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Talk New Beginnings · 31-day guided journal

31 days for a heart taking its first unfamiliar step

Short video lessons explain how an emotion works; the matching workbook gives you one page a day to practice.

  • 18 video lessons
  • 31 days
  • 111-page PDF · A5
  • EPUB included
  • 12-page midpoint reflection

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  • ▶18 video lessons · Emotions & Mindfulness
  • ✎Talk New Beginnings workbook · PDF + EPUB

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The first three days

  1. DAY 1Excitement and Fear Share One Body
  2. DAY 2The Ending Comes First
  3. DAY 3Why Unfamiliar Things Feel So Vivid

The 31-day path

DAY 1–14 · Noticing

  1. DAY 1Excitement and Fear Share One Body
  2. DAY 2The Ending Comes First
  3. DAY 3Why Unfamiliar Things Feel So Vivid
  4. DAY 4Not Knowing Is the Heaviest Part
  5. DAY 5Clumsiness Is Proof You’re Learning
  6. DAY 6The Gift of the Calendar
  7. DAY 7I Have Started Before
  8. DAY 8Why Unfamiliar Places Tire You More
  9. DAY 9Habits Live Attached to Places
  10. DAY 10Falling Asleep in an Unfamiliar Room
  11. DAY 11Even Good Change Holds Loss
  12. DAY 12Threat or Challenge?
  13. DAY 13Their Fifth Year and My First Week
  14. DAY 14Why Week Two Feels Harder

Midpoint reflection · 12 pages

  1. Patterns
  2. Body signals
  3. Needs
  4. Support
  5. A small plan for the next 7 days

DAY 15–31 · Meeting it differently

  1. DAY 15First Impressions Aren’t Made Only Once
  2. DAY 16Nobody Is Watching You That Closely
  3. DAY 17The Day of the First Mistake
  4. DAY 18Being a Friend to Yourself
  5. DAY 19It’s Okay to Ask
  6. DAY 20A Light Greeting Holds You Steady
  7. DAY 21What Loneliness Is Telling You
  8. DAY 22Small Progress Changes the Day
  9. DAY 23What Am I Heading Toward?
  10. DAY 24A New Chapter of My Story
  11. DAY 25You Can Do Well Without Optimism
  12. DAY 26When Adjusting Stays Hard for Long
  13. DAY 27Good Things Found in a Strange Place
  14. DAY 28Ordinary Magic
  15. DAY 29Going Forward Needs a Place to Return
  16. DAY 30Savoring Before It Becomes Familiar
  17. DAY 31A Month Across the Threshold

One-month review

Gather 31 days of writing and name the feelings that returned most and the moments that changed.

Lessons that pair with this workbook

Understand the feeling in a short lesson, then carry it into the workbook prompts. Free lessons can be watched right now.

▶ 2:20 FreeWhy Do We Feel Anxious?Does Anxiety Break Me or Grow Me?▶ 3:17 Course accessTurning Anxiety into Soil for GrowthDoes Anxiety Break Me or Grow Me?▶ 3:10 Course accessHow am I feeling right now?Emotions & Mindfulness▶ 2:57 Course accessPlanning your actionEmotions & Mindfulness

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What you get

Print-ready PDF

111 pages, A5. Print at home or school as many times as the person using it needs.

EPUB edition

A reflowable edition for e-readers and reading apps.

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Sets with this book

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Every course + all 18 books

All 37 video lessons and all eighteen workbooks. The widest set for a year of teaching and practice.

All eighteen books + All Academy video courses

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The complete 18

The whole series. The widest choice for a year of reflection.

All eighteen books

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Fresh start set

New beginnings, goals and focus, naming emotions. Our first pick for a new term.

New Beginnings · for goals & focus · Emotions

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Questions

What formats are included?

A print-ready PDF (111 pages, A5) and an EPUB for e-readers.

Will anything be shipped?

No. This is a digital product; files are available right after checkout.

Can I try before buying?

Three English workbooks can be tried in the browser, and every page listed here is shown in the preview.

Why buy a set?

Related feelings often come together, so we grouped three-book sets and the complete series.

Can I use it with students?

Yes, with a class, school, or campus license that allows printing and sharing inside your institution. Request a quote on the schools page.