No! The membership is suitable for complete beginners. Although if you have dabbled in journaling, or even if you’ve been journaling for a long time, I’m sure that the membership will spark your creativity, inspire you to try new techniques and feel the benefits of a consistent practice.

The daily prompts and weekly challenges are designed for you to be able to spend as little or as long as you like on them! Even if you only have five minutes that day, you'll still be able to journal if you wish.

Don't worry if you miss days or prompts though. There's absolutely no pressure to do them all. I know life gets busy - and this membership is all about finding joy, not adding more to your to-do list. You will still feel the benefit even if you find time to journal just a couple of times a week (you'll have access to everything, so you can just pick and choose the prompts that appeal to you ☺️).

The live workshops are 90 minutes, once a month. Likewise if you can't attend live, that's ok! They'll be recorded so you can play them back whenever you're ready.

Absolutely. This membership is designed to help you journal regularly to feel the benefits - for some people that means daily journaling and for others that means journaling a couple of times a week. It's completely up to you how you'd like to approach this.

There will be daily prompts available in the members area for you to pick and choose from - but there's never any pressure to do them all!

The live workshops will usually be held on the first Thursday of every month, from 7.00pm until 8.30pm (UK time).

That's totally fine - I know the timings of the live sessions won't work for everybody every month. They'll be recorded and uploaded to the Members Area so you can replay them whenever you like.

Just a journal and some pens or pencils! You'll also need access to the internet to be able to participate in the workshops, log in to the members area and receive emails.

This is something that I hear a lot… but the truth is, we’re all creative! Sometimes we don’t feel that way because we don’t make time for it, or we’ve been told that we’re not creative in the past and it’s a belief that’s stuck with us. My membership is designed so that you can journal and practice playful creativity, even if you have no prior experience. You might even surprise yourself at just how creative you actually are when you're given the space for it (people often do) 🙂

If you choose monthly billing, your subscription will automatically renew on the same date each month.

If you choose annual billing, you will pay for 12 months upfront (saving £24 on the total yearly cost). Your subscription will then auto-renew on the same date the following year, unless you decide you'd like to cancel.

For monthly billing you can cancel your subscription anytime via your payment settings when you log in to your account.

If you choose to cancel, you will have access to the membership until the end of your month's billing cycle i.e. if you joined on the 4th of June, then cancelled on the 5th of June, you’d get access to the membership until the 4th of July. 

For annual billing, cancelling your subscription means your membership will not be auto-renewed. You'll have access to the membership until the end of your 12 month period.

If you have paid for an annual membership but decide it's not for you within the first 28 days, I am happy to offer a refund for the remainder of the year (the full amount minus one month's fee of £19.50). Please email me on hannah@journalforjoy.co.uk to arrange this.

You'll always get access to the next workshop after your month's subscription begins, even if the workshop happens after that date.

For example, if your month's subscription starts on the 4th of January but the next workshop is being held on the 5th February, you will still be welcome to join that session, even though your subscription will have technically ended then.

However, you will no longer have access to the Members Area or be on the email list, so if you know you are going to cancel before the workshop happens, please save the Zoom link and details ahead of that date.

If you have subscribed to the membership online:

You will be asked to create an account and you will receive an email to confirm your subscription.

You can then log in using the 'Log in' button in the main menu on the top right of the website.

Once you are logged in, the main membership menu will appear at the top of the page and you can access all of the content via these links.

Here's the Members area homepage, if you're having trouble: https://www.journalforjoy.co.uk/the-membership-site

If you have received the Membership as a gift:

If you have been given a gift voucher, please contact me on hannah@journalforjoy.co.uk to activate your account.

Gifted memberships cannot log in to the Members site because my website platform does not allow gifting for subscriptions (because payment details must be entered in order to be able to log in to the designated Members area).

You will not miss out on the monthly content though! You'll just receive everything via email instead.