BWB’S TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP RETREAT
Our visions can take us as far as who we are willing to become.
This is your time to center the deeper work of expanding your own capacity to lead.
The Movement from Within is BWB’s immersive leadership experience blending contemplative practice and inquiry + an extraordinary community of women showing up to reconnect with themselves and the future they are called to build.
This is a retreat for becoming. Who you already are, and who you’re ready to be.
The goal is not to leave the retreat as the same person you are when you sign up. The invitation is to welcome new perspectives, let go of the knowns or absolutes, see yourself differently, and meet the moment in a fresh way.
JOIN OUR NEXT RETREAT
September 30th - October 4th
As founders, executives, and change-makers, we often invest an enormous amount of energy into scaling organizations, while neglecting the deeper work of fully tending to our own needs.
Over time, our vision soon becomes blurred by responsibility. Creativity gives way to constant demands of the business. Wellness falls by the wayside or even becomes an action to check off the to-do lists.
The answers to our deepest questions don’t come from simply doing more. They require listening and courageous reflection. They require us to step out of what we already know and trust ourselves to see things anew.
Throughout the retreat, you’ll engage in guided coaching conversations, leadership workshops, reflective practices, facilitated dialogue, and spacious integration designed to support rest, restoration, and strengthen the inner life of the leader.
Our commitment is to create a held container—carefully and expertly—that allows for transformation to unfold. For five days and four nights, the BWB retreat experience will support leaders in holding expansive, courageous questions. These questions reconnect us to our curiosity, imagination and sense of possibility. Questions that invite connection to purpose, instead of simply improved performance.
THE RETREAT EXPERIENCE
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Together we’ll examine the intersection of your leadership, life’s work, identity, and purpose. Topics include:
The role of imagination, creativity, and reflection in visionary leadership
Founder identity and leadership evolution
Sustainable leadership beyond burnout
Values-aligned decision making
Contemplative leadership
Every conversation is rooted in practical application while inviting deeper connection and transformation.
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This retreat is designed for:
Founders and entrepreneurs
Executive leaders
Non-profit executives
Creative business owners
Professionals seeking a more integrated way of leading
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Unlike traditional leadership retreats that focus solely on business strategy, or wellness retreats that prioritize restoration, this experience intentionally bridges both worlds.
You’ll receive:
Leadership development grounded in transformational practice
Communication and leadership coaching
Facilitated peer learning and community
Contemplative practices that deepen clarity and discernment
Because leadership is never just about what you do. It’s about who you are becoming while you do it.
an investment in the leader you’re becoming
This retreat is an investment in yourself. Your leadership, your well-being, and the life you're creating.
Your registration includes four days and four nights of intentional gathering, beautiful accommodations, nourishing chef-prepared meals, all retreat materials, immersive workshops, guided experiences, and the opportunity to step away from the demands of daily life to reconnect with what matters most.
Shared accommodations begin at $2,750
Private accommodations begin at $3,500
We intentionally keep our gatherings small to create a deeply personal experience. There are five private rooms and four shared rooms, with accommodations reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
We believe meaningful transformation should be accessible. Payment plans are available and can be requested in your application.
Rooted in Contemplation
We believe sometimes the most important work a leader can do…happens in silence.
Contemplation is not withdrawal from leadership, it is preparation for it.
In BWB’s Questions to Hold practice, we acknowledge that every transformation begins with inquiry. Asking questions is an act of resistance against inherited assumptions.
Questions are practices of presence and are acts of devotion in service to a future that does not yet exist.
Through guided reflection, mindfulness, journaling, embodied practices, nature, and intentional pauses, participants cultivate the awareness necessary to lead with wisdom.
How we Hold the Experience
Every retreat has a rhythm. Ours is intentionally designed, but never rigid. While each day includes thoughtfully crafted experiences, we also believe that transformation rarely unfolds according to a schedule. It asks us to pay attention to what is emerging individually, within the group, and in the spaces between.
As facilitators, we hold the container by listening deeply and responding intuitively for what is ready to happen. Sometimes that means lingering a little longer in reflection. Sometimes it means allowing silence to do its work. Sometimes it means trusting that what wasn't planned is exactly what is needed.
Our role is not to have all the answers. It is to create a container where meaningful questions can be explored, insights can emerge, and each participant can discover what is true for their own leadership journey.
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Casey Carroll
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Cait Fitzpatrick
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Maren Gauldin
A Sense of Place AT AKERA
Some places simply feel different. AKERA was created with the belief that the way we gather, create, and heal can be reimagined. Every path, meadow, shared meal, and quiet corner invites us to slow down enough to notice what often gets lost in the pace of everyday life.
We chose AKERA because it reflects what this retreat is about: making space for deeper conversations, meaningful connection, and the kind of inner work that flourishes when we feel grounded by the place around us.
HONORING THE LAND
We recognize that this retreat takes place on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican and Munsee Lenape people who stewarded this land long before us. We honor their enduring relationship with this place and offer our gratitude for the opportunity to gather here with care and respect.
FAQs
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Yes. Our intention for the retreat is to have both structured and unstructured time, allowing participants to enjoy a mixture of activities and free time.
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All of our meals will be prepared by a private chef, and include breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We will ask for any dietary restrictions in advance, and meals will be provided with this in mind.
Snacks will be available throughout the day for you as well. The cost of the food is included in your retreat payment.
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Bring yourself, comfortable clothes, and any comforts from home (e.g. your favorite pillow, eye mask, etc). Some suggested/optional items: a pair of closed toe shoes or hiking sandals for walking in the woods, and any creative or art supplies that you regularly use.
The rooms will have sheets and towels for you to use, and we will provide notebooks and pens.