Holistic Self-Care Journal

Self-care tends to be the first thing dropped in a hard month and the last thing planned for. The Holistic Self-Care Journal starts by asking what actually helps you, then builds a routine around it.

It opens with five short lists: what makes you happy, what calms you, what you do for fun, the people who make you feel good, and your favourite healthy foods. Then it works through four areas of your life in turn.

What's inside

• Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual sections, each with a few honest questions, a self-rating and a page of tips
• A self-care ideas jar, with fifty examples to start you off
• Fifteen self-care boundaries and twenty-five affirmations
• Goals for the next month, six months and year, with a summary page
• Daily planner pages for focus, meals, tasks, water and how you felt, plus a short daily prompt
• A nine-question weekly check-in, repeated week by week

The weekly check-in is where I'd put the effort. "What obstacles are in the way?" is the question most of us skip.

The limits: the spiritual section assumes prayer and spiritual reading will appeal, and some of the tips are generic (drink water, take your vitamins). It is a planning journal for ordinary busy life. If you are struggling with your mental health, the journal itself suggests a therapist or counsellor, and I'd agree.

PDF, instant download, and yours to use as often as you like. If it doesn't help, email me within seven days and I'll refund you.