Gentle Grove Journals are guided companions for emotional healing, shadow work, and self-discovery.

Each one walks you through a specific journey, whether it’s facing your shadows, tending old wounds, or learning to stay with yourself in moments of difficulty.

These shadow work journals are more than prompts, they are structured healing tools that guide you step by step through descent, reckoning, and return.

shadow work healing journals represented by light peaking through dark forest

Why Choose Shadow Work Journals?

When emotions stay buried, they often resurface as anxiety, numbness, self-doubt, or patterns you can’t seem to break. Journaling with guidance helps you:

  • Recognize and release stuck emotions
  • Break free from silence or self-abandonment
  • Build trust with yourself through daily practice
  • Reconnect with your inner truth and wholeness

Each Gentle Grove Journal is designed to feel like a safe space, grounding, trauma-informed, and accessible, even if you’ve never done shadow work before.

light between the trees representing bringing your shadow self to light

The Descent Journal

A four-week guided journal that mirrors the natural arc of healing:

  • Week 1 The Breaking: Where the old patterns begin to crack
  • Week 2 The Burial: Allowing grief, anger, and silence to surface
  • Week 3 The Reckoning: Facing truth and reclaiming your voice
  • Week 4 The Return: Integration and renewal, carrying what you’ve learned back into daily life

This journal helps you stay present with your emotions instead of bypassing them. It’s a companion for the hardest parts of healing, so you don’t have to navigate them alone.

COMING SOON

The Unspoken Journal: reclaiming your voice after self-silencing

The Tender Threshold :stepping into new beginnings with softness and courage

FAQ

What is a shadow work journal?

A shadow work journal is a guided tool that helps you explore and integrate the hidden or suppressed parts of yourself, your emotions, memories, and patterns that often stay buried. Instead of keeping things in the dark, journaling brings them into awareness so you can heal and grow.

How is The Descent Journal different from other journals?

Unlike a blank notebook or prompt book, The Descent Journal is audio-guided. Each day you’ll listen to a short audio track that leads you into the work, while the written journal gives you the space to respond. This combination helps you go deeper while feeling supported and held throughout the process.

Do I need to have journaled before?

A shadow work journal is a guided tool that helps you explore and integrate the hidden or suppressed parts of yourself, your emotions, memories, and patterns that often stay buried. Instead of keeping things in the dark, journaling brings them into awareness so you can heal and grow.

How is this different from regular journaling?

Free writing can be helpful, but it often circles the same thoughts. A shadow work journal is intentionally designed to guide you deeper, toward the emotions and truths that create real change, rather than surface-level reflection.

Is shadow work safe to do on my own?

Yes, when approached gently and with support. The Descent Journal is built with nervous system safety in mind, helping you stay present with yourself without pushing past your limits. If at any point the process feels overwhelming, it’s okay to pause and return later.

How much time does it take each day?

Most people spend 15–30 minutes per day with their journal. The Descent Journal is paced week by week, but you can go slower or repeat sections if you need more time.

Can I use this alongside therapy or other healing practices?

Absolutely. Many people find that working with a shadow work journal deepens the insights they bring to therapy, energy healing, or spiritual practice. It’s a supportive tool that complements other forms of healing.

Do I need all the journals, or just one?

Each Gentle Grove journal stands on its own. You can begin with The Descent Journal and explore others later if they call to you. Together, they form a larger system of healing, but you don’t have to do them in order.