Walk To Heal Retreats

25/11/2025

In this chat, American, Courtney Runyon and I explored the emotional links to the autoimmune condition which left her paralysed several years ago. I’m sharing it again where we talk about how she went on to walk the Camino as soon as she could walk again!

What an amazing young woman. Since we spoke…She is now a motivational speaker has appeared on TEDx and is a psychosomatic practitioner. Go Courtney! You can find her here and the full interview here
https://youtu.be/edCDN4c8LvQ?si=stnGpY9jNR9CaAfe

The people we meet….
💚
Darene

23/11/2025

22/11/2025

All we can do is our very best.
Sometimes just our best
And sometimes we fail at that too.
And that’s okay
We are fabulous and we are flawed.
It is impossible to win at everything
And please all
And it’s important to know that
This is called the human condition
And Life is full of holes that we fall into.
Life is full of the unpredictable.
Its messy, its hard, its sad and its beautiful
We have to roll with it
Or it rolls us.
We have to find the beautiful again and again

Your great supporter through change
Darene
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21/11/2025

I interviewed practitioner, Kim Brown from North Carolina, USA, five years ago.

She is a living, breathing success story for living her best life!

I just love it.

If you want to watch the full interview, it is gold:

https://wp.me/pa0dSH-ik
or find it on dareneputtergill.com under blog.

Keep reaching for your best life too!
Darene
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walktoheal somatichealing hypnotherapy

18/11/2025

“Hiking doesn’t just feel good.

It rewires how your nervous system handles stress, focus and emotion.

Even light regular hikes strengthen the hippocampus, reduce inflammation and calm the brain’s default mode network, the part responsible fo rumination.”

04/11/2025

Sometimes we just have to take a walk and we rise💚

Darene
Walking with you, making life better.

02/11/2025

My latest books - that reflect my passions!
THESE ARE THE BOOKS I LOVE READING!
We excel at things that we are NOT in resistance with.
These are the things we find EASY to do.

I’ve noticed this with experts I follow and admire. They generally can’t get enough of the things they do. It may look like they’re obsessed or “don’t have balance”. But for them the pursuit is natural, even working 18-hour days on their thing. And often when asked they say they love it. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT THEY HAD TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE TO DOING THEIR THING.

This is a trail for you and I to follow.
Why?
Because finding that thing/ those things, removing the resistance to doing it, and having something to “live for” keeps you in life’s flow.
It gives you more life!

So what is your thing? Are you doing it? Why aren’t you doing it? What’s in the way?

Your life will become infinitely more interesting in pursuit of your unique things.
And your physiology responds to your joy!
So if you know what you would love to be doing but feel resistance to doing it, this is where the gold-mining work lies.

Unburdening ourselves from limited thinking by finding the source, and then transforming it, is the walk to freedom and possibility.

Darene
Walking with you always on your storied paths, making better ones.

31/10/2025

Every so often, someone says something that takes you right back to why you do what you do. Lorraine — who has now walked with me three times — did that today when I found this in my inbox. 💛

Her words reminded me of the magic that unfolds on the Camino: the refreshment and the clarity that comes with each step, the laughter and tears shared along the way, the deep bonds that form when we walk. All these walkers become friends.

I’m endlessly grateful that I found this path and keep walking many variations of it! I get to share it with so many.

The Camino keeps calling… and every time, it brings me home again.

Darene

30/10/2025

We are looking for people who want to walk highlights of the Camino de Santiago, heal/ restore vitality and feature in a small movie!

Join us on a sacred journey of recovery, rejuvenation and reclaiming your joy over 12 days on the Camino.

Walk To Heal Retreats has been leading people on the Camino and other sacred paths since 2019, and now invites you on a debut curated healing journey. With your permission, we will mindfully be filming the unfolding of the healing journey with us.

This is a unique opportunity to boost your wellness at a never-to-be-repeated price! Be part of this unique project, receive support with your own personal healing guided by our experienced holistic practitioners who are also trauma-informed, all at a discounted rate of Australian $7500.

This is more than a healing retreat, a pilgrimage or travel. It’s a powerful combination and a celebration of life — of the woman or man who’s done the hard work, who’s ready to fill their own cup, who’s ready to breathe again.

Over 12 extraordinary days, you’ll:
✔ Let go of stress, tension, and emotional exhaustion
✔ Restore vitality through mindful walking and holistic healing practices
✔ Feel supported in a small, heart-led group
✔ Awaken your creativity, joy, and sense of purpose
✔ Reconnect to the sacred pulse of nature, spirit, and life itself

Every step becomes medicine. Every day, a reminder that your life is meant to be felt, not just managed.
This is your time — to heal, to rejuvenate, to remember the beauty of being alive.

Spaces are limited to just 10 people. May 18-29th 2026.

👉 Learn more and apply now, DM or book a chat with our team: walktohealretreats.com

📸 A previous group on a Soulful Camino

27/10/2025

📸 Letters of Annawin