40 Days of Return is a beautifully guided spiritual journal that accompanies you through the sacred season leading from  the Hebrew month of Elul, the Jewish New Year, the Ten Days of Awe, and ends on Yom Kippur.

It offers you a container in which to take an honest and compassionate account of your life. Rather than rushing towards transformation, 40 Days of Return encourages you to move gently and intentionally through the process.

Each day offers a sacred teaching, reflection or writing prompt designed to help you explore themes including:

• Gratitude and enoughness

• Forgiveness and self-compassion

• Joy as a spiritual responsibility

• Healing and wholeness

• Relationships and meaningful repair

• Letting go of guilt and outdated identities

• Listening to the wisdom of the body

• Returning to faith and trust

• Preparing the heart for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

• Reconnecting with the Divine presence within and around you

This journal may be for you if…

You are longing to feel more spiritually connected.

You sense that something within you is ready to change, soften or be released.

You want to prepare for the High Holy Days in a meaningful and personal way.

You are carrying guilt, grief, disappointment or emotional weight that you are ready to explore with compassion.

You want to reconnect with prayer or Jewish spiritual practice in a way that feels accessible and relevant.

You are seeking a gentle structure for reflection, healing and personal growth.

Or perhaps you simply feel the quiet call to come home to yourself.

No previous knowledge or particular level of religious observance is required.