Presented by Sharon Charde
We women need time carved from our busy lives, away from the anguish and overload the world tosses at us daily, the men, children, and jobs that pull at us for response and care. I believe my retreats offer this oasis, providing a nourishing community for slowing down, telling our stories, taking risks in writing we would never take alone. Responding to prompts, we will move our pens fast across notebooks and pads, with relief that there is no critical feedback, only focused attention and deep acceptance. Writing from the heart and not the head, we find pieces of ourselves and our lives that often surprise us with their vividness and energy.
$305 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH BATH
$275 | PRIVATE BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH
$235 | SHARED BEDROOM WITH HALL BATH
$185 | COMMUTER
We’re honored to offer scholarship opportunities to programs and retreats, creating opportunities for everyone. Please call (860) 567-3163 to find out more.
The health and safety of our guests and staff are of paramount importance to us. We follow the COVID-19 guidelines provided by the State of Connecticut and the CDC. If Wisdom House is forced to close to comply with the guidelines issued by the State of Connecticut or the CDC, we will return all funds received to date.
Sharon Charde practiced family therapy for twenty-five years as a licensed professional counselor and has led writing groups for women since 1992. She has won numerous poetry awards, has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, and has been nominated ten times for the Pushcart award. The BBC adapted her work for an hour-long radio broadcast in June 2012, and she has seven published collections of poetry, the latest in September 2021, “The Glass is Already Broken,” from Blue Light Press.
From 1999 to 2016, she volunteered at a residential treatment facility teaching poetry to adjudicated young women, creating a collaborative group with a local private school for eleven of those years, and her memoir about that work, “I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent,” was published by Mango in 2020. Charde has been awarded fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, MacDowell, Ucross Foundation and The Corporation of Yaddo. She lives in Lakeville, Connecticut with her husband John.
Visit her website: https://www.sharoncharde.com/about