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Pages of Hope

Hi there, thank you for visiting. I'm Lisa and I've started "Pages of Hope" to offer comforting writing resources to organisations taking care of people at the worse time in their lives.

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Pages of Hope

The premise of Pages of Hope is that I am giving a 15% discount off my gently guided grief journals and personalised notebooks to support Hospices and Bereavement Charities on an ongoing basis.

"Pages of Hope’s aim is to offer comforting writing resources to organisations to gift to families experiencing bereavement, as an ongoing tool to help cope with grief.”

If you have a charitable fund to provide beneficial resources for patients and bereaved families, I would love for you to consider my grief journals and notebooks 🤍

What resources can you offer?

  • Gently guided grief journal

    I have created a gently guided grief journal for bereaved family members and friends to keep a connection to their loved one no longer here through writing, treasuring precious memories and gradually discovering individual self-care tools over time. You can find detailed information about my guided grief journals below.

    You can order as many or as few of these journals as needed to keep on hand to gift to bereaved families.

    Normally - £20.99
    Pages of Hope - £17.80

  • Until we meet again (blank lined) notebooks

    This is a personalised notebook designed for those with life-limiting or incurable illnesses to write precious words to be passed on to their loved ones when they are no longer here. They are individually personalised, are available in 8 different colours and also come with a matching pen.

    I create these on an individual basis, adding family member's names and any other special text, then can bill on an ongoing monthly basis 🤍

    Normally - £16.99
    Pages of Hope - £14.40

  • Inside cover poem

    My personalised notebooks also include a poem printed in silver or gold foil on the inside cover. The poem shown is my own that I am always willing to share; but it can also be changed to be something personal to a family (so long as it's of a similar length).

  • Writing prompts leaflet

    We can work together to create an A5 flyer (that includes your logo) to provide to patients alongside the personalised notebooks with writing suggestions to help with the overwhelm that can come from starting with a blank page.

What my gently guided grief journals contain

Inside the guided grief journal, you will find:

Letters to you
With self-led writing prompts, giving a safe space to explore feelings and keep a connection through writing.
Memories of you
Scrapbook style pages to record precious memories with inspiration on what could be comforting to included
Wellness checks
Nestled throughout to help identify the times when some extra self-care and support are needed.
Self-care toolbox
To little by little discover and record individual self-care tools, making them so much easier to reach for on the really bad days.
Grief affirmations
To give hope that even the darkest days eventually pass and affirming that their love can never die.

What makes these grief journals unique?

There is no time limit nor timeline with grief and this is something I wanted to capture with my gently guided grief journal. No set tasks, no rules, just gentle prompts that resonate differently each time the journal is picked up.

Click on the tabs below to find out a bit more and click here to read some reviews.

Self-led
Fluid
Prompts
Connection

Whilst my journals are gently guided, there are no suggested timelines or "shoulds". The journal respects the chaos and individuality that is grief meaning that each person can use the journal differently and explore their own emotions in their own time.

There are many grief journals out there that cover a 6 or 12 month period and encourage daily writing. There are no timed tasks in my journal and the encouragement instead is for the journal to be viewed more as a comforting tool to reach for whenever needed rather than something with an end goal.

The gentle prompts inside will likely resonate differently each time the journal is written in which means they can be used over again and again. The prompts have been carefully thought out to spark ideas and to help people to record and later recognise just how far they have come over time (even when they don't feel it!)

Whereas writing a letter is a one off task in many grief journals, this is the foundation for mine. Keeping a connection through writing letters to a lost loved can be a powerful tool in finding release, making space for emotions, keeping a their memory alive, and finding a way forward whilst still holding them closely in our hearts.

A brief snapshot about me

The journals don't mention my story, but I understand you'll want to find out a little more about me and why I came to create these journals to help those who are grieving.

Why I feel so passionately about these journals
Writing has helped me so much over the years with my grief. I would love for others who are struggling to be able to untangle, release, find comfort or even just a moment's peace in their grief. Writing can help to solidify the realisations that hit us whilst grieving and to make conscious decisions to reach for something helpful on the worst days, rather than subconsciously reaching for things that end up bringing us more pain.

Here's a snapshot timeline about me to scroll across and the relevant experiences that have culminated to create the journals.

2006

We hear the devastating words "I'm so sorry, there's no heartbeat" for our firstborn baby. Our worlds change forever and we begin our lifelong journey of grief.

2007

I set up a website blogging, and creating keepsake gifts for bereaved parents who have also lost a baby. At the time, no UK website dedicated to baby loss gifts exists.

2013 - 2018

I begin a local peer to peer support group for bereaved parents. Myself and others work together, fundraise and provide resources to hospitals for bereaved parents.

2014

Drawing on my previously unknown creative streak, I start a Graphic Design course to make a complete change in my career (previously a Family Mediator).

2018 - 2020

I work for a pregnancy safety charity with a focus on working with previously bereaved parents, midwives and expectant parents to help save future babies' lives.

2019

At the end of 2019, I burn out. I step away from all things grief related for a while, as the anniversary this year hits me harder than ever and I realise I'm not coping well.

2020 - 2022

I reflect on my burnout, my grief and set to re-building my life in a way that helps me to carry and honour my grief in a much healthier way and having gratitude for all I have.

2023

I set up my business with a focus on writing for self-care. It naturally falls towards helping with grief. I reflect on my grief journey and design my first guided journal for grief.

2024

Bereavement midwife Kelly Harris contacts me about my grief journals. With Kelly's support and encouragement, I design a baby memorial version of my grief journal too.

2025

The Pages of Hope Project is launched and together, we work towards making the grief journals available for anyone who might find comfort in writing for grief.

"When there is nothing in this world that can make something better, writing can offer small moments of release, reflection and peace."

Get in touch

Please complete the form below to enquire about providing my books. I would love to hear from you.

FAQ's

Is The Self-care Journal co. a non profit organisation?

No, but it is a small business with a strong sense of purpose.

I'm a one woman band (registered as a sole trader) who has chosen to combine my professional skills and personal experiences to set up my business to inspire/help others as my full time job.

The Pages of Hope project is in memory of our beautiful baby.

I'm looking on behalf of a charity. Can you donate the journals?

How much I'd like to say yes here! But unfortunately, it's not something we could manage as a (very) small business.

The quality and care put into creating the guided journals means they have involved quite an investment. Having looked into what we can manage donation wise, we have picked the hospital that cared for us when we lost our little girl to donate the journals to, and we would like to inspire others to do the same for organisations that have helped them where appropriate.

What is super important is that we're able to cover the cost of the journals and be able to keep going with them in the future.