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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
The Truth as I know it…
Welcome to today’s message and #4 in our series on the 10 Captivation Factors. As a reminder the Captivation Factors are ten principles that are fully within your power to own that will make you and your business offerings Captivating. As a retreat leader, when you...
The Connection Trend
There’s a trend you probably sense and I want you to know you’re right. I’ve got tell you I’ve always been one to sense trends. I don’t claim that a lot because I don’t view myself as a ‘trendy’ person. However even back in my corporate days, if I engaged with an...
Leaving People Behind
She had just closed a high level sale with a perfect client. She was so clear how she could serve and that the client ‘got it’ too. It was awesome! Then this happened. She added in another resource to her program on the fly. She explained again what would happen first...
Do you captivate when you lead the room?
Today I’ve decided to frame up some of the major lessons I’ve learned leading retreats (40+) for the last seven years in the format of a 10-part series of short articles pulled from a resource I’ve developed called “The 10 Core Principles That Make Up Your Captivation...
Connection Crisis: The impact for you and your business
When I first started my business I had three words that drove me. They were “Love, Freedom, and Empowerment.” Those words were such a breakthrough for me at the time because I’d been so good at NOT being loving to myself, holding myself back, and jumping in do things...
The Secret Inspiration Killer from Your Past
There’s a killer of inspiration that’s been running rampant out there lately and I need to bring it to your attention. I’ve been having conversations in the past week about what I’ve termed “The Alignment Gap,” which is that period between when you become aware that...
BEAUTIFUL DISCOMFORT: The One Thing Most Entrepreneurs Avoid That Makes Them Want to Go Back to a J-O-B
For those who don’t know, I’ve been working on writing my first book (to be complete and sent to editing by August 8th!) I recently shared an excerpt to Facebook because I was inspired when writing it. LETTING PEOPLE BE UNCOMFORTABLE Just as Sarah learned, offering...
How Much Truth Can You Stand
I remember the first time I really grasped the concept that what we believed about people we tended to see in people, and that the biases we were taught growing up were shaping our reality as adults. It was like a punch in the stomach. WHAT? You mean these people...
Magical Part of Your Story
Transcript Hi. This is Darla LeDoux, founder of Aligned Entrepreneurs and creator of Retreat and Grow Rich. Today's topic is The Magical Heart of Your Story. A lot of entrepreneurs struggle to determine what the heck their business is about. They have a really good...
The Purpose of Relationships
Transcript: Hi. This is Darla LeDoux of Aligned Entrepreneurs. Today's video is about the purpose of relationships. Today's lesson is in two parts. In the first part, I'm going to talk about what is the real purpose of a relationship and how do we use it to improve...
Happiness is Possible
Transcripts Hi, this is Darla LeDoux of Aligned Entrepreneurs, and today's lesson is called Happiness is Possible. Now when I was a kid, I was a huge fan of prince. You know that song, When Dove's Cry, when he says, "Maybe I'm just like my mother, she's never...
Learning to Trust Myself
Transcript Hi, this is Darla LeDoux of Aligned Entrepreneurs. I want to address a question I had today with a story. The question is how did you learn to trust yourself. I think this is a really interesting question, because it's something I have battled with for most...