Helen Monroe
Guided journals for life's next chapters

The seasons no one prepares you for.

When the children leave.✳ When your body changes.✳ When you realise the next chapter needs to be yours.

Warm, honest journals for finding your way through — 90 days of guided prompts. No toxic positivity, no jargon. Just room to write it all down.

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Perimenopause✳ Menopause✳ The empty nest

Three seasons. Three journals. More of you.

The Empty Nest Journal, The Menopause Journal and The Dementia Caregiver's Self-Care Journal — 90 days of guided prompts, honest pages, and space to breathe.

The Empty Nest Journal — 90-day guided journal for rediscovering yourself when your kids leave home See inside
The Empty Nest Journal

When the house goes quiet, you meet yourself again.

A 90-day guided journey to rediscover yourself when your kids leave home.

90 DAYS · GUIDED PROMPTS · WEEKLY CHECK-INS · SPACE TO WRITE
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The Menopause Journal — 90-day guided journal for symptom tracking, mood and emotional well-being See inside
The Menopause Journal

Your body is changing. Your journal can help you make sense of it.

A 90-day guided journal for symptom tracking, mood, and emotional well-being — for perimenopause and beyond.

SYMPTOM TRACKING · MOOD · 90 DAYS · WEEKLY CHECK-INS
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The Dementia Caregiver's Self-Care Journal — 90-day guided journal for the person doing the hardest job in the house See inside
The Dementia Caregiver's Self-Care Journal

You are the one everyone leans on. The question nobody asks is who leans on you.

A 90-day guided journal for the person doing the hardest job in the house — five minutes a day, no perfect pages, no guilt for skipping.

90 DAYS · DAILY PROMPTS · MOOD TRACKER · WEEKLY CHECK-INS
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Helen Monroe, author

A word from Helen

Helen Monroe writes guided journals for the seasons nobody prepares you for — when the children leave, when your body changes, when the person you're caring for starts to forget your name.

She lives in the Midwest with her husband, two grown children (mostly), and a very old Labrador named Biscuit.

Her journals are warm, honest, and practical. No toxic positivity, no clinical jargon, no "you're so lucky" — just room to write it all down. She isn't a doctor or a therapist, and her books don't pretend otherwise. What they offer is a page, a prompt, and five minutes that belong to you.

She has strong opinions about advice that arrives on a pastel background and tells you to be grateful.

When she's not writing, Helen is in the garden, on a long walk, or reading two books at once. She loses at trivia night, every time.

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