Since 2012, I have had the great honor of facilitating women's recovery retreats on a beach in Mexico. Several times a year, for seven days and seven nights, twenty-two women come together to heal, grow, and celebrate our recovery journeys.
The weeks are filled with laughter, tears, beach walks, yoga, and the most fabulous food. There's magic in the days of sun, sand, and sea that open with gatherings on the beach as the sun rises and close with an evening sharing circle.
The women who attend are indeed a privileged lot, and they recognize that, but they too have traumas and heartache and yearn for connection with like-hearted souls. I love watching women remember or learn for the first time what it feels like to practice radical self-care, to be reminded that they deserve recovery and that they deserve such a nurturing, sacred pause.
I love knowing that each one will return home renewed and passionate about her recovery, many with a new desire to help grow the recovery movement. I hope that you can join us one day or have a similar experience.
The guacamole is to die for. We all deserve to be cared for, instead of being the caregiver, occasionally.