Insight Timer

Library

The largest free library in the world. Free. No Ads. No AI.

Sleep

Events

The world’s top experts, live every day

Get away with a Teacher

Browse retreats

Join thousands

Explore a Challenge

Browse A to Z

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Shadow Work Journaling - by Zac Carpenter
COURSE

Shadow Work Journaling

With Zac Carpenter

Most people do not struggle to journal because they are lazy. They struggle because nobody taught them what journaling is actually for, or how to do it without turning it into either a diary entry or an emotional spiral. This course gives you a clear, grounded way to journal with depth and stay steady while you do it. Across one week, Zac guides you through shadow work journaling, nervous system awareness, radical self-inquiry, and the skill of finding fact in the fiction. You will explore how the subconscious speaks through feelings, body signals, repetition, projection, memory, language, and the stories you keep writing about yourself. Each session pairs a short teaching with one carefully chosen journal prompt, followed by twenty five minutes of uninterrupted writing time with original music composed by Zac for this course. The prompt is spoken twice so you can write it down, then you are left with the music and the page. Nothing comes back in at the end to interrupt you, so if you are still writing when the track fades, you can keep going. This is for anyone who wants to build a journaling practice that feels honest, structured, and emotionally safe. You will learn how to stay within your window of tolerance, how to notice when journaling is helping versus when it is making you spiral, and how to read between your own lines without treating every thought as truth. By the end of the course, you will have a repeatable journaling practice, a clearer relationship with your inner world, and a set of pages that show you what has been repeating, protecting, hiding, and waiting to be seen. Please note: this course includes shadow work and prompts that may bring up difficult emotions or old pain. It is not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, working with recent trauma, or feel unable to process alone, please seek qualified support before beginning.

A guided writing course for nervous system safety, radical self-inquiry, and emotional clarity.

About this course

Most people do not struggle to journal because they are lazy. They struggle because nobody taught them what journaling is actually for, or how to do it without turning it into either a diary entry or an emotional spiral. This course gives you a clear, grounded way to journal with depth and stay steady while you do it. Across one week, Zac guides you through shadow work journaling, nervous system awareness, radical self-inquiry, and the skill of finding fact in the fiction. You will explore how the subconscious speaks through feelings, body signals, repetition, projection, memory, language, and the stories you keep writing about yourself. Each session pairs a short teaching with one carefully chosen journal prompt, followed by twenty five minutes of uninterrupted writing time with original music composed by Zac for this course. The prompt is spoken twice so you can write it down, then you are left with the music and the page. Nothing comes back in at the end to interrupt you, so if you are still writing when the track fades, you can keep going. This is for anyone who wants to build a journaling practice that feels honest, structured, and emotionally safe. You will learn how to stay within your window of tolerance, how to notice when journaling is helping versus when it is making you spiral, and how to read between your own lines without treating every thought as truth. By the end of the course, you will have a repeatable journaling practice, a clearer relationship with your inner world, and a set of pages that show you what has been repeating, protecting, hiding, and waiting to be seen. Please note: this course includes shadow work and prompts that may bring up difficult emotions or old pain. It is not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, working with recent trauma, or feel unable to process alone, please seek qualified support before beginning.

Meet your Teacher

Zac Carpenter

Zac Carpenter

View Profile
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells, UK

Zac Carpenter is a Homeopath, Numerologist, and Psychic Strategist who has spent years helping clients understand the patterns running beneath their awareness. His work draws together the subconscious mind, the nervous system, and the practice of putting what we find into words. Journaling sits at the heart of his approach, in his work with clients and in his own daily life. He created this course after noticing how many people want to journal but struggle to begin. Zac is also a composer, and all of the music in this course was written by him for these sessions.

View Profile
Shadow Work Journaling | Insight Timer