What surprised and delighted me about this retreat really was just the power of the community that I found here and how whoever was here just seemed to reflect perfectly what I needed to work on and what I needed to hear, as well, for my own becoming and growth. It seems to attract the type of people that you learn from and you add to. 

And as an entrepreneur, your community is your wealth, I find. So what better way to facilitate that, then attending something so immersive in person, in a location that is just so inspiring and freeing. I think there's just something that happens when you're here that probably can't happen behind of a Zoom call.

I was most surprised and delighted with how raw and authentic the community just blended together so quickly, and how deep we got with each other so quickly. To me it was surprising how fast we got comfortable with each other, and I think that it just [attests] to the mentorship itself and bringing in aligned practitioners. It was just so refreshing to be in a community of women who wanted to just let it all go and let our walls all fall down, and that was the most delightful piece of this whole thing.

What surprised and delighted me about the retreat is the opportunity to become completely vulnerable with sharing not only your own personal stories, but listening to other women share their own stories, their own struggles, their own growth, and their own hopes and dreams, and knowing that your story is very similar to other women too. The connection and the community that has been created and strengthened just within the last few days is powerful, and I'm so grateful for that.

The biggest thing for me, when it came to surprise, was probably the kind of two big prominent things, which was the sound healing ceremony and the cacao ceremony, because I just really felt like that was, for me, a way of learning other ways and other cultures and just other ways to just fulfill that energetic spirit that's inside of me, and to really come into that healing that I needed. 

A huge revelation that I had as an entrepreneur throughout this whole thing is that how will you do one thing in life, whether it's personal, relationships, family, the way that you deal with your finances, how you do one thing is how you do everything. That was a huge revelation, because I had blocks in certain areas of my life, and it's just so evident how it was blocking me in my business. That was the biggest revelation I had, and it really has me looking at myself as a whole, rather than just an entrepreneur with these obstacles on the side. 

I think really just identifying some areas that were probably blocking me. Some things just like with creativity or just in how I can truly live more, like in my authentic self, especially when it comes to abundance and overflow, because I think sometimes you come into a situation not really feeling like you deserve that. And so, it really kind of helped me to know that I am worthy. I do deserve that. I do deserve abundance. I do deserve overflow. And I think sometimes the world tells us something so different. And so to have that teaching, and then to have that go from my mind to my heart was very, I don't know, inspirational. What's the word I'm looking for? Amazing.

The revelation that I have about myself is that I am more powerful than I had believed. Because of the struggles and the challenges and life circumstances that I've gone through, that has actually allowed me to become even more powerful and an even more compassionate healer. And other people have seen that within me, but it really allowed me to see it within myself. And to be able to share my stories with other women has just reemphasized and solidified that belief that I can create whatever I want to create for my personal life or my business.

I think one of the revelations that I had in the time that I was working within this retreat was that we often look at obstacles or difficulties as something hindering us from the growth, or the power for change, that we can bring as an entrepreneur. But one of the things that really struck me, and transformationally done so, was that we are able to do so much more in spite and because of those things. So, those obstacles and those things that make entrepreneurial life so difficult and challenging, are actually what brings the special sauce to what it is that we do for our clients — our ability to overcome obstacles and difficulties with them. So just looking at all of the difficulties as more of a journey towards being the best that we possibly can for ourselves and for our clients as well.

I would say if there's any hesitancy about attending the retreat, just don't be hesitant because I think the friendships that I developed here are lifelong. And just to be able to be vulnerable with people that support you and care for you and are nonjudgmental and all those things that you can really work through some of these things that I think the world doesn't really allow you to work through. So I would just say, just trust your instincts and go with it. If something's pulling you to come, to book the retreat, whatever that is, then I would just follow that gut intuition.

If you are considering attending this embodiment retreat, go for it. Don't hesitate. It is life changing, life transformative for your personal life, your business. The connections that you will develop in this retreat are top notch. They will be lifelong relationships you'll have with other women and the information that you receive and the guidance and the leadership and the love that you receive is completely out of this world. It's magical. It is not something I expected. And the transformation, not just within my business, but also my personal, my spiritual life, my relationships with others is going to be that much stronger because of this retreat. So go for it, for sure!

What I would love to say to someone, don't think, just do it, because you don't know what you're going to find here for you. I think you just have to come with an open heart to receive, because there's just so much to receive and there's so much community and wealth of knowledge and sharing of minds, it's like hive mind but amplified 10,000 times because you're immersed in it. So if you want that like really tight, immersive, intimate experience, that's just going to amplify everything that you do and set you on a very, very focused course with a lot of momentum, then you just have to immerse yourself in it. And the retreat is the best way to do that.

If you're considering to attend the retreat, it's because there's something within you that wants to be seen and heard, something within you, a layer of you, that's asking to come out, and I cannot think of a better place to meet that layer of you than in this container that Michelle and Gavin has provided. It is the most safe container to meet a different layer of you, and it's scary to meet those layers because it feels vulnerable. You may have not met it before, but this is the place to do it.