I\u2019m fast becoming a fan of Donna Ashworth, having reviewed <\/span>Wild Hope<\/strong><\/span> here<\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Growing Brave<\/strong><\/span> here<\/a><\/span>. Imagine my delight, therefore, when I was sent a copy of her latest book <\/span>Words to Live By: A Daily Journal<\/strong><\/span>. My huge thanks to Flora Willis at Bonnier for sending me the gift of <\/span>Words to Live By<\/strong><\/span>. Now, I wasn\u2019t intending on blogging today, but having begun to use my journal, I simply had to share details of it with others.<\/span><\/p>\n Words to Live By<\/strong><\/span> was published by Black and White on 28th November 2024 and is available for purchase <\/span>here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A daily journal of inspiration, comfort and encouragement from the UK\u2019s No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of <\/span>Wild Hope<\/strong><\/span>, beautifully designed in four-colour throughout<\/span><\/p>\n Start every day with Donna Ashworth by your side in this beautiful, interactive daily journal. With uplifting poems, guiding words, wise insights, perspective shifts and understanding on every page, Donna will accompany you throughout the year to help you embrace life in all its messy wondrousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Donna also encourages you to explore your own words and writing to help you ride each wave this life sends your way, helping you find beauty and wonder on days the world scares you, comfort and patience when sadness is visiting, and courage and hope when you can\u2019t see the light. She also gently steers you back to love yourself, as you are, and to see that, no matter what you experience in this world, you are never alone.<\/span><\/p>\n Every day is a journey and it starts with you.<\/span><\/p>\n An inspirational journal to last a year.<\/p>\n What. A. Book! Words to Live By<\/strong> is brilliant. I love it.<\/p>\n Having been almost broken at times by 2024, setting aside a few minutes each day to write my thoughts in Words to Live By<\/strong> in 2025 already feels like a habit I\u2019m going to want to continue throughout the year. It gives me space to think about me for a short while before the demands of life creep back in. Words to Live By<\/strong> gives status and support to those of us struggling with life, those of us who are already confident, and those, like me, who are aware of journaling but previously had no idea where to begin.<\/p>\n I must first acknowledge the physical attributes of the book. The hardback is weighty. This isn\u2019t a book to slip in your pocket! And that is part of its success. It feels special to pick it up, turn the pages of Words to Live By<\/strong> and realise that the reader \u2013 and now writer \u2013 has something of quality in their hands that has been designed just for them. Its very weight means it takes time to hold, to turn the pages and to consider. It\u2019s beautifully illustrated in pastel, watercolour shades that feel calming and peaceful. There is plenty of white space to write \u2013 to the extent that, although this is a book set over a year, I think it could be used like a five year diary and the reader\/writer could return and add to previous entries. Although the months have \u2018Day 1\u2019 and so on, they are not allocated a year so you could pick up Words to Live By<\/strong> and start your own reflective writing journey at any point of the year.<\/p>\n Interspersed between the journal space you\u2019ll find encouragement, poetry and supportive words. Quite a bit of the text is in the form of questions so that it feels as if Donna Ashworth is actively listening to the reader\/writer, giving them attention and focus they may feel is lacking. I imagine anyone feeling isolated or lonely would be enormously comforted by Words to Live By<\/strong>. I\u2019m finding it is reducing my stress levels considerably.<\/p>\n I confess that in writing this review, I haven\u2019t read all of Words to Live By<\/strong> yet. I\u2019m savouring taking a moment or two of calm and reflection each day, of thinking about what I\u2019m feeling and why, and I\u2019m loving allowing Donna Ashworth to guide me through my year. I have already written a some poetry as a result of Words to Live By<\/strong> and you never know, I might by the end of the year, have the courage to share it via the author\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Words to Live By<\/strong> is a lovely, high quality, book written by someone who genuinely seems to understand humanity and to care about it. It\u2019s also a source of comfort, support and creativity that reminds us we are not simply cogs in the machine of life, but we are important individuals who can be both inspirational and inspired. I think Words to Live By<\/strong> is just what I\u2019ve been looking for and it might be for you too. I really recommend it.<\/p>\n Donna Ashworth is a number one Sunday Times Bestselling Poet, whose words you will often find flying around the internet, widely shared daily, by her 1.7 million followers.<\/p>\n Donna\u2019s writing came to spotlight during the lockdown period where she saw her purpose as building a place to find hope, calm and comfort, amidst the collective chaos. She quickly became an internet favourite with one viral post after another and a list of celebrity endorsements.<\/p>\n Having published eight books since; three successful self-published titles and five with Bonnier Books\/Black & White publishing, her newest collection of words,\u00a0Growing Brave<\/strong> is now available and has been received just as warmly as the much-loved Wild Hope<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Priding herself on being \u2018imperfectly human\u2019 and \u2018sharing the dark with the light to harness hope\u2019, Donna engages constantly with her followers in a bid to find comfort in numbers as we \u2018walk each other home\u2019 on this journey of life.<\/p>\n For further information, find Donna on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and follow her on X\/Twitter\u00a0@Donna_ashworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lindasbookbag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/words-to-live-by.webp\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWords to Live By: A Daily Journal<\/span>
<\/h3>\nMy Review of Words to Live By<\/h3>\n
About Donna Ashworth<\/span><\/h3>\n
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