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April 16, 2022 · Retreats & Hospitality · Quality 8/10

We are at our best when we take time out from our busy lives to enjoy a supportive, positive communal experience.

Just completed a wonderful five week run of hosting five straight week long retreats at my Bliss Island and Bliss Villa properties. So many laughs, fun activities, great food, tasty cocktails, thought provoking content, transformational commitments, vulnerable shares and goosebump moments. And that doesn’t even count the many whale, turtle, rainbow and dolphin sightings. Pure joy for five straight weeks!

I have learned much from the 30+ retreats I have hosted over the last four years, but none more than this: We are at our best when we take time out from our busy lives to enjoy a supportive, positive communal experience. We come alive when we can safely share our dreams, hopes and desires with people that cheer us on. We are at our best when we vulnerably identify our limiting beliefs and shed them to grow and make an impact. We get to recalibrate, redirect and reinvent our lives, which can swerve wildly out of control without this kind of pause. Of this, I am convinced. The evidence is irrefutable to me.

Key lesson: We are at our best when we take time out to share dreams in a supportive, positive communal experience.

Summary: After five straight weeks of retreats: we are at our best when we pause together and recalibrate.