5-Day Journaling Exercise: Manage the Heartbreak
Theme: “From broken to beautiful, resilience, heartbreak, beauty in imperfection, and reconnection to self and earth.
Day 1: What Is Broken
What part of your life or heart feels broken right now—or has felt that way recently?
Name it without fixing it.
What does it feel like to hold space for that without judgment?
What is a simple act that would allow you to patch what needs fixing?
Day 2: The Gold in the Cracks
In the Japanese art of kintsugi, broken pottery is repaired with gold.
What is one past heartbreak or wound you now see as a strength or gift?
What did that pain teach you about your resilience?
Day 3: The Breathing Tree
The Lahaina banyan tree was scorched in the fires, but it’s still breathing.
What is still breathing in you after all you’ve been through?
How do you know it’s still alive?
Day 4: Island vs. Connection
When have you felt like you were on an emotional island—isolated in your pain or healing?
What person, memory, or insight helped you realize you weren’t alone?
Day 5: Writing Your Existence
“How we manage heartbreak writes our existence.”
What story are you writing through the way you show up today—in your grief, healing, love, and presence?