Gateless Academy Luminary Spotlight

About the Session

When Terri Trespicio came to her first Gateless Writing Retreat, though she had a successful career as a media insider, and her work on the global stage had influenced millions of viewers, she was deep in the hold of a “CEO” in her mind, and simply couldn’t find her way to the book she wanted to write. Some call this the inner critic. Terri wasn’t even sure how to begin or what the book was about. As she began to work in the Gateless method, she learned an incredibly powerful secret to finishing the rough draft that very few writers have come to understand. 

In this not-to-be-missed session, Suzanne and Terri will map out the steps to not only start the raw draft, but to take it over the finish line. You will leave this call with an insider’s insights on how to see the blank page as your key to a bigger life. This includes the little-known brain science on how to move past writer’s block, how to harness writing prompts, the real way to silence the critic within, and how to refocus when life interrupts your plan to get the work done. 

Join her and Suzanne on September 18, at 4:00 pm ET (REGISTER HERE) as she talks about the process of creating the rough draft that became a book that garnered the attention of one of the very best agents in the industry, sold to a major publisher and got picked up by the Today Show for launch day.

About Terri Trespicio

Terri Trespicio is a three-time Gateless Academy alum, a Gateless-trained teacher, an award-winning writer, speaker, brand advisor, and author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life that Matters to You. Terri’s TEDx talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion,” has surpassed eight million views, and Hubspot named her in the article “These 19 Female Motivational Speakers Are Killing It” as the number two speaker (Oprah was number eight). Creative Boom magazine also highlighted Terri as one of the world’s leading creatives.

A former magazine editor and radio host at Martha Stewart, Terri has appeared on the Today Show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, The Martha Stewart Show and The Anderson Cooper Show. Her work has been featured in Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, Prevention, Business Insider, Forbes.com, and Inc.com. Certified in the Gateless method for capturing creative genius, she leads workshops and retreats all over the country to help professionals of all stripes take their stories and ideas from page to stage and beyond.

Unfollow Your Passion is A. MUST. READ for anyone looking for a more meaningful life. Compelling, funny, and actionable, no motivation required. ~ Mel Robbins, international best-selling author of The 5 Second Rule and The High 5 Habit

About Suzanne Kingsbury, Founder, Gateless Writing 

Suzanne Kingsbury is the founder of Gateless Writing, a worldwide literary arts organization based on the principles of ancient Zen and creative brain science. Gateless Retreats, the Gateless Academy, the Gateless Teacher Training and her personal mentorship have been catalysts for writers who have found themselves on bestseller lists, represented by New York’s most coveted literary agencies, acquired by the bastions of publishing and profiled by the largest media outlets in the world.

Suzanne was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in her mid-twenties to study Buddhism in Sri Lanka, where she found the link between meditation, creative writing and neuroplasticity. In her late twenties, Suzanne was invited to study novel writing with Frank Conroy, then the director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, who encouraged her to quit her job and commit her life to writing. She went on to win the Oxford Town Fiction Prize, and her first two novels were published by Scribner, reached bestseller status, were translated widely abroad and optioned for film.

Suzanne received her MFA in Creative Writing and the Literary Arts at Bennington College where she studied the confluence of ancient Zen and creative brain science and created Gateless Writing, a method and a movement that pushes through creative blocks to a landscape of unprecedented creative genius, and helps writers reach the zenith of their power on the page. Suzanne’s work has been profiled in The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone (European edition), People Magazine, O Magazine, Ms. Magazine and many more.

She lives and works on the coast of Connecticut and runs Gateless Teacher Trainings and Retreats for writers all over the world. She considers her home anywhere that Gateless Writers live and write.