A journal of Writer's Retreats

Enjoy my journal of women's writing retreats and reflections from your Memoir Coach

Corfu Writing Retreat

Cruising…

Have you been on cruise control for too long?  I know that sometimes in our lives we need to just set the speed and click the cruise control and just

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Corfu Writing Retreat

Love me…

This is one of my pictures that I keep in my journal.  When I want to really get in touch with my inner child one of the simplest ways to

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Corfu Writing Retreat

Nothings by chance!

A few years back I received a phone call from Dorothy, the woman in the picture next to me.  She just happened to go to Starbucks on a particular Sunday

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Corfu Writing Retreat

What are you thirsting for?

Yesterday I sat my water mug down on the ground and when I returned there was Courtney with her nose buried deep in the mug.  If you look carefully you

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Corfu Writing Retreat

Use your words…

This morning on my hike I was thinking about when my youngest son was little and I used to say to him: “Kevin use your words…” .  Being that he was

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Corfu Writing Retreat

Be a gift…

This morning when I was driving home from yoga I saw a great license plate that said simply: Be a gift.  Hmmm, I love that!  Who doesn’t like to receive

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Corfu Writing Retreat

Surround yourself with love!

Awww, I love these ladies!  This morning during my writing I began to write about the people we choose to surround us.  I have been very, very fortunate in having

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Corfu Writing Retreat

The Gift of Story

Maya Angelou has said there is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you. In her book Writing to Change the World, Mary Piper describes the importance of

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