Oh my gosh! I cannot begin to describe the profound impact you have had on my life! How does one thank someone for saving their life, a sentence that will make sense later on. Not only did this retreat save my life but it also has saved my family. I was so skeptical but I […]

When I decided to come for my retreat I was feeling extremely anxious. I didn’t know if I was capable of going deep into my past & having the skills to reconcile the grief & hurt that led me away from being true to myself & those around me. The biggest impact on me is […]

For the Men… hard & tough, busy dads, single blokes, brothers, leaders, sparkies, builders, office-workers, tradies. Teachers, soldiers, policemen, firemen, ambos….. IS YOUR BUCKET FULL? Mine was…I have been a policemen for 31 years & my lady had noticed that beside all my efforts with training, surfing and all the alone time I was having, […]

Greetings from New Zealand…….Ï have left it a few weeks before emailing you whilst I settled back into life here in the South Island. I just want to let you know how life is going. Firstly my retreat in May absolutely turned my life around. “From walking through the storm’ of grief to see ‘a […]

My Retreat Saved My Life: When I first arrived at my retreat in 1999, I was completely lost. I had just spent nine months in a psychiatric hospital after trying to end my life many times. My 11 year old son had spent months in foster care and was now in the care of his […]

“I attended my first “Healing Life’s Hurts Retreat” in 2021 as I had been feeling quite disconnected from myself for some months. I didn’t know what I wanted from life. I pushed away good partners because I felt unconsciously I didn’t think I was worthy of their love. I was stuck in a cycle of […]

Over a decade ago our daughter attended the retreat & mentioned upon her return home that she thought it would be useful for us as her parents. Due to the many ‘highs & lows ‘experienced over 43 years of married life, we decided that we should ‘seize the moment’ and enrol – and we are […]