A Retreat Story
“Michelle offered me several options which helped me t
o feel my retreat was unique and specifically geared to my goals for the day. Michelle greeted me when I arrived for my retreat and I immediately felt a connection. Michelle is very calm and relaxed which helped me to relax and place all my usual thoughts aside for the day. Michelle has a passion for helping others and this is obvious in the way she listens and asks questions that helped me to search my heart for my inner feelings, not just my surface-automatic feelings. I came to my retreat with the goal of grounding myself firmly within my "inner-self". The retreat was an investment. First of all the mere word "investing" held great value for me. In the two weeks leading to my retreat it was very self-assuring to me knowing that I value myself enough to make the investment and commitment (I am not one to do things for myself). I am one to be always striving to please everyone and prevent conflict for everyone so you can just imagine how fruitless, frustrating and unappreciated my life has been. The past several years I have conquered many challenges and issues in my life and I felt I had done all the hard work. I was ready to cross the threshold into my new "me"...a me who has boundaries, takes responsibility for herself-not the world, a me who is confident and a me who makes self-care a priority in my life. Although I had made tremendous headway in many areas of my life, I just felt stuck at the crossroad.
My retreat did exactly what I wanted to do, I crossed over (literally in a little ceremony thanks to Michelle's creativeness and genuine compassion) the threshold into the new me. My retreat gave me direction, hope and motivation. And yes, there were some definite signs along the way that God had a hand in our day. I am firmly rooted in who I am, I am firmly rooted in my faith, I am firmly rooted in my abilities and gifts. I have desires that I am only now for the first time even considering; spending time alone in the outdoors and pursuing my love for photography!! I need to define who I am within myself and then express that person on the outside.
Michelle's knowledge, example and compassion made my retreat a success. I am sure I had everything inside to accomplish what I did but I could never have crossed that threshold without the total security in my surrendering of my old self. Michelle gave me the security. I felt the entire day that I have known Michelle all my life. She can quickly tune into your thinking. After one day I am confident she knows me better than 90% of the family and friends I have....the environment was so nurturing that I was able to put the rest of the world aside for a day and focus on my needs, wants, and desires. Her banana bread is awesome too.I would recommend going to retreat leaving the rest of your life behind, ready to absorb all you can. Use it to just focus on you and your goals. I would recommend sharing as much of yourself with Michelle, the more she understands you the more she will know what to focus on to give you the best insight. I know the day will forever be in my memory. Just the experiences of the day, planned and unplanned set a motion for safety and change. I really truly have felt differently since our time together. The best way to describe in one word is.... calm. I feel a sense of calm that is coming from a greater feeling of peace and contentment.” –Christine Rud, MN
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