Walking With Your Pen

A soulful journaling practice that helps you find clarity, shift perspective, and reconnect with yourself, one turn at a time

- Jackee Holder

The sunshine in London has meant long walks across the urban sprawl of the city.

I've been visiting the great oak in Brockwell Park, following the ancient Thames Path in South London, and rediscovering my own neighbourhood by foot. I love walking as much as I love writing, and I've come to realise the two have a lot in common. Walking isn't just about getting from one place to another. It's about moving with intention, with curiosity, with openness to what the path might reveal.

We can take pilgrimages in our own backyards without even knowing it. Outer journeys toward places in our environment that hold meaning for us. Writing, too, can become a kind of pilgrimage. It has its own twists and turns, its own pauses and surprises, and often brings revelations when we least expect them. This is why I want to share a practice with you this month, one that brings the wisdom of walking into the space of writing. A way of journeying on the page when you can't step outside into a physical labyrinth.

This practice is analogue, deliberately inviting you to move away from digital speed and back to pen on paper. Writing by hand slows us down in a world that constantly pushes us forward. It creates a breathing space, a way to step back from the immediacy of AI and screens, and instead access the quieter, deeper intelligence of your own mind.