The Next Chapter: Reclaim Your Creative Voice after 45

Sale Price: £295.00 Original Price: £345.00

8-week live small group Zoom writing class
Jan 17th-Mar 7th 2027 4-6 pm GMT
Write your next chapter in 2027. Created specifically for women in midlife and beyond who want to make more space for creativity, reconnect with their voice and explore new possibilities on the page.

8-week live small group Zoom writing class
Jan 17th-Mar 7th 2027 4-6 pm GMT
Write your next chapter in 2027. Created specifically for women in midlife and beyond who want to make more space for creativity, reconnect with their voice and explore new possibilities on the page.

About this course

Have you put creativity on pause because you haven’t had the time or space to write?

Do you lack confidence in yourself as a writer?

Do you want to write but are unsure how to start? Do you worry that it’s too late, that you missed the boat? Would you like to write but don’t quite know where to begin?

Do you want to discover or recover your creative voice?

Come and join me in the Next Chapter. This is an 8‑week live Zoom writing class created specifically for women in midlife and beyond who want to make more space for creativity, reconnect with their voice and explore new possibilities on the page.

Whether you’re just starting out, developing a writing project or returning to writing after a long gap, this course offers a warm, encouraging space in which to reflect, experiment and begin again.

In this class, you are met wherever you are in your writing journey. I will support you to build confidence, develop new work and deepen your creative practice. The weekly live two-hour sessions combine generative prompts for creative writing, including memoir and personal narrative. There is time for discussion, reflection and shared writing. Together, we create a thoughtful and sustaining community in which new ideas can percolate and take shape.

The class size is intentionally small, fostering a true writing community of women while allowing for individual attention and tailored tutor feedback. There will be some generative writing assignments outside class. 

Whatever you want to write, and whatever you are called to say, there is a space here for you. I invite you to join me and discover the bold and beautiful possibilities of your next chapter.


You will gain

  • a sense of reignited imagination and replenished energy

  • a body of new writing and creative material to build from, including autobiography, poetry, prose and memoir

  • renewed creative vitality and authorial confidence

  • tools and techniques to strengthen your craft and help you kick-start your creative process beyond the class

  • a deeper awareness of your creative process, what blocks it and how to navigate it

  • a clearer understanding of your voice — and the courage to use it structured tutor feedback and support for your writing goals going forward

  • connection to a convivial group of fellow creative Queenagers


Pricing

8-week live Zoom writing course

Two-hour sessions per week.

A Zoom link will be sent out after booking. If you don’t receive a link email me.

Class runs from 17th Jan - 7th March 4-6 pm GMT .


Course details

Standard £345

Early bird £295

Bursary* £245

A limited number of supported places are available for those who would not otherwise be able to access this course. Book a discovery call or email me to enquire.

Testimonials and photos from Next Chapter retreat in South West France in 2026 produced by CreativeBody Institute.

To discuss whether this course is right for you, book a free discovery call.

  • ‘Dr Helen teaches from exquisite transformation and eloquent passion. She inspires a palette of prompts and embodied presence that fills our cups of creativity. You will be the change you seek.’

    Dr Kirstie MacDonald Scott

  • ‘Helen taught me self-confidence in my body of work, in my labour of love and in my artistic freedom. Helen is a playful yet focused teacher, and her vital empathy in class prompted me to continue my writing with joy.’

    Silke Schurack

  • ‘Helen is a gifted teacher who sees you for who you are as a writer. She supported me in finding my best writing practices and in helping me gain the confidence to see myself as a writer who has something unique to say.’

    Catherine Grise

  • ‘I spent a week on one of Helen’s writing retreats, The Next Chapter. She is a wonderful teacher: inspiring and supportive. Her creativity and dedication inform her lessons in a way that scoops you up and makes you believe that you can do it!’

    Jill Booth

  • ‘I could not have imagined the incredible transformation that Helen’s coaching would afford me, not only as a writer, but as a 60-something year old woman navigating this (still) very patriarchal world.  As women of a certain age, I'm keenly aware that most of us have spent a lifetime giving away pieces of our ourselves to our families, our lovers, friends and partners, our jobs and our communities. It's difficult to write well when you are not whole. Helen guides us back to a wholeness that, once seen, cannot be unseen. And it is there, at that crossroads, that your writing will take root.’

    Christine Buckley