From “Fine” to Free
A Half Day Retreat for High Achieving Women
Who Are Tired of Holding It All Together
April 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET | Second Story
There Is a Particular Kind of Exhaustion
The kind that begins before the sun is up.
At 5:30 AM the mind is already scanning. Deadlines. Logistics. What did not get done yesterday.
What must get done today. Planning happens in the shower. In the carpool line.
While answering emails between school pickup and dinner.
Podcasts play during workouts but barely register. Messages are returned from bathrooms because that is the only quiet space available. Dinner becomes whatever is fastest. Self care gets penciled in six months out, somewhere between school closings and work travel.
On the outside, life looks full. Impressive even.
Inside, something feels muted.
Not broken. Not dramatic. Just disconnected.
The Performance
of “Fine”
High achievers learn early how to hold it together.
Competence becomes identity. Reliability becomes worth. Productivity becomes armor.
Roles are played beautifully. Mother. Partner. Leader. Friend. The world sees strength.
What often goes unseen is the quiet grief of not recognizing the woman underneath the roles anymore.
The issue is not time management.
It is the loss of self.
What to Expect
01
An intimate gathering of women who are ready to stop holding it all together and start feeling held.
02
Embodied, guided exercises and a creative practice designed to loosen perfectionism.
03
Real conversations that move past small talk into what actually matters.
04
Gentle self reclamation work to name what you carry and return to what you love.
05
Simple, practical boundary strategies you can apply immediately.
06
A thoughtfully designed reflection workbook to support your process during and beyond the retreat.
Leave lighter, clearer, and finally connected to yourself again.
April 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET
The Women in the Room
Business owners. Executives. Mothers. Partners.
Women who have achieved. Women who are admired. Women who are quietly tired of performing strength.
Sixteen seats only.
Small rooms create safety. Safety creates honesty. Honesty creates change.
This is not a space for comparison. It is a space for recognition.
From “Fine” to Free
Four hours to stop performing, start listening to yourself again, and walk out with the tools and support to keep going.
April 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM ET | Second Story
EARLY BIRD $350
AFTER APRIL 1 $450
Total value: $1,350+
WHAT YOU GET — DURING THE RETREAT
Four hours. No laptops. No fixing. Just you.
4-Hour Guided Retreat Experience — $500 value
This isn’t a conference and it’s not a lecture. You’ll move through guided exercises designed to get you out of your head and back into your body — including a creative activity built to break your habit of perfection, honest conversation that goes deeper than “what do you do,” and self-reclamation work to help you rediscover what you actually enjoy (not what you’re supposed to enjoy). Small group. Intentionally paced. Room to breathe.
Printed Reflection + Strategy Workbook — $75 value
A structured workbook you’ll complete during the retreat — with prompts to name what you’ve been carrying, identify the habits that keep you in “performance mode,” and map out what reclaiming your space actually looks like in your day-to-day. Not a blank journal. A tool you’ll keep coming back to.
Welcome Kit — $50 value
A curated set of items waiting at your seat when you arrive. Consider it your signal: for the next four hours, nothing is required of you except to be here.
WHAT YOU GET — AFTER THE RETREAT
This is where most retreats end. Ours doesn’t.
Small-Group Debrief Call with Your Host — $200 value
Within two weeks of the retreat, you’ll join a small group of 3–4 women for a guided debrief call. Talk through what’s surfacing, what’s shifting, and what’s harder than you expected. This is not a webinar — it’s a real conversation with women who were in the room with you, led by Helen - someone who knows what you walked through.
30-Day Accountability Circle — $200 value
Weekly check-ins for one month through a private group thread. Short, honest, low-pressure. A place to say “I put my phone in another room this week” or “I said no to something and the world didn’t end.” When the old patterns try to pull you back, this keeps you grounded.
Group Reunion — 1 Month Post-Retreat — $150 value
A 60-minute virtual session where the full group comes back together. Revisit your workbook. Share what you’ve reclaimed. Name what you let go of. Recalibrate with women who won’t let you slip back into “I’m fine.”
Digital Reflection + Progress Tracker — $75 value
A digital version of your workbook plus a simple tracker to check in with yourself at 30, 60, and 90 days. Designed to take five minutes — because you don’t need another obligation. You need a mirror.
Private Alumni Community — $100 value
Ongoing access to a private group for retreat alumni. Not a networking group. A space for women who’ve done this work — raising kids, running businesses, leading teams — to stay honest with each other long after the retreat ends.
You’re supported for a full month after the retreat — not just the afternoon.
The debrief call, the accountability circle, and the reunion give you five weeks of structured support to make sure what you uncovered doesn’t get buried under next week’s to-do list.
You can’t heal what you don’t have space to feel.
Space to come back to yourself
This is for you if…
→ Life looks good on paper, yet something inside feels quietly unsettled
→ There is a longing for deeper connection — conversations that go beyond logistics and small talk
→ Achievement has come naturally,
but rest and joy feel harder to access
→ You are tired of being the strong one and are ready to be honest about what you need
→ Space to think, feel, and breathe without being responsible for anyone else sounds both unfamiliar and relieving
→ There is a desire to reconnect with creativity, curiosity, and parts of yourself that have been tucked away
→ A small voice keeps whispering, “There has to be more than just getting through the day”