Write to Heal: 30 Questions to Meet Yourself, Unlock Creative Purpose, & Find the Courage to Tell Your Story (Pretty Human Guided Journals)

Book Synopsis: Celebrated author and healing storyteller Rachel Havekost shares this encouraging and introspective guide to creative mastery. In Write to Heal, bestselling author Rachel Havekost provides writing prompts and therapeutic techniques designed to unlock your inner wisdom and cultivate your healing voice. In this workbook, you will awaken purpose and clarity, discover the innate tools we all possess for wellness and vitality, cultivate skills and systems for confidence and leadership, and integrate all that you’ve learned into a focused mission so you may write your own healing story.

Rachel brings us an innovative approach to becoming a healing artist. Write to Heal synergizes authentic leadership, vulnerable storytelling, and what Rachel calls, “radically showing up in the messy middle” into a four-week methodology for healing creativity.

Write to Heal is for:

• Writers, poets, musicians, or artists in a creative rut
• Folks on a healing journey looking for self-discovery & purpose
• Anyone wanting to turn their life story into a book, podcast, or TedTalk
• Individuals working on self-acceptance, identity, or making meaning after loss or life transitions
• Leaders, entrepreneurs, therapists, or healers balancing their own mental health
• Individuals stepping into leadership positions who want to clarify their values and mission
• Young content creators or influencers in the mental health niche
• Lovers of self-growth, journaling connoisseurs, & personal development enthusiasts
• Anyone longing to have a clearer sense of who you are, what you love, & how to create a life you love

The Write to Heal Process:

Heal the past, meet the present, make an impact on the future.

Clarify your why, set a vision, and meet yourself where you're at

Let go of mental blocks, integrate shadow parts, process old trauma, connect with your inner child, and cleanse beliefs that are not yours

Align with your value system, define your role as a leader, cultivate healthy entrepreneurial boundaries, and set up systems and plans for maintaining mental & emotional stability

Draft stories and outlines of potential creative work, familiarize yourself with the communities you’d like to impact, and solidify a mission statement

Prompts in this workbook cover topics like:

• Nervous System Regulation
• Shadow Work
• Inner Child Work
• Boundaries
• Self-Efficacy
• Core Values
• Affirmations
• Behavioral Therapy
• Internal Family Systems
• Radical Acceptance
• Self-Compassion
• Visualization
• Socratic Questioning
• Self-Concept Theory

♥ EASY TO USE: Each day has a specific prompt, supportive description, and tips for how to navigate the question. The workbook follows a four-week process, which Rachel outlines in the beginning of the book.

♥ EVIDENCE-BASED & TRAUMA-INFORMED: Many of the prompts in this workbook are therapeutic tools from evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Diealectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Theory, Adlerian Psychology, Jungian Psychology, and more. The questions are written with a trauma-informed lens, meaning there are gentle reminders and invitations to go slow, check-in with your body, or hold off on certain prompts if there is any trauma around the topic of the question.