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Powerful Resources from 10 Years of Retreat-Leading Experience
About Darla
There are two things that have made a difference for me more than anything else on my journey to right here.
- Alignment. Aligning with my spiritual Truth has created a priceless internal freedom.
- Retreats. Connection heals and healing frees. To risk being truly seen, in a retreat community, creates permanent transformation.
Kurt Wright said, “We can only trust that part of ourselves that we have revealed to another person and had validated instead of violated.” This simple statement demonstrates why small, safe-space, truth-based retreats are such powerful tools for empowerment. Once we experience ourselves in a new way, we can’t un-know who we now are. And live retreats create experiences in a way no self-help book (or virtual program, or information-packed big event) ever could.
If you are someone who creates a safe space of non-judgement in which people can share their Truth (or people just tend to tell you stuff), or if you love to dig into the root cause of an issue to shift it at its core, you might a transformational entrepreneur and a powerful retreat leader. Join us!
Recent Posts
Rewrite your Rules to Discover your Truth
If you had to name the “rules” by which you currently live, the beliefs that you believe to be true that guide your choices, what would they be? Are they things like: Work hard to survive and be of value in life You must prove your worth Always have an expert...
Everything Educational?
I heard a story on NPR yesterday that turned my stomach a little bit... it was about society in Eastern China now that the "1 Child" rule has been in effect for some time. They talked about how each family's hope for financial success and status now rests entirely on...
Action Leads to Feedback
I said above that action leads to feedback. As a kid, we touch the stove and learn that it is hot, that is feedback. Feedback helps us to know what we want and don’t want to do. The stove example is obvious, but I found this to be an important point that we...
Do It Badly
“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly the first time.” – G.K. Chesterton I don’t know if you relate to this, but for the longest time I had never failed in life. At least not in any big or noticeable ways. Luckily, I was pretty smart so there were many things I...
Being Insignificant
In line with some of my recent posts, this goes along with the theme of not taking yourself so darn seriously. “Being Insignificant” is all about recognizing when things, and even when you, are truly not that significant. I like to say, “you are not significant, but...
What Our Judgment Can Tell Us
We talked last week about the benefits of having poor judgment. Let's look further at judgment... Judgment as a Mirror Our opinions or judgments of others are a reflection of our judgments about our self. Qualities we dislike in others either push our buttons...
Being Intentional – DECLARE IT!
What does it mean to be intentional, and why would you bother? Well, I have a program to support clients in creating a habit of being intentional. (Click to check it out!) This page/ post provides a space for YOU to DECLARE your intention! There is such POWER in...
Have Poor Judgment
Often the people I work with, those who see themselves as responsible and proactive, also pride themselves on having “good judgment.” This is also a quality that society overall says is a positive one to have. Yet I say you are much better off to “Have Poor...
Being Proactive – Blessing or Curse?
In continuing on the theme of the downside of being responsible... often when we feel responsible for everything, we are excessively proactive. I used to have proactive as one of my key strengths on my resume. I have since decided that being reactive (waiting for...
Why Being Responsible May Be the Booby-Prize
Key #3 to finding freedom and clarity may be the most difficult concept to implement for the high achievers that we are. Be Irresponsible. If you were attracted to my site and are reading this far, you have likely made responsibility your hallmark. It has gotten...
Stop justifying yourself and follow your intuitive Truth
This post is a continuation of the last one, "Be Irrational." Have you ever been inspired by someone for no logical, rational reason? They were saying something that may or may not have fit with what you currently believed to be true, yet for some reason you knew you...
Be Irrational
The second key to freedom & clarity is in being irrational... surprised? Einstein said: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind its faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." Have you ever...