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Self-guided journals Published by Diehl House Books LLC West Coast, Florida · Est. MMXXVI
Abigail Alder  ·  Imprint I

Journals
for life's
passages.

For the transitions that matter most — grief, love, change, becoming. Written by Abigail Alder, with 28 years of holding space for others.

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28 Years as a caregiver
2 Titles in print
20+ Titles in development
§ I

The Journals
of Abigail Alder.

Spring 2026
Amazon KDP, worldwide
The Empty Nest Awakening — Abigail Alder
Life Transitions

The Empty Nest Awakening

Self-guided journal · Abigail Alder

The children have left. The house is quiet in a way it never was before. And now, for the first time in a long time, the question is: who are you, without the role? This journal is for the season after — the grief, the relief, the rediscovery. Written to sit with you through all of it.

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Future Perfect — Abigail Alder
Series · Life Planning

Future Perfect

Guided series · Abigail Alder

The Future Perfect series is built around the life you are in the process of becoming. Not aspirational fantasy — grounded, practical, honest guided work for the person who knows where they want to go and needs the structure to get there. Multiple volumes, each one a distinct life passage.

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Future Perfect: The First Year of Marriage — Abigail Alder
Series · Newlywed

Future Perfect: The First Year of Marriage

Future Perfect Series · Abigail Alder

The wedding is over. Now the real work begins — and it is the best kind of work. This 60-day guided journal helps newlyweds build an intentional partnership from the first days of marriage: shared values, honest conversations, and the habits that hold a life together.

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Forthcoming
More in
the works.
Grief · Wedding · & more
Always Growing

More journals on the way.

2026 & beyond

Grief journals. Wedding journals. Journals for the caregiver who needs someone in their corner for once. Abby's catalog is growing steadily — follow the Abigail Alder imprint on Amazon to be notified when new titles ship.

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§ II  ·  About the author

Abigail Alder.

Abigail Alder has been a caregiver for 28 years. A nurse by training. A kind soul by nature. She spent decades sitting with people at the hardest moments of their lives — in cancer wards, in recovery rooms, in grief.

"The best journals aren't diaries. They are maps drawn while you're still lost."

She knows what it actually feels like to sit across from someone who is scared, or in pain, or just trying to hold it together. That knowledge shapes every prompt she writes. Every Abigail Alder journal is built the way good care is given: with structure, with warmth, and without talking down to the person who needs it.

She publishes under the Abigail Alder imprint through Diehl House Books LLC, an independent press on the west coast of Florida.

01
Warmth without fluff.
These journals are warm, never saccharine. Every prompt is there to do a job — to move you, to name something, to clear a little space. Not to make you feel better temporarily. To help you actually get better.
02
Written for the real moment.
Not for the version of you that has it together. For the one sitting in the quiet house, or the full one that's about to become quiet. The language meets you where you are.
03
Structure is a kindness.
A blank journal is an act of abandonment. A well-designed one is a hand extended. Abby builds the architecture — what goes where, in what order — so you don't have to.
§ III  ·  Letters

A letter,
now and again.

When a new journal ships, or there's something worth saying — Abby writes a short note. No algorithm, no noise. Just a letter, from her desk to yours.

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