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- Why do I need to know what my Life Purpose is?
Why bother figuring out your life purpose at all? Because a life without one runs on autopilot. Every decision, from which job to take to how to spend a Tuesday, starts to feel arbitrary, and that’s exhausting in a way that’s hard to pinpoint. You end up making the same choices over and over, not …Continue reading “Why do I need to know what my Life Purpose is?”
- Walking Retreat vs Walking Holiday: What’s the Difference?
If you love walking, you may have come across the term walking retreat and wondered how on earth it differs from an organised walking holiday. After all, both involve beautiful countryside, well-worn walking shoes, fresh air and a few days away from everyday life. There may even be a backpack involved, although hopefully not one …Continue reading “Walking Retreat vs Walking Holiday: What’s the Difference?”
- AI Can Create a Course in Seconds. So Why Are People Still Buying Mine?
AI has revolutionised online learning in ways we could never have imagined. These days, you can ask AI to create a course on almost anything—from astrophysics to how to keep your houseplants alive—and it will hand you a neatly structured programme in seconds. Want six modules? No problem. Learning objectives, worksheets, quizzes, reflection questions and …Continue reading “AI Can Create a Course in Seconds. So Why Are People Still Buying Mine?”
- The Day I asked my Guests for Silence and got Performance Anxiety instead
. I assumed, in the early days, when I was still walking the Camino with my guests, that silence was simply the absence of talking — that if I stopped scheduling activities and left enough open space in the day, quiet would arrive on its own, the way it does when you finally turn off …Continue reading “The Day I asked my Guests for Silence and got Performance Anxiety instead”
- I was Surprised to Discover that my Co-Host Doesn’t Want a Salary
. For years, I planned reflection exercises the way I imagine a nervous conference organiser plans icebreakers — carefully, a little anxiously, with a backup in case the first one fell flat. A guided journaling prompt after brunch. A short silent walk with a question to chew on. A candle, occasionally, if I’m honest, which …Continue reading “I was Surprised to Discover that my Co-Host Doesn’t Want a Salary”
- What Years of Farmhouse Hospitality Taught Me About What Actually Matters to Guests
. For the first year or two of hosting Camino de Santiago walking retreats, I worried about the wrong things. I fretted over the towels. I agonised slightly over whether the guest rooms felt “smart” enough, whether the breakfast presentation looked sufficiently considered, whether I measured up to the polished retreat centres with their infinity … - It’s Easier to Talk, Facing Forward, Walking Side by Side
. I used to believe the most meaningful conversations happened at dinner. Good food, candlelight, everyone finally relaxed after a day’s walking — surely that was where people opened up. Sometimes, it is. But not always. Sometimes, the real conversations, the ones guests still mention to me months later, don’t happen at the table. They …Continue reading “It’s Easier to Talk, Facing Forward, Walking Side by Side”
- Difficult Conversation Coming Up? Talk While Walking Together
. What years of hosting Camino de Santiago walking retreats in France taught me about connection on the trail I’ve watched a lot of icebreakers fail in my time. Name games, “two truths and a lie,” the earnest go-round where everyone shares what they’re hoping to get from the retreat — I’ve tried most of …Continue reading “Difficult Conversation Coming Up? Talk While Walking Together”
- Why Guests Come Back Again and Again: The Real Reason People Rebook a Retreat
. I used to think I was in the walking business. . After enough Camino de Santiago walking retreats along the Voie du Puy, I’ve had to quietly revise that. I’m not in the walking business. I’m in the business of letting people be someone slightly different for a week — and the walking, as …Continue reading “Why Guests Come Back Again and Again: The Real Reason People Rebook a Retreat”
- What Horses Can Teach Us About Effective Stress Management
A strange thing happens when you lean your forehead against a horse’s shoulder. I didn’t fully appreciate the stress management effect until a guest, a cardiologist, of all people, told me she could feel her own heart rate drop within about ninety seconds of standing next to Valentino. She wasn’t being poetic. She was, quite …Continue reading “What Horses Can Teach Us About Effective Stress Management”