“I set out to bring down stars from the sky and then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.” - Edmond Rostand
Exploring Your Adolescence & Archetype of The Orphan
Writing about adolescence in this course will facilitate a great deal of personal reflection and contemplation that is stimulated by readings, writing exercises, short videos and much more, including end of day mentoring sessions to offer objective insights into your learnings and help you synthesise everything.
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. ― Krishnamurti
Life Writing, Personal Development and a Retreat Space
Feeling a bit listless in our ordinary routines, many of us like to spice life up with a road trip and all the sensory delight they can bring.
Others take the opposite approach, gravitating to meditation retreats in the hopes of giving their overstimulated and exhausted minds a break, by emptying them.
The programs we run straddle the middle path. Tranquil surrounds and reflective questions help to still the waters, while the diversity of activities and the provoking nature of it helps to shake you out of ruts and enculturated thinking.
Writing About Adolescence - Blue Mountains Retreat
Writing Studio - The Blue Mountains | Outskirts of Sydney
As society goes through major upheaval, connecting with our stories has never been more important Read More
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Life Writing - Testimonials
How to Write Memoir
The structure of the course is beautifully architected. An example for many to follow. Very rich insight and wonderful notes/handouts. - Eddie
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Orphan Archetype - Exploring Our Adolescent Development
Pulling Up Roots
Mainstream psychology regards the task of adolescence as that of forming our identity and growing beyond the family, peer and cultural conditioning we each receive. This program helps you recognise if healthy boundaries were formed or whether development stunting issues such as golden child syndrome and others occurred.
If you fight for your dignity, you risk losing the love you need from them [parents] to develop. If you don’t fight back, you lose your self-respect and your development is stifled - Jeff Brown
Orphan Archetype Journey
Carl Jung spoke of the Orphan complex, where we must navigate the experience of feeling misunderstood and different from our family and peers. This severing and going inwards is a necessary developmental stage. Remaining in the naivety of childhood helps us not. Integrating this passage involves not overstaying in the opposite behaviour where we become overly distrustful.
Loneliness is the absence of the other. Aloneness is the presence of oneself - Osho
Wounded Healer
Both indigenous cultures and ancient wisdom recognised that life is designed to break a person open, just as a seed must be broken in order to germinate. The modern rise of helicopter and pressure cooker parenting has gone the other extreme of being overly protective. Sifting through our teen years to recall the woundings we experienced allows us to find the gifts, or treasure they offer us.
The shell must break before the bird can fly - Alfred Tennyson
Details About The Life Writing Program Exploring Adolescence
Consider embarking on this Write of Passage in order to
✴︎ Undertake Narrative Writing About Adolescence
✴︎ Gain Insight Into How To Write A Memoir
✴︎Begin Writing About Teenage Trauma
✴︎ Understand the Orphan Archetype And It's Developmental Purpose
✴︎Write A Short Story About Your Teen Years
✴︎ Undertake Personal Development
✴︎ Explore Life Story Writing & Create A Foundation To Build A Memoir
✴︎ Discover Archetypal Psychology & A More Imaginative Approach To Self-Understanding
Cost: $590 for a 2 day program
Inclusions: Accommodation, meals, workbooks and personal mentoring/debriefing
Location: Katoomba, Blue Mountains NSW
Program Outline:
Day 1
Morning Session
Explore workbook readings and insights relating to adolescence as viewed from mainstream psychology. * Optional writing exercises.
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Explore workbook readings and insights relating to adolescence as viewed from mainstream psychology. * Optional writing exercises.
Optional debriefing session to help locate themes and patterns which can be used as the basis for writing about an event from your adolescence.
Dinner (or the option for you to take in one of the local dining facilities)
Optional evening session (immersive, non writing activities)
Day 2
Morning Session
Explore workbook readings and insights relating to the archetype of the Orphan (Wounded Healer), with optional writing exercises.
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Explore workbook readings and insights relating to the archetype of the Orphan (Wounded Healer), with optional writing exercises.
Optional debriefing session to help locate themes and patterns which can be used as the basis for writing about an event from your adolescence.
A holistic retreat involving creative expression, life guidance, relationship exploration & a range of activities such as astrology/numerology readings, tarot, breathwork, transpersonal counselling & more.
Our self-love retreat is ideal for singles working on relationship patterns and for those who could use some self care and greater appreciation for who they are & what they have to offer the world.
