Free Mini Retreat for Mums this Saturday
Thereās one week left in our crowdfunding campaign.
If youād like to help us reach our funding goals (and perhaps raise some money for ) help us spread the word.
Mums have been participating in a Virtual Book Tour writing blog posts and recording podcasts.
Podcasts
On Creativity and Chronic Illness with by on
Finding Yourself Again by & Kayla Huszar on Chill Like a Mother
& Vanessa Wright chat about creativity on IG Live
Expand Your Creative Capacity Within Motherhood with by on UNRAVEL your journey: podcast
Discover Your Creative Ecosystem with me (Sarah Shotts) by on
Blog Hop
Finding Our Enablers by Hayley J. Dunlop
Translating Anxiety into Art (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) by
Late Summer Embers by Joanna Wolfarth
This Book is For Busy Mums by Dr. Sheree Mack
Entwined Bibliography (a collection of the books and sources that inspired me to write a book about motherhood & creativity) by me

Hang out with the mothers who are co-creating Entwined & Ember this Saturday.
Brew a cup of tea or coffee and join us forā¦
Entwined readings from , , , , Lindsey Smith, and Lauren Oakey. šæ
Meet & connect with other creative parents in chat. š
Grab your journal or sketchbook and join in a creative prompt from Ember. š„
Enter to win a copy of Entwined for your local library! š
I originally envisioned this as a ālaunch partyā but in writing this post Iāve realized it can really be a micro retreat for parents. Invite a friend and use this as a reason to make some time for yourself this weekend.
Our micro retreat will be September 28th at 1pm CST.
Click here to save the date via Zoom.
Alternate timelines are listed below. (If you donāt see yours you can use this website or app.)
Guests will be off camera so make yourself comfortable. Contributors will have the option to jump on camera at the end. Iām allowing 1-2 hours for the retreat, but youāre free to drop in and out if you canāt stay the whole time. Iām not sure if Iāll be able to archive the video so do try to join live if you can.
We only need 20 more preorders to cover costs for this passion project.
Havenāt preordered yet? You can support the project here.
If we exceed our funding goals we will be donating a percentage of the proceeds with Postpartum Matters CIC.
In case you missed it!
Alongside the anthology we are also publishing Ember: An Art Journal for Mothers.

Cover art was literally made with FIRE. Hereās a peek at artist Annie King at work.
https://instagram.com/p/CwfpIScISwF/
Hereās a peek at how it will look inside!


Interior art from & Emily Jalinsky. Featured prompts by & Kayla Huszar. (You can share these pages on Instagram or Substack Notes.)
I donāt usually email twice in one week, but Iāll reach out again on Saturday with a reminder.
Here is the invite link, but Iāll send it again on Saturday morning.
Hope to see you there!

P.S. Normal compost heap updates on pause as I pour energy into the final week of Entwined. I may also disappear in early October to reset. š
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