Building Stronger Relationships for a Better World
Come as you are. Leave more connected.
September in the Berkshires is stunning. The air is cool, the leaves are just beginning to turn, and Kripalu (one of the most beloved retreat centers in the country) is the kind of place that slows you down in the best possible way.
I'd love for you to spend a weekend there with us.
This retreat is for anyone who is hungry for more connection in their life, whether with a partner, with friends and family, with themselves. It draws on my book Fire It Up and on thirty years of sitting with people in the most honest moments of their lives, but it's not a book talk and it's not therapy. It's a weekend of real connection, real play, and real practice with the grounded, practical tools that actually change how you show up for the people you love.
Come solo. Come with your partner. Come with a close friend, a sibling, or someone you've been wanting to get deeper with. No relationship status required. No prior experience required. Just a genuine wish for more.
We are more disconnected than ever. If you are feeling this and not quite sure what to do, join us.
You're not imagining it. The people in your life are right there, and somehow the real conversations keep not happening. Everyone is fine. Nobody is saying what they actually mean. At some point you stopped expecting more, and you're not entirely sure when that happened.
Or maybe it's closer to home than that. You and your partner love each other and keep having the same fight. You've drifted from a friend who used to know everything about you. You've been so busy taking care of everyone else that you've lost the thread back to yourself.
None of that means something is broken. It means you're human, and you're paying attention, and some part of you knows there's more available than what you've been settling for.
That's exactly who this weekend is for.
A weekend that actually gives you room to breathe.
Picture this:
You wake up in the Berkshires on a September morning, eat a breakfast someone else cooked, and spend a few hours in a room doing some of the most honest and useful work of your life. Then you're done for the day. There's a lake, hiking trails, yoga classes, massages, and no one needing anything from you.
That rhythm (real work, real rest, real space) is what makes a weekend like this different from reading a book or seeing a therapist for an hour. Over about nine hours of sessions across two and a half days, we'll dig into what's actually driving the patterns in your most important relationships, and build three skills that I've seen change everything: the ability to stay curious when you want to shut down, to stay compassionate when you want to make someone the villain, and to actually reach for connection instead of just hoping it shows up on its own.
You'll leave having done something genuinely good for yourself and for the people you love, with enough time between sessions to take a walk in the woods and let it all settle.
You'll know within the first five minutes that this isn't a typical workshop.
There will be science, there will be laughter, and there will be moments where something clicks so hard you feel it all the way to your toes. I've spent thirty years helping people navigate their most important and most difficult relationships, and I still find it thrilling when the lightbulb goes on.
I taught at Kripalu for the first time last year and knew immediately I'd be back. What they believe about transformation (that it happens when people feel genuinely safe, genuinely seen, and free to be exactly where they are) is exactly what I believe too. It felt like finding my people.
I'm a therapist, coach, author, and speaker who will also make you laugh in the middle of a hard conversation. The sacred and the sarcastic live comfortably together in my room, and some of the most profound shifts I've witnessed have happened right after someone laughed at themselves with genuine recognition.
I've been humbled by my own relationships and lost the thread back to myself more than once. I'm on the road too. I just happen to know some really useful things about the terrain.
