Charlotte Church has admitted that she hopes to ‘ find peace ‘ now that she runs her own wellness retreat after growing up in the limelight as a singer
Singer Charlotte Church has confessed that she is trying “to find peace” and “reclaim her creativity” after her experience of growing up as a child star. The Welsh singer now runs her own wellbeing centre and works as a sound healer at the Welsh-based retreat.
Charlotte, 39, now lives a life a far cry from her days as a pop star in the noughties and has confessed to feeling like her youth was taken advantage of by the industry she was in. She said: “In my own personal journey, I found that it has been a journey of me believing in my own creativity.”
Speaking to Izzy Judd on BBC Radio 3 Unwind’s The Music & Meditation Podcast on Sunday she continued: “I think that when you get commoditised as such a young person, you know, my own creativity and artistry wasn’t really centred at all and so it was actually through setting up other things like The Dreaming [her retreat centre] that I really started to reclaim my own creativity.
She added: “But it wasn’t through music, because I had such a lot of baggage around my voice, my creativity, my songwriting, my musicianship, all of that stuff, but yes through creating other things and birthing through other things into the world it made me go ‘Ah I’m really good at this. And I really enjoy it!'”
Charlotte elaborated further as she admitted her gratitude for the life she has now found. She said:” And then that in turn fed back into the music and voice, and then I’m able to have now, so much more freedom of expression which I’m deeply grateful for. So, for me it’s a way of throwing my mind a bone. So that actually, my mind is just busy enough to give me a bit of peace in that moment. “
Charlotte set up The Dreaming at Rhydoldog House which she bought with her husband Jonathan Powell in 2021 as they created a space for paying guests to” reconnect with themselves and the natural world. “The property is based just outside the rural market town of Rhayader.
The residence boasts seven-bedrooms over three storeys and has a landing pad for a helicopter and 47 acres of land which come complete with a 200-year-old barn. The retreat has an array of activities on offer including cycling, archery and foraging as well as a hot tub, plunge pool and outdoor cinema.
Charlotte previously spoke on social media about the importance of finding peace in her life and how helping others with it is so important.
She said:” I think that more and more people are starting to understand that, you know, particularly with the internet and social media and essentially having our attention gained, and our brains sort of gained and commodified, and pumped for dopamine, and addictive pathways essentially. So we have got things moving against our seek for peace – if indeed anyone still remembers how that feels! “
Source: Mirror
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