What's On With Ease

Hello dear friend

How are you today? I hope you’ve enjoyed a good week.

It’s been an awesome week here at Ease Retreats, I launched a new weekend retreat in collaboration with the very talented

Emma Gannon

it was launched on Emma’s Substack last Monday and we’re almost SOLD out! I am thrilled and super excited about hosting, what promises to be a most magical weekend in the most stunning converted barn in the Brecon Beacons.

If you’d like to join us, there is a space available, more information about the “Creative Unblocking” Weekend Retreat can be found on my website Ease Retreats

In other news, a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by another talented creative

Claire Venus

for her brilliant podcast Sparkle on Substack, if you’d like to tune in, the interview will be broadcast later on today.

If you’re relatively new to following my Substack, and intrigued by the ritual of journaling, here are some real benefits of why I believe therapeutic journaling should be a non-negotiable daily practice:

- A healthy release for feelings and tensions

- A place to advise yourself, clarify goals and make decisions

- A way to nourish yourself with friendship and self acceptance

- A non-threatening place to work out relationships with others and to develop the capacity for intimacy

- A path to self-awareness and self-knowledge

- A place to consider further behaviour

- A technique for focusing your energy on what is important

- A way to organise and expand your time

- A place to find creative solutions to your problems

- A memory aid

- A means of achieving self-identity

- A way to escape the maddening crowds

- A guide to find clarity in the chaos of life

- A device for helping you to discover your path and direction in life

- A means to understand yourself better

- A method to ‘flip the script’ and turn a negative into a positive

- A way to gain perspective on your emotions

- A time in place to forgive yourself

- A place to record meaningful conversations

- A quiet place to relax and rest your busy mind

- A tool to record and understand your dreams

- A mechanism to track your sleep patterns, diet, exercise, moods and desires

- A device for freeing your intuition and imagination

- A trusted platform to test your ideas

- A means of experiencing what it’s like to be human

- A place to celebrate the process of living

- A workbook for creative writing

- A safe space to jot down chapters of your memoir

- A source book for future projects

- A means of discovering joy within the context of your life

And the list goes on.  

My journal is my oxygen.

A lifeline.

My therapist.

My best friend.

The real Tanya sits on the page, and over time I’m getting to understand her, trust in her and love all her quirks, dreams and desires.

Journaling is a life long practice.

I have so much more to learn about the health and wellbeing benefits of therapeutic journaling. I am more humble, real and empathetic because I make time to journal every single day.

My mission is to help as many people as possible, particularly women, to adopt a consistent journaling habit, one word, one day at a time.

To make full use of journaling, you need to forget all the requirements and restrictions you have probably been taught about writing. If you’d like to know more about how you can use your journal to not just escape from life, but to live it more fully and deeply, don’t hesitate to reach out. I host a weekly guided journaling club every Thursday via zoom at 1pm and I have 4 spaces available on my next series of Rage on a Page that starts early June. I’d love to meet you so let’s connect!

Until the next time.

Take care and stay safe xx

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What’s On 'with ease'

“Creative Unblocking Weekend Retreat” with ease & Emma Gannon - only 2 bedrooms left available.  16th-18th November 2024

“Rage on a Page” - next series now open for bookings, I’m looking to work with 4 women and there are 2 spaces left available. June 2024

“Doing Hard Things” with ease & Stacey Heale - only 2 spaces available. There is a bursary place being awarded to one lucky guest, application available upon request.

About me… I’m Tanya Lynch, a mother, a ridgeback owner and the founder of Ease Retreats.  I love what I do, collaborating with authors and creatives, hosting retreats in beautiful venues across the UK.  I’m also a therapeutic journaling coach and through my program Rage on a Page, I help midlife women channel their emotions into something more positive and creative in less than 60 days. Each Thursday I host an online journaling club called Journal with Ease and it’s free for paid subscribers to attend. If you have any questions about the benefits of therapeutic journaling, please reach out and connect. I’m usually on a beach walking the dogs, hosting retreats or hanging out here on Substack.