Flourishing as We Age: A Writing Retreat for Women
Cultivating Resilience, Navigating Change, and Embracing Life with Laura & Evelyn
Monday, June 1 - Saturday, June 7, 2026 in Santa Cruz, California
Is This Retreat for Me?
Santa Cruz, California
During six powerful, intimate days together, we will use writing and sacred ritual to explore:
How to live a deeper, more authentic life as we age
How to find joy and purpose when our primary roles have changed
How to cultivate greater resilience navigating life’s challenges
How to embrace both grief and gratitude
And we will delve into these questions:
What is it like to live in my body now?
What do I need to make peace with?
What’s my growing edge?
What do I want my legacy to be?
Join master teachers Laura Davis and Evelyn Hall at a beautiful oceanfront retreat center in Santa Cruz, California for an empowering exploration of the changes, challenges and gifts age brings.
Registration is now open!
Teachers and Guides
Laura Davis, Writing Workshop Instructor
Laura Davis is the author of seven non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be and I Thought We'd Never Speak Again. Laura's groundbreaking books have sold more than 1.8 million copies around the world. Laura has also worked as a columnist, talk show host, radio reporter, radio producer, blogger, editor, and speaker.
Laura's newest book, The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story, her first memoir, tells the story of her dramatic and tumultuous relationship with her mother from the time of Laura's birth until her mother's death. You can read the first five chapters for free here.
She is a cancer survivor, the mother of three, the grandmother of three, and has buried both her parents. In other words, she is a well-seasoned human being.
Evelyn Hall, Co-Facilitator
Evelyn Hall is a social worker, master hypnotherapist, and minister. For the past 35 years, Evelyn has been guiding individuals and leading groups, helping people find healing in body, mind, and spirit. Evelyn specializes in transformative healing practices including somatic awareness, movement, meditation, healing through nature, and leading sacred ceremonies. She brings a depth to grief work by teaching clients to allow the natural healing process of grief to occur: addressing and transforming feelings and thoughts through body, mind and spirit. In this path, grief becomes the healing journey.