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Dwell: A Journal for Naming, Processing, and Embracing Your Emotions Paperback – April 18, 2023
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This wise and inspiring book invites readers to welcome all of their emotions, positive or negative, to come sit and talk, as they would with a very good friend. Using personification as a tool, creative writing teacher and Positive Psychology practitioner Devon Loftus takes readers through a process of describing their emotions—joy, discomfort, anxiety, contentment—without judgment or shame. Thoughtful and comforting, this book will help readers reconnect to the place inside themselves where all their complex and beautiful emotions dwell.
In poetic essays that serve as inspiration, Loftus personifies more than fifty emotions—such as Playfulness, a redhead with three freckles on her right cheek only her closest friends notice, or Love, who slowly brings every person she passes on the street to life—to encourage readers to sit down with their emotions in a creative and curious way. According to Loftus, when we allow ourselves to view our feelings without judgment, we are able to witness them (and therefore ourselves) more fully, with all of their quirks and humanness. Dwell is an invaluable tool for readers seeking greater self-understanding.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTarcher
- Publication dateApril 18, 2023
- Dimensions5.98 x 0.78 x 7.98 inches
- ISBN-100593421000
- ISBN-13978-0593421000
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—Brianna Wiest, Bestselling Author of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, and more.
"Thoughtful, compassionate, and clever. This book is proof that personifying our emotions allows us to meet ourselves over and over again."
—Jake Ernst, MSW RSW, Therapist and Creator of @mswjake
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- Publisher : Tarcher
- Publication date : April 18, 2023
- Language : English
- Print length : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593421000
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593421000
- Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.98 x 0.78 x 7.98 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,624,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,721 in Emotional Mental Health
- #5,672 in Journal Writing Self-Help
- #10,473 in Happiness Self-Help
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About the author

Devon Loftus is am author, writer, speaker and the founder of Moon Cycle Bakery — a wellness based business that focuses on the menstrual cycle and creates sweet treats and food related products to help support women hormonally, spiritually and emotionally. She likes to share thoughts and experiences, particularly as a woman and a mother (and a human), on social media.
Devon currently lives, works and writes from New Jersey. She is heavily influenced by her time spent living on the west coast, holistic health, her family and the human experience.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseThis book is incredibly unique and special. Certainly unlike any other self help journal I have read. The author so perfectly couples beautiful writing with deeply thought provoking prompts that allows readers to explore their own inner workings. It’s like the author invites readers into a safe and warm place with the rawness and vulnerability of her writing and then passes the mic to the reader to help us explore our own emotional nuances. Additionally, it was incredibly easy to read and put down. You can go at your own pace and jump around. This is truly a book we all need and something we can make our own.
5.0 out of 5 starsThis book is incredibly unique and special. Certainly unlike any other self help journal I have read. The author so perfectly couples beautiful writing with deeply thought provoking prompts that allows readers to explore their own inner workings. It’s like the author invites readers into a safe and warm place with the rawness and vulnerability of her writing and then passes the mic to the reader to help us explore our own emotional nuances. Additionally, it was incredibly easy to read and put down. You can go at your own pace and jump around. This is truly a book we all need and something we can make our own.Deeply artistic and emotionally profound
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseDwell is a very insightful book that allows you to see how important it is to feel our emotions and then process them and move on. A fabulous book to use over and over and for ALL ages. A great gift
- Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseNot what I was expecting. Kind of childish.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023Format: Audible AudiobookVerified PurchaseI am a counselor and found this book to be helpful with numerous clients. I recommend purchasing the book to many of my friends.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2023Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseEnjoyed exploring and thinking about my emotions through this guided journaling process. Easy to follow - well written. Would also make a great gift.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023Format: PaperbackDwell is a poetic story of how to be an emotionally intelligent, whole-hearted human. The way Devon tells the story of emotion will forever change the way I view my own. To put language to something as big as awe, joy, fear, passion is a gift I didn't know I so desperately needed. Every time I close this book I feel closer to myself. Thank you thank you thank you.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023Format: PaperbackWhile reading through Dwell, I found myself welling up often. With each personified emotion, I was able to see a piece of myself reflected back - some of those pieces felt painful to face, while others had me feeling warm and filled with gratitude. Devon has an incredible power to capture the human experience with each of these essays and I finished the book feeling more connected to my personal embodiment of the range of emotions that accompany being a human.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023Format: Audible AudiobookA great tool for learning how to pinpoint your emotions.