In Laura’s Words

I write to shine a light on a dim or otherwise pitch black corner…to provide relief for myself and others. It’s the light that I am looking for. And the wonder it illuminates.
May my words land in your heart.

yours, Laura

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I’m Moving my Writings to Substack

You’ve been wandering through the archives of my heart—years of ink and inquiry gathered here like driftwood from a long, steady tide. It is a beautiful thing to look back at where we’ve been, but I’d love for us to step into the “now” together. I’m moving the conversation over to Substack, a space where we can breathe a bit more deeply and engage in the real-time rhythm of our lives. If you’ve found a home in these words, I invite you to join me there; let’s continue this practice of seeking, truth-telling, and finding our way home to ourselves, one post at a time.

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Holiday Haven: Musings on Comfort and Joy

Now Booking Haven Writing Retreats 2018 You do NOT have to be a writer to come– just a seeker who loves the written word, and trusts the power of the wilderness of our Montana Haven to inspire the wilderness of your unique mind!  Come find your voice this February… ...

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To Teach

My next Haven Retreat is a rare event in Boston after the MA Conference for Women. If you seek a deeper relationship with your creative self-expression...come!  Here's the info. I had a personal day today. I wrote. I rode a bike around Tubac, Arizona where I just lead...

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9/11– The Survivor Tree

As featured on the front page of the Huffington Post 50 on 9/11/13 I'll admit it: I have been afraid to go to Ground Zero. Since 9/11/01 I've probably been to New York City ten times. I have no excuse but just what I've said-- Fear. Fear of what? The horror? Empathy?...

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Garden Haven

Come with me on an adventure of a lifetime! Haven Retreats in Montana: email me:  laura@lauramunsonauthor.com August 7th-11th (just a few spots left) September 4th-8th (now booking) September 18th-22nd (full with wait list) This year, a miracle occurred in my garden. ...

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Maybe I Understand Grace Now

Now Booking the fall Haven Writing Retreats in Montana: September 18-22(a few spots left) September 25-29 (a few spots left) Come find your voice in the woods of Montana...and return home new. Go here for more info, and to set up a call with Laura to learn...

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Five Nice Things

It’s 3:00 in the morning and for some reason I can’t sleep.  That never happens to me.  There is so much going on in my mind that I just have to write it out and then hopefully get back to bed.  My dear friend Jennifer Schelter said something to me yesterday that has...

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Re-charge. Re-purpose. Re-dux.

Feed your creativity in Montana at one of my upcoming Haven Writing Retreats August 7th-11th (Now Booking) September 4th-8th (Now Booking) September 18th-22nd (Now Booking) I'm sitting in my bed this fine rainy May Sunday morning in Montana, listening to the robins...

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Lee and Me– Those We Love Most!

I have found that writers are generous with one another.  We have to be.  Generally speaking, our families and friends think we're half-a- bubble-off-level for devoting our lives to the written word, and our editors and agents and publicity people (if we have them)...

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Thank God!

Retreat in Big Sky Beauty!  Haven Writing Retreats:  June 19th-23rd (Full) August 7th-11th (Now Booking) September 4th-8th (Now Booking) September 18th-22nd (Now Booking) I've noticed something lately that I wish I'd noticed a long time ago.  Maybe if I'd been...

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The Glamorous Writing Life

So I wanted to be a published author. For A LONG TIME. I used to go to bookstores and hear writers speak and put my head in my hands and pray to God that I could just have the bravery to ask that one question. In fact, I would sweat that question the whole reading....

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