Write Yourself: A Self-Care Retreat for Writers of all Kinds
Thu, Aug 01
|Hope Springs Institute - Inspiring Inner
Write Yourself offers writers of all kinds the opportunity to engage in self-care while working on a writing project.


Time & Location
Aug 01, 2019, 5:00 PM – Aug 05, 2019, 1:00 PM
Hope Springs Institute - Inspiring Inner, 4988 Mineral Springs Rd, Peebles, OH 45660, USA
About The Event
Write Yourself offers writers of all kinds the opportunity to engage in self-care while working on a writing project. What’s more, we’ll work towards finding a wise path for both of these things to mutually support each other in your everyday life.
In this mostly self-directed writing retreat, we will become a community of writers for 4 days and 3 nights. Whether you are writing a memoir, fiction, screenplay, articles for publication, short stories, essays, blogging, conference talks or just for the fun of it…all writers are welcome!
This weekend is for you if:
you're simply craving the time and space to write
you’re experiencing writer’s block or burnout
you’re missing your creative spark or wanting to fall back in love with your writing project
you want to learn how to take better care of yourself
you could use a long weekend to have your needs cared for by others while you focus on writing
you enjoy a balance of individual writing time and community time to reflect on the art of writing
During our time together, we’ll have:
ample time to slow down and cultivate intentional relaxation
schedules that support our natural biorhythms (any early birds or night owls?)
plenty of time for individual writing
optional workshops on self-care, personal ecology, and writing processes to support your creative spirit
optional fresh air activities such as a guided labyrinth walk, ravine walk, or ridge walk
simple group check-ins and reflective/contemplative fires each evening
You’ll leave this weekend:
feeling more relaxed and reconnected to the creative aspects of your work
with concrete skills to immediately improve self-care at home
with a better understanding of your writing processes
having moved your writing project forward
with a community of writers who have your best interests at heart
About the Facilitator:
Michelle Rivera-Clonch, PhD is co-founder of Writing in Depth: An Academic Writing Retreat, which has been hosted annually at Hope Springs Institute since 2010. From almost a decade of facilitating writing retreats, she’s bringing the top line experiences about self-care to writers of all kinds through Write Yourself.
In Florida, Michelle is the owner of Peace Within: Counseling for Women, LLC where she provides mental health counseling, training, and consultation to Central Florida’s women and diversity-and-inclusion-focused organizations. She also keeps busy as a Supporting Professor at Rollins College in the departments of Graduate Studies in Counseling and Critical Media & Cultural Studies where she specializes in teaching multicultural, social justice, and social-action oriented courses.
Over the years, Michelle has supported Hope Springs Institute as a program participant, volunteer, Board of Directors member, retreat facilitator, strategic planning member, donor, and friend.
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