Most journals give you a place to start.
Ours give you a place to land.
Not with prompts — but with conversation.
This isn’t a blank page, a scrapbook, or a planner.
No transformation promises. No productivity hacks.
No “fix your life in five minutes” energy.
This isn’t self-help — but it does help.
Because it’s your story, told the way only you can.
Picked up my journal last night and wrote about my mom. Lots of memories and feelings. I’m not the “journaler” type but it was good. Helpful.
Deb T. using The Way I Remember It.
Didn’t know what to expect, but I ended up writing for an hour. This made things click in a way I didn’t expect.
Dani. K using Trust Builds Quietly
Danielle P. using Write of PassageI didn’t think a journal could make me laugh and tear up in five minutes — but here we are. 😂
Wasn’t sure what would come out, but I ended up writing about my dad for the first time in years. It felt... necessary.
Mark J. using Inheritance Reclaimed
Marinia T. using Stillness Lives HereUsually I feel like I’m just repeating the same things in my head, like a broken record. This helped me get underneath all that — like I finally said something new to myself.
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Ready When You Are
Scan the QR, press play, and choose the session you need most — listen or watch, then write at your own pace.
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A Friend, Not a Workbook
No open-ended prompts or workbook jargon — short, story-led sessions that feel human, not clinical.
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More Than a Fix
Not every journal has to be a “fix.” We help you collect memories, find joy and spark imagination.
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Progress, Not Performance
No streaks or gold stars — just honest pages you’ll want to come back to.
How It Works
Meet The Founder
I’ve been journaling for as long as I can remember. My shelves still hold half-finished books, alongside beautiful blank ones I never “broke open.” I loved the idea of writing, but the reality was messy — time slipped, intention slipped, and the blank page stayed blank.
When guided journals started showing up in bookstores — shadow work, prompts, emotion wheels, progress charts — I was fascinated, but they felt daunting. If an empty page couldn’t coax me in, a workbook wasn’t going to either.
Then AI started becoming a thing. I began writing to it, and I liked the conversation — but I missed paper. I missed cracking open a journal, doodling in the margins, writing down a quote in oversized letters. That’s when I realized what I needed didn’t exist: a hybrid. A journal that could offer guidance when I wanted direction, but still leave space for me to write freely.
So I began experimenting. The first versions were simple, no video, just guided journals I shared with friends — a teacher carrying stress, a police officer who often wrote, a woman whose hearing loss was reshaping her world. It was her experience that shifted everything. She reminded me people need choices: to read, to listen, to watch. That’s when I added AI avatars — so the journals could meet people in different ways.
Not long after, a friend grieving her mom told me the journal I’d given her helped. That was enough. I wanted to help people write through what hurts, record what matters, and notice the joy in the everyday — even when something “supposed to be joyful” isn’t. That’s how Paper & Wax began.
People write to me about how they use the journals and what they’d love next, and I read and respond to every message. There are many more journal types in the works — and as AI evolves, I’m excited to keep making this hybrid better at helping people put thoughts, dreams, hopes, and fears on paper, in their own way.
