These are resources to support the September 17, 2022 PD EDU session for Parkinson Support and Wellness (PS&W). Presented by Cheryl Wirtley, a person with Parkinson’s, a member of the Board of Directors of PS&W and a support group facilitator and Julia Burkes who is the assistant director of PS&W.

Journaling

• Is Journaling for You?
  Parkinson’s News Today article on why journaling may be right for you.
  
• The One Habit that Changes Everything: Journaling
  Episode 505 from Trish Blackwell of The Confidence Podcast, Journaling is the single most effective tool for creating change in your life. It’s never too late to learn effective journaling.
  
• Mantra Wellness Magazine
  Print magazine with journals, quizzes, quotes. self-care, wellness, and non-BS personal growth.

Books

• Journal It!: Perspectives in Creative Journaling, Jenny Doh
  Journaling and collage come together in Journal It!, where 19 mixed-media artists showcase their signature techniques, tips, and creativity boosters. The featured work ranges from lettering expert Jill K. Berry’s beautifully calligraphied travel journals to Jeannette Sclar’s whimsical gardening books, and the techniques include everything from toner-based transfer to stitching with fabric and paper. With over 200 inspirational photos to guide them, even beginners can create works of art right from the start.
  
• Amplified Art: Dynamic Techniques for High-Impact Pages, Kass Hall
  Create art with a visual impact! Discover how to express yourself loud and proud with the help of Amplified Art. In this fiercely fun technique book, you’ll learn to create art journal pages that pop, using step-by-step instruction for adding arresting color, high contrast graphic elements and dynamic hand-lettering! 
  
• Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking, Emily K. Neuberger
  Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story. ​It’s the perfect companion to all those blank books and an ideal launchpad to explore creative self-expression and develop an imaginative voice — for anyone ages 10 to 100!
  
• Art Journals and Creative Healing: Restoring the Spirit through Self-Expression, Sharon Soneff
  A beautiful, artistic offering that offers projects on challenging, but universal subjects. In follow up to Faith Books & Spiritual Journaling, author Sharon Soneff will continue to show that there is a richer, deeper reward to artistic, creative journals beyond the beauty they supply. In this new volume, Art Journals & Creative Healing, she demonstrates with real excerpts from beautiful and unusual artistic journals that the process of journaling can be a tool in navigating through some of life’s more challenging seasons, as well as a tool to support personal growth and achievement.
  

Planners/Journals

• Clever Fox 12-month Medical Planner
  12 month medical planner. Take full control of your health and wellbeing. Keep all medical records in one place. Track symptoms and patterns to prevent disease.
  
• The Art of Planning
  Yearly planner with year, month, and week views.
  
• Worry for Nothing: A Discreet, Guided Anxiety Journal
  Journal with prompt to calm anxiety & improve mental health. Promotes stress relief & self care. 

Poetry

• Magnetic Poetry Play Online
  Online version of magnetic poetry.
  
• 15 Good Reasons to Write Poetry
  Writers Write post with good reasons to write poetry.