The 3 Best Journals You'll Need in 2023

If you’re looking to manifest all your goals in 2023, here are some fantastic journals you’ll need to make your dreams reality! Check out the three best journals to add to your shopping cart ASAP. 

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Ask Yourself This: Ultimate Life Lessons From And For My Girlfriends (A 60-Day Journal Challenge) by Shari Leid

[Capucia Publishing; September 27, 2022; 9781954920408; $17.95]

Find connection, confidence, and happiness with the 60 powerful questions featured in Ask Yourself This: Ultimate Life Lessons From And For My Girlfriends (A 60-Day Journal Challenge), the third and final book in author and life coach Shari Leid’s inspiring Friendship series. Ask Yourself This takes you on a journey of self-discovery as you reflect and journal through its pages. Shari asks simple life questions that lead to thought-provoking answers, prompting life-changing conversations you’ve probably never had before.

The Self-Love Planner: Reflection Prompts, Empowering Exercises, and Daily Inspiration for Your Personal Growth Journey by Dr. Shainna Ali

[Ulysses Press; August 2022; 9781646043583; September 2022]

Infuse a daily dose of self-love into your life and foster genuine happiness with this easy-to-use, undated planner from the author of The Self-Love Workbook, Dr. Shainna Ali. Packed with interactive prompts and exercises, this year-long companion walks you through the self-love process, including key elements like purposefulness, wellness, and boundaries. This keepsake hardcover planner will lay the foundations of self-love over the course of a year and give you the tools you need to maintain your self-love journey for many more to come. Inside, you will learn about the seven segments of self-love; set your intentional foundation for the year ahead; explore a new focus area each month; deepen your practice with weekly prompts and activities; encounter checkpoints to recalibrate your path; and reflect on how far you have come, where you are, and where you wish to go. Created by a mental health counselor, educator, and advocate, The Self-Love Planner is designed with proven strategies and tools to help you understand the breadth of self-love, maintain alignment, and embrace your full potential.

I Own My Magic: Self-Talk for Black Women: Affirmations for Self-Care and Empowerment by G. Michelle Goodloe

[Ulysses Press; December 2021; 9781646043279; $15.95]

Practice self-love, embrace mindfulness, and build a positive daily ritual with inspiring prompts, meditations, and reflections just for Black women. I Own My Magic: Self-Talk for Black Women: Affirmations for Self-Care and Empowerment by G. Michelle Goodloe, LCSW is a guided journal filled with practices of self-care that will encourage you to honor your true power, live life to the fullest, and show strength in everything you do. A celebration of Black female identity, this book contains a huge dose of confidence in a small, convenient package and includes quotes to empower you and fuel you for success, reflective prompts that challenge you to live as your most authentic self, and inspiring words of wisdom on today’s Black female experience.