The Retreat runs from Wednesday November 4th (afternoon check-in) to Sunday November 8th (1:30 pm checkout), 2026.

It is being held at the Lakehouse Moments Resort - steps from the shores of Francis Lake, in the heart of the Georgian Bluffs, not far from Owen Sound, ON.

See below for a bit more on Lakehouse Moments.

This is a personal self-discovery retreat, that is anchored in exploring personal authentic creativity of soul. This is not a heady, lecture-style retreat. Rather, it is an experiential journey that will engage the senses as well as one’s intuition.

This year’s theme is ‘The Wild Beyond Knowing.’ So many of us have discovered places and spaces where our life has become too small, too curated, with expectations inherited knowings that are now too restrictive for the person we are becoming.

This weekend retreat is a experiential psychotherapy intensive for those already engaged in the deeper work of questioning, reclaiming and becoming. We will enter our inner inherited house of being, meet what was left in the shadows and walk among the ruins of what not longer holds. We will practice not knowing and following what catches our attention. We will create without being told what to create and we will listen for what cannot be heard through certainty. In all of that we will make room for beauty, play, pleasure, symbol, silence and awe. We will plant soul seeds of our own personal unfolding.

And we will slowly ask: What is sacred now? No-one with answer that question for us—we will discover that for ourselves. And from there, risk entering the Mystery anew.

This retreat is for those who are no longer looking for another belief system. It is for those who are ready to meet the living world again.

Exploring personal freedom and authentic expression is meant to be an adventure. This time away will be a little of that soul adventure.

The cost noted is the all-in (room, taxes, gratuities, and psychotherapy workshop fee) and a $250 deposit is due upon registration. Balance of the retreat fee will be due six weeks prior to the retreat weekend.

Each room is a mini luxurious oasis and named after a crystal, with its own signature healing energy - a small outline of the rooms is listed below.

Retreat Cost: $1600
($900 is eligible for group therapy benefits)

NOTE: Early Bird Registration: $1450 if paid in full by September 15th, 2026

Aventurine Room: One Queen Canopy Bed.
Pyrite Room: One King Canopy Bed.
Jasper Room: One Queen Bed.
Calcite Room: One Queen Bed.
Dolomite Room: Two Queen Beds.
Flourite Room: Two Queen Beds.
Sodalite Room: Two Queen Beds.

Should you sign up for the retreat and circumstance/decisions change where you are no longer attending, the following refund policy will apply to payments made up to date of cancellation:

Refund policy:
100% refund up to 30 days prior to retreat.
75% refund 29 days up to 14 days prior to retreat.
50% refund 13 days up to 7 days prior to retreat.
0% refund one week or less prior to retreat.

If you have participated in one of Carrie’s retreats, you know there is loads of freedom to be as you are, to meet your personal needs as you wish. And you know that she packs in unique creative explorations as we touch in on soul of self. It’s an adventure of inner being and outer expression!

From introspective moments to collective sharings to creative discoveries, this 4.5 days will invite you to discover facets of self in fresh, new ways.

Participants will arrive during the afternoon on Wednesday.
Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm Thursday evening.
After dinner, Carrie will host Opening Circle at 7:30 pm.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday the workshop schedule will follow this arc:

Breakfast: Sunrise to 9:00 am
Workshop Facilitation: 9:15-10:45
Break: 10:45-11:00 am
Workshop Experiential: 11:00 am -12:30 pm
Lunch: 12:45
Afternoon is an experiential session or free afternoon, day-dependent
Dinner: 6:00 pm
**On Saturday Evening, a Special Evening Circle around 8:00 pm

The afternoons may have optional activities - like a forest walk or a trip to Sauble Beach shoreline. Other experientials are possible.

Sunday schedule will be:

Breakfast: Sunrise to 9:00 am
Workshop Closing Circle: 10:00-12:00
Final Lunch: 12:15 pm
Retreat Participants check-out - by 2:00 pm

This is the general outline, subject to change as Carrie continues to hone and refine our time together. There will be some special things transpiring, and this will be a time of both personal delight and challenge… all the things that make adventure the magic that it is!