Meet the Creator

Elizabeth Heller, MS, ERYT-200

Author, Mindfulness Expert, Podcast Host

Elizabeth is a mindfulness and journaling expert, bestselling author, podcast host, a mom, a wellness entrepreneur, and a super-journaler! Elizabeth had a challenging childhood and discovered journaling by lucky-accident at 8 years old. She believes it helped save and empower her life — scientific research agrees! Her mission is to help every adult and child access the simple and evidence-based mindfulness tools she has practiced and studied her whole life: breathing, body movement, and journaling. These tools are the foundation of the Super Journal activity books and her daily life.

Adults and kids can self-manage their emotional and physical well-being with Elizabeth’s fun and accessible mindfulness toolbox in minutes a day. It’s a simple practice that can be used for a lifetime.

Elizabeth is a certified yoga instructor with over 500 hours of training in mindfulness, therapeutic and trauma informed yoga, meditation, and journal writing. She has authored 10 books about and for children and is contributing author to 4 parenting books. She serves on the board of the Berkshire Coalition for Suicide Prevention and volunteers as an EforAll Berkshire County mentor. You can find her in-person teaching kids mindfulness and super-journaling classes in schools, supporting kids’ mental health organizations, serving educators and parents, and teaching everyone the simple, empowering tools of breathing, moving and journaling as a lifelong self-care practice!

Elizabeth is available for consultations, professional development, and author visits.

Please connect with us for more information.

The Team

  • Mary Donnelly

    MA, NBCC, RC
    Director of Marketing, SEL Consultant

    Mary keeps trying to retire but was so excited by the Kids Super Journal that she asked to join the team. She is a retired school teacher and counselor and has taught SEL in middle and elementary schools. She has worked as a substance misuse counselor in schools and in inpatient treatment. She has practiced yoga and meditation for 19 years, and currently teaches mindfulness meditation online for Mysore Cincinnati. Before her career in education, Mary worked in the private sector in both print and radio advertising, and as a district sales manager.

    Mary developed her love of physical activity at an early age as a response to childhood trauma. Swimming, canoeing, and hiking helped bring calm into her life. The deep breathing of exertion followed by sitting quietly in nature became the foundation for her mediation practice later in life. Mary discovered journaling as an adult in recovery and has relied on this skill for the past 35 years.

  • Ann DiGirolamo

    Ph.D., M.P.H., Advisor

    Ann is a pediatric psychologist with additional training in public health and maternal and child nutrition. She provides expertise in research, evaluation, practice, and policy related to child and adolescent behavioral health, working with communities and within public health systems to promote culturally responsive and effective services for youth with behavioral health needs. Ann has a faculty appointment at Georgia State University and an adjunct faculty appointment with Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. She has worked both domestically and overseas in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ann is interested in research on distance delivered mindfulness interventions for at risk populations of women, children, and young adults to promote resilience and mental health. She continues to grow in her own knowledge and experience with mindfulness through practice and coursework.