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May 7-10

The Midlife Reset Retreat

3 nights in Big Bear

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Midlife is not an ending. It's a threshold.

This retreat is an invitation to honor the transitional energy of midlife. To rest. To reset. To gather with others who are navigating this same passage and to remember that you don't have to do it alone.

The stories we've been told about midlife - that it's a crisis, a decline, a fading, that you should shrink, settle, or step aside - aren't true. And they don't have to be yours. Shed what no longer serves you and step into what does. Reclaim your energy, your pleasure, your presence… not as you were, but as you're becoming.

What to expect.

Through guided experiences, restorative space, and shared wisdom you will reset from stress, burnout and midlife fatigue. The long weekend is designed to help you slow down, return to yourself and connect over good food. Downtime is built into every day and most offerings are optional.

❋ Intentional Structure
❋ Expert Facilitation

Led by experienced guides, you'll learn about what's actually happening in your mind and body during this transition (the fundamentals that no one bothered to teach us). You will leave with practical tools for tending to the needs your body has been whispering about and the desires you may have been too busy to hear.

We will move with intention. There will be morning movement to awaken your body. Excursions in nature. Space to rest your body. An infrared sauna to refresh and detox. Some rooms offer jacuzzi tubs for soaking.

❋ Movement
❋ Nourishing Food

All meals will be prepared from local farms with attention to what midlife bodies need. You'll explore food as both medicine and pleasure. You’ll also have an opportunity to prepare a meal together featuring easy recipes you can take home with you.

You'll be held in ritual and practice. This is not a productivity retreat. There are no action items or performance metrics here. This is about presence, resetting your system, and release so you can open space for the parts of yourself that are ready to come forward.

❋ Ritual

You’ll connect with others embracing their midlife transformation over meals, in conversation and fireside revelry, learning together in workshops, and in nature. This retreat is as much about being witnessed and held by others who understand as it is about the programming.

❋ Community

You’ll leave with…

Practices you can return to. Recipes that nourish your body. A resourced community who see you. A sense of what your midlife transition asks of you and permission to answer. And most importantly, a different story about this phase of life. One that centers your wisdom, your aliveness, and your becoming.

The Details.

Three nights in a beautiful mountain home surrounded by trees. All meals included - farm-sourced, lovingly prepared, crafted for midlife nutrition and tailored to any sensitivities or easting restrictions in the group. (alcohol & cannabis are not prohibited but will not be provided.) Access to an infrared sauna and beautiful views. Some rooms have jacuzzi tubs too. Morning movement and intentional nature outings. Curated programming with plenty of time for rest and integration.

This space is intentionally limited to preserve intimacy and care.

There's no right way to move through midlife. But there are ways that feel more honest, more nourished and more alive.

The Flow

Day One

As everyone arrives, we take time to settle in, get comfortable, and begin connecting with those around you. The journey starts here.

Arrive & Meet
Check-In

4:00 – 5:00pm

5:30-6:30pm

Opening Intention Setting
Mindful Eating Invitation  & Community Dinner

6:30-7:30pm

Fireside Chats & Smores

7:30-10:00pm

Day Two

Morning Movement: Somatic Stretch & Release

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Morning Workshop: Embracing the Midlife Transition

10:30am-12:00pm

Lunch Spread

12:30-1:30pm

Afternoon Workshop: Pleasure as a Midlife Practice (not a luxury)

2:00-3:15pm

Embodied Practice: Forest Excursion

3:15-4:00pm

Community Salon: Midlife Attunement, Hearing the Call of Your Needs

4:30-6:00pm

Community Dinner

6:30-7:30pm

Fireside Affirmations

7:30-10:00pm

Day Three

Morning Movement: Somatic Stretch & Release

8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Nature Outing: Kayaking & Picnic at the Lake

10:30am-2:00pm

Workshop: Food as Medicine (and Joy)

3:30-5:00pm

Community Dinner Prep & Recipe Sharing

5:30-6:30

Community Dinner

6:30-7:30pm

Fireside Dance Party/Singalong

7:30-10:00pm

Our final morning is about celebration, reflection and a commitment to what we are carrying forward. As we end our time together, we honor the experience, the growth, and the connections made along the way. We also leave behind what is no longer serving us.

Day Four

Sensory Feast & Community Circle

8:30-10:30am

Closing Ritual & Integration: Release, Revive, Replenish

10:30am - 11:30 am

Pack up & Packed Lunches

11:30am-12:30pm

Departure

12:30-1:30pm

  • RATES INCLUDE LODGING, MEALS, AND ALL PROGRAMMING

    King Suite + Private Bathroom + Jacuzzi:

    Inaugural Invite-Only Rate: $1995 (for two $2495) ‍ ‍

    $2,895 — Full Retreat Value

    Queen Suite + Private Bathroom:

    Inaugural Invite-Only Rate: $1895 (for two $2395) ‍

    $2695 - Full Retreat Value

    Shared Room (Queen Bed) + Shared Bathroom:

    Inaugural Invite-Only Rate: $1050 ‍

    $1850 - Full Retreat Value

    Shared Room (Twin Bed) + Shared Bathroom:‍

    Inaugural Invite-Only Rate: $995 ‍

    $1750 - Full Retreat Value

    • Rates include lodging, meals and all programming

    • Travel fees or arrangements to and from the event are not included

    • Alcohol is not included

    • Sign up and pay a 50% deposit to reserve your spot. If plans change, you can cancel up to 45 days before the retreat start date for a full refund. Cancel 30 days before retreat start date to receive a 50% refund.

    • On April 7th, the remaining 50% will be due.

  • We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive in Big Bear no later than 5pm on May 7th and depart between 12:30-1:30 pm on May 10th.

  • Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and get excited for the retreat!

    Comfortable clothes including layers for spring in the mountains encouraged. If you plan to join our nature outing, you will want an outfit that can get wet. One celebratory outfit for our closing worship workshop and photos is also encouraged. You will receive a full packing list suggestion at our retreat orientation held 2-3 weeks before the retreat start date.

How to Sign Up

*Pricing is for the inaugural retreat

For more info on rooms and rates and to book your stay >>>

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ABOUT US

Kat & Sarah will soon celebrate 20 years of friendship and queer magic making. Sarah, a certified intimacy and relationship coach, brings thousands of hours of pleasure coaching and education, helps clients access pleasure as a practice (not a luxury), deprogram shame and burnout, and build a relationship with desire. Kat, a chef and former owner of WEOP (a popular specialty coffee and brunch spot in Long Beach), combines seasonal farm-to-table and conscious food principals, locally sourced food and natural health training into her menus.

This retreat is what happens when a pleasure coach and a chef decide to create something nourishing together. We're weaving our expertise into an experience that honors the fullness of midlife: the pleasure, the transition, the nourishment, and the unlearning - and we are thrilled to share it with you.