Presented by Beyond Stillness: Stories After Stroke

Renew and Connect: A Transformative Caregiver Retreat Series

About This Event

Overview:

Join our six-week virtual retreat series to transform your care partnering journey. Rediscover your core values, trust your inner voice, and establish healthy boundaries. Enhance your communication skills and deepen connections with fellow care partners/caregivers. Reflect on your growth and celebrate achievements in a supportive community. Sign up to empower yourself and elevate your care partnering experience!

Who:

Adults who act as care partners/caregivers and support for a loved one who has survived a stroke or traumatic brain injury.

When and Where:

Connect via Zoom 3-5pm PST on Tuesdays beginning Sept. 24th and concluding Oct. 29th.

Themes by Week:

Reconnect with Your Purpose: Rediscover the deeper purpose in your care partner role and set a meaningful foundation for the weeks ahead.

Trust Your Truth: Embrace your inner voice by exploring how to honor your own insights. Build confidence in your authentic decisions and care partnering approach.

Set Your Boundaries: Practice techniques to establish healthy boundaries to ensure balance while creating space for your own soul to shine.

Open Your Communication: Enhance your communication skills to build better understanding and deepen relationships with those you care for and fellow retreat participants.

Find Joy in the Journey: Learn practical ways to uncover and maintain moments of joy and satisfaction in your care partner role, even amidst challenges.

Honor Your Growth: Reflect on your personal journey, share your insights and achievements, and celebrate the progress made throughout the retreat series.

Midweek Connection:

Participants will connect with a fellow care partner/caregiver between classes to check in and reflect on how the retreat content shows up in their daily lives.

Weekly Retreat Flow:

1.) Moment of Pause
2.) Opening Engagement
3.) Content Presentation
4.) Reflective Exercise
5.) Group Discussion
6.) Practical Application
7.) Closing Ceremony

About the Facilitator:

Throughout the past twenty years, Molly has organized and facilitated over 200 retreats worldwide, and now she’s creating dedicated space for stroke survivors and their care partners/caregivers. As a stroke survivor herself, this focus is a natural fit. Her gatherings offer deep reflection, supportive community, and a nurturing environment essential for navigating the challenges of care partnering. In Beyond Stillness gatherings, participants are truly seen, heard, and empowered on their journey.

Cost:

As a way to honor equal accessibility, we offer a sliding-scale.

$300 USD - One participant
$500 USD - Co-Sponsor (pays for you and part of another)
$600 USD - Sponsor (pays for you and another)
$150 USD - Partial Scholarship*
Full Scholarship*

* Based on Availability. Apply for a scholarship by emailing Beyond Stillness (info@beyondstillness.org) with a paragraph about why you believe it’s important to participate in this retreat at this time.

About This Event

Overview:

Join our six-week virtual retreat series to transform your care partnering journey. Rediscover your core values, trust your inner voice, and establish healthy boundaries. Enhance your communication skills and deepen connections with fellow care partners/caregivers. Reflect on your growth and celebrate achievements in a supportive community. Sign up to empower yourself and elevate your care partnering experience!

Who:

Adults who act as care partners/caregivers and support for a loved one who has survived a stroke or traumatic brain injury.

When and Where:

Connect via Zoom 3-5pm PST on Tuesdays beginning Sept. 24th and concluding Oct. 29th.

Themes by Week:

Reconnect with Your Purpose: Rediscover the deeper purpose in your care partner role and set a meaningful foundation for the weeks ahead.

Trust Your Truth: Embrace your inner voice by exploring how to honor your own insights. Build confidence in your authentic decisions and care partnering approach.

Set Your Boundaries: Practice techniques to establish healthy boundaries to ensure balance while creating space for your own soul to shine.

Open Your Communication: Enhance your communication skills to build better understanding and deepen relationships with those you care for and fellow retreat participants.

Find Joy in the Journey: Learn practical ways to uncover and maintain moments of joy and satisfaction in your care partner role, even amidst challenges.

Honor Your Growth: Reflect on your personal journey, share your insights and achievements, and celebrate the progress made throughout the retreat series.

Midweek Connection:

Participants will connect with a fellow care partner/caregiver between classes to check in and reflect on how the retreat content shows up in their daily lives.

Weekly Retreat Flow:

1.) Moment of Pause
2.) Opening Engagement
3.) Content Presentation
4.) Reflective Exercise
5.) Group Discussion
6.) Practical Application
7.) Closing Ceremony

About the Facilitator:

Throughout the past twenty years, Molly has organized and facilitated over 200 retreats worldwide, and now she’s creating dedicated space for stroke survivors and their care partners/caregivers. As a stroke survivor herself, this focus is a natural fit. Her gatherings offer deep reflection, supportive community, and a nurturing environment essential for navigating the challenges of care partnering. In Beyond Stillness gatherings, participants are truly seen, heard, and empowered on their journey.

Cost:

As a way to honor equal accessibility, we offer a sliding-scale.

$300 USD - One participant
$500 USD - Co-Sponsor (pays for you and part of another)
$600 USD - Sponsor (pays for you and another)
$150 USD - Partial Scholarship*
Full Scholarship*

* Based on Availability. Apply for a scholarship by emailing Beyond Stillness (info@beyondstillness.org) with a paragraph about why you believe it’s important to participate in this retreat at this time.