Reset to Rise

Included:

  • Guest Room

  • All Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

  • Transportation
    Transportation to and from the airport.

  • First day excursion

Not Included:

  • Flights
    Flights to and from Costa Rica

  • First night hotel

  • First night dinner

  • Second day breakfast

  • Alcoholic Beverages

Package Description

Imagine this…You step away from the noise, the pressure, the endless to-do lists — and for five full days, you give yourself permission to just be. No deadlines. No distractions. Just you, in a peaceful sanctuary surrounded by the natural beauty of Costa Rica. What would it feel like to finally exhale, to reconnect with yourself, and gently explore what’s working in your life… and what isn’t?

This retreat is your invitation to pause and restore. To become aware of how stress, overwhelm, and disconnection may be shaping your days — and to discover tools that will help you move through life with more peace, resilience, and clarity. It’s not just a getaway — it’s a reset.

You’ll experience the kind of transformative insights you’d expect from a powerful conference, but wrapped in the calm, nourishing embrace of nature, healthy food, and a supportive community that gets it. This is your moment. Come as you are — and leave renewed.

We’re Darcy and Shari, and together we lead transformational wellness and leadership retreats around the world. With 30+ years in corporate leadership and 32 years in mental health, we’ve seen the power of both practical tools and true restoration.

Our retreats combine a calming atmosphere with actionable strategies—giving you time to disconnect, reflect, and practice life-changing techniques. You’ll leave not just inspired, but equipped with tools and a plan to bring lasting confidence, resilience, and balance into your daily life.

Need to know more? Leave us an email at info@yournextlevel.global and we will send you the link. We can’t wait to welcome you and share this unique experience.

Itinerary

Participants will arrive the day before and spend the night at a hotel near the airport. On the morning of June 7, all attendees will be picked up at the hotel and taken to the resort center. Along the way, enjoy drinking from a freshly opened coconut, walking on a beach, and more. After arriving at the retreat center, settling into rooms, and getting familiar with the grounds/accommodations, participants will engage in a meet-and-greet with retreat leaders.

  • Pick Up and Excursions
  • Welcome/Introductions/Appetizers
  • Review Logistics
  • Review agenda and workbook
  • Set personal goals for the retreat

After awakening to the sound of waves and a healthy breakfast, your morning will be spent learning about how to get out of survival mode. Not only will you learn how to take back your executive functioning and creativity; we'll show you how to reset your nervous system everyday so you're living from a place of emotional regulation. Additionally, a surprise guest will offer insight on resiliency and turning pain into power. Following lunch, participants will have the opportunity to join the chef in creating a healthy snack. The afternoon will focus on state changes vs trait changes, self-care and self-awareness, and recognizing trigger cycles.

  • Breakfast
  • Limbic and Nervous System
  • Exercise and Group Discussion on 6 survival reactions we ALL use
  • Video on Resiliency
  • Exercise and Group Discussion
  • Introduction to journaling and acknowledging our story 
  • The science of Grief and Loss
  • Lunch and Free Time
  • Self Care and Awareness
  • State Change vs Trait Change
  • Exercise on values and goals
  • Intro to the Trigger Cycles  
  • Free Time
  • Dinner

Following breakfast, you'll start the day with a nature bath, incorporating all five senses. We will discuss how presence and awareness allows for emotional regulation. You will spend the afternoon exploring the lizard and wizard brain, developing and implementing routines, and creating time management tools that move beyond the retreat.

  • Breakfast
  • Review Trigger Cycles 
  • Nature Bath  
  • Lunch and Free Time
  • Lizard and Wizard Mindsets
  • Visioning and goal setting
  • How we grow around loss and trauma
  • Routine Building - why and how
  • Time management - useful tools, setting boundaries, time optimization
  • Visioning and goal setting-action plans
  • Free Time
  • Dinner

In the morning we will discuss communication and relationships. In this discussion participants will identify the "chatter" that can take up space in one's life. In the afternoon you will become aware of the narratives you create and identify any self limiting beliefs prohibiting you from living the life you desire. We will spend time learning to create meaningful connections and cultivating a support network. You will finish the day with an optional yoga meditation.

  • Breakfast
  • Game changer Exercises that address personal narratives/beliefs and communication styles
  • Relationships and Communication, MVE, Parts Work
  • Lunch and Free Time (Journaling)
  • Discuss journaling 
  • Confidence Booster
  • Stress management and burnout prevention
  • Creating meaningful connections and cultivating a support network
  • Yoga or meditation
  • Develop self-care plans
  • Dinner

After breakfast, we will discuss boundaries and participants will establish a coat of arms to guide values after returning home. We will review the tools you have learned and how you can apply them into your daily life, setup an accountability plan, and wrap up with a closing ceremony.

  • Breakfast
  • Discuss what tools you would like to use and the one you WILL use
  • Growth and Learning - How to continue post retreat
  • Reviewing Boundaries - Worksheet
  • Lunch and Free Time
  • Accountability tools-let's setup the tools and your next steps.
  • Revisit Care Plans
  • Leaving it Behind
  • Coat of Arms - Creative activity reflecting personal values that will guide you post retreat
  • Takeaways
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Free Time
  • Dinner

Following breakfast, participants will be escorted back to the airport for flights home, armed with tools, strategies, a renewed sense of self, and a restored nervous system.