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Retreat to Transform Your Life: LifeCourse Experience

On the last weekend of June, we experienced the first edition of LifeCourse Experience. This short post shares my personal feelings. This time, I joined as a participant to see if the intensive format works as well as our previous one.

Life experiences often push us to our limits, leaving us feeling trapped. Suddenly, we realize that anxiety, loneliness, stress, or depression are running our daily lives. We feel like there is no way out. This is exactly where LifeCourse Experience comes in. It is a retreat to transform your life in a natural setting, surrounded by people who also seek joy and peace.

What is LifeCourse Experience and how was it born?

Since you can find plenty of information on the experience landing page, I will keep it brief. This program is the intensive version of the first module of LifeCourse Journey. Previously, we offered this in a 4×3 format (3 hours a week for 4 weeks).

The best part of this format is that it came directly from our clients’ requests. This made it very easy to create. During our interviews, they always asked: “While I figure out how to fit such an innovative program into my company, can you do it in two days? And do you offer an open program so I can send one or two people right away?” So, we decided to meet this need with a retreat to transform your life in a natural environment.

A retreat to transform your life: disconnect to connect

However, it was not all smooth sailing. We faced a major challenge: how do we maintain the program’s deep impact while reducing the learning time? The answer was clear. We placed them in nature and reshaped the program into a retreat to transform your life.

Stepping away from our usual routines and relationships signals the brain to prepare for innovation. We basically tell it: “Be open to everything because it is time to experiment.” A natural environment multiplies this effect.

Ultimately, we help participants disconnect from their daily routines to make it easier to connect with themselves.

The first of many

While we found areas for improvement (which we already applied to the second edition), the first LifeCourse Experience was a great success. As mentioned, I joined as a participant to experience this format firsthand. I still remember several powerful moments.

For example, on the second night, we sat down for a vision exercise. I felt a warm, welcoming connection among us, even though we had met just two days prior. I also remember sharing our inner dialogues. The power of those messages, combined with everyone’s respectful silence, was incredible. We had fun at every meal and shared a genuine curiosity to know each other. One night, we gazed at the stars and spoke with the innocence of our inner child. We also faced the mental blocks that arose against the program’s powerful message… 

Retreat to transform your life: future editions

In short, we took home many deep human memories beyond the curriculum itself. This proves that this highly requested format really works. However, we noticed that certain life situations make this program even more impactful:

  • If you have faced an unexpected personal or professional setback 
  • If you are in a highly stressful or fast-changing work environment that prevents you from pausing to gain perspective
  • If you feel lost in life and do not know what to do next
  • If you feel exhausted, discouraged, or irritable lately, and do not understand why you keep facing the same patterns
  • If you love personal and professional growth
  • If you want to give yourself a gift for your mental and emotional health

This program provides valuable tools to help you reconnect with your true self. Write to us if you want to join the next LifeCourse Experience retreat and transform your life.

Autor

Javi Vidal

Equipo editorial de WHI Institute.