Workshops and Retreats and Intensives

  • Necessary Creatives

    This is a 6-8 week online support group for creatives.

    Because we have no choice. We are pulled, teeth gnashing into what we’re called to do and if we don’t we’re miserable and we make everyone around us miserable too.

    Using group intelligence, gentle prodding, and strategies that have helped me get the demons off my back - we are going to find, refine and call forward your gem.

    It’s absolutely terrifying to imagine that what you want most is worth the effort.

    Welcome to the club.

  • Annual Retreat

    We go somewhere warm with salt water.

    We eat delicious food.

    We talk about what matters most to us.

    We rest and replenish.

    We move our bodies.

    We listen and teach each other things.

    We return home full.

    This is a sliding-scale retreat based on your annual income. We try to make this healing week accessible to all.

  • Writing Intensive

    We can’t do it alone.

    So, for 1 week, we get our own cabins in the woods and meet daily at the main house to write our faces off.

    Co-led with another author in the forest of beautiful British Columbia, you can ask all your questions over coffee, get prompts throughout the day, and figure out your structure over dinner.

    5 hours of daily writing. 3 hours of eating. A week of creation, mentorship and connection.

    This intensive happens annually in May.

  • -Emelia (our fearless leader) effortlessly took us on the kindest, smartest and no BS journey. Thank you for showing me what I couldn’t see yet. - Participant

    -This group transformed into friends for life. Now I have 8 women to call on when I’m creatively stuck. -Participant

    -Did I tell Emelia what I most wanted- and within 6 weeks- did we have it organized in a way that was possible? Yes. A miracle. - Participant

    -Emelia holds such strong space. I felt safe. I felt seen. She dug deeper than I could have on my own. I’m so grateful. - Participant

  • NC weeklies runs 4x a year.

    8 people per class.

    2 hours a week.

    Sliding scale $200-$450

  • Please contact celeste@emeliasymingtonfedy.com for upcoming NC weekies dates.

    We fill up fast so get on the mailing list if you wanna plan ahead.

  • Each time I attend the Hawaii retreat, I return different. I can truly say this experience changes you. It's an unexplainable magic fueled by Emelia’s generosity, the special space that is held for us, the amazing organic food prepared with love, and the laughter and ease with which the women commune. –Sarah Drake

    The Hawaii Women's Retreat has introduced me to a group of women who love and support me without judgment. It's the best week of my entire year! That's why I haven't missed one." -Participant 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

    Fucking Amazing. Can’t live without it. Need it. Count the days when I leave for the retreat every year. – Participant

    After every retreat, I come back to my life with strength and power and love that can only be ignited by our week together.- Misty Cain

  • We’ve done 7 retreats on the Big Island of Hawaii. Since COVID, we’ve taken a pause. Next up is Mexico 2024.

    We do a sliding scale based on annual income, trying to make the week as equitable as possible.

    On average the cost usually sits between $2000-$3000 for accommodations, food, and activities.

  • We’ve not retreated together since 2020. There’s a list of women ready to attend the next one. We cap it at 12. email celeste@emeliasymingtonfedy.com for more info.

  • Nestled in the woods in the Shuswap, there’s a main house for eating, a large hall for writing and stretching and depending on your needs, a private cabin or a shared room. Plan to walk on the many trails, gaze out over the Shuswap valley and enjoy a roaring dining room fireplace.

  • This intensive is for you if you want to write. No experience is necessary. We’re all beginners again and again and again. Come with an idea, a page, or a manuscript and we’ll take it from there. You’ll have two published authors at your disposal to mentor, question and refine.

  • Good question.

    Do you want a cabin to yourself or do you want to room with 3 other folks in bunk beds?

    You’ll all get private space throughout the day, your meals prepared and lots of one-on-one time.

    Depending on accommodation requirements the fee will be between $1500-$3000

    We cap the intensive at 10

    Contact celeste@emeliasymingtonfedy.com to get on the 2024 “I’m interested, keep me posted” list.

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