Start Where You Are: A Journal For Self-Exploration

I love this book. I suffer from reoccurring severe depression, and this is so easy to jump in and out of. The illustrations and quotes are beautiful. The tasks are simple yet thought provoking enough to get you back on track for your long term goals, and if you haven't any, this will help you make some. A refreshing change to the written blurb (you know what I mean) of self-help books on depression.

Beautifully illustrated book, the concept is simple there are inspiring quotes on every other page and they relate to a task on the following page, drawing, writing and lots of reflecting. As a first year counselling student I'm really looking forward to filling it in, but it is designed for anyone to use.

Great gift for my 15 year old granddaughter. She loved it.

A very beautiful book. Would make a lovely gift for imaginative people of all ages. Each page is a work of art and the colours are just as lovely in person as they are in the preview photos. I'm tempted to cut some pages out to frame and put up around my home. The content is thought-provoking and engaging, with a good balance between demonstrative and interactive, style and substance. Not too airy-fairy. My only criticism is that I would prefer the book to be a bit larger. It is approximately the size of an average birthday card (although thicker, obviously!) and it would make a wonderful coffee table book if it were bigger. n.b. Have some coloured pencil crayons handy when you dive in!

It's a really good self help book with lots of different that activities that really make you think, each page has a very pretty watercolour quote that would look really nice on your walls as prints or in scrapbooks etc, I would highly recommend this to anybody struggling with any type of problems like depression/anxiety as it really helps to calm and destress

Lovely little self care book. Worth buying!

Very inspiring and the art work is lovely

Lovely as a gift for an older teenager.

The colours are very calming but the binding is not good.

It's preety amazing of how the journal fulfills its purpose of self exploration and self help. It contains many vibrant quotes and pages to fill in your thoughts with, and I'm happy about it. Ive expected it to be a bit bigger in size but book is of 19×14 cm(size of a palm). So if you want a bigger one then this might not be it.

No where does it encourage the acceptance of your whole self without judgement or demands. In my opinion it's promoting toxic positivity with it's "just think good thoughts" outlook. Not what I was looking for and will be returning.

Este es mi primer diario en mis 31 años, no soy de escribir mucho, pero esto realmente motiva, ejercicios cortos para gente muy ocupada con muchas cosas en la cabeza, actividades que nunca se te ocurriria pensar o escribir, de alguna manera me ver las cosas con otra perspectiva... En un inicio este libro era para mi sobrina que es adolesente de 17, pero en cuanto lo vi en persona me consegui el mio, a mi sobrina no le llamo tanto la atencion, asi que termino usandolo mi cuñada casi 38 años la cual quedo igual de facinada, tanto que se compro otro libro de la misma autora

In our busy and chaotic life, we tend to forget to think about ourselves, explore ourselves, ask ourselves some important questions and eventually lose ourselves. Journaling is good idea and I started several times and stopped writing. The main challenge is what should go over there. So I liked idea of this beautiful journal that have writing prompts. Unlike some journals, it is not overwhelming and boring, but rather inspiring and thought provoking. It makes you think and find out about yourself; explore yourself. It brings out your innermost thoughts which you would never had thought of otherwise. When you start writing it, you realise what you have accomplished in life, appreciate the great things in your life, realise your dreams and aspirations, know what do you love, know what motivates you and many more things that will make you wonder “Why I did not think about these things earlier?” Though I would have loved if journal was be in Hardcover because I would keep it forever, the journal is indeed beautiful from cover to cover. The artwork is gorgeous with so many paintings in vivid and beautiful colors. And, there are many inspiring and thought-provoking quotes throughout the journal. Some pages and quotes are so beautiful that it is worthy framing. I genuinely think that this will be not only be a great gift (And, possibly life changing) for yourself, but I would certainly consider buying it for family and friends as well. Overall, an inspiring, motivating, eye-opening and thought provoking beautiful journal which may potentially change your life. Good luck with your journey of self-exploration!