Charlotte Donlon is a writer, spiritual director, and gatherer whose work centers on helping people explore themes of belonging through art, spiritual growth, and how to Flourish Anyway™, even when life is full, busy, or chaotic.With a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and a certificate in spiritual direction, Charlotte guides writers and other creative souls in fostering sanctuaries of acceptance and connection—her approach warmly welcomes people from all backgrounds, regardless of faith tradition or spiritual inclinations. Her books include The Great Belonging (Broadleaf Books, 2020), Spiritual Direction for Writers (Here Below Books, 2026), The Great Belonging Project (Thoughtful Books Etc., 2026), and Take More Retreats Anthology (Thoughtful Books Etc., 2026). Learn more at charlottedonlon.com.
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EXPERIENCES
Show Date
Fri 4 Sep 2026 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM
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| Title Short | Take More Retreats |
| Venue | Front Porch |
| Experience Description | What would happen if you gave yourself permission to step away--not to escape your life, but to return to it more fully?
In this workshop, we'll explore how to establish a sustainable solo retreat practice that fits your real life. Through reflection, conversation, and practical tools, you'll discover how to create rhythms and rituals that help you inhabit your full self while nurturing wonder, curiosity, and playfulness.
You don't need a monastery or a week off the grid. You need a practice and some helpful tips and this workshop will provide both. Together, we'll look at how regular retreats of all shapes, sizes, and timeframes can become an anchor for creativity, spiritual health, and wholehearted living.
Leave with a personal retreat framework you can actually use from Charlotte Donlon and Hannah Rowen Fry. |
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Show Date
Sat 5 Sep 2026 3:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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| Title Short | Belong, Become, Behold, Bestow: A Soulful Approach to the Creative Process |
| Venue | Writers Workshop |
| Experience Description | You don't need perfect conditions to be an artist. You need permission to bring your whole, imperfect self to your creativity, along with a framework and practices that actually nourish you along the way.
In this workshop, writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon guides participants through four essential movements of the creative life: belong, become, behold, and bestow. Through contemplative interrogations, honest storytelling, and wisdom from artists and writers across traditions, this workshop treats all of life--not just the \good\ or \easy\ parts--as sacred ground for creative flourishing.
This is a workshop for artists of all kinds: writers, visual artists, musicians, makers, and anyone who creates. People of deep faith and profound doubt are equally welcome here. No religious prescription required--only a willingness to show up as you are.
You won't leave with a productivity plan. You'll leave with something better: a deeper sense of yourself as an artist and an approach to creativity rooted in soul care.
All of life is the creative life. Come find your place in it. |
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