• Rest  from the non-stop pivoting of 2020 to take stock of where you have arrived in your life to evaluate where you might like to go.
    
• Receive  support and accountability including a 1:1 implementation session to help you implement what you are learning in the retreat.  We learn best in relationships.  Counter the isolation of 2020 and regain your power.  
  
  
• Replenish  what you might have lost this year amidst the confusion, haste and disbelief.  You cannot pour from an empty vessel.  
  
  
• Reconnect  with what you value and make the space you need to pursue your priorities.  
  
  
• Rediscover  what you have to offer as a unique human being and create a message that reflects your gifts.  

We're in it together, right?  We are wired for connection and there's no better time to take advantage of support from like-minded individuals wanting to show up as themselves.  Regain your mojo with reassurance and validation.  

Welcome! I'm so excited about this retreat. For a while now, I've been wanting to give to my online community in a way that is creative and useful.
Self-care shouldn't feel like more work.

My Why. If you've found this page, you might already know a little about me. My work as a trauma therapist is to help others reconnect after experiencing loss, grief, trauma or crippling anxiety.  But I don't just help people feel better.  As a social worker, attorney and community activist, I also help people find their *raison d'etre and put it out in the world in an empowering way.  

I do this because it was ingrained in me to do so long before my professional training.  I am Queen of the Unplanned-Do-Over-While-Maintaining-Who-You-Are.

I was raised by immigrants who learned from their ancestors how to survive and thrive in community. This is my why. Having survived many natural and man-made disasters, I cannot think to do otherwise. When things go south, we band together. There's strength in numbers.

Like many others, my "why" grows dim when I am isolated from others and disconnected from the activities that I love and from familiar settings.  I'm not going to say that I love disaster or court the unexpected, but my status quo is change. 

By the time I was 18, I was living in my third country and living out possibilities that I'd been told were not likely.  Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, political upheaval, bombings and armed robbery have not stopped me from manifesting my dreams.  I've learned to find anchors that are accessible when regular landmarks and routines dissolve.

In this retreat, I'm going to share with you my strategies and skills for remaining energized, motivated and focused on my message despite opposition, unpredictability, danger or loss.

*Reason for being.  After decades of French studies, I gotta work it in when I can.

You can find out more about me in my weekly podcast Keeping Company or on Instagram.