don't need to carry the weight of your problems around with you. Give yourself permission to start feeling better, and build a life you'll love, with help from Getting to Good .
198 pages, Paperback
Published February 26, 2019
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March 16, 2019
"Getting to Good: A Guided Journal"--by Elena Welsh PhD--offers encouragement on every page. There are suggestions for progress, but there is plenty of freedom for self-expression and self-learning. Gentle nudges toward positivity include inspiring quotes, writing exercises that focus your attention on the better, more pleasant aspects of your life, and the space to express your inner musings. Writing down what's going on in your mind, and then rereading your own words can have an amazingly cathartic effect on your thought processes. It also allows you to "meet yourself"--you might find a new friend--you! Don't be overwhelmed by the bad--"get to the good".
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February 20, 2019
I'm not normally a big fan of guided journals and I will admit, I'm only a few days into this one, but so far I'm really impressed! Author, Elena Welsh, is a psychologist who has worked with those suffering from trauma, depression, and anxiety. She's put together some of her best practices and writing prompts in this gorgeous little journal that readers can fill in their thoughts and fears and work on "getting to good." I'm not depressed or suffering from trauma, I am however, a very anxious person who suffers from fomo (fear of missing out) and over scheduling. Getting to Good is about finding your happy place and learning to "rewrite bad days into good ones." The journal includes:prompts, gorgeous illustrations, motivational quotes, and strategies that can be easily implemented into the readers life. A solid investment and one that I look forward to finishing!
May 29, 2020
This is one of the best journals I have tried. It keeps everything positive and really makes you see yourself in the light you are supposed to. Loved it!!! Highly recommend for everyone!!
March 12, 2019
I love this journal. Not only does it have free write areas guided by prompts it also has deep questions, goals to write and develop, space to write things you love and are proud of about yourself as well as a part where you ask friends what they like about you. This is really a nice collection of questions and prompts that get you to think and really work on.
I have anxiety and OCD and am in counseling and this journal gives me some of the same type of exercises I work on in counseling and other workbooks I use. Its great to use and look back on. I definitely recommend. Not just for those in counseling but for anyone.
I have anxiety and OCD and am in counseling and this journal gives me some of the same type of exercises I work on in counseling and other workbooks I use. Its great to use and look back on. I definitely recommend. Not just for those in counseling but for anyone.
March 4, 2019
Getting to Good is Positively Great Guided Journal Guiding for Positivity and Happy Thoughts
Dr. Welsh brings her years as a licensed clinical psychotherapist to this wonderful thought guiding journal. I made a point to photograph and share a handful of images with you from the journal to give you a taste of the varied layout used to enrich this journal.
Some parts start with an inspiring thought, prompting for positivity and inviting us to write out on a lined page of the journal.
Other pages are more like a beautiful tag cloud of positive attributes. We can both circle them and I would add writing some out onto post it notes in fun colors and shapes to put in the journal or bring the journal out into my physical life by posting a few on the bathroom mirror as unconscious mind shaping and conscious mind reminders for goodness, happiness, and positivity.
Some pages invite us to write out affirmations. Personally, I’ll need way more pages on that topic! I think with the layout, I could easily tuck in loose sheets of lined notebook paper to do that.
Some pages are specific prompts for a particular reflection or action which instills a positive outlook perspective on the user and reader of the journal.
The colors are likely to appeal a bit more to women their being pretty pastels.
I like the inclusion of the minimalistic illustrations sprinkled throughout this guided journal: a beautiful picture facing an inspiring quotation, a shiny picture of a sun. The images are almost childlike in their appearance, inviting us to attempt a few scribbles and doodles as well which are another way to be happy and positive as well as creative in our lives.
The layout and format subtly invite us to flip through the pages and actually fill it out at whim by what moves for the day, not necessarily in a linear manner starting from the left and going right page by page only. Open it up to where it opens and let the pages you discover inspire and delight your day to greater thoughts and feelings of happiness and positivity.
Welsh certain demonstrates making CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practical in that a core tenet of CBT to paraphrase Dr. Maxie Maulsby, RBT, “If you want to feel better, think better.” By helping to shape our daily thoughts in the direction of seeing the positive, the beautiful, the miraculous, and the inspiring, we, indeed, will feel Good more and greater Positivity.
Highly recommend.
I received an advance pre-publish date copy of from the Publishers for an honest review.
Dr. Welsh brings her years as a licensed clinical psychotherapist to this wonderful thought guiding journal. I made a point to photograph and share a handful of images with you from the journal to give you a taste of the varied layout used to enrich this journal.
Some parts start with an inspiring thought, prompting for positivity and inviting us to write out on a lined page of the journal.
Other pages are more like a beautiful tag cloud of positive attributes. We can both circle them and I would add writing some out onto post it notes in fun colors and shapes to put in the journal or bring the journal out into my physical life by posting a few on the bathroom mirror as unconscious mind shaping and conscious mind reminders for goodness, happiness, and positivity.
Some pages invite us to write out affirmations. Personally, I’ll need way more pages on that topic! I think with the layout, I could easily tuck in loose sheets of lined notebook paper to do that.
Some pages are specific prompts for a particular reflection or action which instills a positive outlook perspective on the user and reader of the journal.
The colors are likely to appeal a bit more to women their being pretty pastels.
I like the inclusion of the minimalistic illustrations sprinkled throughout this guided journal: a beautiful picture facing an inspiring quotation, a shiny picture of a sun. The images are almost childlike in their appearance, inviting us to attempt a few scribbles and doodles as well which are another way to be happy and positive as well as creative in our lives.
The layout and format subtly invite us to flip through the pages and actually fill it out at whim by what moves for the day, not necessarily in a linear manner starting from the left and going right page by page only. Open it up to where it opens and let the pages you discover inspire and delight your day to greater thoughts and feelings of happiness and positivity.
Welsh certain demonstrates making CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practical in that a core tenet of CBT to paraphrase Dr. Maxie Maulsby, RBT, “If you want to feel better, think better.” By helping to shape our daily thoughts in the direction of seeing the positive, the beautiful, the miraculous, and the inspiring, we, indeed, will feel Good more and greater Positivity.
Highly recommend.
I received an advance pre-publish date copy of from the Publishers for an honest review.
March 6, 2019
The book for review is “ getting to good: A Guided Journal” by Elena Welsh, PhD. This falls in the genre of self-help.
Life is challenging with family, work and self just to name a few things. Bad days will occur. We will also become negative with things that come up in general or with ourselves.
This book will try to rewrite those bad days into good days.
You will need a writing instrument to do the exercises throughout the book. There are quotes sprinkled through this book that to me were great and perfect for the material that was being discussed.
So how do you go about turning a bad day into a good day?
This journal has nicely placed quotes before each section. Afterward you will have exercises such as:
-write down 10 things you are grateful for right now
-These are a few of my favorite things
-What I love about my life
-What I love about myself
-Write about something that made you laugh this week
Through this book, and a great portion of this book, you will find topics like this and then empty space below for you to write about the topic or question on hand.
This is basically the book as a whole. It is a chance for you to write about the good things in your life, things that are good about yourself and your life.
The questions are to the point which will make you think for a moment how to reply.
This is a really lovely little journal that one can use to start as the title of the book says “getting to good” in hope there are more good days ahead than bad. I truly enjoyed reading it.
I received this book for free from Callisto Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
Life is challenging with family, work and self just to name a few things. Bad days will occur. We will also become negative with things that come up in general or with ourselves.
This book will try to rewrite those bad days into good days.
You will need a writing instrument to do the exercises throughout the book. There are quotes sprinkled through this book that to me were great and perfect for the material that was being discussed.
So how do you go about turning a bad day into a good day?
This journal has nicely placed quotes before each section. Afterward you will have exercises such as:
-write down 10 things you are grateful for right now
-These are a few of my favorite things
-What I love about my life
-What I love about myself
-Write about something that made you laugh this week
Through this book, and a great portion of this book, you will find topics like this and then empty space below for you to write about the topic or question on hand.
This is basically the book as a whole. It is a chance for you to write about the good things in your life, things that are good about yourself and your life.
The questions are to the point which will make you think for a moment how to reply.
This is a really lovely little journal that one can use to start as the title of the book says “getting to good” in hope there are more good days ahead than bad. I truly enjoyed reading it.
I received this book for free from Callisto Publishing in exchange for an honest review.
March 4, 2019
We all have those days when we allow bad thoughts in. Especially when we do not feel well. Yet, we all know the power of positivity and this journal is fabulous at reminding us what is important. Gratitude and positivity. I love how you can use it everyday from front to back or skipping around. The author wants you to do it consistently and soon enough it will be a habit! A great habit. Many thanks to the publisher for a free copy of this uplifting book! I can't wait to jump in! I would recommend it for many after just flipping through it! I think it would also make a great gift!
March 3, 2019
This is a great little Journal. I especially love extra nuggets included in addition to prompts to help you along the way. Often times I draw a blank when journaling and this journal eliminates the writers block.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book provided to me by the publisher.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book provided to me by the publisher.
November 3, 2023
$20 i'll never get back
October 10, 2024
Some great prompts and loved the visuals!
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