A 3-day in-person group intensive followed by an eight-week coaching community to help you nurture your relationship with yourself and embody your uniqueness in your next season.
Step into your uniqueness
explore your story
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the tools to harness your identity
You play many roles and care deeply for your husband and children. Your life is full but sometimes it feels unfullfilling. And if you're honest you feel lonely and exhausted. Nobody really notices you. You're beginning to wonder if you matter. You're not sure if you know who you are anymore and what brings you joy outside of meeting the needs of others.
You sense that there's something missing about you and you are curious. You just don't know where to start. You heard somewhere that the answer to "finding" yourself is self-care, therapy, reading and even a suggested Bible study. You do those things but still feel . . . empty.
What you're looking for is a space to focus and find clarity about what makes you unique, especially in the next season of life. You don't want to do this alone and crave community and a safe place to be yourself.
the safe space to practice integration
SIYU is a Faith-based experience to help you harness the words of your heart, and embody your uniqueness, boldly.
the heart, the gateway to your identity.
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Ready for your life to change?
— proverbs 4:23
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything flows from it.
your heart is the gateway to your uniqueness
heart work | rest | community
evins mill resort, smithville, tn
February 27 - March 2, 2025
You are guided through deep Spirit-led heart work designed to help you become aware of the limiting beliefs that keep you from embodying your uniqueness. You will explore your story and begin to understand the roots of the beliefs you carry. Your willingness to shine a light and confront those beliefs is where you awaken to your uniqueness and transform into the person you were created to be.
AWAKEN
This is where you start to explore your growth edges by activating the parts of you that are hidden. You will learn the words of your heart and practice expressing what is true. You'll engage in exercises that explore the ways you learned to dismiss your heart and hide your uniqueness. Although it may be uncomfortable, you'll also experience being seen, heard, and fully known maybe for the first time ever.
ACTIVATE
Your retreat experience begins slowly and gently with an introduction to your spiritual anatomy and the Faith-based concepts that frame our time together. If you've ever wondered why parts of you feel missing or why you just don't feel comfortable in your skin this will be an a-ha moment. You will see your full self, maybe for the first time ever and attune to the parts of you that need your presence.
ATTUNE
show me
get started
I'm ready
Thank you for showing up with a gentle yet strong heart. You held space for my stuff for as long as I needed and you never made me feel little. I was heard maybe for the first time ever.
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Geri - shared with permission
"This experience will be a major course change for my life."
cara stepping into her uniqueness -
Search me oh God and know my heart . . .
Psalm 139:23
Giving yourself the time and focus to honor your heart, soul, mind and body, without having to do the stuff you do like, dishes, meal prep, caring for others and the distraction of digital media.
Exploring your growth edges by attuning to your feelings and needs so that you can clearly know where you begin and end and others begin and end.
Learning and practicing in the context of a group setting and willing to engage your story with kindness and compassion.
Willingness to take responsibility for your role in your life and relationships.
Arriving with the fear of SIYU and entering with hands open to receive what God has for you.
and finally having the courage to step into your uniqueness and surrender to what's next.
sounds good
next retreat: February 27 - March 2, 2025
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What's Included
the siyu experience
.001 Three nights at Evins Mill Resort
Think all-inclusive resort and community with your private room and bath because togetherness + restoration.
.002 All of your nourishing meals each day
Plus fully stocked drinks and snacks. If your special almond milk isn't there, we'll get it for you.
.003 Guidance + Group Check-Ins
12 guided sessions designed to be reflective and experiential and to help you cross the threshold to your uniqueness.
.004 Carefully curated resources
A special goodie bag filled with favorite resources (and goodies!) on arrival to stay in the energy of self-care during and after the intensive.
.005 Restorative Rest
You'll have space and time to rest and reflect in the surrounding beauty of The Evin's Mill Resort. Miles of trails are available for you to hike at your leisure. Don't forget to visit the awesomeness of Carmac Falls.
All you've gotta do is say yes.
(the journey actually starts here)
heart centered
evins mill resort, smithville, tn
February 27 - March 2, 2025
God wrote you.
You were written to reveal.
Your story is meant to intersect with others.
- dan allender
It takes practice and time to step into your uniqueness and there's typically a lot of feelings after a retreat experience.
You don't have to make this transition and figure out how to integrate what you've learned into your life alone.
You'll continue to receive guided coaching and community support with eight weekly online check-ins following your retreat. Friday's 11:30am to 1pm.
Valerie has just the right amount of words - enough to allow room for my process, let me know her, and show me the way forward from her own experience. She held my story so carefully and allowed for so much healing to happen.
Hillary - shared with permission
KIND WORDS —
Negroni is incredibly organized. We couldn't have elevated our brand without her."
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Jen Olmstead,
Tonic Site Shop
next retreat: February 27 - March 2, 2025
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Meet your guide, Valerie Mowery
Gosh, I know what it's like.
7 years ago I said yes to a journey that I didn't even know I needed. I thought the group experience offered would be something to learn then do. An easy-peasy life hack. One and done.
As I started to engage with the experience, I became aware that I really didn't live fully myself. Everything about my identity was based on my husband and children. I was okay if they were okay but this thinking left me lonely, exhausted and resentful. Why was I here? The behavior patterns that kept me from fully loving myself and others and experiencing the life and relationships meant for me had to be confronted.
I had to learn to access the words of my heart so that I could find clarity about my uniqueness and heal.
Transformation happens in layers. Over the years I've peeled back layers to reclaim as much of my God given identity, this side of heaven. It's not so easy-peasy and it is life-long work for sure, but boy, it is worth it!
There's been a lot to grieve and accept, but with it comes peace and a connection with God, others and myself that I did not even know was possible.
I'm passionate about guiding you through the same experience that changed the way I see myself and the world.
