Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...
When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life...
When we listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other...
and it is this little creative fountain inside us that begins to spring and cast up new thoughts and unexpected laughter and wisdom....
Well, it is when people really listen to us, with quiet facinated attention,
that the little fountain begins to work again, to accelerate in the most surprising way. 

Brenda Ueland

Mini-Retreats: Your TIme and Space for Review and Renewal

Mini-retreats, which will take place at Martina's Mews in Kitchener, Ontario, offer you a safe and sacred space in which your transformative process can unfold fully in its own time and rhythm. You have the luxury of treating yourself to explorations and discoveries that take more time than brief one-hour appointments. You receive my undivided attention and presence for however long you have scheduled your retreat - between ONE and THREE days.

You are in charge of setting the agenda for your retreat, which we can revisit often and revise as we go along. I will support you in attaining your goals while I hold the space for you, set and maintain safe and healthy boundaries, and listen to the silence between your words just as intently and intensely as to your words.

To listen another’s soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another. – Douglas Steere

When might you wish to arrange a mini-retreat?

A) When you are longing for space and spaciousness to review your life and explore means for renewal.

B) A mini-retreat might be ideal for you if you are looking to work on a larger framework for your life, either personal or professional.

C) You might prefer uninterrupted longer periods of time rather than one-hour appointments to create the desired shifts in your life and find the solutions you are seeking.

D) You are from out of town, province or country and would prefer to work in person rather than over the phone.

E) You simply want to treat yourself well by looking after yourself and your needs in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere.

F) You desire an array of practical tools with which you can continue to help yourself after the retreat.

Schedule, Meals and Accommodation

We can structure the day according to your needs, including start and end times each day, lunch and snack breaks or other breaks as you require them.

There are two lovely Bed & Breakfasts within a five-minute driving distance (20-30 min walk) that include a most substantial breakfast and personal as well as personable service. You will find hotels and an array of restaurants (for dinner) close to Martina's Mews, where the Mini-Retreats take place. 

Cost

The cost will depend on the exact arrangements we are making. However, it will be a package price at a much reduced rate (less than half) from the regular hourly rate for appointments.

What's the difference between a Mini-Retreat and an Intensive?

It's more a question of semantics, a different way of looking at the same idea. Therefore, everything written above applies to the Intensives.

Perhaps the term 'Intensive' addresses more correctly the one-day arrangements as, most likely, there won't be an overnight stay involved and the leisure that's associated with being pampered by others preparing meals for you and making your bed.

For more information on what my coaching entails as well as other alternatives, you may wish to visit the One-to-One Coaching and the Small Group Coaching.