Awaken Your
Joy Potential

Are you one of those people who saw the photos from past Awakening Your Joy Potential retreats and watched the video and then thought to yourself “this retreat definitely isn’t for people like me!” 😉

If you think this retreat is simply for those who are naturally outgoing, have an easy time stretching outside of their comfort zones, laugh all the time, or who walk around waving colorful flags in the air, rest assured, this retreat is also for people who are terrified by the thought of spending a weekend with others while focusing on happiness.

In fact, attending this retreat was outside the comfort zone of many who have come. Like you, they were scared, felt shy, and had no idea what was ahead. I’m sure it seemed easier just to say “next time, I’ll sign up.” But they decided to be more committed to true happiness and inner fulfillment than those fears.

In so many moments in life, we have a choice: stay where we are, in the illusion of “comfort” and think it’s somehow “easier” or realize our fears are directing us to the very things we need more of in our lives and trusting that, as we face those fears, they disappear and, on the other side of our fears, are the very things we’ve been longing to experience.

It’s much easier than you think! The hardest part is actually signing up. 🙂 Once you arrive, you will be held and guided every step of the way, can totally relax and enjoy the journey, and you will be awakening joy right alongside others who totally get it — more than you can imagine.

The people who feel the most joy and are most fully alive are the ones continually leaning into their fears. They are more committed to what’s possible than where they currently are. And it all happens in these kinds of moments, these decisions we make — to give our power to LOVE over fear.

If this retreat can serve you, I hope you’ll say yes to YOU. We will be there awaiting you with wide open arms and hearts the moment you arrive.
And if your life isn’t better by the time you leave Sunday, just let us know, and we will give you a full refund. We truly want this to be of service to you.

So much loving gratitude and cheers to you as you say YES to what you, deep down, really want.

Not in the least! We have many radiant souls who have attended. Joyful people regularly do things to inspire and replenish themselves and are continually growing and learning. You will likely feel validated by some of what we’ll be doing (“hey, I do that!”) and will also feel deeply inspired and illuminated by other new concepts and experiential processes uniquely designed to orient your mind, heart, body, and spirit evermore fully to joy. Plus, we have lots and lots of fun, and you will get to meet amazing new friends.

Of course! You will be wholeheartedly embraced and honored exactly as you are. And I can say with near certainty, you will feel renewed hope and lightness when you leave Sunday evening, filled up with new possibilities for your life. In fact, I offer a 100% refund for anyone who attends and doesn’t feel more joy by the time they leave. We’ve got you.

Authentic inner happiness makes space for all of your feelings. We will explore how to be with all of your emotions in ways that, ultimately, expand your capacity for greater joy, love, and aliveness. Happiness and joy are in no way about living in denial. In fact, we light up even more of our brain when we are in a positive state. There is plentiful research showing how joy makes us more resilient, better equipped to see solutions, more productive and effective, more energized, and healthier in mind, body, heart, and spirit — so we have increased capacity to tend to our lives, families, communities, and world.

Sometimes in life we need to unplug from everyday life and fully immerse ourselves in a focused and elevated environment to interrupt patterns, actually do the work, and make the biggest shifts.

At the retreat, you will delight in incredibly fun, one-of-a-kind, and transformative exercises, so you not only think differently but feel differently too.

These are experiential processes I only share in this weekend immersion, and there is a profound difference between being here live and simply reading something on your own.

At the retreat, you get the best of all worlds because you will both learn concrete tools and techniques (and bring home a guidebook to revisit for years to come), and you will also experience an incomparable energetic high of gathering with others to collectively unleash joy.

Plus, you will meet amazing new friends and return to life incredibly replenished and renewed.

Yes, yes, and more yes! If you are a parent, teacher, practitioner, healer, therapist, or coach, I will be sharing an abundance of concrete tools, based in Positive Psychology, for you to start implementing with clients, patients, and loved ones, helping them fulfill their own longing for more lasting happiness.

No problem whatsoever! There will be many others coming individually as well, and you will meet new friends. We simply offer this opportunity to bring a friend at a discount, as we know the joy it brings to grow together and to spread love to others. However, this is in no way required or expected.

I offer this retreat annually and, if you sign up for the buddy deal, you will simply have two tickets (one for you and one for a friend) that never expire. You can attend this time with a buddy or can save the other ticket to gift someone for a later retreat.

The retreat ends at 5:30 on both Saturday and Sunday, giving you the evening to relax in whatever way your heart desires. You will receive a variety of suggestions for places to stay if you don’t live nearby. There is a 90-minute lunch break each day, and you can either pack a lunch or enjoy a delicious lunch outing at one of the nearby restaurants. Tea will be provided.