Rejuvenation for your Mind, Body and Goals
Strengths-Based Coaching and Creativity Retreat
Discover your Strengths
September 24 - 26, 2021 | Idyllwild, CA
Join us in Idyllwild, California for a weekend retreat designed to help you discover your strengths, set your goals and design your action plan. Our weekend retreat will rely on the research and model provided by the CliftonStrengths assessment. Our Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths Coach, Summer Koide, will help you understand and identify your strengths, establish your Core Personal Statement, and design your Goal and Action Plan.
If you’re tired of running on autopilot, frustrated that you can’t find traction for what you want next in your life, overwhelmed by the mounting pressures of the bizarre lives we are living, then you are definitely who we have designed this program for.
Questions? Let’s talk! We’d love to learn about you and share more about this retreat.
Start with us
We don’t expect you to walk in knowing exactly what you want, although it’s okay if you do! We’re prepared to meet each retreat guest at their own personal stage of “self-discovery”.
Enjoy them extras
Expect to have some fun, too! We’ve got a hot tub on the deck for some outdoor R&R, a cabin surrounded by half an acre of pine trees if you love nature and plenty of social time together. Read more about our accommodations.
Build Community
You’ll meet other women who like you are searching for their personal path to fulfillment! Just don’t be surprised if you make some new life-long friends coming out of the weekend. It happens, and we are here for it.
COVID Considerations
We will be limiting our occupancy to ensure proper social distancing at our retreat event. Guests are required to show proof of vaccination before arrival. Our team will be vaccinated as well. Learn more
General Agenda
Day 1: Seek
Friday, 4-8
Let’s Meet! (Arrive, settle in and enjoy a mixer)
Intros and personal stories: Get to know your hosts and other retreat community members.
Intention Setting: Explore what brought you to this experience, and what you want to address during the weekend.
Dinner: Enjoy a casual dinner together. Flexible meal options available.
Day 2: Enjoy
Saturday, 8-5
Breakfast & Vision Walk: Wake up fresh and early to enjoy a nutritional breakfast and get some crisp mountain air and sunshine. (optional)
Introduction to Strengths Workshop: Learn about CliftonStrengths from our Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and gain an initial awareness of the traits and talents that make you uniquely you.
Visit to Idyllwild for lunch: Explore the quaint mountain town of Idyllwild, California. Gather for lunch and light sightseeing, or stay back and relax with a box lunch and some personal time to yourself.
Creative Workshop: Express yourself, create a personalized token to support your goal, or simply enjoy the therapeutic effects associated with mindful color therapy.
Dinner: Together with your hosts, share a satisfying meal at the Raccoon Ridge Retreat House and get comfortable for an evening of bonding, community building and laughter.
Day 3: Goal Planning
Sunday, 8-2
Breakfast & Strengths Reflection: Take in the views and the morning sunshine to reflect on the learnings you have gathered this weekend.
Goal Setting and Planning: Break down your goals into tactical action steps and set your plan for the year.
Lunch: Casual box lunch will be provided
Recap, review, retreat!
Pricing
Regular Retreat Program Price: $850 per person (plus lodging)
We would be thrilled to host close friends and besties in our rooms for those attendees with a shared history and willingness to share living space. Read all the details on our Accommodations page.
King Bedroom
$240 for two nights, up to two people
Our master bedroom has an adjoining bathroom with shower, and two large windows providing beautiful natural light.
Queen Bedroom
$170 for two nights, up to two people
Our cozy and warm queen bedroom has a comfortable queen sized bed, wooden dresser and mirror.
Twin Room
$130 for two nights, up to two people
It’s always a slumber party in the bunk bed room! This room has a desk and closet, two bunk beds, and obviously room for activities.
Join us in Idyllwild, California
"Mile-high Idyllwild" is a popular southern California mountain resort nestled in the San Jacinto mountains. Set among tall pines, sweet smelling cedars and Legendary rocks. The town has kept its "small town" atmosphere. Locally owned shops and restaurants are all you will find here. Come and experience the peace and quiet of Idyllwild.
One of Idyllwild's attractions is that it offers all four seasons, yet in winter is only an hour's drive down to the desert on the Pines to Palms Scenic Byway. It currently offers no skiing; thus "the Hill" has been minimally developed over the years and remains a center for hiking, mountain and rock climbing, and horseback riding.
Idyllwild was once the summer home for bands of Cahuilla Indians, who migrated to the area to escape the heat of lower elevation deserts. The Cahuilla's grinding slabs can still be seen in Idyllwild.
Idyllwild was listed in the 1998 book 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, by John Villani, and is home to many artists and musicians, notably drummer David Atwood of the 1970s rock group America, Bobby Womack, and Richard Halligan, a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Current PGA tour star Brendan Steele was born and raised in Idyllwild.