The Positive Student Planner

Ali Bado (Author) 
Ali Bado is a designer, life coach, and creative mentor with a passion for helping others connect, reflect, and grow. After graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2008 with a degree in Design for Performance, she worked in the arts until becoming a mother in 2013. Her own journey then led her into coaching, where she now supports fellow creatives through mentoring, vision board workshops, and networking events that centre on open, honest conversation and inspiring panel talks. Ali lives in Bath with her husband and two children. 
 
Finn Prevett (Author) 
Finn Prevett is a certified business and life coach and passionate advocate for helping people live in a way that feels true to them. Having run her own businesses from a young age, she combines personal experience with mental health and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and small business owners. Her coaching style is rooted in compassion, insight, and lived experience, offering supportive guidance for those looking to move from feeling stuck to finding clarity and confidence. Now based in Kenya with her family, Finn also curates retreats and travel experiences for those seeking connection, creativity, and meaningful adventure.

The Positive Student Planner is a creative and supportive new way for students to help themselves day to day. Backed by a leading student mental health expert, this beautifully designed 12-week planner and journal uses evidence-based strategies to help students organise their life and mind. It comes packed with activities, tips and tools, daily journaling prompts and mindfulness exercises to support and empower even the most overwhelmed student. 
 
Topics explored include independent living, budgeting, meeting new people, and balancing studies, work and fun. It provides support and guidance to develop resilience and positive wellbeing habits for the long term. 
 
In stunning cloth-bound livery, with ribbon bookmark, this would make the perfect gift, bursting with strategies to cope with stress and organisational management, and to develop a positive mindset.

The Positive Wellness Journal

Nourish your mind, body and soul, one day at a time, with The Positive Wellness Journal. 
 
The ultimate holistic support for your nervous system, this undated 12-week guided journal is divided into three sections - mind, body and soul - to help you discover new ways to thrive and bring positivity into all areas of your life. 
 
Learn to reflect, embrace creativity and track your mood, whilst daily encouragement, activities and tips give you space to breathe and flourish. 
 
The Positive Wellness Journal combines weekly quotes with daily writing and activities, such as breathing and art therapy, to bring positivity into your life and help you to find your own sense of wellbeing. 
 
Included, you'll find: 
<ul><li>Undated 12-week planner that gives you the freedom to begin when you’re ready</li><li>Guided journaling prompts and mindfulness activities to support you at every step</li><li>Simple yet powerful techniques to nurture the three key areas of your system</li><li>Daily intentions and evening reflections to keep you grounded</li><li>Positive affirmations and gratitude tools</li><li>A pixelated mood tracker for the year</li><li>Space for free writing and drawing</li><li>Colouring for creative wellbeing</li></ul>Brought to you by the founders of the Positive Planner community, the clever and beautiful design of this journal makes focusing on your wellbeing engaging and fun, allowing you space to discover your unique self and needs.

The Positive Planner

A journal with a difference. Meet your new favourite sidekick for creating calm, clarity and a more positive mindset — one page at a time. 
 
With special attention to self-care, gratitude, and discovering your own version of wellbeing, The Positive Planner provides a supportive space for slowing down and building emotional resilience. 
 
Brought to you by best friends Ali Bado and Finn Prevett, founders of the Positive Planner community, this beautifully designed, 12-week guided planner is here to help you get organised while prioritising your mental health and well being. 
 
It includes originally designed artwork and illustrations throughout, and is full of inspirational quotes and activities to bring positivity to every aspect of your life. And, with its sunny yellow cloth-bound cover and bookmark ribbon, it is guaranteed to put a smile on your face from the moment you pick it up. 
 
Inside you will find:<ul><li>Daily intentions & evening reflections</li><li>Weekly meal planners & shopping lists</li><li>Positive affirmations</li><li>Three four-week calendars & mood trackers</li><li>Activities for mindfulness</li><li>Activities to encourage positive thinking</li></ul>Whether you’re brand new to journaling or looking to reconnect with yourself, The Positive Planner is a gentle guide to help you find your flow.

Ali McDowall

Finn Prevett

The Positive Doodle Diary is a daily gratitude journal for kids, designed to empower them with confidence through creativity. 
 
All about encouraging creativity, self-expression and mindfulness through daily doodling and simple journaling, it’s packed full of different activities that will lead the little people in your life to explore themes of confidence, resilience, kindness, and even self-care! 
 
Friends Ali Bado and Finn Prevett, founders of the Positive Planner community, created The Positive Doodle Diary to bring more colour, positivity and self-care into a child’s life, and this positivity starts from the moment they set eyes on it. Slightly bigger than other books in the family, the Doodle has a brilliant cloth-bound yellow cover and is patterned with the colourful Doodle Weather Mood symbols. 
 
Depending on age, children can work with The Positive Doodle Diary either alone or together with an adult. Ideal for children aged 5 to 10 years old.

Ali McDowall

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