JournalingFix uses applied neuroscience and bite-sized structured writing techniques to transform the internal systems that shape how we think, focus, regulate, and act.
It’s an alternative to traditional journaling or reflection for reflection’s sake… a practical method for upgrading the way you work through daily life.
JournalingFix protocols are delivered through online resources (Take the free kit for a test run), a weekly newsletter, and through in-person and virtual workshops.
Science snapshots help you understand what’s really happening in your brain around attention, motivation, agency, and decision-making, and bite-sized journaling protocols help you move through friction points in your day so you can reach your goals and become who you want to be.
How it works
Hi, I’m Áine Kmen, (pronounced Awnya). I’m the founder of JournalingFix and here’s my story.
I designed and taught journaling workshops for years as a side passion, but my interest deepened while navigating a period of chronic health challenges. I was in serious, chronic pain. I'd tried everything. And then I came across a structured journaling framework for dealing with health conditions and I started writing. It worked when nothing else had.
That experience made me wonder: if writing can support healing physical symptoms at that level, what else could it change?
If writing can intervene at that level - physical symptoms, nervous system, pain - what is it actually doing? That question is what sent me into the research. And what I found is that writing, done in a specific structured way, is one of the most powerful and underused cognitive and biological tools most people have access to right now. And almost nobody is using it deliberately.
JournalingFix reflects this undertaking - my deep dive into translating research-backed concepts of what’s really going on in our brains - into simple writing techniques people can use to gain back agency, overcome overwhelm and overthinking, and keep an intellectual edge in our AI-saturated work world.
I’ve spent the last decade in various roles inside early-stage teams and consulting for startups across the US, EU, and Brazil. That work gave me firsthand understanding of founder pressure, cognitive overload, rapid decision cycles, and the mental demands of building something from scratch. My early career work with the Jane Goodall Institute and other national non-profits also helped me learn to connect with audiences - from small, intimate events to groups of thousands.
Together, this work shapes talks and workshops - grounded in real experience and clear research - that resonate with audiences navigating complexity, pressure, and constant input.
You can check out my recent interview with SDVoyager here.