Come Back to Yourself
A restorative Lake Michigan retreat and two-month integration experience for deeply capable women ready to trust themselves, reconnect with what makes them feel alive, and create lives that feel nourishing rather than depleting.
Spots are limited. Email Shawn at support@drshawnhondorp.com to learn more about room availability.
What if your next chapter isn't about doing more…
…but becoming more yourself?
Beneath the demands and expectations of daily life are parts of you that know how to play, imagine, and lead. They are waiting for space.
Deeply capable… and deeply tired
Maybe you're deeply capable… and deeply tired.
You're often the one other people rely on. You've spent years being responsible, supporting others, and doing what needs to be done.
Your life may even look good from the outside.
But somewhere underneath it all, you can feel parts of yourself getting quieter.
Your creativity. Your playfulness. Your desires. Your ability to hear your own voice beneath everyone else's needs and expectations.
You don't necessarily want to blow up your life or make a dramatic change. You just want space to put some of the weight down, reconnect with yourself, and remember what it feels like to be fully alive inside your own life.
That's what we're creating at the Lake Michigan Retreat this October.
This experience may be for you if:
You're at a crossroads in your work or identity and need space away from everyday demands to hear yourself again.
You're craving rest, play, beauty, and meaningful connection—but struggle to give yourself permission to prioritize them.
You're tired of gathering more information and want an experience that helps insight move from your head into your body and your life.
You want to be with thoughtful, emotionally honest women without needing to perform, impress, or have everything figured out.
You have creative, playful, courageous, or unconventional parts of yourself that have gotten buried beneath responsibility.
You don't need another strategy as much as you need enough space and support to recognize what you already know.
A retreat that doesn't end when you go home
We are taking what we built in October 2024 — a beautiful, intimate experience that already has people returning — and expanding it.
This time, you'll get three restorative nights along the shores of Lake Michigan, filled with play, laughter, creativity, and reconnection with your own aliveness. And then you'll get a two-month container to help you honor what came alive at the retreat and bring it into your relationships, choices, work, boundaries, and everyday rhythms.
These optional calls won't give you more information to absorb or another list of things to accomplish. They'll offer protected space to keep listening to yourself, stay connected to what came alive at the retreat, and practice making small, courageous choices rooted in self-trust.
A feeling that is irreplaceable
You wake up, look out your window, and see a grassy bluff and sparkly Lake Michigan shining back at you. You can smell the coffee already made downstairs.
You can sit and talk with a new friend who understands what it's like to carry so much—or take your notebook to the gazebo, look out at the lake, and listen for the thoughts that are hard to hear in everyday life.
You have fun "workshops" this afternoon, but this retreat really isn't about learning per se. It's about feeling, embodying, being, and waking up to desires in yourself that might have been buried since childhood. It's about experiencing your authentic self, perhaps for the first time in a very long time.
You feel cared for and nurtured like you haven't in a long time, and you're ready to connect with your childlike awe and wonder again. You may not know exactly what will change when you go home, but you can feel yourself returning. Your desires feel clearer. Your body feels more like a trusted guide. You remember that you are allowed to build a life that nourishes you, too.
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
— Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights mentor
Three chapters, one immersive experience
Connect & Arrive
October 1, 2026
An opening call to meet the container, set intentions, and begin arriving in yourself before we gather.
Restore & Reconnect
October 5-8, 2026
Three nights on Lake Michigan in an intimate, all-inclusive retreat. Play, create, feel, and reconnect with the parts of you that have been quietly asking for more.
Integrate & Live It
October & November 2026
Optional calls throughout October and November help you stay connected to what you discovered, protect space for what matters, and translate self-trust into small, meaningful shifts in your everyday life.
The 2-month call schedule
All calls are optional and designed to support you without adding overwhelm. This is about integration, not more information.
Mondays
9:00 – 9:50am
Connect, set intentions for the week, and 30 minutes of protected space to tend to what matters.
Wednesdays
1:00 – 2:00pm
Creative flow sessions (first 3 Wednesdays of the container) to engage your playful, creative side.
Fridays
9:00 – 10:00am
Writer's Club — 30 minutes of protected writing time to keep listening to yourself on the page.
Retreat experiences that wake you up
This isn't a learning-heavy retreat. It's a feeling, embodying, being experience designed to reconnect you with your authentic self.
Beginner-friendly dance & movement
Playful, beginner-friendly movement to help you leave your head, return to your body, and experience yourself with greater freedom and trust.
Empowered movement with Jen Bullen
A special session with Jen Bullen designed to help you feel strong, embodied, and grounded in your own power.
Individual massage
A private massage during the retreat to help your body fully exhale and receive.
Guided hike ending on the beach
A gentle guided hike through the bluffs, ending on the Lake Michigan shoreline for reflection and connection.
Meals by Chef Abbey Hunter
Every meal is curated by our incredible private chef, Abbey Hunter — nourishing, beautiful, and made with love.
Open time for self expression
Space to draw, paint, or write in whatever way is calling to you — no pressure, no product, just permission to let something out.
Spiritual path drawing
A reflective exercise drawn from Dr. Lisa Miller's work on spirituality and awakening.
Turn strangers into great friends
Something happens when women slow down together in a beautiful place — you arrive as strangers and leave with people who feel like home.
A few surprise special guests
A few surprise special guests will also be joining to bring even more depth, creativity, and connection to the experience.
If the retreat wakes up a desire to live differently…
Maybe you want to protect more space for rest or creativity. Set a boundary you've been avoiding. Trust yourself in a relationship. Change the way you work. Begin a meaningful project. Dance more. Write more. Play with your children. Or simply stop abandoning yourself in the smallest moments of everyday life.
You do not need to arrive with a goal, business idea, or dramatic life decision. October and November will offer support as you listen for what matters, experiment with small shifts, and build a life that feels increasingly nourishing and fully your own.
An impact that lasts far beyond our few days together
"I've missed the retreat group so much. I often find myself thinking back to our time together—it helps ground me in my work and my life. The retreat was so unexpected in its impact… I felt completely unburdened and deeply connected to my senses. It was truly transformative."
— Kristi
Past retreat participant
"The retreat helped me reconnect with a more pure version of myself—free from the burdens that stifled my creativity… It's been incredibly freeing to simply say, 'This is me. Take it or leave it.'"
— Allison
Past retreat participant
A few glimpses of what we get to share
Golden hour on the bluff, chef-made meals, laughter that catches you off guard, arms around each other watching the water. This is what it actually looks like.
The full 2-month immersive experience
3 nights on Lake Michigan in an intimate, curated retreat space
All inclusive nourishing meals
Immersive done-for-you experience including play, creativity, and connecting with your body and desires
Optional Zoom calls throughout October and November offering connection, protected space, and support for bringing what you discovered into your everyday life
Support to protect what matters, trust your inner knowing, and make small, meaningful changes that help your life feel more like your own
Investment
$3,845
Pay in full and save
4 payments of $999
Only a $250 deposit secures your spot today
Spots are limited. Email Shawn at support@drshawnhondorp.com for room availability and to sign up.
Let's start the conversation
Share a little about yourself and Shawn will personally reach out within a couple of days about room availability and next steps. A $250 deposit secures your spot.