Process Thoughts & Feelings
Communicate Their Experience
Access Inner Resources & Resilience
Divorce brings chaos and confusion into a kid's once predictable world.
No parent wants their child to suffer because of their decision to divorce, yet, with no guidance on how to navigate this new reality, both parents and kids can be at a loss for how to handle the thoughts, feelings, and stressors that surface daily.
69% of kids don't talk to their parents about their feelings regarding the divorce. These kids often need a way to acknowledge thoughts and feelings internally before they can express them to a parent or supportive adult.
Journals can help.
Through writing and drawing in a journal, kids:
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Get more in touch with their inner reality
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Learn to integrate inner experience with outer reality
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Clear away confusion
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Regain access to their inner resources
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Discover creative ways to respond to their experience
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Strengthen their resilience
MyJourney MyJournal gives kids a safe place to process their experiences, feelings, questions, and the many changes to their lives.
The journal is full of interactive pages that cover a variety of divorce related topics and encourage kids to express themselves through writing and drawing. Combining writing with drawing activates both left and right brain hemispheres, which helps kids integrate changes in their internal and external realities.
About Me Pages make the journal feel personal.
Today Pages helps them explore their feelings.
Finding Out Pages helps them process when and how they found out.
Kids draw their own cover.
I've been there too.
Hi! I'm Everett Libby. As a father to 5 amazing kids, ages 15-32, I've been both a kid in divorce and a parent helping my kids through divorce.
My parent's divorce impacted me negatively all the way through highschool. My parents simply had no idea how to help me through the experience. As a result, I wanted to give parents a way to help their kids, so the kids didn't feel like they were going through divorce alone.
To help, I created MyJourney MyJournal, drawing on 30+ child psychology books on divorce and years of conversations with thoughtful parents and kids. It's been kid-tested by 900+ kids in our Kids In Divorce (K.I.D.) program, and therapists have rated it the #1 journal for helping kids process divorce.
So, whether you're the parent of a kid in divorce, or you're a grandparent, teacher or a family friend, I want to say 'Thank You' for caring enough to seek help for your kids during this challenging time. It can make a world of difference.
What parents, grandparents, and caring adults say about MyJourney MyJournal
Jill, Single Mom
“Just used the free Today Page for the first time and OMG!! My girl shared about her day like never before!
Thank you so much!!"
Tom L, Grandparent
“The MyJournal has brought light into the dark world of divorce for my granddaughter.
Thank you!”
S. Paxton, Elementary School Counselor
"I have used and seen many divorce books for kids and yours really stuck out to me because it allows kids to express feelings and takes a closer look at what they are going through in a fun and interactive way."
Bethany, age 8
““My dad gave me the MyJournal and it has helped me understand what divorce is and it has helped me through some hard stuff."
Need some help right now? We got you.
Download our free Today page.
The Today Page is a quick and powerful tool allows your child to share and express their feelings, fears and questions in simple and subtle ways while also opening up a new line of communication between the two of you. We recommend you and your child fill out the page separately, then share your answers with each other.
Download free Tic-Tac-Toe page.
This page is a twist on the classic game that illustrates divorce as something kids shouldn't have to do alone. Playing the game with your child creates an opportunity for you and your child to talk about what they're experiencing.
How MyJourney MyJournal helps kids through divorce
Kids go from…
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Feeling like they're alone in this
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Suppressing feelings and experiences as they come up
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Feeling ashamed and responsible
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Having no way to communicate what they're experiencing to themselves or others
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Feeling overwhelmed by change (new home, two homes, less income, etc.)
Kids go to…
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Knowing they're not alone
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Having a way to express themselves whenever they get scared, confused, or triggered
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Feeling safe and secure
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Having a way to internalize what they're experiencing so they can communicate it
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Having a way to process change as it comes up and express how they feel
