Tiny Buddha's
Inner Strength Journal

1. You’ll feel more confident in your ability to handle life’s challenges and adapt to the unknown.

The questions and exercises will help you identify your strengths and improve upon your weaknesses, so you feel prepared for the unexpected and capable of coping with whatever life throws at you.

2. You’ll start seeing your struggles as opportunities for growth and be better able to find gifts in your pain.

By reflecting on the good that’s come from your struggles, you’ll start to see gains in your losses and strengthen your reframing muscle so that it becomes like second nature.

3. You’ll develop a greater sense of emotional awareness and will feel less overwhelmed by your feelings.

With one-fourth of the journal devoted to building emotional resilience, you’ll develop a better understanding of your triggers and how you can respond to them more skillfully.

4. You’ll be less apt to act on emotion and say or do things you regret.

With a greater sense of emotional intelligence, you’ll develop the ability to evaluate your emotions (which means they’ll sting far less) and pause before reacting.

5. You’ll identify the people and things that empower you and set boundaries to limit your exposure to the people and things that drain you.

Through exercises designed to construct your ideal physical environment, you’ll recognize who and what gives you energy and what needs to change—and make a plan to change it.

6. You’ll recognize how technology is helping or hindering you and create guidelines to use it more to your benefit.

Instead of spending hours mindlessly swiping and scrolling, bringing yourself down without conscious awareness, you’ll start using technology in a way that better supports your overall well-being.

7. You’ll chart a plan to take good care of yourself so that you’re strong enough to handle whatever comes at you.

With a section devoted to self-care, the journal will help you identify the habits and practices that help you feel your best.

8. You’ll decrease your odds of struggling with depression and anxiety and bounce back from difficulties more quickly, with less stress.

Studies have shown that increasing your psychological resilience can boost your mental health. Instead of falling into a pit of despair when life knocks you down, you’ll learn to bounce back stronger than before.

9. You’ll reduce your risk of contracting stress-related illnesses—such as gastrointestinal problems, heart disease, headaches, asthma, and diabetes—and increase your longevity. 

By improving your response to stress, you’ll protect yourself from a host of physical illnesses that could reduce your quality of life and shorten your lifespan.

10. You’ll enjoy the process of becoming a healthier, happier, more powerful you.

With creative writing prompts, doodle prompts, and coloring elements throughout, Tiny Buddha’s Inner Strength Journal will help you use your imagination for good (instead of imagining worst-case scenarios) and put you into a joyful state of flow.