Category: Types of Retreats
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How to Make a Goal Map for Creatives
Have you ever created a goal map for your aspirations for the year? How about for the projects and ideas you’d like to accomplish in your creative life? If you’re new to this whole making goals for your creative life thing, then read this article first on why it’s important to make them. Then come…
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How to Choose a Word of the Year
Want to learn how to choose a word of the year? Let’s make this as easy as possible! Have you seen this thing called choosing a word of the year in your Instagram feed? Or anywhere for that matter? A lot of people decide at the beginning of the year that one word will be…
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How to Make a Spa in a Box (Care Package 101)
Want to make your friend’s day? Make her a spa in a box care package! Here’s how . . . Can I tell you how excited I am to share this DIY spa kit with you today? I recently bought a stack of small boxes to use this year for gifting and immediately thought how…
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How to Make Your Own Wellness Retreat
Learn how to make your own wellness retreat! Last Friday I went on a wellness retreat. The air smelled sweet and vibrant, I rested, and I spent some quality time pampering myself. I came “back” from my retreat, refreshed and relaxed and ready to face the world, which is kind of the point of retreats,…
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How to Take a Beach Retreat (Even if You’re Land-locked)
I’m writing this post on how to create your own beach retreat on a rainy and cold day here in Oregon. My daughter is in preschool, and I’m in the car sipping piping hot green tea trying to conjure up what it feels like to be at the ocean on a summery day. Growing up…
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How to Create the Perfect Mother’s Day Retreat
My friends at DaySpring sponsored this post about a Mother’s Day retreat, but the opinions and review are my own. (You can find the beautiful mug, journal, and encouragement calendar pictured in this post by clicking here.) What would a Mother’s Day retreat look like for you? Sleeping in? Getting up early to read in…
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How to Take a Spiritual Retreat
Want to take your own spiritual retreat? Here are some ideas to get started. I think we’d all agree this world is busy and the need to retreat from time to time is becoming more and more imperative. As I’m writing this, we’re approaching Easter, which is usually a time of contemplation for many Christians…
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Take a Nap Time Retreat
Have you ever taken a nap time retreat? They’re pretty much the best thing ever. And you absolutely, positively deserve one. It feels like it was just yesterday when my baby would finally fall asleep for her nap, and I’d be left with a feeling of frantic excitement . . .What should I DO while…
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My Creative Retreat – Share Your Pictures!
A year ago, I was sketching out and dreaming up ideas for the updated Creative Retreat paperback book. Going through the process of creating and then sending that book out into the world stretched me in so many ways. It made me realize just how many things are possible when we work hard and follow…
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Create Your Own Artist Retreat with Art Journaling
I love my art journal and would LOVE to someday go on an artist retreat. In the meantime, today I’m going to share with you how you can DIY your own art journaling retreat from the comfort of your own home. All you need are some supplies and creativity! I’ve mentioned before that I love…