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GENUINE LEATHER GRATITUDE HEART JOURNAL/NOTEBOOK

FEATURES:
* Genuine Leather Dyed (made from scraps - let's face it, we aren't going to stop eating meat so let's make something beautiful and functional to honor the animal)
* Hand Punched and Hand Sewn
* Journal Size: 3 5/8" X 6 3/8" - 260 lined pages, acid free, lined, heavy stock paper (size medium)
* Beautiful Craftsmanship
* Antique Brass Swing Clasp Closure
* Hand tooled
* Hand Stamped
* Refillable

Link to leather journal refills:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/525897427/journal-refills-blank-book-leather?ref=shop_home_active_1

WHY SHOULD ONE JOURNAL??? JOURNALING = HAPPINESS "BEST TED TALK EVER"
Shawn Achor
After spending twelve years at Harvard University, Shawn Achor has become one of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. His research on mindset made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED TALK is one of the most popular of all time with over 13 million views, and his lecture airing on PBS has been seen by millions. Shawn has lectured or worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as the NFL, the NBA, the Pentagon and the White House. Shawn is the author of New York Times best-selling books The Happiness Advantage (2010) and Before Happiness (2013). He has now lectured in more than 50 countries speaking to CEOs in China, doctors in Dubai, schoolchildren in South Africa, and farmers in Zimbabwe. His Happiness Advantage training is one of the largest and most successful positive psychology corporate training programs in the world. Shawn's research has been published in the top psychology journal for work he did at UBS in partnership with Yale University to transform how stress impacts the body, and he recently did a two-hour interview with Oprah at her house to discuss his mission to bring positive psychology to the world.

Achor discovered and provided evidence proving that changing one's mindset about stress changes the physical effects of stress. These are the 5 KEY ELEMENTS:

1. Express gratitude daily; deliberately choose to write or say thank you and express appreciation for what you have.
2. Journal.
3. Meditate.
4. Exercise.
5. Practice random acts of kindness.

IMPORTANT: Many hours of handwork and care have gone into making this item. It has been individually made and created using traditional methods using only simple tools and our own two hands.. Slight variations in each case occur as part of this process, making each journal unique and one of a kind. Remember these journals are not factory produced so please do not expect factory perfection. The leather we use may be marked by REAL LIFE. Our leather may contain bug bites, scars, BRANDING marks, barbed wire, holes, freckles, blemishes, wrinkles, etc… We don't discriminate! This leather hasn't been manipulated in anyway, shape or form. It all tells their story… IT IS NOT A REASON FOR RETURN.

WHY THE DOG PICTURE?
All proceeds from anything sold in this shop will help Uhtred, the Norwegian Elkhound rescue, receive life-long medical care. He was born without a left hip socket and diagnosed with bilateral severe hip dysplasia. He is on 6 prescription homeopathic medications, receives monthly chiropractic care with laser treatments, is on a raw food diet to help reduce the inflammation, high doses of wild anchovy/sardine oil, frequent massages and gets daily PEMF mat treatments. His story is AMAZING if not miraculous. Feel free to follow him on Facebook (search for Uhtred).

LEATHER CARE/FAQ:

Each skin of leather can vary greatly due to the thickness of the skin, the scars and hair follicles that are a natural buying part of each hide. Your piece can vary from what you see in the listing.
Scratches, different tones, and different shades of our basic colors show up on each hide that we get. We believe it makes each piece unique and special.
Leather absorbs the dye as different rates in different parts of the skin, giving the leather a variation in color. The products will all look similar but with slight variances in shade.

The leather is coated with a water-resistant finish, it is not waterproof!
Water itself is not harmful to leather however, constant soakings in water, floats the oils out of the leather through the pores, causing leather to become stiff and brittle when dry if not treated and may cause some discoloration. Please, do not immerse your leather in water for any length of time.