Retreats Archives - Carmell Clark

14 Dec

“Hati… hati”

By Carmell Clark
In Adventurous Self, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity
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| LOCATION: in the garden at my bungalow in Amed, Bali overlooking the Java Sea | “Slowly… slowly.” They tell me this in Bahasa with careful caring eyes as I “jalan jalan”–journey. It is significantly more work to cultivate and practice simplicity than it is to “acquire and fill...

26 Nov

Relocation

By Carmell Clark
In Adventure, Adventurous Self, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: Lying on a bench in the Starbuck’s in Chiangi Singapore Airport waiting for 7 am | As I prepared to be out of the country again for several months with the loosest of plans, I kept feeling the pull to stay home. “Your bed is SO comfortable…...

23 Nov

Detour

By Carmell Clark
In 1 Clear Thing, Adventurous Self, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: My cozy flat in the Lower Avenues, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | I just got a voice text from my dear client and friend on the road who hit I-15 closures out of St George, Utah on her way to Thanksgiving the next day. Taking the...

20 Oct

A Year That Answered

By Carmell Clark
In Forgiveness, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: Alive and happy on the corner of 3rd and N Street | Six years ago. Moments like this saved my life. It’s a simple picture with the biggest loss of my life happening like a raging underground river barely beneath a very thin surface. We think we...

30 Sep

Kindness Never Runs Late

By Carmell Clark
In Adventure, Adventurous Self, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Relocation, Retreats, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: Sitting in utter relief waiting for United Flight 632 at? | Arrived just in time at JFK, looking for the United terminal… There is no United terminal at JFK. But there is at LaGuardia. A terrified and frantic taxi ride later, I checked in one minute late...

28 Jan

WARNING: Carmell’s 2015

By Carmell Clark
In 1 Clear Thing, Adventure, Adventurous Self, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: Looking down at the Black Sea from 36,000 feet, flying from Indonesia back to U.S. after 3 months away. | VISION. I’ve been staying in Amed. A quiet hardly-touristed village on the upper eastern coast of Bali as 2015 ended. I like to look at my year not...

25 Nov

Guilt Kills Gratitude and Self Respect

By Carmell Clark
In Emotional Blackmail, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: My cozy flat in the Lower Avenues, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | I had an incredible session with a dear client this morning (the eve of Thanksgiving) and we spoke about her amazing Respect List: a list of personal statements that deeply affirmed and empowered her respect...

24 Jul

Hummingirl Jane

By Carmell Clark
In Adventure, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: …relocated | I told the universe, “I’m DONE.” And I meant it. I had had an unexpected and painful parting of ways with a new love interest who was also an old friend. My 3-year relationship before that had ended only a few months earlier like the last...

05 Mar

Meaning of Life

By Carmell Clark
In 1 Clear Thing, Adventure, Adventurous Self, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Simplicity, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: At the counter in the Kitchen of My Life, asking “What’s for dinner?” | When people talk about answering the question of why they’re here, it always sounds like we expect it to be one thing. Like, “I’m here to have dinner. Once I decide on, prepare, and...

31 Oct

Adventures Are Not For the Faint of Heart

By Carmell Clark
In Adventure, Adventurous Self, Gratitude, Independence, LifeArtist™, Location Independence, Minimalist, Reinvention, Relocation, Retreats, Strong Women
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| LOCATION: On a cliff terrace facing the night storm over the Mediterranean, Vernazza, Italy | I sat out on the quay today writing in the sun, for hours. I knew the storm was coming. The town was only half open–half alive, as though it knew to prepare for something...