This true story is about a gentle, determined outsider who through compassion and determination to do good, restores our faith in human nature.

Brick Walls and Broken Systems is a moving account of profound compassion in action. This is a complex and candid portrait of a woman who never took ‘no’ for an answer.

The story of one woman’s determination and the life-changing power of kindness.

Annie’s soft, soulful authentic self provides the perfect synthesis for the writer’s unique voice to take flight.

The time spent writing with Annie (and other like-minded people) is simultaneously challenging and soothing. I find I reach places that I had no idea were concealed under the general business of everyday life. It becomes pure ‘flow’ – very therapeutic indeed. I love it!

I don’t aspire to be a published writer, but in retirement I found I really missed the pleasure and satisfaction I’d previously experienced writing creatively in the workplace. Annie’s Writing for Wellbeing course provided me with the support and direction to experiment with and develop my writing skills.  I now attend Annie’s Sunday Writing Group and continue to appreciate Annie’s enthusiasm and encouragement. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who finds pleasure in putting words on paper.

Sometimes my emotions seem locked away, just out of my reach; I’m aware of their presence but I can’t identify them. Annie’s Writing for Well Being classes have provided a safe space for my pen and I to discover hidden places within, sometimes exciting, and at other times achingly raw, but always within the circle of her wisdom and encouragement.

Loaded with a pen and a paper, we gather under Annie’s literature or personal offerings, from which we create mosaic-like texts of beauty, understanding, emotion, sincerity, humility, and often old hushed courage. With our precious differences, she helps us build a piece of time that will stay in us, a piece of peace, to walk on lightly into our lives.

I arrived on Sunday morning wondering what I had got myself into. Writing… oh my, was I crazy? Annie gently took us through the two hours, which went far too quickly. Her confidence in us, and encouragement enabled me to share. I wasn’t going to share but found it very healing. I highly recommend writing for wellbeing with Annie. I will be back!