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Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, lacking clarity and direction? Here’s a simple secret that can help you!
★★★Journaling★★★
In this small but powerful hardback book: Living Amazed, Harnessing the Power of Journaling, Detola demystifies journaling and breaks down the importance of journaling to motivate you to manifest your big dreams whilst reducing the feelings of overwhelm, stress, stagnancy, lack of clarity and direction.
She walks us through what journaling is and how to start journaling if you are new to journaling or never journaled before or you have journaled in the past, or you are a veteran journal writer and want to explore more.
Detola goes straight to the point by sharing her journaling story and invites us to follow the journaling experience of six other Christian women from different walks of life. These women share when they started journaling, what they journal about, and how journaling has helped them over the years.
Living Amazed is about enjoying every moment, not taking life for granted, being more mindful and grateful.
Journaling can help you live amazed as you move from a state of stress and overwhelm to a place of harmony, calm, peace and joy where you can experience clarity of purpose.
This easy-to-read book was written for Christian women and mothers of any age, however any believer can benefit from the content of this book.
Detola’s hope and prayer is that after reading this book and the stories shared, you will be spurred on to start journaling yourself
Alex –
How many times have you had a good idea, only to forget exactly what it was you’d thought about? Do you ever lie awake worrying about things or planning events in your mind? Maybe you’re also a busy, working mum?
Journaling is more than just keeping a dairy or writing things down and can provide the solution to both the above occurrences. It is a chance to get in touch with your inner self. However, perhaps, like me, you are unsure how to go about it, where to start. Worry not, this simple, spiritual focused, guide by Detola Amure will show you how journaling can be “a powerful life-changing (and free) tool that can help you to process your thoughts and feelings, set goals and intentions, and create positive change in your life…..” For those of us who have written journals in the past, but currently do not, she concludes by saying, “It is not too late to pick up the habit of journaling again! It will provide clarity to the different challenges you might be facing.”
Aloted (verified owner) –
Thank you Alex for your heartfelt review. Appreciate
Alex M –
I’ve just read Living Amazed, the Power of Journaling, written by my awesome colleague, Detola, who is passionate about supporting women, especially busy working (Christian) women……I’d like to share a few things that stood out for me in her short book
Have you ever kept a diary? Do you still regularly write your thoughts down on paper? If you need a fresh start, or you’re looking for a way to transform your life, Detola’s book and journals can help you harness the power of journaling to make positive changes in your life.
Detola writes “Journaling is a part of reflection”. During my training as a coach, I was encouraged to write in a Reflective Journal every day, which I found really helpful to recognise what I had learned. However, since I stopped working, I no longer keep a journal. Detola has definitely made me reconsider this.
That’s the power of journaling.
– “I shifted from a place of stress and overwhelm (I’d say ‘feeling overwhelmed’) to a place of harmony, calm, peace and joy.”
– Most people journal for their personal growth….I found myself reflecting on Detola’s words – ‘To grow you need to know yourself and to know yourself, you need to know your thoughts. To know the quality of your thoughts, you need to write them down and to read what you have written’.
– One nugget I picked out from a Transformational Leadership Coach was ‘if you dream, make sure you have a journal by your bedside, because those ideas have the potential to become great in the world’.
– Another working mother wrote: ‘You matter. When you don’t take time to think about and write about what matters to you, you can start to ‘disappear’ as your person’. This really resonated with me. ‘Knowing who you are and what you are about is critical to becoming the best you possible’.
– ‘The potential for journals to impact the lives of those who keep them and future generations cannot be overemphasised’.
– ‘Sometimes, when I feel overwhelmed with an excessive amount of thoughts, I empty my mind on paper (I loved this expression) to get them out and rearrange them. I then pick up what’s needed and toss out the junk.’
I’ve already placed a notebook by my bed! ……..
Aloted (verified owner) –
Thank you for this fantastic review! I hope others are blessed by this book
Titilola –
I had to finish it in one reading! The simplicity of style of writing made “Living Amazed – Harnessing the Power of Journaling” book easy to read and digest.
Overwhelm and lack of clarity can dampen our spirits and be a film covering over our focus on God’s purpose for our lives! Journaling sorts through that clutter and Detola quickly points this out early in this book.
Let me share some of the practical things I am taking from reading the advance copy and actually practicing the art of Journaling- 1) live in the moment, enjoy life and be more mindful. 2) Writing down my hopes and dreams, prayers and answers to prayers offer an excellent opportunity to reflect on what God is saying to me and gives me a chance to get in touch with my inner self. 3) I can face each day relying on God’s strength and not my abilities
Detola also makes the point that it is important to be clear on the reason for journaling and how knowing that reason will give staying power for when I don’t feel like.
Two-way journaling is something I have practiced in the past but never knew there was a name for it! I am so grateful that Detola mentioned this as a great way to continue to pour my heart out to the Father, when I am unable to form the words to fully express what’s in my heart. I find journaling especially useful for seasons when verbalizing my prayers are hard.
I love the stories of the lovely women who shared their journaling journeys, so diverse and yet each one is so beautiful.
One crucial nugget I picked is start small, start light, write from my heart and do it as needed. There are no hard and fast rules to journaling. As i journal consistently, I discover what makes me joyful, energized and fulfilled.
Thanks Coach Detola, for this book that’s full of wisdom and practical tips for getting the best out of journaling. It helped me pick up my journal that I haven’t touched for many months now. This book is one to read over and over and take action. Thank you for putting it together
Aloted (verified owner) –
Titilola, Thank you for your detailed and candid review. Appreciate you taking time to do this
Bukola Akinyemi –
This is a short, sweet but impactful call to action.
‘Detola writes about the many benefits of journaling, shares her personal experience and gives tips in answer to reasons why people don’t journal.
A great addition to this is the journaling stories of six women. Chosen from different works of life and generations, these women share what journaling means to them and practical tips they follow.
One of the women has been journaling for over 40 years! She adds newspaper clippings and other pieces to her journals, I can imagine how important this would be for her grandchildren to read years after she is no longer with them.
All together it is an interesting read and important book.
Aloted (verified owner) –
Thank you so much for your lovely review.