Are you carrying the weight of childhood trauma and searching for a way to finally heal?
Maybe therapy hasn’t worked for you, or it feels too expensive, overwhelming, or time-consuming. Maybe you’ve been looking for a way to process your pain at your own pace, in your own safe space — all while honoring your faith.
That’s exactly why I created —
Childhood Trauma Journaling: Healing with Faith & Hope
I am not a therapist—but I am a survivor of childhood abuse, foster care, and the deep scars that trauma leaves behind. Through journaling, I was able to face my shadows, release buried pain, and rebuild my life with strength, faith, and resilience. I discovered that inviting God into the process brought an extra layer of peace, hope, and guidance. Now, I’m here to guide you step by step through the same process.
In this course, you’ll learn how trauma impacts your brain and body, discover research-backed journaling techniques, and use structured prompts to work through painful memories safely. Each lesson is designed to help you process emotions, build resilience, and reconnect with your inner child—while always feeling guided, supported, and encouraged to invite God’s presence into your healing journey.
This is more than just journaling. This is your path to freedom, restoration, and wholeness in Christ.
Why Journaling Works When Other Methods Haven’t
You’ve probably tried other ways to heal… therapy, meditation, or even just trying to “move on.” And while those can help, they don’t always give you what you need most: a way to understand your story and release it safely — with faith as your companion.
Healing doesn’t come from just release — it comes from release plus integration and faith. Journaling creates lasting change when you process your story with God by your side.
Your Story is Waiting to Be Written
Healing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. With Childhood Trauma Journaling: Healing with Faith & Hope, you’ll move gently, one prompt at a time, toward clarity, freedom, and reconnection with your inner child — all while experiencing God’s peace and guidance along the way.
Your heart deserves to heal. And God’s love is with you every step of the journey.
Your Story Matters
I’ll guide you, step by step, to safely explore your past and start writing your way to true healing and restoration.
Journaling for Lasting Change
Together, we’ll use proven journaling practices to release pain, gain clarity, and rebuild your inner strength — finding peace and guidance along the way.
From Surviving to Thriving
I’ll show you how journaling can help you move beyond survival into a life filled with freedom, hope, and purpose — walking in peace and strength every step of the way.
Why This Course Is Different
I want to be clear—I am not a therapist. But over the past 24 years, I’ve walked the path of healing through therapy, journaling, self-help practices, and my faith. These tools transformed my life, and I created this course so you can begin your own journey to lasting healing today.
Therapy is powerful, but it can also be expensive—$100–$200 per session on average. Finding a therapist who truly specializes in childhood trauma and inner child healing can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. And for Christian clients, it’s even harder: many therapists incorporate New Age practices or approaches that don’t align with faith-based values. Even then, few have lived experience with the lifelong impact of childhood trauma.
That’s where this course is different. I’ve walked this path. I know how small, simple steps—just one journal entry at a time—can lead to profound release, rebuilding, and healing. This is exactly how I began my journey, and it’s how you can start yours too.
This course gives you an accessible, step-by-step framework to process your past, nurture your inner child, and begin breaking generational cycles of trauma—all from the comfort and safety of your own home. Along the way, you’re invited to lean on faith, grace, and God’s guidance to support your healing.
With this course, you’ll get:
- Guided journaling practices to process trauma without overwhelm, while inviting peace and guidance.
- Structured prompts & exercises you can revisit anytime.
- Tools to transform pain into resilience, clarity, and self-love.
- Step-by-step guidance from a survivor who’s walked this path.
PLUS, exclusive extras to accelerate your healing:
- Digital Vision Board Journal – A 12-month companion to visualize your intentions and track growth.
- Free Play To Heal Journaling Cards – Exclusive, printable prompts for journaling or deepening conversations with loved ones.
- Monthly Live Zoom Journaling – 1-hour supportive sessions to journal, release, pray, and connect.
- Monthly Vision Board Workshop – Collaborate and reflect with the group in a supportive, faith-friendly environment while working on your journal.
Healing doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With this course, you can move gently, step by step, toward freedom, clarity, and restoration—walking in hope, peace, and strength every step of the way.
Digital Vision Board Journal
Exclusive Printable Cards
A guided digital vision board journal designed specifically for childhood trauma healing. Blend creative visioning with inner child work to reclaim hope, joy, and your future.
A set of 10 beautifully designed cards for
journaling or healing conversations. Each card
focuses on inner child work, re-parenting, and emotional safety to deepen your healing journey.
Monthly Online Vision Board Workshops
Join our supportive community once a month for guided online workshops. Create vision boards, share insights, and nurture your healing in real time with others on the same path.
Worksheets (for Your Journal), Session Notes & Summaries, Live Q&A + Replays
A complete set of healing resources to keep you on track: printable worksheets for your journal prompts, detailed session notes and summaries, plus access to live Q&A and replays so you never miss a moment of guidance.
My Journey to Healing
Before I became a best-selling author, an adjunct professor, and the founder of Remove Your Shadow™, I was a little girl who endured abuse. That pain eventually led me into foster care, where I spent nearly four years of my life. Those years were filled with fear, instability, and a deep loneliness I carried for a long time.
But I refused to let my childhood define me. Through journaling, I found a way to survive. Writing became my safe space—the place where I could release the pain, begin to understand myself, and slowly transform my suffering into strength. Over time, it helped me forgive, rebuild my identity, and envision a future filled with hope and purpose.
I am not a therapist—I am a survivor. I know the weight of trauma—but I also know the power of healing. Journaling helped me reclaim my voice, my life, and my joy. Along the way, I invited God into my journey, and His guidance brought peace, restoration, and renewed strength.
Now, I’m here to walk with you on your journey, so that you too can find freedom, hope, and lasting healing.
Click here to purchase my journals and begin your path to restoration.
Empowered Journaler
“Childhood Trauma Journaling: Healing with Faith & Hope” helped me see myself the way God created me—worthy, loved, and whole. Through the structured exercises and journaling prompts, I gained clarity about my wants, needs, values, and desires. It gave me both healing insights and practical tools to stay grounded in faith while growing stronger. I highly recommend this course to anyone ready to heal childhood trauma and walk closer with God.”
-Yolanda
CEO at Pretty Posh Lashes
Empowered Journaler
"When I was first encouraged to try journaling to deal with the impact of my childhood trauma and the anger it left me with, I didn’t expect much. But this course became my guiding light. I discovered not only powerful tools for self-expression but also a safe space to face the pain of my past without being overwhelmed by it. The structured prompts helped me process the root causes of my anger and trauma, transforming them into resilience and growth. Week after week, I felt lighter, stronger, and more at peace. Today, I’m not just a consistent journaler—I’m living proof that healing from childhood trauma is possible, and this course showed me the way."
— Kevin
Empowered Journaler
"I have known Irene Ekdahl not only as a savvy entrepreneurial leader and Founder & CEO of RemoveYourShadow.com, but also as someone who lives what she teaches. A UC San Diego graduate and Adjunct Professor, Irene has turned her own difficult early life journey into a source of strength and inspiration for others. Through journaling, she discovered the most effective path to healing, self-discovery, and a truly fulfilled life.
Her course, Childhood Trauma Journaling: Healing with Faith & Hope, carries a powerful message: journal, or risk leaving your full potential untapped. I wholeheartedly recommend Irene’s work to anyone ready to heal, grow, and reclaim the life they deserve."
- Steve Cranford
CEO at BOND globally
This Is Your Time to Heal
You don’t have to wait years, spend thousands on therapy, or keep searching for the “right” specialist who understands childhood trauma. Healing can begin right here, right now.
I’ve spent the past 24 years learning, practicing, and healing through therapy, journaling, self-help, and faith. I created this course because I know firsthand that journaling can be the first step toward breaking free from the pain of the past and breaking the generational cycles many of us carry.
With this course, you’ll gain the tools, structure, and supportive community to finally give your inner child the voice, compassion, and care they deserve—all from the comfort and safety of your home. Along the way, you can invite God into your journey, trusting Him to guide and restore your heart.
💌 This is your invitation.
Start today, and give yourself the chance to heal, release, and grow—walking in hope, peace, and strength every step of the way.
Still Unsure? Here’s Why This Course Can Change Your Life
If you’ve ever felt trapped by childhood trauma—carrying pain, anger, or fear into adulthood—you’re not alone. And maybe therapy hasn’t worked, felt too expensive, or wasn’t accessible.
Childhood Trauma Journaling: Healing with Faith & Hope gives you a safe, guided path to process your past, reconnect with your inner child, and reclaim joy—without judgment, without pressure, and at your own pace.
Journaling was the tool that helped me release the weight of my past, forgive, and redirect my life. In this course, I’ll walk with you every step of the way, sharing my experience, research-backed techniques, and structured prompts to help you:
- Understand how your past affects your present
- Release long-held emotions safely
- Reparent and nurture your inner child
- Transform trauma into resilience, clarity, and joy
This isn’t just journaling—it’s a guided, step-by-step journey to lasting healing.