Most journals hand you a blank page and wish you luck. This one comes with a guide who's lived every prompt, a video lesson for each, and a community writing beside you — for grief, heartbreak, or any season asking more than you have left to give.
If you've tried to journal and it didn't last — a few days, maybe a week or two, or it never brought any relief — that wasn't a failure on your part. A blank page and good intentions only go so far. What's usually missing is someone to walk you through it.
That's what Healing Through Writing adds. Every prompt is taught on video by a writer who has lived these prompts himself, with different angles into each one — so you're writing your way through what you're carrying, not retelling the same story. And you're not doing it alone: a community of people on their own healing journeys writes alongside you.
This isn't therapy, and it's not a quick fix. No pressure to have the right words. No audience but yourself.
THREE PILLARS OF EXPRESSIVE WRITING
Start with the journal, follow along in the free workshop, and join the community whenever you're ready.
STEP 1
100 guided prompts, ten original poems, and the science of expressive writing — so you're never facing a blank page alone. Paperback or hardcover. Preorders open now.
STEP 2
A video for every one of the 100 prompts — the angles, the guidance, and the why behind each one. No pressure, no experience required.
ANY TIME
People writing alongside you, live monthly calls, and ongoing support — so the practice sticks long after the first week.
A circle of people writing alongside you. Share your writing and stories, get feedback and support, and join live monthly Zoom calls with Jack. Inside you'll also find writing and healing insights, craft tips for saying what you mean, and new prompts added regularly.
Free for 30 days, then $19/month or $175/year.
A Word From Jack
I'm J. Raymond, but you can call me Jack — poet, writing coach, and author of Spades, Let Her Run, The Kindred Project, and The First Ten. Long before any of that, I was just someone who needed somewhere to put down what I was carrying.
Writing had been with me since childhood, but it truly caught and carried me after I lost my father. It caught me again through recovery, through heartbreak, through years I don't always talk about out loud. Healing Through Writing is everything I wish someone had handed me on my hardest days — not a fix, just a place to start. I hope it does the same for you.