Conscious Writing Retreat

I recently attended Julia McCutchen's 'Conscious Writing' retreat in Glastonbury. I was filled with trepidation as it was taking place on the same weekend as Glastonbury Festival. Despite some hiccups at Castle Cary station, I arrived full of enthusiasm for a weekend of writing and anything more would be a bonus.

It was an incredible weekend as Julia helped us navigate our way through the seven core principles of conscious writing, which are:

  • Presence
  • Alignment
  • Authenticity
  • Balance
  • Simplicity
  • Intuition
  • Connection
The weekend was a perfect blend of sessions and free time. It was also fantastic as I got to meet lots of wonderful women who I'm sure will become life-long friends too. In addition, I took part in my first open-mic evening! 

If you've never attended a writing retreat I cannot recommend doing so enough. It really is an opportunity to delve more deeply into your writing process and gain results and insights along the way.

For those interested, more of Julia's work and offerings can be found here: Conscious Writing


Abbey House, Glastonbury (where the retreat was held)


The grounds at Abbey House were conducive to so much writing!


Our beautiful group of women with Julia (front centre)

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