Personal Winter Retreat
Happy 2014, everyone! I hope your holidays were full of comfort and joy. And even if they weren’t, I’m glad to find you over here in 2014– in the world of possibility and personal transformation! To...
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For the last few winters, I’ve offered up my blog as a place for other writers to share. I’ve spent a few weeks posting their words while I’ve focused on my own writing. This year, I’ve asked Haven...
View ArticleHaven Winter Series #3
For the last few winters, I’ve offered up my blog as a place for other writers to share. I’ve spent a few weeks posting their words while I’ve focused on my own writing. This year, I’ve asked Haven...
View ArticleHaven Winter Series # 4
This is the fourth in a series of guest posts, written by Carolyn Hopper and Eden Royce. For the last few winters, I’ve offered up my blog as a place for other writers to share. I’ve spent a few weeks...
View ArticleHaven Winter Series # 5
What is inspiring you? I hope that you can ask, in the dormancy of winter: what would happen if I took a stand for myself? This is the fifth in a series of guest posts: For the last few winters, …...
View ArticleHaven Winter # 7
What is inspiring you? I hope that you can ask, in the dormancy of winter: what would happen if I took a stand for myself? This is the seventh in a series of guest posts: For the last few winters,...
View ArticleAmtrak Ode– The Train to Haven
Every-so-often, there is a perfect confluence in life—even in the life of a writer. When childhood romanticism meets adult sentimentalism, when whimsy and bravery stand side-by-side, when the world of...
View ArticleHaven– Los Cabos– one “E” away from Heaven
We hear the phrase “if you build it, they will come.” I take that to heart. I’ve built a lot of things in my life from scratch. Sometimes the soufflé doesn’t rise and the cookies burn. But sometimes my...
View ArticleWalden– 2014-style.
Now booking our upcoming 2014 Haven Writing Retreats and since they were named in the top five writing retreats in the country, they are filling fast! Give yourself this powerful gift… September 10-14...
View ArticleHaven Retreats in the top five! Come explore your unique voice with me in...
2014 Haven Writing Retreats in gorgeous Whitefish, Montana September 10-14 (one spot left) September 24-28 (FULL) October 8-12 (limited space) October 22-26 (limited space) email Laura for more info:...
View ArticleSmall Town Dreams Come True!
Only a few spots left for my 2014 Haven Retreats in Montana… September 10-14 (ALMOST FULL) September 24-28 (ALMOST FULL) October 8-12 October 22-26 When is the last time you sat on a bench in your home...
View ArticleRetreat Season: A Time to be Mindful
Mindfulness is on the map. Time Magazine ran it on its cover last January: “The Mindful Revolution.” The Chicago Tribune headlined it: Use mindfulness to pull yourself out of a funk. An article in...
View ArticleRetreat. Re-invent. One woman’s story.
Come on a Haven Retreat in Montana! (ranked in the top five writing retreats in the US!) Just a few spots left for: September 10-14 September 24-28 October 8-12 October 22-26 For whatever reason–...
View ArticleWhat to keep. What to give away.
Ownership. Protection. Chest-your-cards. Stand guard. These are words I wouldn’t normally place on my writing. I’ve never worried that someone would steal my ideas. I’ve never worried about...
View ArticleWrite (and Live) from the Inside Out
Now booking Haven Retreat at Stratton Mountain in Vermont– Nov. 5-9 For more info click here! I’m in the middle of my Haven Retreat high season and by the end of November will have worked intimately...
View ArticleWhat I Learned on Career Day…
as featured in Huffington Post 50 Recently, I was asked to be on a panel of professionals for Career Day at a local therapeutic prep school in the Montana woods. I had no idea what to expect. I went to...
View ArticleRe-defining Family at Holiday Time
My friend and fellow seeker/Huffington Post Blogger Marina Illich and I like to untangle the hard stuff. We call it Five Minute Manna. This is what has our hearts and minds activated this holiday...
View ArticleHaven Winter Writing Series
Well, it’s time for the annual Haven Winter Writing Series again, and this year we have a theme that I hope will inspire you to do something you’ve been wanting to do for a long time, but haven’t quite...
View ArticleHaven Winter Series #6
Every winter I do a writing series where I open up my blog to other writers to explore a theme. This year I asked my Haven alums to consider submitting a piece about what it took to get themselves to...
View ArticleThe Inner Critter: Awareness First. The Writing Will Follow.
I recently had a woman come on my Haven Writing Retreat and say, “I learned more in five days of Haven than in my entire MFA program…and I’m still paying it off six years later!” I hear this sort of …...
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