Affirm Your Life Writers Challenge: Where Wellness Meets the Written Word

It’s refreshing to embrace a world where wellness is becoming more than just a buzzword and writing more than just ink on paper or fingers on a keyboard. It is protest, proclamation, poetry, and proof. It’s the caption that comforts a stranger. It’s the journal entry that clears the fog. And just as importantly, it is the formal thesis that informs policy, the research paper that grounds advocacy, and the business proposal that births sustainable ventures.

Wellness With Her and the Girls for Girls (G4G) Writing Club have come together in a powerful new collaboration: the Affirm Your Life Writers Challenge. This is not your typical writing exercise it is a movement, a ritual, and a lifestyle rooted in holistic growth, creative expression, and emotional restoration.

Some of the participants join in for a group photo.

At the heart of this challenge lies the Affirm Your Life Wellness Worksheet, a signature tool developed by Wellness With Her to guide individuals through mindful reflection, grounding activities, and intentional goal setting. With 30 carefully curated writing-based wellness activities, the worksheet bridges personal journaling, storytelling, and affirmational practices into a unified framework for clarity, expression, and conscious living.

Rianne Bateeze, founder of Wellness With Her supporting a participant in regard to the challenge.

The partnership officially launched in May 2025, with great anticipation following the first-ever in-person G4G Writing Club workshop hosted on 10th May at Silver Springs Hotel, Bugolobi. The room was alive with thought, community, and purpose, as writers, dreamers, and creatives gathered to not only explore the worksheet but also deepen their relationship with themselves and their words.

In a moment that underscored the importance of the initiative, Elizabeth Bakibinga, President of the Secretariat of G4G Writing Club, gave her official endorsement of the Affirm Your Life Worksheet, encouraging “every writer, from the seasoned to the aspiring, to take this journey seriously for their own growth, for their voice, and for their writing journey.” She urged all members of the club, as well as writing enthusiasts across Uganda and beyond, to engage deeply with the challenge throughout the month.

Elizabeth talking about the challenge and breaking down the worksheet

The members who attended the workshop in person received a printed worksheet, a tangible symbol of the journey they were stepping into. It reminds writers that storytelling begins with self and that clarity comes when we care for the vessel doing the creating.

Adding gravitas to the event was the presence of Guest Speaker Dr. Dorothy Kyeyune, who also lent her endorsement to the worksheet. She described the tool as “a must-need and must-do for any writer who values intention, emotional alignment, and creative freedom.” Her reflections mirrored the workshop’s theme: writing should be both a craft and a form of expression. This was after she has shared some light on her most recent body of work, “Without the Leader, there’s no Customer Experience.”

Dr. Dorothy Kyeyune assessing the Affirm Your Life Writers challenge.

The beauty about this challenge is that is not about competition or performance it is about conscious commitment. Each participant is encouraged to go at their own pace, to lean into the discomfort that sometimes arises when we sit with our truths, and to use the power of words not just to create stories, but to re-write the stories we live by. In this light, the partnership with Girls for Girls Writing Club doesn’t just celebrate self-expression, it honours writing as an instrument of legacy. From academic reports to handwritten notes, this challenge is a reminder that every sentence written with intention carries the weight of change.

As the challenge unfolds through May and beyond, we hope to witness writers not only produce work they’re proud of but also discover versions of themselves they may have forgotten all through the lens of well-being, honesty, and self-affirmation.

Receive your worksheet here.

This is your invitation: pick up your pen, download the worksheet, or revisit the copy you received at Silver Springs. Affirm your voice. Affirm your truth. Affirm your life.

Let the writing begin.

Follow the journey on G4G Writing Club’s Social Media Site here.

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