Harvesting Your Journals : Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth & Creativity [Paperback]

Alison Strickland (Author), Rosalie Deer Heart (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965157628 | ISBN-13: 978-0965157629 | Publication Date: February 1999 | Edition: 1

Harvesting Your Journals helps readers discover the hidden patterns and deeper meanings in their life's journey and in their history as writers. It enables them to identity the thoughts and feelings that sustain, inspire, or disturb them so they may understand the organizing principles and enduring values that guide them. Whether they consider themselves "writers" or not, users of this book will lean to celebrate their growth as writers, appreciating where they have been and clarifying where they wish to go.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A playful, sincere, and encouraging guide to mining the past for revealing patterns. An inspiring book for anyone eager to reap what they've sown and harvest the wisdom they've gained through the years." -- Jan Phillips, author of Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity

An inspiring book for anyone eager to reap what they've sown and harvest the wisdom they've gained through the years. -- Jan Phillips, author of Marry Your Muse

Finally I have something to offer when my students ask me, 'What do I do with all these volumes?' -- Christina Baldwin, author of Life's Companion

For those who regularly write personal journals, the concept of going through all those dusty notebooks can be an invitation to self-discovery. Rosalie Deer Heart and Alison Strickland have been long time friends and colleagues who, during a poolside conversation, decided to explore their recorded pasts. Harvesting Your Journals provides an unprecedented guide to reviewing the map of your life as recorded by you. The authors' perspective is to view your journals as a place you have regularly planted seeds. Which ideas have blossomed? Who was I before, and who am I now? Which of my struggles and hopes remain the same and which have I outgrown? The process of harvesting what we have sown is an important step towards true understanding of ourselves. We can write and journal for years without considering the benefits of using what we have learned from the process. Harvesting Your Journals guides us into the fields of our own thoughts. Specific, creative techniques! ! are shared to promote reflection on what has been gathered. Harvesting Your Journals is the right tool for "gathering in" the fruits of your life journey. -- Concepts in Human Development

About the Author

Rosalie Deer Heart has practiced for twenty years as a psychotherapist specializing in psychospiritual integration and women's adult development. She teaches at the Creative Problem Solving Institute of New York University in Buffalo, travels worldwide as a teacher and healer, and summers over in Maine. She is the author of Healing Grief and co author of Soul Empowerment.

Alison Strickland is a cofounder of Applied Creativity, Inc., which assists individuals and organizations in reaching their creative potential. Her many clients have included Chase Manhattan Bank, Coca-Cola, Martin Marietta, and DuPont. Alison has authored Explorations: A Career Discovery Field Guide. She and her husband reside in Seminole, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Heart Link Pubns; 1 edition (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965157628
• ISBN-13: 978-0965157629
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,083,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a teacher, writer, soul coach, lover of life, a Pisces woman committed to the full flourishing of all people.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "DRAGONS HIDE THINGS, ESPECIALLY YOUR VOICE." A. Strickland, January 16, 2001

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This review is from: Harvesting Your Journals : Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth & Creativity (Paperback)

As a Literary Consultant I constantly look for inspirational texts to pass on to my clients so that they may improve their writings and journals. HARVESTING YOUR JOURNALS is a valuable tool for any writer, experienced or just starting out, male or female. I attended Alison Strickland's workshop at Skidmore College this year, held by The International Women's Writing Guild in August. Her methods are delightful and calming, bringing forth a new way of taking journaling to new heights. HARVESTING YOUR JOURNALS is a winner! I am looking forward to a sequel of this inspiring book. Literary Consultant-Trish Schiesser, Author of IDA'S RIDE and Editor of IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reap the fruits of your seeds., May 25, 2000

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Eldonna Bouton "http://www.whole-heart.com" (author of, "Journaling from the Heart.") - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harvesting Your Journals : Writing Tools to Enhance Your Growth & Creativity (Paperback)

Ever wonder what to do with the stacks of filled journals you've filled? This book will lead you by the hand and gently help you to discover patterns in your life and offer suggestions to create a new story for your life.