Join us for a Retreat Experience!
Oak Island, NC
Join us May 8-11, 2025
YOU are invited to join us for 3 nights + 3 days of community, healing, laughter and {hard} work.
YOU are worth healing FULLY.
The Details:
Check in at approximately 4pm, local time on Thursday, May 8th.
All meals prepared by Chef Anna Masteller, dietary accommodations welcome.
We will deep dive into foundational pieces of the process in large group sessions to include grief work, navigating triggers, identity, boundaries, story work, appreciating the impact of trauma and what to do about it, how to heal relationally and how to heal when he won’t do the work.
Deeper connection via small group break outs facilitated by the RLW team.
Solo Time to work on specific exercises.
Live worship led by Jen Kreitzer of the RLW Team.
Swag.
Healing walks on the beach.
Yoga on the beach.
Checkout is Sunday, May 11th at approximately 10am. (Please note that Sunday May 11th is Mother’s Day.)
We want to shower you with love, care and attention so you are poised to take the necessary steps to heal at the retreat as well as after.
Deep Dive into these Four main categories:
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Your Story
We will start our time together by deep diving into your story. Connecting with your story fully and identifying the painful parts of your past will serve as the gateway to healing. In addition, you will learn strategies to help your brain and your body heal from trauma.
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Grief
Next we will focus on grief and strategies you can use to move through the grief. We will also dig into fully understanding what sexual integrity issues are all about. They are NOT about anything you lack, and all about his pain points from the past.
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Triggers + Trauma
Oftentimes triggers own us. We will teach you what is happening when we are triggered from a neurological perspective and then help you use your triggers to further your healing. You will leave with an action plan to take back your power and own your healing.
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Boundaries
And finally, we will make sure you leave with an action plan for detachment, identifying your limits and asking for what you need. In addition, we will show you what it looks like to implement boundaries to help gain protection and find clarity.
What People Are Saying
Just step out of your comfort zone and go!!! Seriously, push past and just show up you will be so happy you did! I drove from 12+ hours away and was completely out of my comfort zone, never been away from my family but once I was in the house and meeting the ladies it was wonderful! Also the leaders will treat you like they have known you for years! The hope I came back with and all the tools to use to heal and calm myself are so worth it all!!!!
— Retreat Attendee
Stepping into the unknown was a necessary discomfort in order to take another step forward towards healing. I was very nervous to be vulnerable and open up my story to “strangers”, but in doing so I found comfort and a new community of women to encourage me, empower me, and walk with me on this hard and often lonely road. I was so blessed by this experience.
— Retreat Attendee
The ability to connect with women who are experiencing what you are and who have walked the same path is vital to thriving in this process. Connecting and learning to continually reach out is life saving. It was a time of rest, calm, and peace that I needed in the midst of a storm. I was able to take my eyes off of my own pain and see others and be inspired by their strength, resilience, and hope. If you look at things in terms of wants and needs, this retreat is a need. Go.
— Retreat Attendee
I walked in feeling lonely and nervous. I walked out feeling supported and courageous. Take a step of faith and sign up for a Redemptive Living Retreat! I didn't realize how much I needed time with other women who understand the road I've been traveling and I'm willing to bet you need the same thing! It was a time of learning, rest, and healing that I will be forever grateful for.— Retreat Attendant
— Cassie
There is something incredibly healing about having a tangible expression of God's love poured out over you for several days. I came home refreshed and ready to take the very needed next steps in my own healing journey as well as set healthy boundaries with my husband. I would highly encourage anyone considering attending to go! It will exceed your hopes :)
— Rheanna
If you are in need of a safe, loving space to heal from betrayal trauma, this is the place! There is no need to take another step forward in this journey alone. Shelley and her team are loving, welcoming, and compassionate and you will find a room full of women who get it. The environment lends itself to healing through learning about trauma, our bodies' response to trauma, boundaries, secure self attachment, grief, etc. and also through connection with others who are experiencing the same thing. I left feeling empowered and also with a handful of new friends to walk the journey alongside me.
— Maggie
I wrote this during my quiet time in the morning on our last day:
My Truth-
I am seen. My true inner God given beauty and design has been seen and lifted up and held gently. My inner most parts have received healing. I feel mended, stitched up delicately with such care and tenderness. I am encouraged and motivated to become who God has been calling me to be. I am an Ezer. I am an unashamed warrior of God.
The gratitude I have for what this retreat has offered me will never be fully expressed on this side of heaven.
— LeeAnn
There really aren't words to express my gratitude for these days of connecting, grieving... healing. I had no idea what to expect walking in and I was met with the most exquisite tenderness. My life at home often feels like I'm stealing recovery time in 30 min segments and then wrapping my heart back in its protective covering to get back to life. Here, I finally felt able to let it lie open and in the safety of so many dear women felt the pieces begin to be knit back together.
— Kendall
Just do it! Do it for yourself. No matter how much you think you have worked on recovery, thought about boundaries, sought wise counsel, etc. etc., this takes all of that to a whole new level. Just to be away from one's daily situations and soak in the teaching and the relationships with other women walking this challenging road is incredibly healing and restorative. You will feel so loved and validated, and you'll be so glad you went.
— Kathy
In Loving Memory of
Amy Garcia
Redemptive Living Coach & Champion of Women.
Amy was passionate about RLW Retreats. The Amy Garcia Scholarship Fund helps send more women to retreats and experience healing. Amy’s family selects two scholarship recipients to receive the Amy Garcia Scholarship Fund for every retreat. We are so grateful to honor her legacy in this way.
Ticket prices: $2275 if pay in full, $2400 for the payment plan. (This does not include transportation to and from the beach house.)
Oak Island, NC | May 8-11
Closest airports to fly into include: Myrtle Beach (MYR) and Wilmington (ILM)
Spots: 22 participants (2-4 of those will receive scholarship assistance)
After we receive your application, we will send a confirmation email within 48-72 hours. We will be in touch within a week or two with acceptance except for those that need a scholarship. The timeline to select the scholarship recipients is closer to 4-5 weeks.