Are Writing Retreats Worth It? Here's What Past Participants Say
Wondering whether a writing retreat is worth it? Read what past participants say about five days of writing, meditation and digital detox in Pembrokeshire.
What Does a Typical Day Look Like on a Writing and Meditation Retreat?
Good writing rarely comes from forcing more words onto the page. Discover how mindfulness, silence, time in nature, and a carefully designed daily rhythm create the conditions for deep creative work on my writing retreats.
How to Keep Your Writing Alive This Summer: Five Reflections for Writers
Summer has a way of disrupting even the most established writing routines. In this essay, I share five reflections on how to keep your creative life alive through reading, paying attention, and finding your way back to the page.
Create a clearing in the dense forest of you life
A reflection on Martha Postlethwaite's poem Clearing, meditation practice, and the transformative power of writing and meditation retreats in Pembrokeshire.
How I’ve come to understand joy as ease
While teaching writing and meditation retreats this spring, I found myself returning to a question I'd been exploring all year: what if joy is less about happiness and more about ease?
What I'll Be Teaching in My Memoir Workshop This Weekend
Three things that help memoir writers find momentum, whether they're just beginning or halfway through a draft.
When Love Needs Somewhere To Go
What happens when love has nowhere to go? A reflection on heartbreak, creativity and the unexpected journey that led me to create my writing and meditation retreats in Pembrokeshire.
Creative Writing vs Journalling: What’s the Difference?
Are you writing for yourself, or to be read? The answer might shape what you write next.