Speaking and Teaching Services

Peggy Tabor Millin presents workshops and retreats by invitation at conferences, conventions, and retreat centers. Content reflects the retreats listed on this website. Length can be tailored to meet the needs of the venue. Groups up to 20 can be accommodated.

Peggy is a speaker who inspires her audience with her passion for the power of writing to change lives. Her message is appropriate for organizations of writers', women, and health care professionals. Churches and spiritual groups and art centers also find her message uplifting.

Contact her directly at info@clarityworksonline.com or by calling 828.298.3863.

Personal Statement

I founded ClarityWorks in 1996 to explore how the writing process nurtures the inner life and transforms the outer world of the writer.

As the writing groups evolved, I observed that no matter what women wrote about, whether it was truth or fiction, the writing transformed their lives. Our stories—the narrative of how we view our daily lives—have the ability to empower, heal, educate, and enlighten at deeper and deeper levels.

This experience is validated by the research of Dr. James W. Pennebaker and others showing that writing one's story enhances the immune system by releasing inhibition. Beyond this research,  I noted that the transformative power of story lies not just in the story alone, but in the sharing of it.
                 
In all of my teaching, I seek to provide a safe, supportive environment for writers to express themselves and to grow personally and in their writing. My students say they find my style nurturing, honest, and forthright.

I find that my lifetime of training and experience in neuropsychology, eastern and western religions, facilitation and training of adults, and working with Native Americans serves me well as a foundation for my teaching and writing.

I have published training manuals, magazine articles, short stories, and the nonfiction book, Mary's Way, and edited for individuals and publishers. Since adolescence, my personal writing provided the grounding for my inner exploration while writing nonfiction and fiction became my mode of creative self-expression.