Welcome to Journaling with Melody! I am Melody Jones, and I love journaling. It has been a powerful force of good in my life, and one day I realized that I could help others develop a journaling practice to get through “this thing called life,” as Prince so aptly put it.

I remember wondering who could benefit from passionate, guided help from a believer like myself. Well, duh - everybody!

So this is one group o’ people I help: The Hot, Bothered, and Unfiltered!

• Know what I don’t love? Menopause!

• Know what I didn’t love before that? Perimenopause.

• And I am here to help us all through that mess! Find out more here.

I also help out folks experiencing other tough stuff, or who simply want to move forward in life in a more mindful way, including:

• Caregivers

• Women’s groups

• Grief groups

• Support groups of all types

• Addiction recovery groups

• Therapy groups

I can customize journaling to your specific group! I work remotely via Zoom and can facilitate local groups (Western Colorado). Just write and ask.

More about me: I am a Colorado native residing on the western side of the state, where we have a DESERT climate. Yes, the dry, hot desert, unfriendly to the hot, bothered, and unfiltered.

Other stuff: I’m a former social worker of 20 years, published author and poet, president of the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum, coffee enthusiast, erstwhile newspaper delivery person in my 50s (!), supporter of the creative arts, and a lover of beagles and the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I can’t wait to introduce you to journaling.