At Maggie’s Farm, our Creative Learning Experiences are all about curiosity, connection, and joy. Each day is designed to be relaxed, playful, and engaging: a space where you can explore new skills, express yourself creatively, and discover more about who you are. Whether it’s making drums, painting, manifesting your intentions, or connecting with our incredible animal family, every experience is infused with learning, laughter, and inspiration.
There’s no pressure, no expectations, just the opportunity to enjoy, create, and leave feeling a little lighter, brighter, and more connected to yourself and the world around you.
BRAVELY BEAUTIFUL
A Transformational Journey for Women – Know, accept and become comfortable being yourself
There comes a time in many women’s lives when something quietly calls for attention, a gentle feeling that there is more to discover, more to express, and more of ourselves waiting to be lived.
Life can become busy and demanding. Between responsibilities, expectations, and caring for others, it’s easy for our own needs and dreams to drift quietly into the background. Yet deep within every woman is an amazing strength, gentle wisdom, and a translucent light that never truly disappears, it simply waits to be acknowledged.
Bravely Beautiful is an invitation to reconnect with that part of yourself.
This journey unfolds through a series of four one-day experiences across the year, allowing time for reflection, gentle growth, and meaningful change. Each gathering builds upon the last, creating a supportive and welcoming space where women can pause, breathe, reconnect with themselves, and enjoy the process along the way.
These days are not about fixing yourself or striving for perfection. They are about rediscovering who you truly are; your confidence, your voice, your creativity, and that quiet strength that already lives within you.
Together we explore what it means to live authentically and trust our own inner guidance. Along the way there is connection, laughter, creative exploration, and the simple joy that comes from spending time with other like-hearted women in a relaxed and uplifting environment.
This is your time. A time to nurture yourself, rekindle your spark, and celebrate the beautiful woman you already are.
If you feel that gentle inner nudge for something more, more clarity, more confidence, more joy, then perhaps this is where your journey begins.
And it would be my absolute pleasure to walk alongside you.
EMERGING ESSENCE OF WOMEN
Bringing the wisdom of “Stepping Stones to Life” into experience.
Some things we can read, understand and appreciate.
And then there are those things we need to experience for ourselves.
Emerging Essence of Women was created as a series of experiential retreats inspired by the chapters and wisdom within my book, Stepping Stones to Life.
Rather than simply talking about personal growth, each retreat takes the ideas from selected chapters of the book and brings them to life through conversation, reflection, creative and interactive experiences, nature, and at times, the wonderful presence of the animals here at Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary.
Each Emerging Essence retreat is different.
One may explore change and transformation. Another may look at the importance of nurturing ourselves after years of giving to everyone else. Future experiences will continue through the themes of Stepping Stones to Life, exploring the many stages, challenges, discoveries and opportunities we encounter as we move through life.
But this isn’t a book study, and you certainly don’t need to have read the book before you come.
It’s about experiencing its wisdom rather than simply reading the words.
There will be things to think about, things to participate in, conversations to share and probably plenty to laugh about. Some experiences may offer a completely different perspective on something you’ve been carrying for years. Others may simply remind you of something about yourself that life became too busy for you to notice.
Held within the natural surroundings of Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary, these retreats offer women an opportunity to step away from everyday responsibilities for a while and give some time and attention to themselves.
There is no expectation to share anything you don’t wish to share, no pressure to have some enormous breakthrough and definitely no requirement to sit around pretending to be enlightened while surviving on lettuce leaves and moonlight!
This is personal growth as I understand it, real, grounded, sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes emotional and very often accompanied by laughter.
At the heart of Emerging Essence of Women is the understanding that our lives are continually unfolding.
We change. We learn. We stumble. We begin again. And sometimes the experiences we thought had stopped us in our tracks become the very stepping stones that take us somewhere we never expected to go.
Each retreat simply opens the next chapter.
Not only from the book but perhaps from your own life as well.
AWAKENING THE EXTRAORDINARY WITHIN
An experience in rediscovering the wonder of being fully alive.
Somewhere between growing up, becoming responsible, looking after everyone and everything, and simply getting on with life, we can forget something rather important.
Life is meant to be experienced.
Not just managed, organised, worried about, planned for or made our way through.
Experienced.
There is an extraordinary world happening around us every day, and an equally extraordinary world within us. Yet sometimes we become so accustomed to the familiar that we stop noticing either.
Awakening the Extraordinary Within is an invitation to experience life a little differently for a day.
Held within the natural surroundings of Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary, this isn’t a day of being taught how to improve yourself, nor is it about completing tasks, achieving goals or pushing yourself outside your comfort zone. It’s about becoming curious again.
Curious about what you notice. What you feel. What makes you laugh. What captures your attention. What happens when you stop trying to make something happen and simply become part of the experience.
Throughout the day, nature, animals, horses, creativity, music, conversation, laughter and the unexpected may all find their way into our time together. Not as lessons to be completed, but as experiences to be enjoyed.
There may be moments of absolute delight and others that make you see something quite ordinary through completely different eyes. A horse may remind you of the beauty of simply sharing space. Nature may invite you to notice something you’ve walked past a hundred times before. A conversation may stay with you. Something playful may remind you just how good it feels to laugh without worrying what anyone thinks. And somewhere amongst it all, you may begin noticing yourself differently too.
Your curiosity. Your imagination. Your intuition. Your creativity. Your capacity for joy, connection, courage, wonder and simply being present to your own life. Because the extraordinary within isn’t about being exceptional.
It isn’t about achieving more, becoming fearless or transforming yourself into somebody new.
It’s about awakening to the extraordinary capacity you already have to experience this wonderfully imperfect thing called life.
To notice it.
To participate in it.
To enjoy it.
To be moved by it.
And perhaps to stop waiting for something extraordinary to happen before allowing yourself to feel fully alive.
Come exactly as you are.
Bring your curiosity, leave some room for the unexpected… and let’s experience what happens.
WOMEN IN ESSENCE
Celebrating friendship, connection and the simple joy of being ourselves.
There is something rather special about women coming together, sharing stories, enjoying laughter and discovering the warmth and comfort of genuine connection.
Women in Essence has been a much-loved part of my journey for many years, bringing together women from all walks of life, each with her own experiences, wisdom, individuality and wonderful stories to share.
Held in the peaceful surroundings of Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary, these monthly gatherings offer an opportunity to step away from the busyness of everyday life and enjoy a morning of friendship, conversation, laughter and perhaps a little inspiration along the way.
There is no need to be anything other than who you are. Whether you’re feeling wonderfully confident, a little uncertain, seeking new friendships or simply looking forward to a lovely morning out, there is a place for you here.
Some mornings bring meaningful conversations and thoughtful reflections, while others are filled with humour, storytelling and plenty of laughter. Quite often, we enjoy a beautiful combination of both. And that is part of the magic of Women in Essence. Every gathering is different because every woman brings something uniquely her own.
At Maggie’s Farm, surrounded by nature and the gentle presence of our animals, we celebrate the importance of connection, kindness, acceptance and the simple pleasures that make life so worthwhile.
Women in Essence is about enjoying and celebrating the woman that you are, and sharing the company of others doing the same. Whether you have been joining us for years or are considering your very first visit, you will always be warmly welcomed. After all, some of life’s most beautiful connections begin with a simple conversation over a cuppa.
Gathering Details
When: Monthly gatherings, usually from 10.00 am until approximately 12 noonish.
Where: Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary, Dyers Crossing, NSW.
Contribution: There is no fee, however, a donation is always greatly appreciated.
Come as you are, enjoy the company, share a laugh and perhaps leave with a new friendship or two.
And you are always invited to leave your worries and stresses at the gate.
STEPPING STONES TO POSSIBILITY
Online Mini Experiences to Inspire, Empower & Reconnect
Sometimes all it takes is one small step, one new insight, or one meaningful conversation to begin seeing life a little differently.
These uplifting online mini experiences have been lovingly created as gentle introductions to the deeper journey of the Emerging Essence of Women retreats, inspired by the wisdom and themes explored throughout my book Stepping Stones to Life.
Created to be warm, relaxed, and easy to connect with from the comfort of your own home, each experience offers an opportunity to pause, breathe, reconnect, and explore simple yet powerful ideas that encourage greater self-awareness, confidence, joy, and possibility.
Together we share meaningful conversations, practical life insights, reflection, creativity, laughter, and those beautiful moments of connection that remind us we are never alone in our experiences.
These experiences are not about pressure, perfection, or heavy self-analysis. They are about rediscovering parts of yourself that may have quietly faded beneath the busyness of life; your spark, your confidence, your dreams, your voice, and your sense of purpose.
Think of them as little stepping stones… gently guiding you toward a more empowered, joyful, and authentic way of living. And perhaps, when the time feels right, toward the deeper retreat experiences still waiting to unfold.
MAGGIE’S SANCTUARY FARM ADVENTURES
A little magic, a little adventure… and a whole lot of heart
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign…”
Life has a funny way of sending us little nudges. Sometimes they appear as signs we can see, and other times they’re simply feelings, quiet invitations guiding us somewhere we didn’t even know we needed to go.
For many people, that place turns out to be Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary.
From the moment you arrive, something begins to shift. The pace slows, the air feels different, and the gentle presence of our animal family reminds you of something simple and beautiful, how good it feels just to be, without judgement or expectation.
These adventures are about stepping away from the noise of the outside world and immersing yourself in the natural rhythm of the farm. There is no pressure, no expectation, only the opportunity to explore, experience, and enjoy.
Along the way you may find yourself laughing at the cheeky antics of our goats, watching our chickens go about their surprisingly entertaining daily lives, or feeling the quiet magic that seems to surround our beautiful horses. Each interaction offers its own little moment of connection, sometimes peaceful, sometimes playful, and occasionally quite profound.
You are free to do as much or as little as you like. Wander, observe, connect, breathe deeply, or simply sit and enjoy the calm of the land.
Because Maggie’s Farm Sanctuary is more than a place to visit.
It’s a place where people often rediscover something they didn’t realise they had been missing, a sense of peace, joy, and the quiet magic of being present in the moment, along with the prevailing heartbeat of Mother Nature.
And who knows… you may just leave with a lighter heart, a bigger smile, and a few wonderful stories of your own farm adventure.
