Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume 1

Journal of Janet Tallulah, Volume I, is a courageous and intimate inner record of a young woman's struggle for meaning and direction in life. It is honest and open in its internal conversation. Janet Tallulah Jewell was born in a small town in Georgia in the 1930’s. She was the third daughter of young man who owned a chicken hatchery with his mother. Janet’s mother was a housewife. She raised Janet to be a housewife. Prim, proper, obedient. Play nice, be fair, go to church. Janet had other plans. Lead, shine, star, confront, enjoy, explore. By the time Janet was 31, she left Georgia, much to her parents chagrin, and moved to Los Angeles, California, with her husband and small children. This Journal begins after Janet had been in LA for a year. Depressed, discouraged, and disillusioned, Janet attended a retreat focusing on depth psychology. Conducted by Jungian psychologist Ira Progoff, Janet immersed herself in a journal approach to humanistic psychology and began writing in a Journal in 1969. This book covers her journey shortly after her arrival in California from Georgia.