vivianne Flintoff

I have previously worked and written in my professional life as school guidance counsellor, supervisor and counsellor-educator. I am now committed to writing full time in the autobiography and memoir genre via the medium of travel. In order to sustain writing commitment, I left my home in Hamilton to live beside the sea and among the bush on the Coromandel Peninsula

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Hamilton

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492 Wyuna Bay Coromandel 3581

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Kiwi on the Camino: A Walk that Changed My Life

Kiwi on the Camino is the story of my journey along the Camino de Santiago and Camino Finisterre where I walk away from a life of being overwhelmed by physical exhaustion and emotional bankruptcy, to a life that has the freedom to experience spontaneity and creativity. The 900 kilometre walk began with the desire to take a time-out from the complexity of modern life. As I walked, accompanied by my husband, I realized I had embarked upon a spiritual adventure that required me to face up to fears and shortcomings and, at the same time, come to a place of self-compassion