Showing Up Is Enough: Reflections from the Retreat

Sheryl and Victoria reflect on their experiences of Sheryl's first-ever in-person retreat: Another Way. For five days, nestled in a Colorado valley, the retreatants engaged in dream work and rituals; practiced council; moved mindfully; and connected to creativity.

Inside a circle of compassion and wisdom, tears and laughter flowed with ease. A web of deep, healing connection was woven--invisible threads of love that now stretch across continents and oceans.

In this conversation, Sheryl and Victoria share the guiding principles of the retreat, emphasizing gentleness, safety, and empowerment; dispel myths about what a retreat experience "should" look like; and explore how, no matter what, showing up with an open heart is more than enough.

References:

"Another Way" Gathering Gold episode

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Jenny Odell

Animal Spirit Deck, Kim Kranz

Projective identification dreamwork, Jeremy Taylor

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