Tender || Wild Writers Retreat: Therapy of the Written Word

March 13-15 2020  The Whidbey Institute

Taking place on the quiet land of the Whidbey Institute, join us as we explore the wild parts of writing, the tender stories that must be told, and ways to engage yourself and others in writing practices that bring life back. Join Bethany Bylsma, Tyler Dunning, and fifteen of your newest soul-friends on this 3-day writing retreat exploring the therapeutic benefits of writing. 

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Pie Therapy
April 25, 2020 @ Hainje House
​Ballard, Seattle, WA

Pie Therapy

Pie Therapy is about the stories of your kitchen, the creation of something beautiful out of something messy, and a chance to share it all in community.  What started as a weekly ritual for Bethany, became a tool for learning about grounding, family history, community and the magic that can be found in some of our oldest practices. 

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Finding the Feminine Divine

Somewhere in the jobs, the families, the great loves of our lives, the struggles, the pain, and the striving, we have lost touch with essential soul-parts of ourselves. This retreat is for women, by women, moving together towards rediscovering, and reclaiming the parts of the feminine divine. Join us for story-telling, myth-making, and soul-journeying together. These are all ancient ways of knowing our divine selves as women. 

Coming 2020

Cry Camp

A place to talk about what makes you cry. Seriously. What could be better than starlight, friendship bracelets, stories and tears?

coming in 2020

 Bethany Bylsma has been a psychotherapist in Seattle for 4 years, using art, archetypal psychology, relationships and tears to tenderly help her clients uncover   the stories of ache and joy that lie just beneath the surface of every human heart.   She has used her own stories of pain and growth to mentor and teach as an Associate  Instructor at the Seattle School of Psychology and Theology the past 2 years, and for nearly a decade before that, mentoring young people as they emerge into a wild and sometimes scary world as adults. 
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As an intuitive and playful artist, Bethany has discovered that there can be much   healing when our hands are digging in the ground outside or covered in flour in a kitchen.  She has spent years traveling the world, and soaking in the stories that have become the heartbeat of Tender || Wild. She understands the type of magic/healing/growth that can happen when   we step into community to share our stories and is adamant to share this joy with others. 
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