Published by Poeaxtry’s Prism
Waterfall Confessions
Some trails lead you forward.
Some lead you inward.
Waterfall Confessions is a guided reflective hiking journal designed for those who process life best with dirt on their boots and wind in their lungs. Built around immersive prompts rooted in real trail moments, this collection invites you to confront anxiety, memory, identity, forgiveness, and release while standing in front of something ancient and unmoved.
This is not a “how was your hike?” notebook.
This is a mirror made of water.
Why I Made This Collection
I hike because movement clarifies what sitting cannot.
There are things I have only been able to admit to myself while standing in front of a waterfall.
The noise gives permission.
The constant motion makes stagnation impossible.
The scale reminds me that my spirals are small in the grand scheme, even when they feel overwhelming.
Too many journals feel disconnected from lived experience. Too many prompts float in abstraction without grounding.
I created this collection because reflection hits differently when your heart rate is elevated and your breath is syncing with something wild. Mental health conversations belong outside fluorescent lighting. Some of us untangle trauma better in motion.
This journal exists at the intersection of hiking, emotional processing, and radical self honesty.
What Makes Waterfall Confessions Different
Trail grounded prompts inspired by real outdoor moments.
Questions that move beyond surface gratitude into trauma, identity, fear, surrender, and growth.
Space to document locations visited or reflected on.
Designed for hikers, wanderers, overthinkers, and anyone healing in motion.
Created by an indie poet committed to minority voices, accessibility, and community driven publishing.
This is not fluff journaling.
This is confrontation, softened by nature.
How to Use This Journal
On the trail
Bring it printed or digitally accessible on your device. Pause at waterfalls, creek crossings, or other water features. Answer what hits. Skip what doesn’t. Come back later.
After the hike
Reflect on what surfaced physically versus emotionally. What shifted between movement and stillness?
At home
Use it as a meditative return to places that grounded you. The prompts work even if you are reflecting on memory instead of current terrain.
For repeat visits
Return to the same waterfall months later. See what changed. See what didn’t.
There is no “right” way to move through it. It only asks for honesty.
Who This Is For
Hikers who journal
Journalers who need a reason to go outside
People processing anxiety, depression, trauma, or transition
Minority creatives who do not see themselves centered in traditional wellness spaces
Indie souls who prefer grassroots tools over mass market therapy aesthetics
If you have ever stood somewhere wild and thought, I can admit it here, this is yours.
Where to Buy
Waterfall Confessions: A Reflective Hiking Journal is available as a digital collection through:
Purchasing directly supports independent publishing, minority centered creative work, and future community driven projects through Poeaxtry and the Prism.
Other ways to read
Barter, review exchanges, and accessibility conversations are always welcome. Paywalls were built to be questioned. Email poeaxtry@gmail.com and ask for more information.
Water erodes stone through persistence, not force.
Healing often works the same way.
Waterfall Confessions is an invitation to let something steady move through you.
To name what you are carrying.
To release even a fragment.
To document the version of yourself that showed up that day.
Not the polished one.
The real one.
Take it to the trail.
Let it echo.
Write anyway.
Say it. Don’t spray it.