Cheap Therapy: A Journal for the Practice of Becoming

Cheap Therapy is a guided journal for the moments when life feels messy, absurd, and harder to say out loud than it should; when the jokes are keeping you upright, but something deeper is asking to be written down.

With dark humor, honest reflection, and the occasional grim wink from your symbolic Grim Reaper, this journal gives you a place to explore the stuff you do not tell anyone. It is not about fixing yourself or pretending you are broken. It is about showing up for yourself with more courage, clarity, and self-respect, especially when being human feels complicated.

Inside you’ll find:

• 168 lined pages with month and date circles
• 50 reflective prompts to help you get beneath the surface without beating yourself up
• 15 question collections that challenge the stories you tell yourself and help you rewrite a few
• Feelings and needs lists inspired by nonviolent communication
• A guide to common defense mechanisms so you can notice the patterns you may be running
• Self-esteem reflections to help you honor both your strength and hidden vulnerability
• A letter from your journal itself — a pep talk for when getting started feels awkward
• Tips to help your practice feel like a ritual, not a chore

Lightweight, handsome, and easy to carry at 7" x 10" with 200 pages and a matte softcover, Cheap Therapy meets you wherever you are: on the commute, at the bar, or in the quiet of your favourite chair after everyone else has gone to bed.

The title says it plainly: Not therapy. Cheap Therapy. For the stuff you don’t tell anyone. Because being a man does not mean you cannot wrestle with yourself, laugh at the absurdity of it, and still come out standing.