The Journal Writer’s Companion: Achieve Your Goals • Express Your Creativity • Realize your Potential

by Alyss Thomas

Create a personalized approach to journaling that will help you to succeed both professionally and personally!

Numerous studies show that journal writing is a fantastic resource that can significantly impact your life, but few people know how to go about it effectively in order to gain lasting positive results. The Journal Writer’s Companion aims to change this. Designed to be a clear, practical guide to using journal writing to help you succeed in any area of life and work, it is also a comprehensive reference source to all of the different types of journaling techniques, from gratitude journals to bullet journals, legacy journals to art journals. An experienced psychotherapist and writing coach, Alyss Thomas explains how these various approaches to journaling can be adapted and combined in innovative ways to create a unique, personalized method that works for your life and your goals. You do not need to use any other journaling books or use any pre-printed journals. Instead, you can use any blank notebook, or set up your journal on a computer or online, using the guidance contained here on how to structure it to specifically meet your needs. The result is the only guide you’ll ever need to achieving personal and professional success the journaling way!

Alyss Thomas is an experienced writer, coach and therapist and has worked as a writing coach for over 20 years. She has helped hundreds of students use journals as a learning tool. This book came to life through her own journaling practice when she discovered she was getting incredible results in life areas she was journaling, compared with the ones where she had not written any journals. She is the author of 'The 1000 Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask Yourself' (Exisle, 2005).

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Journaling, Writing, Personal Development

318 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 10, 2019

Reviews

[Natasha Mairs (Serenity You) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is all about how to start journalling.

it talks about the best why to save your journal entries, either in a notebook or an app. Different ways to journal and how journalling can be beneficial to you health and wellbeing.

To be honest, there was nothing in this book that I didn't already know. There was a few journalling prompts which I liked. But I would have liked to seen samples of each kind of journalling types, not just talking about it.

I did like that the book had a ribbon to use has a page marker,

2.5/5 stars

*I was sent this book in return for a review. All opinions are mine and 100% honest

[Annie Rupertus · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Journal Writer's Companion is a pretty good intro to journaling, and it's very nicely designed. I personally knew a lot of the content already and skimmed a bit of it, but I do think those who don't have any experience with journaling will most likely find this book helpful.

Read my full review on my blog, here.

3.5 stars

Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a review copy in exchange for an honest review.

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[Corvidianus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was curious, just wanted a rundown of some different journaling styles and a handful of related prompts & found this to be pretty much what I was looking for. Honestly, I'd give it more like 3.5 stars, but rounded up instead of down because she clearly put some effort into this. Appreciative of the amount of work it takes to write a book of any use or value at all, rounding up felt more appropriate.

There are some great prompts; I'd have liked to see more. I'd especially have liked to see some more bulleted descriptions; I don't think all of this needed to be formatted paragraphically; a lot of it could have been more succinct. At times, the verbosity felt a bit like filler, and I found myself skimming.

Her reflections on the different modes & motivations of various journaling types was thought provoking and inspiring, and that's the other reason I rounded up. If the goal of her book was to get you excited about journaling, she succeeded.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, it had a lot of journalling ideas and prompts and was a quick, easy read. But. What stood out negatively for me was that the author doesn't seem to take mental health as seriously as I think it needs to be. She writes that journalling is cheaper than therapy, which is true sure, but later goes on to say journalling gives you an outlet so you don't burden your friends and family with your thoughts and feelings. That was a big WTF and really rubbed me the wrong way.

[Alison Sear · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won this book but have been interested in journalling for a while. This book is amazing and answered my questions about different types of writing goals, diary, planning, art, therapy, etc and how to do it. Beautifully written, practical techniques and encouragement - really brilliant advice about low working memory which my menopausal brain suffers from, I love this book.

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

As someone who is about to start journaling I am the target audience for this book and yet I don’t think I took anything away from it. This was both too detailed and not detailed enough. It also had a baffling explanation of what a bullet journal was.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 I'm a long time journaler and this gave me some good ideas for how to approach my journaling this year. Good overview for anyone wanting to get into journaling.