From Prompts to Purpose: The Story of Think.Write.Heal

In 2024, Think.Write.Heal celebrated its seventh anniversary. What started in 2017 as a way for me to share my favorite journal prompts, lyrics, and quotes has grown into something far beyond what I could have imagined.

As I reflect on this journey, I’m reminded of the powerful question I asked myself back in 2019: How did I get here? The answer to that question is a story of self awareness, self love, and growth. So, want to hear the story, here it goes…

After someone left my life, I found myself in a state of sadness. I would literally put on a mask everyday to make it through the workday. But, as soon as I got home, the place where I should have had the most peace, I had none. The mask came off, I was couch bound, I wasn’t eating, I avoided certain calls and text messages, and was scaring my roommate to death. (Shout out to my roommate at the time, she helped me through a dark time. Through her corny jokes and hard rice, but most importantly her love. She wasn't the only one there for me, but I lived with her and she was ALWAYS there.) Through my friends and family I had a great support system but I still felt empty.

After a few months of the same “sad” routine, I reached out to a close friend who led me to spiritual advisor. Through talking with my spiritual advisor, I was re-connected with my love of journaling. Through journaling each night, I came to the realization that what I was missing the whole time was TRUE self-love. So, I started on my journey to truly loving myself. I started practicing self-care daily, along with journaling and I didn’t feel empty anymore.

On my journey to self-love, I began to read more books, articles, blogs, etc. Mostly non-fiction but every now and then I would pick up a good fiction book. One day while in Philly with my best friend and her cousin, I picked up Eat Pray Love in a consignment shop. I had watched the movie a few times but decided to read the book anyway. In my experience, I've found books that are turned into movies are always better than the movie.

In Eat Pray Love, the main character Liz had everything she wanted in life but still left incomplete. Which led her on a journey of self-discovery. I was so different from Liz, but felt so connected to her. Connected because we shared a similar journey of feeling empty, to embarking on a journey towards not feeling empty, to discovering true self-love. Side bar: I still haven’t finished reading this book because I kind of know how it’s going to end LOL. But, let’s put a PIN in Eat Pray Love for a second. It will connect later, I promise. Ok, let's get back on track.

While on my journey, I found myself sharing the tools I had gained to assist and encourage people close to me. Reversing that emptiness of not truly loving myself was an issue I was working so hard to change, I wanted to give others the tools to truly love themselves too. I wasn’t sure what that would look like but I knew I wanted to create a platform around writing/journaling and tools for healing. One night while exploring the pages of my journal and reflecting on my self-care practices, a light bulb came on in my head. THINK.WRITE.HEAL. These three words aligned with my journey perfectly. Just like Liz, in Eat Pray Love.

I think about what’s going on in my life at that moment, write about it, and through writing I’m led to the solution for my healing. THNK.WRITE.HEAL.

Self-Love, Self-Care, Self Discovery, etc. is not a journey that ended for me when THINK.WRITE.HEAL was created. I am still on my journey and don't know if I'll ever be "finished". This is something that I work on daily. DAILY, you hear me! It is not easy, it is not always fun, and it for damn sure ain't comfortable. I don't have all the answers, nor do I always get it right but each day is another opportunity for me work on ME. Each day holds another opportunity for me to heal.

That is how THNK.WRITE.HEAL was created. That is what led me to becoming a journaling coach and helping others create a better relationship with their journal and ultimately themselves.