Following Sparks’ 30-day guided journals offer a soft, non-linear path back to joy and self-trust. Each journal is designed for women who feel depleted and are ready to rediscover themselves, one spark at a time.
-- Many women recovering from burnout are realizing that “rest” alone isn’t enough. For many women, burnout has become a constant companion — but what follows burnout can feel even more confusing. After months or years of pushing through, finally slowing down often doesn’t bring relief. The body rests, but the mind feels hollow. The spark that once fueled creativity and joy seems to have vanished.
That’s the experience writer and creator Mary Brey calls the soul drought — a quiet, draining state that goes beyond fatigue. Out of her own recovery from twenty years in an emotionally abusive relationship, Mary created Following Sparks, a creative brand and movement dedicated to helping women rediscover themselves through tiny, compassionate steps instead of overwhelming leaps.
At the heart of Following Sparks is a growing collection of guided 30-day journals that make healing feel approachable. Each one offers a structured but flexible space to reflect, rest, and reconnect. Rather than asking women to write long essays or dive into heavy emotional processing, these journals use small, bite-sized prompts that can be completed in just a few minutes a day.
Titles like Permission to Pause, Softening the Edges, and The Leapbook each explore a different stage of rediscovery.
Permission to Pause invites readers to stop striving and begin listening to their bodies again.
Softening the Edges encourages self-compassion after years of being “too strong for too long.”
The Leapbook helps women rebuild trust in their intuition and synchronicities — what Mary calls “remembering that the magic is real.”
Every page is intentionally gentle. The questions are simple, the tone playful, and the design — inspired by 1970s illustrations and soft retro hues — feels nostalgic and safe. It’s journaling made for women who feel like they can’t journal anymore.
“I designed these journals for the days when you feel too tired to ‘work on yourself,’” says Mary. “They’re about noticing one tiny spark — a moment of calm, a flicker of curiosity — and letting that be enough.”
This spark-centered approach reflects a broader philosophy within the Following Sparks community: that healing doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from allowing small shifts to accumulate over time. Readers often report that after a few weeks, they begin to feel a subtle but real change — a morning that feels lighter, a renewed interest in an old hobby, or a moment of genuine laughter that reminds them they’re still alive underneath the numbness.
In addition to the journals, Following Sparks offers free digital resources like the Spark Starter Kit and Spark Wheel — tools designed to help women notice and track their own sparks. The Spark Starter Kit includes printable pages, playlists, and reflection exercises, while the Spark Wheel turns self-awareness into a visual, creative experience.
All of these tools tie back to the brand’s central mission: to help women see themselves not as broken, but as spark carriers — even if that spark feels faint.
Following Sparks journals are available on Etsy and Amazon, with more titles and creative tools being added regularly. Readers can explore the full collection at https://www.followingsparks.com/journals-and-tools.
By blending warmth, creativity, and emotional depth, Following Sparks offers something often missing from traditional self-help — permission to be soft while healing.
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