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Swallow Your Pride
Photo: Ingrid Sofrin I’ve never had a bucket list but I’m 70 next year and that concentrates the mind wonderfully, as Samuel Johnson reputedly said. All those ‘regrets of the dying as told to nurses’ lists that pop-up on Facebook … Continue reading
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Why You Should Write A Journal
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Creative Writing Holidays in Spain
WHERE: Finca Buenvino, north of Seville. Sam & Jeannie Chesterton’s family home, the perfect place to escape, relax and re-discover your creativity. With 150 acres of sweet chestnut and oak woods, streams, gardens, natural rivers, springs and salt-water , heated … Continue reading
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Writing Holidays, Spain
Please go to our new website for more info and photos: http://write-it-down.co.uk/ WRITING, MEDITATION AND WALKING HOLIDAYS at FINCA BUENVINO 2016 ‘I’ve been on many creative writing courses and this was the best.’ CHRISTINE, teacher. ‘I loved being part of a group … Continue reading
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I Don’t Believe In Fairies – Breast Cancer Part 7
Photo: Monika Evans I don’t believe in fairies or the healing power of crystals but I bought one with three points when I was trying to conceive my third child, I don’t believe in astrology but I religiously read my … Continue reading
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Tagged astrology, autobiography, breast cancer, Deia, karma, life writing, Majorca, mallorca, memoir, mindfulness, palm reading, psychics, tarot
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Cancer is Caused by Anger – Breast Cancer Part 5
Twice in the last week I have been told by friends that cancer is caused by anger, i.e it’s my fault. Sod genetics and smoking, it’s the hissy fits that have brought me down. I am angry that I’ve got … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, breast cancer, Buddhism, cancer, death, Hoffman Process, journalling, Katmandu, life writing, memoir, mindfulness, monastery, Wellness, writing therapy
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Next Life Writing Retreat, 18–25 July
Escape the hassle, join us at super-sumptious, country house hotel and organic farm, high in Sierra De Aracena National Park in Andalucia, Finca Buenvino. 7 nights, 8 days, all-inclusive except getting to Seville. Fab food cooked for you by Jeannie Chesterton, … Continue reading
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