14/04/2026
Self-trust has been a huge theme for me this year.
Last year I learned that what I have built in HeartWriting is more than enough — in fact, it’s magical — and this year I’ve truly stepped back from my business being my whole identity, and I’ve just been living.
(Living! Creating for myself! Who would have thought!)
While doing so, I’m learning to trust my intuition… trust my skills… trust the world… and also trust the universe.
I used to run my business with a pinch of fear behind everything I created. What if nobody signs up to my course?
And with the onset of AI, it’s been a particularly shaky/ scary ground to navigate. Do we even have a role anymore as writers? Is there any point?
But of course there is. It’s never been more important to lean in to our humanity and natural skill.
We will be the remembered ones. The needed ones. Not the robot words.
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The people who love my courses are not attracted to AI. They want to learn to write. So the moral for me is, trust more. Trust that the right people are always coming. Don’t drive this thing in fear; drive HeartWriting with nothing but love.
The more I let go of control — and I deeply trust in myself and my role in the world, the more people are coming. It’s the weirdest thing —
But of course. Heart-led writers want to be led by heart. Not fear.
As the world churns in turmoil and the winter chill starts to settle in Australia, I find myself rugging up. Do I lean in, or do I lean out? Do I give up what I do, or do I do more?
What does the world need right now?
My words? My teachings? Or is it all irrelevant?
Of course it’s not irrelevant.
Writers need to connect deeply again. Deeper than ever. We must stay as plugged in as possible. We must not forget, even when the world wants us to.
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I’ve been through a lot of life changes lately. Since the sold-out and deeply successful Blue Mountains Retreat, I’ve also retreated within. I’ve been working/ writing alone in a new town, supporting my fiance in his new career. I’ve been on socials less and concentrating on my level 1 students.
And thinking. Lots of ruminating about the world, and my place in it.
We’re also heading to a new home in the south coast, and it feels right. We’re moving this Friday. 🌼
And with it, comes a wave of fresh air and new perspective. Shaking things up with a change of scenery has always been my creative tool of choice.
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In two and a half months, we travel back to the land of the Gods, for our annual creative awakening.
Our tropical and dreamy Writers’ Retreat in the midst of winter.
In a world of robots, AI, war, and power-play, I couldn’t think of a better way to conquer the world than connect back in with nature, self, our writing, and 12 other beautiful heart-led women. Solutions happen in spaces like this. There’s no reason to feel guilty for going.
This year, I’m putting a rule in place for the retreat: and I think you’re going to love it.
We’re going to be largely phone-free for four days. I’m not taking the phone off you, but we’ll have a few rules around phone use.
(I can see you all willingly throwing your phones at me as I hold out a metaphorical glass bowl).
Let me tell you a true story. Once I did a five day hike in the Amazon with no phone reception, and it was so hard to accept that I wasn’t contactable — until day two, when I had the greatest sense of relief. I have never felt so deeply free and deeply connected.
I had the most incredible ideas and words come through me.
I remember sitting on the edge of a stream and pulling out my journal and writing the words that flowed far more quickly than the water gushing past me — I couldn’t even keep up with them. A scramble of letters, which uttered truth and magic; a couple of weeks later I translated these onto my computer and created a piece of writing that five years later I had published.
If we can create the same experience on our retreat, my work is done.
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Bali has surprisingly become a special place for me, now that I know how to navigate it better. There are magical parts of Bali that bring out my most creative self, in a much more zen way than the Amazon hike.
I first noticed this when I attended the Ubud Writers’ Festival, and despite my incredible range of countries I’ve travelled, I continue to return to Bali every year for some reason.
Next year I might plan the retreat to lead into the Ubud Writers’ Festival in late September (2027). We’ll see — it’s a long time yet and we don’t know if it will still be on next year.
But this year, we’re definitely coming together in Bali for all the HeartWriting lessons and magic in late June, and I’m getting constant messages from everyone attending: ‘I can’t wait!’
And neither can I!
Flights are still ridiculously cheap.
It’s safe to fly to Bali.
Let’s make the most of it while we know it can still happen.
I have something so special lined up for you — particularly for those writers who spend their lives being there for everyone else, and who feel the need to step away — but also need to feel the discomfort that comes with it.
Because discomfort is the catalyst of awakening.
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Heart + Writing Retreat
Ubud, Bali
June 24-27
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I created this group experience to invite writers with heart to prioritise themselves and their craft again.
- [ ] Step away from life and find inner space again.
- [ ] Get curious about your creativity.
- [ ] Tap in to your subconscious and the shamanic writer within.
- [ ] Recalibrate with your deepest and most aligned creative calling.
- [ ] Write the profound words that you know have been waiting to be written.
Merged with the magic of fire ceremony and sound healing, writing workshops, yoga and meditation, spacious time to write, ice bath therapy, sauna detox, massages, 180• rice paddy field views, optional waterfall tour, outstanding hospitality and a community of kind and likeminded women…
We'll be held by the unconditional love of Mother Earth, and recharged by the great vibration of Balinese lands and culture as we embark on a journey into your creative heart. You will have a life experience, not just a trip — letting go to letting it come, opening the door and allowing insight to find you.
There are currently 3 spots left. Our closing date is 5/5.
If any of this speaks to you, you're welcome to message me. I'd be happy to share more. I’m always happy to share more, because deep connection is at the heart of everything I do.
Much love,
Rose 🌹
www.heartwriting.com.au/baliretreat
