Tag Archive for: women’s retreats

Be gentle with yourself

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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve…

What self-care is NOT

I was lying in bed Sunday morning reading from author Anne Lamott's beautiful little book Small Victories. In one of her stories about parenting, she shares with a little self-deprecation, but mostly tenderness, how she doesn't bake for…

Do you live … intentionally?

My family is thinking of moving to a different area of Austin. This is part of a larger plan we're piecing together around how we want to work, play, connect, foster community, generate revenue and "be" in the second half of our life. (Read…

Wanna “do it different?!” (and why we should)

I recently attended an artists' studio tour in my hometown. Seeing these amazing avant-garde work/home/creative spaces was a powerful reminder that there is no “one way” to live or work. Drinking in this visual feast of multimedia, oil…

Rest

As I'm juggling summer camp logistics for my son, final editing on my new book, retreat prep/facilitation, managing business details and interviewing/training staff I find myself spiking with envy when I see my friends summer vacation photos. Last…

Year-of-Self-Care Retreat Giveaway

Many of my major life shifts came while I was on a retreat.  Whether it was spending eight hours alone at a friend's house unplugged, surrounded by my sketchpad, colored pencils and Wisdom cards, circling up to dialogue with men and women…

Perspective

Last Saturday while I was at Esalen--a beautiful, legendary 40 year-old retreat center in stunning Big Sur, CA--leading a women’s retreat, I participated in a writing exercise that I assigned to the women in my group. As I lay on my belly…

Why Do I Lead Retreats?

Driving back from a yoga class this morning, Stephen Cope’s quote flitted across my mind:  “Retreats don’t change our lives as much as they change where we stand in relationship to our lives—and our capacity to see the hidden possibilities…

Do You Need to Reset?

In the mid-seventies--as part of a radical move to simplify their lives--my parents hauled my four brothers and I from bustling San Antonio, TX to a remote area of Northern California. We lived in the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains near…

Breathe

I heard a movement teacher say the other day that every time we take a deep breath, our physiology and emotional makeup is completely altered. So in other words, remembering to breathe, can be life changing! I returned back to the office this…

Be Here Now … Really?!

Growing up, my parents used to quote a lot of annoying phrases to me. They were boomers, intellectuals and spiritual seekers, and were always looking for new perspectives and teachings to expand their minds. (My dad liberally quoted passages…

I Choose Love

Twelve years ago, right before I got married, I vividly remember living in an apartment in central Austin with my husband-to-be and reading Return to Love by Marianne Williamson. The book’s messages changed my life. The core theme that I…
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Wild Souls Movement w/ Renee near Asheville, NC – Sundays 9:30-11 a.m. Join us in a supportive, relaxed, welcoming environment for an expressive movement class designed to help you get unstuck, dissolve anxiety/stress, and celebrate community. Next Class: March 2nd. No class Feb. 23rd. Learn More.

March 20th ~ Soul Tending: The Art of Spiritual Self-Care ~ 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kanuga Conference Center.  Learn more/Register.

April 25, 2025 ~ Tending Your Creative Fire ~ A North Carolina Women’s Retreat ~ 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Lake Logan Conference Center, Canton, NC. Registration now open!

Spring 2025 Women’s Empowerment Communications Internship ~ Interviewing through February. More Details here.