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# Burntwood woman reveals how launching journal business helped her cope with challenges of lockdown
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-woman-reveals-how-launching-journal-business-helped-her-cope-with-challenges-of-lockdown/
- Published: 2021-08-10T07:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-10T07:23:26.000Z
- Description: A Burntwood woman has revealed how launching her own business helped her to cope with mental health challenges during the coronavirus lockdown.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Business, Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

A Burntwood woman has revealed how launching her own business helped her to cope with mental health challenges during the coronavirus lockdown.

![Laura Schmidt](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_7465.jpg)

Laura Schmidt

Laura Schmidt began creating journals with her Lovendu brand last year.

The 26-year-old said the business created a welcome distraction from the challenges posed by the Covid-19 restrictions.

> “I have always struggled with my mental health as I have emetophobia and severe anxiety.  
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> “When lockdown happened, I was really struggling and unable to cope, so I turned to journaling as a way to help me – I have journaled every single day without fail ever since.  
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> “I found that I was sleeping better, more positive, had improved emotional regulation and just felt more clear minded.  
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> “I’d always wanted to start my own business and after not finding a mental health journal that wasn’t clinical or had a childish vibe, I decided to create my own.  
>  
> “I have a psychology degree and graduated top of my class in my Masters in forensic mental health so used that knowledge to base my products in CBT, mindfulness and more.  
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> “I created different journals for different problems, such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, health and overthinking.”  
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> Laura Schmidt

Laura said that the company had now grown to sell thousands of journals to a range of customers. 

And she said she hoped to continue growing the Lovendu brand.

![Some of the Lovendu journals](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/lovendu101-min.jpg)

Some of the Lovendu journals

> “The future of the business is to keep helping people.  
>  
> “I launch new collections because product innovation and trying to produce the best product possible is important to me.  
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> “But so many people have messaged me saying how they take their journals to therapy with them and it helps them so much.  
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> “So I want to create more products that help people.”  
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> Laura Schmidt

For more details on Laura’s products visit [lovendu.co.uk](https://lovendu.co.uk/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).