About the Book

Book: A Guided Gratitude Journal

Author: Donna Wyland

Genre: Nonfiction/Christian Guided Journal

Release Date: September, 2025

What would you change in your life if you could? Scientific and faith-based research prove that gratitude is the key! 5 minutes a day/7 days a week/7 weeks. CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Let today be the day your new life begins!

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About the Author

Donna Wyland is an award-winning author of fiction, nonfiction, and picture books. Her most recent gift book, Last Best Year – A Short Guide to a Grateful Life – is a Golden Scroll Award Winner, and her picture books, ‘Twas the Night Before Jesus and Psalms in Rhyme for Little Hearts were both Readers’ Choice Award Finalists.‘Twas the Night Before Jesus also won the Illumination Award Silver Medal and Psalms in Rhyme for Little Hearts was the Christian Indie Award winner for picture books.

Though she began a career in financial planning, God interrupted those plans and called her to write more than twenty years ago. Donna responded, “Yes, Lord,” and today has numerous books, essays, and blogs attributed to her name.

In the future, Donna hopes to continue writing guided journals to encourage and inspire people’s faith and confidence in God and themselves. As a Certified Christian Life Coach, Donna learned the value of asking powerful questions. Through her guided journals she hopes to lead readers to greater clarity, peace, and purpose as they read, consider, and reply to the questions asked.

Donna is grateful for her husband, four grown daughters, sons-in-law, and grandchildren. She and her husband currently live in Southwest Florida, but her passion for travel frequently takes her to other states and countries around the world. Only God knows where she will live in five years. Thankfully she has a husband who says he will follow her wherever she goes.

More from Donna

What would you change in your life if you could? Scientific and faith-based research prove that gratitude is the key! 5 minutes a day/7 days a week for 7 weeks could change your life. Let today be the day your new life begins!

This journal was inspired by God and written as a result of many personal losses in my life. As I tried to move toward healing, I felt like I was still walking under a dark cloud each day, faking happiness and joy as I went about my responsibilities as a wife, mother, and grandmother. I was still hurting and desperately wanted to know why. That’s when I did a deep dive on the topic of gratitude and discovered its tremendous power to heal.

I pray that this journal becomes a legacy of readers’ journeys to joy, emotional and physical health, peace, and a thankful way of life. God knows you and sees you. He is excited to hear your praise and watch you grow into a gratitude-filled man or woman of God who lights the world on fire simply by being your wonderful, beautiful, joyful self.

Interview with the Author

What does success as an author look like to you?

Success as an author to me means writing what God puts on my heart to write, being authentic with my words, and encouraging readers toward a closer relationship with Jesus. It would be wonderful to receive a six-figure advance for one of my books, but I’m confident God did not call me to writing to become rich and famous. He called me to share His heart through books. As long as I continue to do that, I will consider my life’s work a success.

What inspired this book?

My life has been a series of extreme ups and downs, numerous losses of family, friends, and mentors, tragedies, trials, and trauma. As a survivor, I believe it is critical to constantly live in gratitude in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Mental attitude and emotional boundaries are important to overall health. Writing A Guided Gratitude Journal was therapeutic for me, in a way, as I share snippets of personal experiences I’ve had and how God taught me to find joy despite the situation. There is truly always something to be grateful for.

What would you like your readers to get out of this book?

I pray that readers of A Guided Gratitude Journal are inspired and encouraged to seek gratitude in their own lives, to be able to see what I lived through and know without a doubt that they can live a life of joy no matter what they need to endure. The questions in the journal are intended to help readers go deeper to find the lesson and blessing in every circumstance and struggle.

What is your vacation spot?

This is a hard question to answer as I love to travel and dream of visiting every continent on earth. My favorite place so far to visit has been Bellagio, Italy on Lake Como. The scenery and history are stunning, and the food – especially the lemon ravioli – are superb. Next year my husband and I plan to take a Mediterranean Cruise to Spain, France, and Italy to celebrate our anniversary. I cannot wait!

Why write nonfiction?

Nonfiction, to me, offers a writer the chance to share personal insights and experiences and gives readers an opportunity to know the writer in a more personal way. I believe nonfiction can be compelling and powerful when written for the glory of God. When the focus is on the Lord, our stories become testimonies that help the world to heal and draw nearer to God.