featured in the guardian | what?!

My itty bitty retreats found their way into The Guardian. The Guardian!

Coven Retreats is what I sometimes refer to as a "grassroots effort". When I crafted the fist Salem Witches Retreat, I had no business or event planning expertise to speak of. Unless my children's birthday parties count. I was simply a lonely stay-at-home-mom with one simple intention: friendship. What started as a daydream has turned into something I never imaged. I have a coven of over 80 women and counting. Ranging from their 20s into their 70s, from all walks of life. But somehow, within the walls of our shared home, it doesn’t matter how old we are or where we came from. We’re just a bunch of girls living, laughing, staying up far too late, occasionally summoning demons and—most importantly—healing.

There are more group chats then I can reasonably manage. Pregnancy announcements. Wedding invitations. Collective spell casting. Reunion trips that have taken us to the Crescent Hotel, The Stanley, New Orleans and beyond. 

Witchcraft—and the women it has brought into my life— gave me the courage to become the truest version of myself and build a life that actually feels like mine. My highest wish is to hold that space for other women.

And now, because of this feature article, more and more women can find their Coven.

Thank you, Lauren Abunassar, for seeing something special in my offerings.

It means the world to me. With love and lore,

Ashley xo

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