• Spark your creative leadership

    A rejuvenating retreat series that reconnects you with yourself and anchors you back into your purpose.

  • Stop and rest — You matter more

    Are you ready to unlock your true nature and channel it into your next chapter?

On retreat in Petaluma, 2022

Why sign up:

  • You're overwhelmed. You are barely getting through each day, family and pandemic are pulling you in many directions, your focus is fragmented and your impact reduced.

  • Your creativity feels shelved. You are aware that your best ideas are not flowing at the moment, and haven’t for a while.

  • You miss simplicity. You yearn for freedom and flexibility in your days, connection with self and purpose and a sense of ease in your work. You know everything else will flow from that, if you could just make the time.

  • You’d like to elevate your game. You want to be recognized as the leader you know you can be, but it’s unclear when you’re going to deep dive on yourself.

  • RECLAIM & RECALIBRATE: 4-MONTH PROGRAM

    A 4-month experiential journey where you will unwind, paint, journal and engage in proven leadership exercises that will help you break through whatever is holding you back so you can be happier and more effective.

    In this 3-part retreat series, we will integrate nature, art, personal reflection, mindfulness and movement. Each retreat has a different focus and you will travel through a process of recalibrating your current life and work life. The retreats are designed to build on one another, each with a different “element”, culminating in “Create the future”.

What we will do

Clear out the old and take command of your life

We will come together as a group at relaxing and rural private ranch in Petaluma, California (40 min north of San Francisco.) You will reconnect with yourself, your purpose, and your work vision. You will decompress and experience profound shifts in root perspective, identify and release limiting mindsets and beliefs. The experience will help you reset and focus is on what’s most important to you.

We will use art, journaling, reflection exercises and nature itself to help us dream into and then begin to realize our new future. No art experience necessary! All materials are provided. This is about reconnecting with child-like play and creativity to discover insights. The retreats include group learning and solo art and reflection time in nature.

2022 Retreat group at a private ranch in Petaluma, where in-person retreats are held

  • Reaching our desired destination.

    “We have collaborated with Elizabeth for two offsite annual team retreats, each three-days long, involving outdoor activities and wildlife, group dialogue and workshops, and one-on-one staff assessments. She is a thought partner and creative curator from conception to execution of intensive, results-oriented retreats. Well-positioned to support systems transformation, her expertise and approach are an alchemy of compassion, purpose, empathy, and pragmatism. Her unique ability to build trust and connection with every member of our team has empowered colleagues to tackle courageous conversations, deepened the commitment to our shared endeavors, and challenged leadership to embody their most authentic selves to cultivate deeper connections with others. Whether your organization or company is young and still ramping up, or seasoned and at an inflection point --- Elizabeth will help you navigate and reach your desired destination.” -C.M.L.

  • Elizabeth is the shepherd for this journey and has a keen way of pulling at your threads along the way.

    “A clever listener with a kind and well trained soul, Elizabeth made the process of clearing away blockages, discovering purpose, and developing a practice simple and accessible. The experience at the ranch was inspiring and the touch points between retreats, one-on-one coaching with Elizabeth, and connections made with other participants formed a strong alliance for progress. From the awe inspiring views and nature retreat that is the private ranch down to the incredible food and supportive staff I can't say enough about what Elizabeth has created with this program. If anyone needs a catalyst for their transformation, this program is that spark and Elizabeth is that firebrand.” - T.T.

  • This program has taught me to always continue to find myself.

    “As I have grown and challenged myself these past 4 months, you have given me the tools to help me grow.

    Through learning how to have difficult conversations, visioning my future, and understanding as human beings we want to be challenged, all of that and more has helped me grow to communicate better with myself and others.

    I'm very appreciative of the time we spent together and the community you built to remind us to all slow down and take the journey day by day.” - N.P.

  • I feel transformed to walk in the light instead of being afraid in the dark.

    “When I began {the program} I felt I had lost myself. Throughout ‘The Journey’ I delved deep to discover what was holding me back and with the warm network of support from Elizabeth and my cultivated community of fellow travelers, I feel transformed to walk in the light instead of being afraid in the dark.

    I’m very grateful for this experience. You have an amazing gift Elizabeth and it was wonderful to experience it.” - A.M.

  • It was amazing to feel and see what flowed out when I paused the self talk and simply created!

    The program provided me with a powerful, intentional space to declutter my mind, center my body and allow for free and purposeful imagining of what could be, and how I could focus my own journey on getting there. Like many, I don't consider myself 'creative' and it was amazing to feel and see what flowed out when I paused the self talk and simply created!” - A.K.

  • I woke up this morning with a new sense of purpose.

    “I woke up this morning with a renewed or new sense of my purpose. I can do this. The peacefulness of it is drawing me in, the relief creates a beautiful sigh, and the heaviness is lifting. I can listen to my heart and trust that it will be OK. I can trust my intuition, it speaks to me.

    Elizabeth had some amazing words about how we sometimes put up barriers when we have a goal. It can be based on fear or the idea of control or the idea that others control our destiny. When she said ‘there’s nothing stopping us from doing it now’ I felt truth and inspiration in those words. I will keep them as my mantra as I continue this journey.” - A.D.

Retreat elements

 
 

ENLIVEN YOUR PURPOSE

We begin with focusing on shedding layers of stress, reconnecting with self, nature and creativity. We will anchor into our personal purpose and determine how closely we are living it now, as well as begin to understand our unique gifts as well as mindsets and behaviors that are currently holding us back.

 
 

CONNECT & CLEAR

We will work on courage and trust in self and others, acknowledging what we need to release to propel ourselves into our new future. We will be setting powerful intentions for new directions.

 
 

CREATE THE FUTURE

We will nourish and cultivate a vision for a new life, work life approach or passion project. You will have energy and exuberance to distill into your creative ideas for the future, and we will both practically and ambitiously make space for this in your life.

What you will get out of this experience

  • Reconnection to personal purpose

  • Confidence in yourself, deeper authenticity in your leadership

  • Greater self awareness

  • An opportunity to reconnect with your creativity and explore your intuition

  • Personality integration (executive, creative, change maker, community member)

  • A set of tools to help you stay on track

Is this personal or professional development?

It is both.

Many participants’ employers sponsor them joining this program as part of their professional development, and others come on their own as part of their personal work.

Ready to embark on your journey?

Take the next step in cultivating and creating the future you truly desire. Through proven practices and tools to keep you on track, you’ll reconnect with yourself and enliven your purpose. It’s time to stop and rest — you matter more.