| Hi Friend!
OMG - I am still stunned...and so excited!
As I shared with you when we chatted, I offered an experimental 7-Day Message Matrix Retreat in April.
For many years, I'd been facilitating a 3-Day retreat for messengers, during which we would uncover the core message, unearth a unique brand, and then begin to structure the it. When it was over, I would take everything that we had excavated home with me and complete the map/matrix.
And then it would be time to start writing... and for many clients, it was just so difficult to get started!
So, the experiment was based on this question:
If I worked with them for 7 days,
could I get them the Matrix AND help them write a model chapter
(or script for a signature talk or course),
so that they could see it's not as hard as the mind makes it out to be... and maybe take some momentum home with them?
Well, the results absolutely shocked me! Seriously, I walked around dazed for a week after this retreat, in complete awe of what was accomplished...
Two of the three ladies completed their Introductions and 5 chapters while they were on site. And as I write this, they have both completed 1/2 of their books just a few weeks later. The other participant completed her Introduction and first chapter, and fleshed out her signature talk. And now, she's absolutely in love with her newly branded message and her writing time. AMAZING!
And just to be clear, these were not "easy" messages! One woman was writing about her experience of being groomed and molested by a mentor in high school, which is why I caught my breath when she said, "You know what? I'm having fun!"
What?!?!?!
So, you can see why I can't wait to do this again, right?
Just a Matrix and a Chapter would be a WIN,
but how much more is possible for YOU?
Summer is always a little tricky for the Mommy Messengers, so I've got two possible dates that will work for me to host this in Portland. Actually, I'm planning to host it in a cabin at the foot of Mt. Hood, which has some incredibly beautiful high vibe vortex energy to it. Who knows what might happen with that type of energetic support! :)
Please let me know which one works best for you, and if you could do either.
June 3 - 9, 2017 or July 8 - 14, 2017
The other bit of feedback the messengers gave me was that I should double my price for this retreat, but I'm going to honor what I told you before raising my prices in the Fall. We'll just call it another experiment -- to verify the results of the first one!
Let's get that Message Magic moving!
p.s. In Their Own Words...
“I thought I was going to leave the retreat with my book written because I was a good writer and I totally had my story down. Ummm...wrong! Ha ha! This experience was the safe space I needed to admit that I didn’t have my story or message totally 'baked' and to rework my approach to it. Amanda helped me retell my story, so that I could see common themes and emphasize the nuances that I may have missed (and did!).
I now know how to write to engage a reader and share a message. I know how to write in an authentic voice. I know how to tell a story. The best part about working with Amanda at the retreat was the immediate feedback: Write. Send. Revise. Write. Send. Revise. Repeat.
Plus, there were so many personal a-has and breakthroughs that would NOT have occurred without this experience! I am now cranking on my book and so incredibly excited for the future. And I'm having fun!
I 100% recommend this experience for ANYONE who is struggling to write a book or create a message AND to anyone who thinks they have their shit together...because without Amanda, you don't.”
Abby Walker
Founder, VivianLou.com
“When I met Amanda, I had just experienced a major trigger to my story, and the book was just a ‘What if?’ Talking to Amanda made me realize I really could write a book and that she had all the knowledge and tools to help me. BUT what I really needed was her heart, and the safe space she creates at these events.
I came to the retreat with some content done, but it didn't read like the GOOD book that I wanted it to be. I was lost in the details. I couldn't see the overall brand that came from/with the book or hear my voice in the writing. Plus, I was feeling pressure to rebrand my business with something that would tie everything I’m doing together. It felt like I couldn’t move forward without that big picture and over arching theme, and Amanda nailed it. I am so clear now, and motivated and inspired.
I can SEE the GOOD book now, and I know with her help, I WILL write it and it will be powerful and well-written, and kick all kinds of ass. At the retreat, I wrote 5 chapters and the Introduction, and I know HOW to write the rest of it powerfully.
Amanda hears your story, processes the most important parts (not to her, but to YOU and your reader), and then spits it back out at you in the form YOU need to see it to move forward. She sees the journey and the message on a level that you might not be able to because you are so IN IT.”
Torey Ivanic
Founder, Open Space
“I had started to write a book because that is what I was told to do: Just write. So I had started and stopped because the message was not clear. I probably have 5000 pages of ramblings and many files called ‘The Book’ on my computer and notepads. Even though I felt like there was this thing in me – words and thoughts that need to reach others – ‘just writing’ did not work. This dream was just that: a dream. With bevies of not knowing the why, what, and how, the fire was extinguished. Yet in the middle of the night, wakeup calls came often: “Why are you not writing?” Excuses flooded my brain and told me it was okay to do it later, or maybe never.
I came to the retreat because after a conversation, I knew that Amanda cares about me and my message, that she holds a bigger vision of me, and that she could guide me to whatever it was that I was missing. And I was right. She has helped me to solidify my platform by bringing the speaking and the book into alignment with my purpose on the planet and the vision I have for creating change.
People will tell you the ‘how to’ of writing a book BUT unless there if form, structure, meaning, and the belief that God sent you here to be a messenger (the spiritual part), the rest is meaningless. Although I didn't believe in the divine intervention and the woo-woo title of the retreat, it’s true that she has the magic to make the intangible tangible.
Since the retreat, I write regularly and love it, and the written word translates directly to the spoken word. I now have the plan, the book outline, and a good start with the Introduction and first chapter, so all I need to do is write.”
Mary Schmid
Speaker, Currency of Trust
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