Six Stories to Unlock Your Life

A 7 hour reflective *online* writing retreat on Saturday, July 25th
Featuring brand new stories not explored during the May retreat!

Hi friends. My name is Bobby Jo Valentine. Storytelling has been a part of my living for 15 years now. I've found that the stories we tell can be what holds us back the most, or what sets us free to live the life of joy and purpose we deserve and that the world needs. 

This May, I want to invite you to a chance to explore your own stories through writing and reflection.

July 25th, 2026, I'm leading a seven-hour online storytelling and writing experience. It's from 9:30am-4:30pm Pacific Standard Time Don't worry, there are plenty of breaks. 

We’ll explore six universal stories each one of us experiences, and how we can reshape them, with writing, imagination, and care, to reveal what good our lives might be capable of. 

Is this for writers?
YES. Walk away with more ideas for stories than you can write in a month.

Is this for non-writers willing to explore their stories and maybe fall in love with a new craft?
Also yes. If you've ever journaled, you can do it. These writing exercises are contemplative, gentle, and fun.

I’ve found that the stories we believe shape the lives we live, more than anything else. From your most believed stories about what is real and true and good, you decide who you are, what the world is like, and what you’re capable of doing on a day to day basis. When we slow down and look at those stories clearly, they soften, open, and almost always grow into better, kinder guides for our lives. 

When we don't investigate our stories, they start to author our lives. We can use reflection and gentle wisdom to unbind ourselves from limiting stories and move closer to a life where we feel loved and give love.

This is a chance to expand your life, and the art you create, through exploring and writing.

This storytelling retreat is a focused, reflective space to exercise and strengthen your inner world and your craft using your own lived experience as the writing material. I’ll share some of my own stories along the way, and a few songs, and then I’ll guide us through gentle, rich prompts, quiet writing time, and group sharing. We're keeping it to 15 folks. Invitations have just been sent out, and the last retreat filled up fast.

If you have material sitting in you that’s ready to be shaped (we all do), then I’d love to spend the day doing that with you. 

The day of the retreat is July 25th, 2026, from 9:30am to 4:30pm Pacific. 
We'll do it via Zoom. There will be breaks.

Registration is $120 for the 7 hour experience (That's less than $20 per hour!) Reserve your spot below.
Please note: If you can't afford $120, but would like to join, please click here. A few half scholarships have been made available.

I hope to see you there! Let’s write a beautiful story together in July.

-Bobby Jo

6 Stories Retreat: July 25th, 2026, 9:30-4:30p - Registration

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