52 Lists for Calm: Journaling Inspiration for Soothing Anxiety and Creating a Peaceful Life

by Moorea Seal

Manage stress and relieve anxiety with motivational journal prompts—one for every week of the year—that offer a safe, calming space for self-care and mindful reflection.
 
Featuring gorgeous illustrations and inspirational quotes, this hardcover list journal is the perfect gift for anyone suffering from anxiety, tension, and burnout.

Develop well-being and peace of mind through the calming practice of list-making. This inspiring journal features 52 list prompts to help you focus on self-care, compassion, and acceptance to overcome stress and anxiety. Filled with special design features to inspire and delight, 52 Lists for Calm
•               52 guided journal prompts divided into 4 Be Present, Look Back, Move Forward, and Release
•               Each prompt includes a related short exercise (meditations, affirmations, relaxation exercises, releasing, creating, boundary-setting, etc.) 
•               Full-color photographs and illustrations throughout
•               Inspiring quotes and thought-provoking short essays
•               Metallic accents and a golden satin ribbon place-holder
•               Resources and personalized tool kit at the back to fill with strategies for anxiety relief
 
52 Lists for Calm provides a safe, easy, and beautiful space to practice self-care and reflect on the best parts of your daily life. Whether you suffer from anxiety and burnout, or just need a little more peace in your life, this inspiring journal will guide you towards greater serenity and happiness.

Genres: Self Help, Journal, Nonfiction, Reference, Psychology, Journaling

160 pages, Diary

Published September 24, 2019

About the author

Moorea Seal is an author, designer, and entrepreneur based out of Seattle, WA. She is the founder and namesake of the women's retail website mooreaseal.com and store front in downtown Seattle which features over 160 handmade designers from across the U.S. and donates 7% of all proceeds to non-profits. Through "The 52 Lists Project" "52 Lists for Happiness" and new latest book "Make Yourself at Home", she seeks to write journals and books that inspire and encourage people from all walks of life, to harness their inner wisdom, strength and self love through list making.

With a degree in Illustration, graduating college in 2009, Moorea was faced with the harsh realities of the job market, or lack there of, during the economic recession. Seeing no straight forward path in a career in the arts, and still unsure of how to mix her passions of art, music, philanthropic work, writing, and fashion into one avenue, she decided to start her blog moorea-seal.com. While juggling 2 full time nanny jobs and a part time job as an artist's assistant to a sculptor, she was blogging everyday to motivate herself to keep creating. She was also singing in a band, teaching herself HTML, and doing freelance Illustration and Design work on the side. Inspired by her work as an artist's assistant, she decided to teach herself how to make jewelry and with $10, two hand me down jewelry pliers from an old lady in her childhood community, and some junk jewelry from a thrift store, she started her first business in Etsy.

By 2010, she began to focus all of her energy on creative pursuits through jewelry design, graphic design, illustration, blog design, and blogging. By 2012, she became a featured persona on Pinterest along side 29 other major brands such as Martha Stewart, Dr Oz, Anthropologie and the U.S. Army in "Pinterest's 30 Days of Pinspiration."

Today you can find her juggling many hats, from being the CEO of the Moorea Seal brand, to writing books, volunteering, motivational speaking, designing new lines of jewelry and accessories, and much more.

Reviews

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't actually say that I read this. I was intrigued by the cover's color palate, clicked over to Amazon for a preview, and it turns out that the Table of Contents is fully viewable. Given that the rest of the book is mostly a journal, the real value lies in the TOC prompts. And those prompts are legit distillations of core Cognitive Behavioral therapeutic approaches. Just reading through the Table of Contents felt centering. Even for those of us already versed in the tools for emotional self-management, the prompts were a great reminder and included a few brain-tickling spins on stand-by exercises. ...So I manually typed up the list of prompts, rephrased some, cut others, and printed out a customized reminder for when life gets hairy. Because, 2020.

[Kristine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been working my way through these books. This one gave many writing prompts that suited me. They turned into daily journaling practices. A great one to reflect on one's self.

[Jas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these journals and pick one each year. This one in particular I really appreciated that you can put together your own calm toolkit at the end of the boom using some of the key prompts to refer to when you need help feeling grounded.

[Rikki McDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked the ideas in this journal and looked forward to a new one every time.

[Shellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book for a woman who likes to make lists! This book helped my to live in the moment, organize my thoughts and put things in perspective.

[Ms. Everitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a great way to help someone start to journal to improve their mental hygiene! Every list feeds into a growing toolkit for the reader, and by the end, there's a power set of resources that work for that person that they can refer to again and again! This is a great book for people who are feeling out of control, overwhelmed, or who simply want to get a better handle on their lives.

[Sandy Smith]

Started early this year. The first thing I liked was writing about what you're thinking about right now. This is a work in progress. I'll be using it quite a while.