What is a personal strategy retreat?
A personal strategy retreat is an opportunity to recalibrate your life, career or business, start a new chapter, tweak the plot, find a way through obstacles, tap into an inspired place filled with enthusiasm and resources—whatever it takes to point you in the direction of greater possibilities.
It creates space to align your inner motivation with your outer contribution. Otherwise, we can find ourselves playing defense, reacting to the urgency of proximate issues, stuck in drama, operating within the framework of an old narrative that may no longer fit the person we are today, or worse, drifting unconsciously.
This is great option for people who want to step away from their day-to-day and work intensively on personal visions and goals alongside a strategic guide.
If you are passionate about the path that you are already on, you might be ready to expand the horizon and take things to the next level.
If you are ready for a different path, you can form a new vision, build a plan to change directions, and create a new personal narrative.
Who it is for:
People with an inherent desire to be the creative visionaries of their own journeys, and the willingness to enter into the expansive terrain of possibilities. Those with a sense that their lives or careers can be filled with more flow and enthusiasm and less drain. Those seeking to develop their vision or make change of some sort. Business leaders, scientists, tech executives, agency professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, recent university graduates, newly retired… or anyone who is ready to reinvent and try something new.
This is a wonderful solo opportunity, or alongside a small group of your making. It is also a terrific opportunity for an organizational team with a shared mission, to develop a new navigational system, envision the next chapter, or create a legacy.
Retreat options:
Virtual retreats: Whether you choose to retreat yourself from the comfort of your own home, or a destination of your own choosing, this is a popular option for people who want to experience an expertly guided retreat with more schedule flexibility, and without the added expense of travel and its environmental impact. Typically we’d meet during a 4-day period either over a working week, or spaced out for more time in between sessions. Available year round.
Private retreats for yourself or a group of your own making, occur throughout the year in France (Bourgogne or Paris), or pop-up locations which may be closer to you. Each private retreat is customized, based on individual needs, at agreed upon dates. To learn more about private retreats (all inclusive or self-catered), send an email and we will discuss. Available year round.
Group retreats which are hosted by Julie, usually happen just once per year, at a French chateau, on an Italian private island, and other inspiring locations around the world. It is a small curated group of creative visionaries who want to explore alongside others. These group retreat are announced here, and via email, when we are accepting applications. If you want to be notified of the next retreat, please send me an email to be added to the announcement list. If you have a team or group of your own making, that you would like to retreat with, please reach out and let’s discuss the retreat framework that best fits your group’s needs.
Retreats typically include some combination of the following:
• Preparatory work prior to the retreat (optional)
•1:1 sessions, tailored to your specific situation and adjusted based on desired intensity and outcome
• All retreat content and materials :
• Framework to give you a lens for gaining insight and perspective based on the narrative structure of the Monomyth
• Prompts and exercises for solo exploration
• Conscious compassing and navigational tools to shift from threat to presence for better decision-making, based on conscious leadership principles
• A written copy of Julie’s session notes upon retreat conclusion
• 1:1 follow-up virtual session to recalibrate your roadmap (30 days post-retreat)
• Email service: If questions arise or something needs to be resolved in between sessions
Other options:
Depending on the vision, ongoing post-retreat coaching and strategic support may be available
Only for in person 1:1 retreats in Bourgogne, France: the option of chef-prepared meals and a variety of accommodations to suit individual needs.
Does this sound like something you are ready to experience for yourself?
If so, take a few minutes to fill out the retreat application. This will give us a benchmark of where things are at for you right now, and where you'd like them to be. You may be surprised to find the application process is a powerful step towards realizing your bigger vision.
Once you've completed it, you will be contacted to discuss the possibilities.
The purpose of these retreats is to:
• Hit the reset button
• Re-engage with your inner wisdom and inspiration
• Give your vision a tune-up
• Stimulate your imagination
• Step outside of your day-to-day routine in order to re-imagine your life, career, business
• Dissolve the strength of your challenges, problems and limitations
• Create a path forward with clear, actionable steps
Please come to the retreat with:
• A vision, a yearning for something more interesting to you, or specific goal
• An openness to new possibilities and alternate paths forward
• A commitment to taking full responsibility for your life
• A courageous mindset to shift your perspective and to face challenges
• A willingness to be your most honest self
• A commitment to yourself and your life as your most important project
You’ll leave with:
• A reawakening of your enthusiastic and inspired self
• A personal compass and greater awareness of your own inner voice, EQ, and BQ
• A clear picture of what will push you forward, and what will hold you back
• A larger framework for your personal narrative
• A path forward plus an action plan to get there
• Post-retreat virtual support to keep you in the zone
If you need financial assistance, and your employer’s human resource/professional development funds won’t cover the gap, please contact us. We award a limited number of partial scholarships to those whose desire to go big in life, is greater than their current financial means.
Have a specific question that isn't answered on the FAQ page?
Send it to julie@thestrategicspace.com