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Day 1 (Saturday)– Arrive in Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque’s name means “white oak” an appropriate symbol as the gateway to some of America’s most unique and beautiful landscape and history.  Typically used to construct oak barrels for aging wine, the white oak is also an appropriate analogy as a container for personal transformation.  Plan to arrive any time on this day, and if you arrive early enough, take in Albuquerque’s museums and “old town” or hike one of the three local canyons with over 700 petroglyphs carved onto rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 years ago. Also, be sure to try one of New Mexico’s favorite hatch chile dishes while you’re here.

The retreat will begin at 8am the next morning.

Tonight we are staying in Albuquerque at a hotel near the airport.

Day 2 

Morning educational sessions are about creating a brave space to do the heartfelt work of this retreat. along with a deep dive into gratitude.  We leave Albuquerque after our breakfast together and travel to our hotel in Santa Fe via a comfortable passenger van where we will meet for our afternoon retreat educational session on the power of relationships and mindset on our lives.  That evening we will have dinner together near the Santa Fe Plaza, a National Historic Landmark.

Tonight we check into the Inn of the Governors where we’ll be staying all week while in Santa Fe. A made-to-order breakfast is included.

Day 3

Morning educational sessions will be on creating space in our busy life – how to get clear on our values and set boundaries and allow for a new story of meaning and purpose to arise. Beautiful and mysterious Bandelier National Park with its ancient Pueblo ruins and waterfall is on our agenda today following our morning breakfast and session.  Travel the Pueblo Loop trail and peer into long abandoned houses and ceremonial kivas while gazing at petroglyphs before climbing the wooden ladders to the ceremonial Alcove House 140 feet above the canyon floor.  Then wander along Falls Trail through pine trees and past tent rocks to arrive at the Frijole Creek waterfall.  Here there is evidence of human habitation going back 11,000 years.

Tonight we will stay at the Inn of the Governors in Santa Fe. Breakfast included.

Day 4

Morning educational sessions will focus on perfectionism, grief and forgiveness.  Today we’ll travel to Ghost Ranch following our morning sessions. Ghost Ranch is a special place. Artist Georgia O’Keefe made her home there and painted much of the countryside.  Ghost Ranch’s multicolored canyons and cliffs are also home to quarries where you can get up close and personal with the Triassic dinosaur, Coelophysis.  This unique place offers several marvelous trails from which to choose.

Tonight we will stay at the Inn of the Governors in Santa Fe. Breakfast included.

Day 5

Morning educational sessions will use clearness committees to focus on how to create the life you desire. Next, we’ll travel to Pecos National Historic Park where you will walk trails through the ancient city of Cicuye (Pecos) Pueblo, known as the “village of 500 warriors.” Here you may descend into kivas, or ceremonial pits, and catch a glimpse of Native American spirituality. The most dominant feature is the remains of the Spanish Mission, Nuestra Senora de los Angeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos, a 17 th century standing, but long abandoned mission. Pecos was visited by the famous, and infamous, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in 1540.

Next, back in Santa Fe, those wanting to stretch their culture muscles will have an opportunity to visit the popular Meow Wolf, an underground art collective. Self-described as a “living being,” Meow Wolf is comprised of the talents of hundreds of artists and storytellers from all over who collaboratively create new immersive worlds to explore. As an alternate plan, you may choose instead to visit museums in the Santa Fe downtown area such as Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, and New Mexico History Museum to create your own immersive art experience.

Tonight we will stay at the Inn of the Governors in Santa Fe. Breakfast included.

Day 6 

Morning educational sessions will focus on transitions and continue to hone the vision for your new life with more meaning, purpose, and joy.  This morning, after our breakfast and morning session, we will be hiking on one of the area’s favorite trails in the foothills over Santa Fe.  The Chamisa trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back trail offering amazing views of both the surrounding wilderness and the city of Santa Fe.  You will take in gorgeous pines and look over the valleys below.  Back home you’ll have time to enjoy the late afternoon in Santa Fe. Consider walking the famous “artist” street of Canyon Road.

Tonight, we’ll be having a special celebratory dinner together.

Tonight we will stay at the Inn of the Governors in Santa Fe. Breakfast and Dinner included

Day 7 (Friday)

We’ll have a final morning session to equip you to go home and implement the changes you desire, then drive to Albuquerque. The drive will take one hour. We will arrive back at the airport by 11:30am.  The Annual Albuquerque Balloon Festival starts this day, and we strongly suggest extending your stay for a couple more days to take in this iconic bucket list event. Saturday will be the day of Mass Ascensions where over 500 hot air balloons will fill the skies starting at sunrise!  Check it out here: https://balloonfiesta.com

FACILITATORS

 

Corey Martin is a Yale-trained family physician driven to change the delivery of healthcare and improve the mental and physical health of our communities.  He is a founder of Innovations in Resilience and the Bounce Back Project, practicing private group physician, Bush Fellow, and consultant to many healthcare and educational organizations in their response to clinician burnout.  Driven to do this work by the loss of two colleagues and friends, Corey strives to create an environment of opportunity in which all of us can do the deep, heartfelt work of changing the way we show up and interact in each other’s lives.  One of the ways he does this is by facilitating resilience retreats across the United States and throughout the world.  He is both a Certified Daring Way Facilitator and Center for Courage and Renewal Facilitator in training and facilitates workshops based on the work of Brené Brown and Parker Palmer. In his free time, he enjoys working on his farm that he has recently turned into an event center.  He lives in Buffalo, MN with his wife and three daughters.  He is a recovering perfectionist and an aspiring “good enoughist”.

Don Drew is a professor and scholar with over 20 years expertise in the field of human enterprise development. His goal is to help others learn to thrive despite personal or career crisis or burnout. Don has experienced a lot of loss during his life and brings a special awareness to others experiencing grief of all kinds. He is a partner in re/MIND LLC, an organization designed to help others find personal meaning, integration, navigation, and development, and is certified as a Three Vital Questions (3VQ) trainer. He is also an adventurer having served a career in the military, traveling to over 50 countries, and being certified as an underwater rescue diver. These days his activities are more limited to cycling and hiking. He is the Merrick Award winner for teaching excellence and holds two master’s degrees in human Relations and Theology, and a doctorate in Education. Don lives in Edmond, OK with his wife Christy, and is the proud father or “Poppy” to 14 others. He is all about finding peace for himself and others.

Christy Vincent is a communication specialist with years of experience in organization development and conflict management. She coaches individuals to increase their interpersonal effectiveness by supporting them as they identify and create the outcomes they desire. She accomplishes this by bringing openness, acceptance, and curiosity to her coaching sessions. Christy is certified to administer several assessments designed to increase clients’ self-awareness, and she is an ACE Certified Coach and a Three Vital Questions (3VQ) facilitator. She has a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University School of Law. Christy is also an award-winning university professor. Her life’s work has been spent helping people to bring the best of who they are to what they do every day. She and her husband Don live in Oklahoma with a wonderful group of “yours” and “mine” who have become “ours” children and grandchildren.

 

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Please Note: This itinerary may change slightly due to accommodation availability, rain, festivals and spontaneous side trips. This is not an endurance race, nor a competition. Please be respectful of all the different paces and walks of life that come together on this group trip

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