"I am a strong woman because a strong woman raised me." -- Unknown
What if you and your daughter could reconnect and grow closer?
What if you and your mother could deepen your bond as adult women?
What if you had quality time together that was fun, transformative, and full of opportunities to develop healthy habits?
What if you could create a LEGACY and soar together?
Welcome to Mothers and Daughters on Purpose: A Retreat for Intentional Connection
There is nothing like a mother/daughter relationship. You cherish every moment, you adore each other, and sometimes, you are at odds. You repeat patterns you swore you wouldn’t do. You want to teach your daughter to do life differently, but you don’t always know how. You want your mother to grow and expand.
Mothers teach their daughters to be strong, and in turn, daughters enable their mothers to expand and grow. Together, mothers and daughters create a legacy for generations to come. The key is to create a powerful, beautiful relationship that elevates both women.
The mother daughter relationship is scientifically proven to be the strongest of all multigenerational relationships. Our brain science is the closest to each other genetically, linking us emotionally in an extremely unique way.
Mothers and daughters influence each other in positive and negative ways over the course of a lifetime. You want your daughter to be independent, but it’s hard to let go. You want her to love herself, but you struggle with it yourself. You want your mother to know you appreciate her, but the words are hard to find.
This Mother/Daughter retreat will give you the safe space, support, and tools to empower your relationship to thrive!
In Mothers and Daughters on Purpose: A Retreat for Intentional Connection, you will:
- Learn new ways to connect more positively in a relaxed, supportive, and empowering setting.
- Improve communication by learning tools that empower both of you.
- Learn to identify each others’ gifts and build upon proven, strengths-based tools to strengthen your relationship
- Each identify fears, hopes, and desires, and understand how to use your common ground and uniqueness to become closer.
- Learn how to flip negative self-talk and support each other in doing the same.
- Discover the power in recognizing your own vulnerability and joy in sharing vulnerability with each other.
- Learn and create cues to strengthen sensitivity to each other and compassion for self.
- Use group, experiential, mindful, and communicative techniques to strengthen your relationship.
This retreat promises to be transformative for the mother/daughter relationship in ways you may have never even imagined!
Mothers and Daughters on Purpose: A Retreat for Intentional Connection is the first of its kind experience for mothers and daughters of varying generations to connect, bond, and transform together. Whether you are a 45 year old mother with a 16 year old daughter, or a 30 year old daughter with a 70 year old mother, this retreat will allow you to explore and elevate your relationship! As a mother/daughter pair, you'll identify and celebrate your individual and collective strengths, you'll learn communication tools to take your relationship to the next level, and you'll heal generations of patterns. Plus, we will be a community of strong women, learning from each other and laughing together! You will join mothers and daughters, ages 15 to 85, to play, expand and grow together! Your facilitators, Carin Rockind, Crystl Murray-Mills, and Alissa Lapidus have more than forty years of combined service in women's coaching and counseling. Together, you are getting expert guidance from world-class experts in positive psychology (the science of human flourishing), positive parenting, grief counseling, school counseling, and relationship dynamics. Join us for this experience of a lifetime!
Retreat Agenda:
Friday, May 3
- Arrival between 3 - 5 pm
- Dinner 6 - 7 pm
- Retreat center orientation 7 - 7:20
- Evening gathering 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Saturday, May 4
- Meditation and yoga 6 – 7 am
- Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30 am
- Morning Sessions 8:30 am - noon
- Lunch noon – 1 pm
- Afternoon Sessions 1 – 6 pm
- Dinner 6 - 7 pm
Sunday, May 5
- Meditation and yoga 6 – 7 am
- Breakfast 7:30 – 8:30 am
- Morning Sessions 8:30 am - noon
- Lunch noon – 1 pm
Join us in beautiful Boone, North Carolina, at The Art of Living Retreat Center, a tranquil sanctuary set amidst 380 acres of pristine forest high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Delicious and wholesome vegetarian meals are served buffet-style three times a day, from the fresh flavors of their mountain-top vegetable garden to the color and fragrance of Indian cuisine. Note: To enhance the deep work to be done, the retreat center is alcohol-free.
Plan to arrive between 3 and 5 pm on Friday, and get settled into your room and relax. We'll meet at dinner at 6:00 in the dining hall, and after dinner we'll have our evening gathering.
Saturday we'll wake up to meditation and yoga, followed by a nourishing breakfast. We’ll then dive into fun, transformative exercises such as identifying strengths, hopes and desires and understanding core beliefs before a nutritious lunch. After lunch, we’ll meet again as a group to dive into deep exercises such as learning positive, healing communication techniques, and creating your combined legacy, and then we will enjoy a healthy dinner together.
Sunday morning, you’ll again have morning mediation and yoga, followed by a delicious breakfast and our final session together. We'll conclude before lunch, which is also included.
This retreat is open to mother/daughter pairs ranging in age from 15 – 85. Our collective power will be in the multi-generational expanse of diverse women present!
What is included:
- 2 nights accommodation at the retreat center.* All rooms have a private bathroom.
- 6 healthy, nutritious, vegetarian meals (gluten free and vegan options are available)
- Coaching and support from three expert therapists/coaches
- Tools and techniques to use for a lifetime
- Customized worksheets for use at the retreat and afterwards
- A renewed and strengthened bond with your mother and/or daughter
Getting There:
Travel to the retreat center is not included. If you will be flying in for the retreat, you will most likely fly into Charlotte. The two recommended options for getting to the retreat center are renting a car from the airport or using Hickory Hop shuttle service. If you rent a car, the drive is about two hours. Hickory Hop shuttles leave 5 times a day from the airport in Charlotte, stopping at the Hickory airport and continuing to the retreat center. They leave Charlotte at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 1:30 pm, 4:30 pm, and 7:30 pm, although you would want one of the three earlier shuttles in order to arrive by dinner. The total trip with Hickory Hop is 2.5 hours. Hickory Hop shuttles leave the retreat center on Sunday at 7 am, 10 am, 1 pm, 4 pm, and 7 pm. The cost for the shuttle is $90 one-way and $160 round trip.
*Note: You may upgrade to a luxury hotel-style room for an additional fee.
There is nothing as powerful as mother's love, and nothing as healing as a child's soul. – Unknown
Statistically, twice as many women are depressed as men, and sadly, this discrepancy begins as teens. Women and girls face different issues than men, including daily hormonal changes throughout the monthly cycle, and throughout a woman’s life. Girls and women care more what others think, we ruminate more on the negative, we are under pressure to be perfect in every area of life, and we are at war with our bodies. According to Dove, 80% of American women dislike their bodies. According to Glamour magazine, 97% of American women are critical towards their bodies at least once a day.
A mother’s self-love and self-worth is the greatest influence on her daughter’s self-love and self-worth. A mother’s ability to follow her heart is the greatest influence on her daughter following her heart.
It isn’t what we say – it’s what they see us do.
And as we become adults, daughters can greatly influence their mothers. As we expand, grow, and elevate, we can support our mothers in doing the same.
This mother/daughter retreat is the experience of a lifetime to heal, strengthen, and create a healthy powerful bond that lasts a lifetime and changes the trajectory of empowerment for generations of women to come!
About Your Facilitators
Investment
We know that your relationship with your daughter and/or your mother is precious and we're honored to support you. Your investment for the retreat activities, guidance, coaching, support and tools is $750 per person. To encourage you to sign up sooner rather than later, we're offering an Early Bird Discount: $620 if you register before March 15!
Plus, 2 nights lodging and 6 meals are $379 per person for the weekend.
The retreat center requires a minimum of 24 confirmed registrants by April 1. To hold your spot please make a deposit of $250 per person ASAP. This deposit will be fully refunded if the minimum of 24 registrants is not met by April 1. Once we receive 24 registrations, the remainder of the payment will be due by April 10. To place your deposit, click the button below.
A daughter is a woman who eventually grows up to be her own person with her own legacy, and who is her mother’s pride and best friend.