Reclaiming You: A Guided Journaling Course for Chronic Illness
Reclaiming You: A Journaling Journey Through Chronic Illness is an 8-module self-paced course designed for individuals navigating the emotional, mental, and identity challenges that often accompany chronic illness. This course offers a compassionate space to explore how your illness has impacted your sense of self, process complex emotions like grief and anger, and reconnect with what matters most to you.
Each week focuses on a unique theme, from reclaiming your identity and building resilience to coping with uncertainty and fostering self-compassion. With insightful lessons, engaging content, and thoughtfully structured journaling prompts, Reclaiming You invites you to reflect on your experiences, explore your values, and create a personalized plan for moving forward with authenticity and purpose.
Whether you're new to journaling or looking for a meaningful way to process your journey with chronic illness, this self-paced course is designed to help you rediscover your voice, restore a sense of self, and cultivate tools for emotional and mental well-being. Take the next step in your healing journey and begin rewriting your story today.
Cost: $65 (cad)
The Why.
Reclaiming You is for anyone living with a chronic illness, or who has experienced a life-altering health condition or injury, and is ready to explore, process, and transform the emotional and identity challenges that often accompany this journey. This course is ideal for those seeking to reconnect with their values, rebuild a sense of self, and develop practical tools to navigate the complexities of living with a long-term condition. Structured as 8 self-paced modules, it provides a supportive and accessible way to address topics like grief, identity, relationships, and resilience.
With guided practices, audio notes, thoughtful exercises, and journaling prompts, this course allows participants to work at their own pace while creating space for meaningful self-reflection and growth. Whether you're new to journaling or looking to deepen your practice, Reclaiming You offers a compassionate, empowering path to rediscovering yourself beyond your illness.
The course also includes a bonus toolkit filled with practical resources to support ongoing coping and management of your illness. From symptom tracking and health monitoring sheets to strategies for communicating with healthcare providers, this toolkit is designed to help you navigate the challenges of chronic illness with greater confidence and clarity.
Course Includes:
8 Self-Paced Modules: Each module explores a unique theme, such as grief, identity, relationships, and resilience, offering a structured yet flexible framework for personal growth and reflection.
Guided Journaling Prompts: Thoughtfully designed prompts accompany each lesson to help you reflect, process emotions, and explore your values and identity in depth.
Accessible Tools and Strategies: Learn practical approaches to navigating the emotional, mental, and identity challenges of chronic illness, grounded in proven therapeutic techniques.
Values in Action Plan: Create a personalized plan to reintroduce meaningful activities aligned with your values, helping to restore a sense of self and alleviate low mood.
Bonus Chronic Illness Toolkit: Includes resources like symptom trackers, health communication guides, and pacing strategies to support ongoing coping and illness management.
The Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Journaling and Chronic Illness
Module 1 sets the foundation for your journey by exploring the benefits of journaling as a tool for managing chronic illness. You’ll learn how structured journaling can help process emotions, reframe thoughts, and support both mental and physical well-being. This module introduces the neuroscience behind how writing rewires the brain and provides a safe space to begin reflecting on your emotional experiences. You’ll also set personal intentions for the course and explore the power of storytelling to make sense of your journey and rediscover your voice.
Module 2: Exploring Emotions
In Module 2, you’ll dive into the complex emotional landscape of living with chronic illness. Through guided reflections and exercises, you’ll explore your relationship with emotions, process feelings like anger, sadness, and grief, and learn how to identify and name what you’re experiencing. This module also highlights the science of emotions, offering insights into how they impact your physical well-being and how journaling can help you process and regulate them effectively.
Module 3: Reclaiming Identity—Who Am I Beyond My Illness?
Module 3 focuses on exploring how your sense of identity has been shaped by chronic illness. You’ll reflect on what feels lost, what remains, and what you want to rediscover or newly embrace. With tools like an identity map and values exploration worksheet, this module helps you reconnect with the core of who you are and begin building a life that aligns with your values and aspirations.
Module 4: Navigating Relationships and Boundaries
In Module 4, you’ll examine the impact of chronic illness on your relationships and learn how to navigate changes in dynamics. This module covers how to set boundaries, communicate your needs effectively, and cultivate supportive connections. You’ll also reflect on relationships that feel draining versus those that uplift you, and identify ways to nurture a stronger support system.
Module 5: Coping with Uncertainty and Health Anxiety
Module 5 addresses the challenges of living with the unknowns of chronic illness. You’ll explore tools to manage health anxiety, shift focus from worry to what you can control, and build emotional resilience. This module emphasizes mindfulness and cognitive strategies to help you navigate uncertainty with greater clarity and confidence.
Module 6: Cultivating Self-Compassion
Module 6 invites you to practice self-compassion as a way to counter self-criticism and foster emotional well-being. You’ll explore what it means to treat yourself with kindness, especially on difficult days, and learn practical strategies to integrate self-compassion into your daily life. This module helps you build a stronger, more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Module 7: Building Strengths and Exploring Your Resilience
In Module 7, you’ll identify the strengths and skills you’ve developed through your journey with chronic illness. By reflecting on your resilience, you’ll reframe challenges as opportunities for growth and discover ways to build on your existing capabilities. This module helps you feel empowered and confident as you move forward.
Module 8: Integrating What You’ve Learned and Moving Forward
Module 8 ties together everything you’ve explored throughout the course. You’ll revisit your values and identity, reflect on how you’ve grown, and craft a personal action plan to sustain the insights and practices you’ve developed. This final module encourages you to continue journaling as a tool for reflection and growth, helping you move forward with intention and authenticity.
Bonus: Chronic Illness Toolkit
The bonus toolkit includes practical resources to support your ongoing journey. From symptom trackers and pacing strategies to communication tools for healthcare providers, this toolkit provides actionable ways to navigate the daily challenges of living with chronic illness while staying connected to your goals and values.