Solstice Serenity: A Widows Retreat
Punta Gorda, Florida
Coming December 2024
Are you a widow and ready to get your smile back on, learn to cook better for one, be inspired to make new memories and write a new chapter?
Join me and an intimate group of your fellow widows for five days and 4 nights of deep connection, healing relaxation, Reiki sessions, healthy food and beautiful surroundings.
"Grief is not a journey that you have to go through alone, but a journey that can be traveled with the support and guidance of others."
MEET YOUR HOST!
Marie is the Creator and Founder of Happy and Healthy After Widowhood. She is also a best selling author of 3 published books with 2 more on the way, an international speaker, and a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach.
After her beloved Dave died after 30 years of marriage, along with her Mom in the same year, she began a quest to learn more about the link between nutrition, cancer and alzheimers. But first she had to heal herself. By changing her food preferences, her health transformation was dramatic. 30 pounds melted away, all meds were eliminated and her pre-diabetes was reversed.
Finding new purpose in life became the next most important task, and she went back to school to become a Health coach. This began her life transformation and the articulation of the 7 Steps to Healing After Loss, a unique guided roadmap for widows and widowers to help them Live well, Laugh more, and perhaps even find Love again.
Never in a million years would she have dreamed the 2nd great love of her life would be found on the dance floor in Sarasota. Once she healed her mind, body, and spirit, her confidence and smile returned, her heart opened and in walked Jeff.
She has been an inspiration to many that it is possible to be happy and healthy after widowhood and has devoted her “Life Part 2” to getting the word out.
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Have you experienced the loss of your life partner?
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Has this led to unhealthy habits?
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Is your lifestyle void of laughter and love?
Guest Host - Intuitive Transition Coach
Anne
Scharer
Introducing Anne Scharer, a beacon of light in the realm of healing and intuitive guidance. As an esteemed Intuitive Transition Coach and Reiki Master, Anne's arrival at our retreat is cause for immense excitement. Her presence is set to infuse our gathering with an additional layer of warmth, profound healing, and an unparalleled sense of connection.
Join us as we convene around the campfire for a special session: "Messages of LOVE from above." Anne's reputation as an International Connector to our departed loved ones precedes her, as she graciously delivers poignant messages from realms beyond our own. Prepare to be touched by the profound and meaningful messages that only Anne can bring forth.
Leave the heels and makeup home!
5 days, 4 nights of healing, community, and healthy transformation.
Get a sneak-peek inside the retreat and join Marie for a virtual tour!
Wouldn’t it be great to learn to eat better to feel better?
How awesome would it be to rediscover new purpose in life and be inspired to embrace life again?
Wouldn’t it be amazing to smile and laugh again, without feeling guilty?
How protected and safe would you feel surrounded by a community of widowed peeps who “get it?”
How empowering would it be to get guidance on how to navigate the overwhelming grief process?
Come for a
one-of-a-kind experience
Leave with a new lease on life
and with new friends
Leave the heels and makeup home!
5 days, 4 nights of healing, community, and healthy transformation.
Get a feel for what the retreat will look
like inside and out
Marie has created a one-of-a-kind retreat for you where you have the opportunity to invest in your healing with a community of like-minded people. Throughout your five days together, Marie will dive into 7 Steps to Healing After Loss that she profoundly believes changed her life and is changing the lives of others.
Marie is a Wellness Coach who lost her beloved Dave to esophageal cancer after 30 years of marriage. The devastating loss left Marie asking herself, “Now who do I take care of?” The answer came to her immediately - “Myself, silly!” That day, she began her journey to healing.
As her mind, body & spirit healed, Marie lost 30 pounds, was able to stop taking all medications that had been prescribed, and her heart opened. In walked Jeff, the second great love of her life.
Come for a one-of a kind experience
Leave with a new lease on life
Leave with new friends
PRIVATE POOL
DAILY YOGA PRACTICE
LIVING AREA
DINING AREA
LOUNGE AREA
YOUR RETREAT HOME
SPACIOUS AMENITIES
PATIO AREA
Here's more of what you can expect during this ONE-OF-A-KIND RETREAT of healing, community and wellness.
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Connect with incredible people who share your experience with love and loss.
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Experience Daily meditations, relaxation, and connection to your body, mind, and heart.
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Join us for a sound healing ceremony around the campfire. Heal in the magical, rejuvenating sun, waterfall pool at Solstice Punta Gorda.
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Share stories and experiences with others who are on their own grief journey.
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Learn to prepare healthy food while enjoying fabulous food and wine, as you learn how to create nutritious meals with recipes from Marie’s upcoming cookbook Cooking with a Side of Tissue.
BRING A FRIEND!
As a widow, I have many widow friends. If you have one or more widow friends, you can split the cost of a suite!
Solstice Punta Gorda where
"the sun and your world stand still"
You’ll have the time and space to experience...
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Start your morning with a delicious healthy breakfast or smoothie.
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Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork to start your day!
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Lounging at the waterfall pool and hot spa
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Heal! Laughter! Fun! Every night at the campfire, cooking, or out at dinner on the Harbor.
Here's whats included...
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5 days and 4 nights accommodation at the healing Solstice Punta Gorda Resort
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Morning Yoga with our host and certified instructor Robbin, along with meditation and breathwork.
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Cooking workshop with hands-on experience (if you'd like!)
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Campfire, sound ceremony, and "Messages of Love from Above."
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Healthy Breakfast each morning featuring a smoothie bar and recipes, oatmeal, and hot breakfast options too!
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Multiple hammocks and hot tubs
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Hidden meditation 'quiet space'
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Boat Cruise on beautiful Charlotte Harbor
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Punta Gorda and Ft Myers airport transportation included for arrivals.
Optional...
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Come EARLY option to add one extra day at SOLSTICE for an additional cost
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Intuitive Reiki sessions are available at $125 for 60 minutes on Saturday.
What's not included...
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Adult beverages out on the town
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Airfare
Pick Your Bungalow
All the beautiful suites have a refrigerator.
Bring a friend pricing shown, or select the whole bungalow for yourself!
Guava
2-bedroom suite available as
PRIVATE or DOUBLE
STARTING AT
$1,300
Twin beds as a DOUBLE or King bed for SINGLE
Avocado
Perfect for people who want to bring 1 friend & split a room OR
entire bungalow can be available as a PRIVATE
STARTING AT
$1,400
Twin Size Bed
Orange
Perfect for people who want to bring 2 friends & split a room OR
entire bungalow can be available as PRIVATE
STARTING AT
$1,200
Twin Size Bed
Grapefruit
Perfect for people who want to bring 1 friend & split a room OR
entire bungalow can be available as PRIVATE
STARTING AT
$1,400
Twin Size Bed
Coconut
Perfect for those who don't mind a roomate - Sleeps 3
2 Twin Beds OR
Can be Converted to 1 King Bed
OR
entire bungalow can be available as PRIVATE
STARTING AT
$1,600
Twin beds as a DOUBLE or King bed for SINGLE
Papaya
1-bedroom suite left as SINGLE or PRIVATE (1-bedroom booked).
STARTING AT
$1,300
Twin beds as a DOUBLE or King bed for SINGLE
Mango
Perfect for people who want to bring 1 friend & split a room OR
entire bungalow can be available as PRIVATE
STARTING AT
$1,600
Twin Size Bed
OUR DAILY AGENDA
Example Itineray
Arrivals and Check-ins
Welcome dinner
Healing mini-workshop on sleep
Share our stories!
Relaxing by campfire or pool side.
Example Itineray
Morning Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation
Breakfast
Babcock Ranch & Swamp Eco Tour
Relax time
Evening - Dinner out
Example Itineray
Morning Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation
Breakfast
Healing mini-workshop on Developing Healthy Relationships
Fisherman's Village + Scenic Boat Ride
Late Lunch
Sound Ceremony
Messages Of LOVE From Above fireside
Example Itineray
Morning Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation
Breakfast
1-Hour Intuitive Reiki Session $125
Beach or Pool Day
Celebration Dinner Workshop (hands on)
Example Itineray
Morning Yoga, Breathwork & Meditation
Breakfast
Relax by the pool
Departures
Real People. Real Results.
Transforming Real Lives.
From the Manifest Maine Retreat here are some wonderful testimonials:
"I've made some wonderful memories... I'm ready to cook some different dishes, travel to more national parks, and make some spectacular new memories." - Janet
"Thank you for sharing Camp Damfino with me. I hope you realize how you touch so many lives with your kindness, love, and laughter." - Jennifer
Oh what an incredible opportunity you are providing for widows/widowers!!! This is so desperately needed by so many people.
And I'm sure many widows/widowers can relate to the array of emotions; especially when it comes to finding a new love and giving yourself permission to live and love again.
Support from friends and family can certainly help, and I have been blessed to have that support. And that is yet another area where you are so amazing and dedicated to helping so many beautiful people, who have already been through so much heartache, to feel good about searching for their happy place after their loss. Marie, you are just such an amazing person.
Thank You,
Kim
CANCELLATION POLICY
Payment in full is required at booking. Travel insurance is highly recommended. We reserve the right to cancel the trip if it is not meeting the trip minimum. Trip cancellation insurance is strongly recommended whenever making travel plans. You can use our suggested Travel Guard insurance and choose from several policy options.
If you cannot find a widow friend to join you, we will try to match you with a roommate in any of the suites. But, if we can't find someone fun for you to room with, in a double or triple occupancy room, you’ll have to purchase the whole suite (which is not a bad thing either!).
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