Stephanie Dowrick is a bestselling Australian author, psychoanalyst, interfaith minister, and retreat leader. In this book, she brings her vast talent and writing skills to the adventure of creative journal writing. Dowrick has learned a lot about this craft by keeping a journal for more than 20 years.

"Writing a journal is a way of honoring your own life, taking it seriously even as you open to the energy and spaciousness that creativity brings. Writing a journal also brings invaluable freedoms."

A few of these are the freedom to understand what matters to you, the freedom to make good use of your own insights, the freedom to see your own life unfolding before your eyes, and the freedom to unleash your creativity to every aspect of your life.

With her usual thoroughness and layers of psychological insight, Dowrick has put together a smashingly good set of exercises to help you keep your journal writing fresh and meaningful. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Love the questions.
• The power of your senses.
• Other people and you.
• Accessing memories.
• Your spiritual story.
• Reading your life.
• Lots about nothing.