i thought of you and your writers block…
Hey {{contact.first_name}},
Well, this looks a little different, doesn't it? I'm very excited and honoured to share this unique event with you, but first... this came to be because I thought of you and your writers block....
When I was eight, my friend Emily died of childhood cancer and (apparently) I wrote a poem reflecting on that experience. Decades later my parents handed it back to me when we went through a memory box. I read it and had no idea it was mine, I had tears rolling down my face, it was rather beautiful. I honestly couldn't have written something more potent as an adult.
It can be so hard to tap into those versions of ourselves that write from a state of flow and intuition - before the head takes over with it's analytical edits. And then the thinking becomes habitual, and the feeling for the words becomes more foreign.
I see the same thing in so many of the people I work with. Brilliant, experienced business owners with a story or book they keep circling. They've drafted it, outlined it, talked about it, started it, scrapped it, then started again. Because they're trying to think or process their way through it.
What brought intuitive led writing back for me was time with horses. I don't classify myself as a horsey person, I didn't grow up with them either. But being a client of Equine therapy for 10 years was one of the most significant things that's shaped my direction, values and way of being.
This year I became an accredited equine-assisted learning practitioner, trained through the Equine and Animal Assisted Psychotherapy Institute.
I've had poetry pour out of me after time in the paddock. Horses bring me into presence, awareness and regulation, I get out of my head, and into my body so I can write or make decisions from an aligned place.
And so with this experience I always knew I'd run a writing workshop integrating equine facilitation, enter a serendipitous re-connection with Michelle Scheibner and our event - The Stories Beneath, was born.
The Stories Beneath, a one-day equine-assisted writing workshop on the Mornington Peninsula, Vic, in January 2027.
Michelle is an author, TEDx speaker and narrative coach who has spent more than thirty years helping people find the story underneath.
It's for the creative minds who lead businesses, and the writer within. (No horse experience needed, and there's no riding involved.)
There's nothing else quite like this, so we don't want to guess what you need. We also know money is tight for a lot of people and businesses right now.
So before we finalise anything, we'd rather shape the day around what you want - The date, the setting, the food, the price. Tell us what works for you.
It takes two minutes, and everyone who registers gets first access and a discount of $150.
