Journeytolegacy Reviews 4

In 2004, I had a brainstem stroke that left me locked in — unable to speak or move. I type one letter at a time. I have been working on my memoir ever since. I had been trying to write it for twenty-one years. I had hundreds of documents in a Dropbox folder — journal entries, blog posts, texts to my kids, lesson notes — but I couldn't find the shape of the story.

While taking Journey to Legacy's life story writing course with Joanna Klein, something shifted. I started writing with feeling again, not just facts. And then Joanna helped me find the foundation for the book that was already there inside of all my writing.

As my book took shape, I was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning. After twenty-one years, my family and I finally believe my book is really going to happen.

— Jenny Lynn, Austin, Texas

I took Joanna's 12 week Life in Review course in January. I was looking for a course for the new year to kind of shake things up for me and perhaps open me up to new opportunities. Joanna's course did just that and more.
Each week there was a new agenda to explore. The topics prompted a lot of self exploration of where I was, Where I am and where I choose to go.
It prompted me to make changes to situations that just aren't working, and adopt new approaches that are far more beneficial to me. A whole new way of looking at thins.
It opened me up to "going big with my life" and saying yes to everything(well within reason!)
Joanna's guidance and grace will put me on a road to discovery that will be a game changer if you allow it.

Joanna Klein, with her easy to follow Journey to Legacy program, saved the day for me. I am terminally ill and desperately needed to finish my life stories before my time was up. All I had to show after years of writing was a box full of notes and no idea how to put them all together in a way I would be proud to share with my family and friends. Thank you so much Joanna!

The Journeytolegacy course on writing life stories has exceeded my highest expectations! Unearthing long forgotten memories, tying them together in a meaningful way, learning to express them with both authenticity and compassion for my younger self--It has been a process of discovery and reconciliation. Embracing my past has given me the gift of living more fully in the present, as well as the courage to greet whatever comes next. It has been not only transformative personally, it has also made me a better writer, a fun added bonus.