Turns out I’ve been writing since I was a kid! I was visiting my Mom recently and my grown daughter was looking through boxes of old photographs and found a treasure from when I was 10 years old and created ‘my first book!’

Here’s what I said “Love is….”

…having a friend

…having a puppy

…having a sister (that plays with you)

…having a teddy bear

…having a Mommy

…having your own room

…having a cat

…having a horse

…having a teacher

…having a family

…having a book

Love is being proud

Shannan’s Book”
Please don’t touch,
thank you.

Look at what each of these elements meant to me as a 10 year old girl: connection (animals and people), distance/self-soothing (my own room, a book and teddy bear), and a sense of self (being proud).

in 1976, I wrote this shortly before we moved from the Haight/Ashbury district of San Francisco to the suburbs, and then they divorced not too long after that. I did later have a horse, I’m grateful for my sister and my family, for books, and ‘my own room!’

The guided journals I’m writing & publishing now strive to support others in their healing. This first series is “Therapy Thoughts: A 6-Month Guided Journal” for Women, Young Women, Men, Young Men & Non-Gender to make the most of therapy sessions. 

They will help track mental health triggers, depression & anxiety symptoms, struggles and wins and information between sessions. If you remember these things during the week but forget to mention them during your session, these guided journals are for you!

More workbooks, trackers, & self-paced journals to come! Visit www.sbmftservices.com/journals/ for more information or follow me at www.amazon.com/author/sbmftservices and leave a review if you’ve found the journals helpful!