The journal
Your Story Is Not Over
A journal for the middle, where the real work happens.
Fifty two affirmations, each with an honest explanation of why it works and one small action you can do today. Therapy tools you would otherwise only meet in a session. Trackers that record what actually happened instead of grading your happiness. And notes from Dr. Suelem scattered through it, written the way she talks.
By Dr. Suelem Costa Rosalino, PsyD, LICSW, with Sabrina Rosalino, LCSW, and Sandrina Rosalino, LMFT.
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The digital edition
The full journal as an ebook, free with your account. The EPUB works on Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play Books, and any e-reader app. The PDF keeps the printed layout, so you can print single pages and write on them by hand.
What is inside
52 affirmations
Each with a Why This Works explanation and a small daily action.
Notes from Dr. Suelem
Personal encouragement in her voice, never clinical advice.
Tools for heavy days
Grounding, a coping plan, and a mental health toolbox.
Trackers and check-ins
Mood, sleep, habits, and a weekly reset that is not a scorecard.
Relationships and boundaries
Boundary scripts, the relationship circle, letters you do not have to send.
Building forward
The Accomplishment Jar, the vision board, and the 30 day Keep Going challenge.
The 52, by theme
Every affirmation in the book. The site walks you through one a day, but you can read ahead whenever you want.
Worth
- 01I am allowed to take up space.
- 02My worth is not a performance.★
- 03I do not have to earn rest.
- 04I am not the worst thing that happened to me.★
- 05Being needed and being valued are not the same thing.
- 06I can be a work in progress and still be enough today.
- 07I am allowed to like who I am becoming.
Hard Days
- 08I can do hard things.★
- 09This feeling is real, and it is temporary.
- 10I survived one hundred percent of my worst days.
- 11Getting through today counts as doing something.★
- 12I am allowed to ask for help without apologizing.
- 13Crying is not losing.
- 14Starting again tomorrow is still starting.
Peace and Boundaries
- 15Protect your peace.★
- 16No is a complete sentence.
- 17I am not responsible for managing everyone's feelings.
- 18Distance is sometimes the kindest choice.★
- 19I can love someone and still limit their access to me.
- 20Guilt is not proof that I did something wrong.
- 21Quiet is not empty.
Progress
- 22Progress over perfection.★
- 23Small things add up.
- 24One day at a time. Sometimes one hour.
- 25I do not have to see the whole staircase.★
- 26Falling behind is not falling apart.
- 27Consistency beats intensity.
- 28I am allowed to change my mind.
Body and Rest
- 29Rest is productive.★
- 30My body is not a problem to be solved.
- 31Sleep is medicine.
- 32Movement is not punishment.
- 33Eating is not a moral event.
- 34Breathe. That is the whole instruction.
Faith and Meaning
- 35Keep your faith. Keep your focus. Keep going.★
- 36I can hold hope and grief at the same time.
- 37Prayer counts as a coping skill.
- 38I am being carried on the days I cannot walk.
- 39My story is not over.★
- 40Purpose can be found in ordinary days.
Voice and Identity
- 41My accent, my history, and my language are not deficits.★
- 42I am allowed to speak before I am fluent in the room.
- 43I do not have to shrink to be safe.
- 44My culture came with me.
- 45I can honor where I came from without staying there.
- 46I get to define success for myself.★
Moving Forward
- 47I am building a life, not fixing a mistake.
- 48I can want more without being ungrateful.★
- 49Money peace is part of mental peace.
- 50Showing up is the work.
- 51Proud of myself, out loud.
- 52Keep going.★
Work it with us, one day at a time
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