I recently had the pleasure of writing a guest essay about my journaling practice for Elizabeth Aman’s Substack.

In this Q&A, Mark Ragland explains how his practice helps him slow down, spend less time on his phone, and live a more intentional life—and offers a few tips for starting your own pocket notebook practice.

There are so many ways to journal. There’s only one way to find the right way.

My friend Luke and I had a great conversation about writing and journaling for his new podcast, The Black Sheep Podcast.

I start almost all my journal entries the same way. Today, I wanted to give you a few examples of what this process looks like in practice (and explain why it’s helpful for me).

painter-poet-creative chaos goblin pixie shares how her journaling helps her stretch and expand.

There was a time when I couldn’t look at a blank page without feeling like I was looking down from the top of a roller coaster. Now, I write in my journal with reckless abandon.

In this Q&A, Adrianna shares more about her journaling practice plus practical advice and other prompts you can use to write through the hard times with less self-criticism and more care.

Journaling doesn’t have to be one set thing. It can be whatever you need it to be.

In this Q&A, Amie shares how she uses journaling to invoke change in her life and show up better—for herself, her relationships, and her art.

Kelly and I talk about how we each use writing as a tool for tending to self—through witnessing our feelings, weeding out unhelpful stories, creating the kind of pressure seedlings need to sprout, and more.

Kelly has taught me so much about what it means to trust and tend to my practice and myself—and I think she can teach you something, too. That’s why I’ve asked her to write this special guest essay.