Journaling for artists building a career, and a life, they love

Journaling for the work underneath the work.

New to journaling or coming back to it? Bullet journal pages, journaling ideas and a simple way to learn how to journal, made for actors and artists.


Journaling ideas built on the PROP method.

Every show moves through the same four acts. So does every actor, sometimes in the same week. Each act asks something different of you, so each one gets its own journaling prompts.

PPrepGetting ready, before anyone sees it.
RRehearseTrying, failing, and trying again. The figuring it out phase.
OOpenThe audience is here. The work is being seen.
PPack it upClosing well, and carrying it into what comes next.
The Ready Actor Journals

Being camera ready is what people see. Being a Ready Actor is something you cultivate on the inside.

These journal pages are where you do it.

Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
All four acts. Prep, Rehearse, Open, Pack it up.
Start here · The complete journal

The Ready Actor Journal

All four acts of PROP in one book. Prep, Rehearse, Open and Pack it up.

Twelve moments across the four acts of an actor's life, from the self tape at midnight to the day the show closes. Pick the one you're in. Answer one journaling prompt. Come back to yourself.

Bullet journal pages for lists, maps, doodles and anything else your heart can think of.
New to journaling? Every page shows you how to journal, one question at a time.
Short practices to reflect on anywhere. In the car, on the couch, on a walk, at the gym or in the green room.
QR codes to my most-loved guided meditations, right inside the book.
Coming soon to Amazon
Or go one act at a time

Four smaller bullet journals, one for each act. Pick the one for the stage you're in and keep it in your bag. New to journaling? One small book is an easy place to start.

Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Prep JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act one of four · Getting ready. Before anyone sees it.
PrepJournaling prompts for getting ready, before anyone sees it.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Rehearse JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act two of four · Trying, failing, finding it.
RehearseJournaling ideas for trying, failing and trying again. The figuring it out phase.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Open JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act three of four · The moment you are seen.
OpenThe work is finally being seen. Pages to journal through it.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
The Ready Actor Pack It Up JournalSoft enough to feel it. Strong enough to stay.
Act four of four · Closing well. Carrying it forward.
Pack It UpClosing well, and being glad it existed at all. Then journaling your way into the next project.Coming soon
Lisa Berry · Take a Breath
Soft StrengthSoftening into your true strength.
A healing journey journal
A new guided journal · Coming soon

Soft Strength

A healing journey journal with self love and shadow work prompts, for when you're tired of being the strong one.

Quick. What's two plus two? Four plus four? Now, what's 653 plus 952?

That last one took a minute, didn't it? The bigger the question, the more time your brain needs.

Journaling works the same way. When life gets complicated, writing slows you down. You hear what you're thinking, how you talk to yourself, and which beliefs your body is holding on to.

Never kept a journal before? You don't need to know how to journal. Each page gives you one prompt, one quote and room to write. Journaling for beginners, and for anyone coming back to it.

This journal helps you live on purpose, not by default. So the things you do each day match the life you mean to live.

Coming soon · $17