The 52 Mondays series is a set of four seasonal mindfulness journals that invite you to notice how you’re feeling in your body and life as you also pay attention to what’s happening in the natural world.
They help you slow down and build a trusting and respectful friendship with yourself as you navigate the ebb and flow of life.
NOTE: Unless you live local to me, I don’t currently have an option other than amazon to sell my journals in soft-cover. But you do have the option to buy the digital version (see bottom of this page).
For anyone who enjoys using a diary/journaling – I highly recommend these. Each season has a new journal. I’ve now completed a full year and about restart with a new autumn. The journals have a weekly poem and prompts. Great for freestyling as well. I love them and as someone who struggles with seasonal transition, I’ve found these really bloody lovely.”
K., posted on Instagram, Sep 2024
52 Mondays: seasonal mindfulness journals offering you one short reflection for each Monday of the year
52 Mondays is a series of four pretty, soft-cover journals offering a short and simple seasonal reflection to start off each week with new food for thought and a hearty dose of hope & encouragement.
Each of the weekly reflections (13 per seasonal journal) offers 3 prompts that invite you to “pause + consider” along with 8 lightly dotted pages to sketch/doodle, journal your thoughts, or washi-tape in small seasonal treasures. Alternatively, you could choose to use it as your bullet or gratitude journal.
At the end of each season and journal, before moving on to the next, pause and reflect on any themes or patterns that you want to remember in the year to come.
For instance, do you notice that in autumn you need more rest built into your life? Or maybe next summer you want to be more careful about maintaining good boundaries rather than burning the candle at both ends?
This is a way of tracking your patterns, or deepening self-awareness. And then, ideally, mining for the wisdom in your experience as you craft a sustainable and soul-honouring life.
The journals are undated. They are light enough to keep in your bag to pull out when you have a few minutes here. Or you might keep it by your bed and make it part of your morning or evening routine.
Though anyone could use and enjoy the journals, my guess is that women from late 30s to early 70s are most likely to appreciate them.
Lunar tracking or menstrual tracking
If you practice lunar tracking or menstrual cycle tracking, the 52 Mondays series is a helpful accompaniment.
Each week, orient yourself by naming the moon phase or season of your menstrual cycle that you’re in. Next, read the weekly reflection and prompts and journal your response. Then take note of your current level of energy (inward/outward), creativity, mood, how your body feels overall, and any emotions or stories that are loud right now in your mind.
Learn more about menstrual cycle tracking or lunar tracking in my seasonal transition calls (part of the Brave + Beautiful Community). And this post offers some resources to support lunar tracking and menstrual tracking.
I want you to know that you are touching lives all of the time, in profound and deep ways. Your beautiful seasonal journals are insightful and uplifting, a beautiful reminder of our connection to nature and the natural flow of life that is always present. I so appreciate what you have created. You have not only touched my life but these journals have been the perfect gift for friends and family.
Pamela
Where to buy the seasonal journals
If you live in Edson, AB, or in/around the West Yellowhead Region, support local by buying your journals at the Heart of Edson Gallery or the Galloway Station Museum.
↠ Buying online: Please be careful to buy the right journal with my author name as someone made knock-offs of them.
Canada
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United States
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UK
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Australia
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If you prefer a digital journal (PDF format), scroll to the bottom of this page or click here.
This a beautiful journal that’s bringing me much joy and perspective right now. Krista has included brief weekly reflections and points to ponder with plenty of blank space for journaling freely. I’ll definitely buy the journal for other seasons as they come.
Amazon Customer
How to use the 52 Mondays Seasonal Mindfulness Journals
My journals, like the rest of my work and my life, follow a seasonal living framework.
There are many benefits to weaving a seasonal living practice into your life. For example, becoming aware of the cyclical wisdom of nature, of our bodies and lives, helps us understand and love ourselves more fully as we work with instead of against our natural wiring.
In addition, seasonal living teaches us to embrace (rather than rail against) the common gifts and challenges of each season. Another benefit is that it helps us meet significant life transitions with courage and intention. And a practice of seasonal living allows us to show up fully to our messy and beautiful lives, including our creative work and relationships, in a soul-honouring way.
When to start each journal
There is no “perfect starting time” for each seasonal mindfulness journal because depending on where you live in the world, your sense of when each season begins may vary. In addition, some people prefer to follow the meteorological seasons while I work with the astronomical seasons (equinoxes/solstices).
Therefore, I encourage you to start each 13 week journal when it feels best to you. But one option is to use the following schedule if you live in the northern hemisphere:
- Spring Session: Start at the vernal equinox (about March 21): day and night of equal length, marking the start of spring.
- Summer Session: Start at summer solstice (June 20 or 21): longest day of the year, marking the start of summer.
- Autumn Session: Start at autumnal equinox (about September 23): day and night of equal length, marking the start of autumn.
- Winter Session: Start at winter solstice (December 21 or 22): shortest day of the year, marking the start of winter.
A hearty thank you to everyone who takes the time to leave a review. Reviews tell Amazon to show my journals to more people. You can click on my author page here in the States, here in Canada, here in the UK, or here in Australia to find all four journals in your corner of the world.
Full set of seasonal journals: PDF Format $27 USD
Each 13 week journal gives you a weekly seasonal reflection followed by blank pages for your own writing. You will also receive 3 prompts each week that invite you to “pause + consider” as you engage with the weekly reflection.
It is roughly a year since I started working with your first 52 Mondays journal and today I have completed them all (for the first but not last time!). This week’s final one for me from the Spring Session was ‘Freedom’ and it really resonates deep inside after the journey I have been on over the past 18 months or so. Your 52 Mondays provided a regular focus and purpose to ‘feel better’ on the very worst of days and darkest of times. Slow and steady, one small step then another. I am on my new way. You truly are an inspiration and a life saver in many ways that you may never know. Thank you so much.
E.P.
I have enjoyed your 52 Monday Season series and just finished the Winter book up. This is such a wonderful, thought-provoking series and it speaks right to my heart. Your words feed my soul and provide guidance and healing on my journey.
Jill McGuire
I love this journal! The prompts are super helpful for those of us that love the idea of journaling but feel crippled with the pressure of what to write. The writings that the author has included are so lovely.
M.N.B.
