A g u I d e d j o u r n a L b y b r I a n n a w I e s t

(thing you are struggling with most) 
I understand that this is imperative to my growth. I understand 
that my fear is trying to keep me safe.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for: 
(thing that has caused you pain)
I understand that this has manifested in order to make me better.

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 2 5
Thank you, thank you, thank you for:
(uncomfortable feeling that keeps coming up)
I understand that I am becoming aware of it so that I can change 
the pattern in my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of the 
things that have been going so well in my life, that have reminded 
me hope is still here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of the 
things that I wish were going better, that have reminded me I am 
meant to make them that way. In being grateful, I am no longer re-
sisting it. When I no longer resist it, it no longer has a hold over me.

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2 6 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
If I had to leave tomorrow with only the belongings
I could fit into my car to retreat to a desert island 
where nobody would hear from me again…

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 2 7
I would take these things:

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2 8 B R I A N N A W I E S T
I would take these people:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 2 9
I would do this each day:

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3 0 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
These are the things that bother me 
most about other people:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 3 1
These are the things I don’t like 
to admit that I dislike about myself:

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3 2 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
These are the things I love about other people:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 3 3
These are the things I love about myself:

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3 4 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
If social media didn’t exist, 
here’s how I would live differently:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 3 5

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 3 7
“Instead of worrying I am being tricked by a 
medicine you take once and then are magi-
cally healed by, I can consider that gardens 
require maintenance. Fallible human beings 
require maintenance. There is weeding and 
watering to be done every day, and there’s 
never a point where you are done working 
and your garden suddenly takes care of itself.”
—Chrissy Stockton

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3 8 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
These are the qualities of the person 
I always wished I’d marry:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 3 9
This is how I am going to become that person instead:

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4 0 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
On the days of my life that I can recall being happiest, 
this is what I was doing:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 4 1

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4 2 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
If my fears were actually symbols for my desires, 
this is what I would be trying to tell myself:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 4 3

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4 4 B R I A N N A W I E S T
L I S T
If I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was the 
one in control of my life and I could create absolutely 
anything I wanted, this is what I would change:

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I A M T H E H E R O O F M Y O W N L I F E 4 5

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4 6 B R I A N N A W I E S T
D R A W
This is what I think my true self looks like