Paper Therapy: Online Journal Writing Course

“This course has been an absolute gift to me! It came at just the right time. I have developed a beautiful new friendship with myself where I’ve found deep wisdom, inspiration and so much humour!”

“I’ve gone from never finding the energy to journal write to naturally building it into my every day (usually on the tube!). It brings me energy, peace and a new closer relationship with myself/my higher self that is life enriching. I find Jackee’s guidance throughout the course was so delightful and easy to engage with.

“All fabulous, only problem was there was so much of it. I particularly liked the creative and sacred aspects, loved the video inner views with the journaling experts and also the personal development.

“I loved the high number of poignant quotes and references and ideas. The whole variety of approaches appealed to me including people sharing their way of journaling because I can get bored easily, especially if the subject matter is superficial.

“The way Jackee encouraged all contributions to the table, whether large and small, no comment or enquiry was unimportant, which encouraged honesty and individual approaches to journaling. The course was fun and a change.”

“… the course itself was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL – great material, fantastically presented, great format, good freedom and structure balance, lovely personal approach from you, brilliant ideas, a fantastic vibe – loving, creative and nurturing. Loved the possibilities of sharing, your comments etc. It was a revelation to me as a learning tool.”

This is a course you can do from the comforts of your bed, your desk, your home or whilst you’re out and about. The lessons arrive via an email link each morning in your email inbox. You can attempt all the lessons, do some, a few or literally work on the ones that speak to you.

There are a number of lessons available on the three days as we recognize that everyone will have their own pace and levels of interest so there’s enough of a range of lessons to choose from depending on your level of engagement.

• For this reason the course is structured so you can go at your own pace or follow the rhythm of the weekly course classroom.
• Paper Therapy purposely shows you have you can regularly empty your mind and creates white space and generate that qualitative thinking space so many of us crave.
• Enjoy and be stretched by the range of juicy, persuasive journaling prompts and multi media activities designed to coax you onto the page in a journey of self exploration and self discovery
• You have access to me for the six weeks as your coach, mentor and guide.
• Ongoing supportive encouragement from me and your class mates, which means I get involved as much or as little as, you would personally like from the online forum and weekly videos.

On week four we take a week’s break so you can catch up and integrate the materials so far as we prepare to continue with the final three weeks of the programme.

What we know about the benefits of journaling from research that supports this programme is that:

• Journaling has psychological, emotional and physical benefits
• Has a positive impact on your immune system
• Helps with normalising traumatic and stressful situations whilst creating a healthy outlet for processing and releasing feelings and emotions
• Is a powerful form of self-coaching and self-enquiry that builds confidence and self-belief
• Is an inexpensive form of personal development that is both sustainable and transformational

I followed a traditional academic career, which includes a degree in Government and Politics and a master’s degree in Creative Writing and Personal Development. I hold post-graduate qualifications in Executive Coaching and Youth and Community Work.

I have over twenty years experience in training and learning and development, creative writing and spiritual development along with fifteen years experience in leadership and executive coaching.

I have invested over twenty years in my own personal and professional development and this is something I continue to be fully committed to.

I have always been interested in the spiritual side of life and in 2002 I was ordained as an interfaith minister and spiritual counselor with the Interfaith Seminary (UK). I am a self confessed self-help book junkie and tree lover which I blog about at www.jackeeholder.com

I understand the power of keeping a journal and view the journal as both a truth teller and a soul catcher. When we consciously engage with writing at this level we write both the truth and the language of the soul. It is from this place that true leadership, passion and life purpose emerges from.

I so believe in the alchemy that flows when we write journals and have witnessed first hand the transformational energy that keeping a journal generates.

I created a rich life beyond earlier child hood trauma’s and my journal has been a trusted friend in helping me make sense of many of those experiences.

I consider myself both a student and a teacher. The two for me are always shifting and changing. I have achieved my earlier dream of one day becoming a writer. I am a writer. My hundred or more journals are a living testimony to this. Anything else I achieve from this point really is a delightful bonus.

Jackee Holder is well loved for her heart-warming talks and keynotes, her inspirational retreats and workshops and her commitment to the power of the written word. This London born writer, coach and teacher knows what it is to overcome adversity, what it takes to live outside the expected traditions and norms of family life and what it takes to create work with meaning.

Jackee is the author of three published books,

Soul Purpose: Self affirming rituals, meditations and creative exercises to revive your spirit, Be Your Own Best Life Coach: Take Charge and Live The Life You Want and 49 Ways To Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom Of Writing and Journaling along with several e-books and writing kits including, The Journal Journey Guidebook, 52 Quotes To Inspire Your Inner Writer, The Wheel of Life Tree Playbook and Life Audit and Writing With The Senses.

Jackee’s work has been featured across the globe including several features and appearances in Psychologies magazine (UK), Red Magazine, Mslexia and coaching and therapy journals including Coaching At Work and Coaching Today. She has an international media collection of podcast interviews, which can be located at www.jackeeholder.com.

Jackee describes herself as the girl who loves trees and the woman who loves to walk and wander. She currently lives in London.

At the very minimum is 7 hours, one hour for every week of the programme. You’re free to break the hour down and complete the lessons as they arrive or chunk them up and do them all in one go. Don’t worry if you fall behind (all the materials will be loaded up and waiting on the site for you once you sign back in), this really is about the journey, not the destination and you have access to the course for a whole year afterwards. Our 100% evaluations of the programme confirm that the more time you invest in following through the lessons the more you will out of the programme

Everyone in some way, shape or form is challenged by time, myself included. My question to you is not how you will create or free up space for this course but how you will best use the time you have for example getting into the habit of writing in-between the spaces in your day. For example if you take public transport to work can you write for 20 minutes during one leg of the journey? If you drive into work could you leave 20 minutes earlier and spend those extra twenty minutes writing behind the wheel of your parked car? You get the drift. I’d love you to think about writing in the in-between spaces in your day.

You don’t have to like to write or consider yourself a good writer to gain from the host of benefits writing and journaling offers. Very early on in the course you’ll be given permission to be grammatically incorrect and not worry about spelling in any of your journal entries. What’s more important is that you write from the place of what you feel or sense and it does not in any way need to be perfect. Remember these words are for your eyes only and you only share what feels comfortable to share.

Secondly we’ve included video interviews and other creative mediums including collages and using visual images as part of the overall ‘Paper Therapy’ experience so you get to play and experiment with a number of creative ways of hanging out in your journals and notebooks.

Here at Paper Therapy we advocate, your time is your time. So if this is you we invite you to contemplate that there’s no hurry and you’re not in competition with anyone bar yourself. Take each lesson one at a time choosing the ones that speak and resonate with you. You will create your own rhythm and pace that is right for you

There maybe occasions on the course where you might unearth an experience or experiences from the past that unleashes a range of emotions and feelings. In most cases you will have the resourcefulness to be with the feelings as they pass over and be in position to use the various lesson and journal activities to make sense of what has been brought up in your journal. But sometimes the feelings may need to be parked until you’re in the right space or have access to the relevant professional who will be able to support and work with you on what has come up. We rarely get in touch with emotions and feelings we cannot handle and at the same time we make sure that the course provides a safety net if things feels tough to proceed.