Get Whatever's Stuck in Your Head Onto Paper
A free, 1-hour live guided writing session to decompress, organize your thoughts, and find mental clarity
Thursday, Oct 8, 2026
12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
This is for you if…
→ You've got a lot on your mind but don’t want or are not yet ready to tell anyone about it.
→ You're carrying more than you can handle and want to get it off your chest.
→ You've never written a day in your life but you’ve always wanted to try it.
→ You've heard journaling is supposed to help and want to actually know how to do it.
→ You want an hour to yourself, and you're willing to try something new to get it.
→ You've tried journaling before, gave up, and figured you were doing it wrong.
Why I’m Doing This
Two months ago, a close friend called. We caught up on life—kids, work, dogs—but toward the end of our conversation, her voice dropped, hesitant, like she wasn’t sure she should ask.
"I remember you told me you journaled a lot when you were going through shit at home," she said. "I think I'm going through that now. I tried writing on my own, but it just feels jumbled like a mishmash. How do you do it?"
I gave her a few simple steps to try, and I’ve been checking in on her ever since. As I watched those small steps help her, I realized she may not be the only one carrying something heavy or looking for an outlet.
That’s this session.
About Me
Hi, I’m Helen!
I've been writing in journals since the 3rd grade. That’s thirty-plus years of getting whatever is stuck in my head out onto paper. It’s not about talent; it’s just practice.
Over the years, writing has remained my go-to outlet to decompress, organize my thoughts, and let it all out instead of burying it inside.
Business Owners. Executives. Mothers. Partners. Caretakers.
The Women in the Room
Women who built the career, raised kids, and checked every box. Then, wondered why none of it felt like enough.
Women everyone leans on who can't remember the last time someone asked how they're actually doing.
Women who are so good at holding it together that no one thinks to check if they're falling apart.
The Performance of “Fine”
You built your worth on being the capable one.
The reliable one. The one who handles it.
And it worked until it became the only version of you anyone expects.
You can't remember the last hobby that wasn't productive, the last decision you made just because you wanted to, or the last time someone said "how are you" and you gave an honest answer.
The problem isn't your schedule. It's that you disappeared inside of it, the “doing it all.”
It doesn’t have to stay this way.
CLAIM YOUR SEAT
Limited to just 16 women
Ready to take off the mask?
This is your permission slip to put yourself first.
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$350
RETREAT DETAILS
Next Date & Location Coming Soon
Four hours to stop being the one who holds everything together. Leave with a vetted Reclamation Roadmap, an elite support system, and space to start doing what you've been putting off for yourself.
AGENDA
10:00 AM — Arrive + Settle In Coffee, light bites, and your Reclamation Essentials waiting at your seat.
10:20 AM — Welcome + Opening Why we're here, what to expect, and what to leave at the door.
10:40 AM — The Honest Check-In A guided group conversation to drop the "I'm fine.”
11:10 AM — Creative Writing A guided journaling exercise to put words to what you've been carrying.
11:40 AM — Speed Connecting Paired conversations with questions that skip the small talk and get to what actually matters.
12:10 PM — Lunch A real break. Eat, breathe, talk to someone new or don't talk at all :-)
12:45 PM — Paint + Release A hands-on creative exercise designed to silence your inner perfectionist.
1:30 PM — Closing Circle Final conversation: what you're taking with you, what you're leaving behind, and what's next.
2:00 PM — End/Open Networking
DURING THE RETREAT
Four hours. No laptops. No fixing. Just you.
4-Hour Guided Retreat Experience
This isn't a professional development conference, a lecture, or a spa day.
You'll move through guided exercises designed to get you out of your head and back into your body with creative activities built to break your perfectionist tendencies, honest conversations that go deeper than "what do you do," and self-reclamation work to help you rediscover what you actually enjoy (without the objective of productivity).
You won't be sitting in a circle holding crystals. You'll be using the same drive and focus you bring to everything else but for the first time, you'll be pointing it at yourself.
Printed Reflection Workbook
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.
Reclamation Essentials Kit
A hand-selected set of tools waiting at your seat when you arrive, everything you need for the creative and reflective work ahead. Consider it your signal: for the next four hours, nothing is required of you except to be fully present.
AFTER THE RETREAT
30-Day Accountability Circle
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
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. Be around women who won't let you slip back into "I'm fine." Talk through what's surfacing, what's shifting, and what's harder than you expected. This isn't a webinar — it's a candid conversation with women who were in the room with you, led by Helen, someone who knows what you walked through.
Digital Reflection + Progress Tracker
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
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.
Leave lighter, clearer, and more connected to your Self.
Next Location & Date Coming Soon
We will be in a private, fully appointed luxury space in Peachtree Corners, just minutes from metro Atlanta.
Quiet enough to hear yourself think.
No distractions.
The strongest thing I ever did was stop pretending I was “fine.”
— Helen Ngo
