The Only True Guide You’ll Ever Have
By Kimberly Lee JD “What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” — Alan Alda At times…
Creativity
When the Words Can’t Be Found
By Program Presenter Jenn Forgie I just returned a week ago after leading a group of brave-hearted women through one…
Reflections on Pilgrimage to Silence
By Program Presenter Valerie Brown A Nature Based Retreat for Rest and Renewal I first came to Hollyhock about 10…
Aging Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Written by Martha Peterson Aging Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Let’s Rethink What We Think We Know Somewhere along the way,…
Navigating Midlife with a Devoted Spiritual Practice
Written by Mara Branscombe Instead of struggling through a midlife crisis, what if you chose to step into a midlife awakening?…
Writing the Butterfly
Written by Sarah Selecky Writers want the things we write to feel alive and enchanting. We also want to be…
Deepening the Sage Within
Written by Kas Frost Expanding Your Vision of Self as a Wise Elder Deepening the Sage Within (DSW) is a…
The Power of Somatics
Written by Lauren Walker, Energy Medicine Yoga. ‘Somatic’ is becoming the new buzzword in the alternative healing community. But why?…
Mindfulness
Written by Celeste Young | 2026 Hollyhock Presenter When we practice mindfulness, it helps us to recognize how inevitable change…
Our Collective Amygdalae
Hollyhock CEO Peter Wrinch gave this speech at the 2022 Founders + Friends Soiree. Our Collective Amygdalae The human amygdala…
The power of your genius
Remember the spark? Those moments when you feel fully aligned with your purpose. When you feel the creative energy and…
Finding Your Voice
One of the hardest and yet most rewarding parts of being a writer is discovering and developing your voice. In…
3 Creative Ways to Grasp Nature
In the natural world, there is so much that captivates. Sometimes there are precious moments that we want to grasp…
Telling Your Story with Soulo Theatre
We all have story to tell, even if you don’t know it yet. Hollyhock instructor Tracey Erin Smith is a…
Before You Go Out, Set Up Your Camera – 7 Tips for Better Nature Photos
On your mark! Get set! Go? Many of us love going into nature, taking beautiful scenic pictures, and relishing in…
Go wordless.
I’ve started writing something new. In the morning, I write before doing anything else. I try to do this every…
We are Queens.
I’ve never met Morley before but when I was preparing to interview her, what I discovered was quite daunting: a…
Yay Boo: The Highs and Lows
No mud, no lotus. The oscillating wave of life with peaks and valleys, comprised of our yay moments and our…
Going Fallow – When Taking a Break Creates
If you’re a creative, you know this feeling; the feeling of playing catch up, the feeling that you have to…
Create to Liberate
All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. – Octavia Butler Creativity is not reserved for…
Paint: an Interrelationship with the Planet
Painting directly from nature can be a reverent communication with the land. This is a process of the seer, seeing,…
Expressive Arts: Embracing Intention
A beginning is an opening for surprises. Beginnings are new horizons that want to be seen. What is the new…
Scrapbooks and Revision
I once took a writing workshop with Margaret Atwood. I was fairly new to writing stories, and over the moon…
Return and Get it
Sankofa – “return and get it” / “learn from the past” Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean proverb There are a number of…