Junk Journal Meetup | Easter Edition (April 2026)

You are enough, blooming in your own season, and like spring after a long winter, your healing, joy, and growth cannot be stopped. Self-love, self-care, and mental health awareness are the gentle “April showers” that water your soul so you can flourish. Remember April showers bring MAY flowers. 

Quick facts: self-love, self-care, and mental health

• Self-love means honoring your worth, being kind to yourself, and accepting that you are a work in progress and still worthy right now.
• Regular self-care—rest, boundaries, creativity, movement, prayer/meditation, and asking for help—reduces stress and supports emotional balance.
• Mental health awareness helps strip away shame and silence, reminding everyone that needing support is human, not a weakness.

Spring / Easter junk journal prompts

Use these as page starters or table cards for your meetup:

• “The April showers in my life (hard seasons, tears, delays) have watered this new growth in me…”
• “Areas of my life that are ready to bloom this spring are…”
• “Things I am ready to release and let wash away with the rain are…”
• “New beginnings I want to welcome this season are…”
• “Ways I can care for my mind, body, and spirit as I step into a fresh start…”
• “If I believed I was enough and unstoppable, this is the ‘seed’ I would plant today…”

Mental health awareness with an Easter/spring lens

• Just like seeds hidden underground, healing and progress often happen quietly before anyone can see them; mental health care honors that unseen work.
• Spring and Resurrection themes remind us that even after deep loss, disappointment, or burnout, renewal and restoration are still possible.
• Naming stress, grief, trauma, or anxiety out loud is like opening a window after winter—light and fresh air can finally come in.

“You are Enough / You are Unstoppable” affirmations (spring edition)

You can letter these on pages, tuck them in envelopes, or make them into tip-ins and tags:

• I am enough, even in my rainy seasons; every tear has watered my growth.
• I am unstoppable because I keep rising, just like spring returns every year.
• I give myself permission to start again, to begin small, and to bloom slowly.
• I am worthy of new beginnings, fresh joy, and gentle, steady healing.
• I am not behind; I am right on time for the season I am in.
• I honor my mental health the way I would care for a garden: with patience, protection, and consistent tending.
• I release the old stories that no longer serve me and make room for new life and new hope.
• I am allowed to rest like winter and rise like spring.
• My voice, my story, and my healing journey matter in this room and in this world.
• I am enough. I am blooming. I am unstoppable.

Creative ideas for your meetup

• Rain & bloom spread: One page for “April Showers” (things survived, tears shed); the opposite page for “May Flowers” (strengths, lessons, new hopes).
• Seed packet notes: Make faux seed packets labeled “Peace,” “Joy,” “Healing,” “Confidence” and have guests write what they are “planting” this season.
• Easter / resurrection tags: Tags that say “New Life,” “Fresh Start,” or “Second Chance” where guests list ways they care for their mental health moving forward.

Make and take meetup will include a junk journal kit that is available upon ticket purchase. Tickets will be $10 for the event and $10 for the kit. If the kit is not purchased, attendees are still able to participate. Limited supplies for make and take will be provided centered around the theme.

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