Radical Honesty in Relationships, in the jungle…Pt 2
Hello! It’s Lindsay and I’m back with Part 2 of our newsletter about the Radical Honesty in Relationships Retreat in Costa Rica, this March 9-15th.
As I begin to write, I’m sitting here thinking about the story I posted on Instagram recently. Here are the slides:
What I was aiming to get at in this post is this… Sometimes in our relationships, even when we know we love our partner/spouse/SIs AND❤️,
we may still question where we’re at… where we’re going…and if your relationship could be more gratifying.
✨Could I/we feel more seen and understood?
✨Could I/we be more fulfilled?
✨Could we create more depth, intimacy, excitement and wonder together?
✨Could we feel more love for each other?
✨Can we heal breaches of trust and choose each other again after phases of disconnect?
…and if we’re keeping all of these thoughts inside instead of being in the inquiry with our partners, we can end up feeling sort of lonely and… bleh.
Our intention in offering our retreat in Costa Rica is to create a space with you—
where you can practice opening yourself up.
For YOU.
For your partner.
Or for a future partner.
A space to be and express yourself fully.
To get deeply in touch with what you truly want in your relationships—
present or future.
You’ll have the opportunity to process things that have been holding you back, personally and in relationships, and clear some space to open to whatever comes next, and create more of what you want in your love life.
The high level design of the retreat is:
Noticing Self: Build a foundation of self-awareness, especially subconscious and exiled parts.
Accepting Self: Self-acceptance, not as a precursor to non-withholding, but through non-withholding.
Accepting Anger: A special portion of this section is accepting and expressing anger & resentment & building tolerance for vulnerability.
What you want: Then we focus on getting clear about what we want when not polluted by self delusion, unresolved resentment, self hatred, and fear.
Compromise without sacrifice: Finally, we work on merging our wants with another while still staying true to ourselves.
It’s a travel adventure, AND an adventure through your self and with your partner (if you attend with them).
It’s an adventure that takes some work, along with courage and vulnerability, and we think you’ll find that the commitment is worth it, and so rewarding.
Okay, on to the Q&A portion of the newsletter!
Our original intention with Part 2 was for Tony to ask questions that I’d answer, however, since I’ve gotten several questions from people who are curious about the retreat, I’m going to answer those questions for y’all, rather than Tony interviewing me.
Here we go!
What’s the benefit of going to Costa Rica to do a Radical Honesty workshop VS doing an online workshop?
The main benefits:
Being in person with the facilitators and fellow participants is often a much more intimate and intense experience, allowing for so much more to show up in our space together.
The adventure of going on your own or with your partner to a new experience, in a new place, and interacting in new and brave ways, face to face with new people!
The adventure of traveling to and being in Costa Rica and being in the mind-blowingly beautiful jungle🌿!
As Tony mentioned in Part 1 of this newsletter, “When we're working to build new ways of relating to ourselves and our partners, it’s good to be in a new setting that supports new neural pathways.
Even the act of traveling there subconsciously programs our psyche for a new experience and context of investing in ourselves and our relationships... and you are worth the investment.”
How serious or “strict” is the vibe? Will this feel like a vacation or a workshop🏝️🤔?
While we consider this a pretty intensive workshop, it’s intended to be less intense than our 8-Day Residential Workshops.
Our session periods during this retreat are hours shorter than the 8-day workshops with evenings off to do as you please.
That said, we intend for participants to be present for the full duration of all workshop sessions and to communicate with us ahead of time if that won’t be possible for any reason.
The workshop sessions build on each other and rapport and trust develops within the group through each session, and your absence would have an impact on the group.
This retreat is a space for the whole range of human emotions.
There will inevitably be lightness and laughter, as well as anger, raised voices, and crying. We’re trained and practiced at being with you through all of that, and we’re here for it.
Will I have time to myself? Are there evening offerings?
Our workshop sessions will end each night at 5:30, followed by group dinner at the Lodge.
After that, you’re free to spend the evening as you’d like.
Some folks like to have alone time to rest and recharge after the intense days with the group, and others like to keep the action going.
Some evening options:
Staying at Cascada Elysiana and hanging out on your own
Participating in optional evening sessions offered by guest facilitators
Hanging out at the Lodge with other participants and guests
If you arrange transportation, you can head out to Dominical, the small town about 30 minutes away from the retreat center.
We’ve gotten several more questions and I don’t want to bore our readers who do not have the same questions, so instead, I’ll link to the rest of the FAQs, here.
We’d love to welcome you to the Radical Honesty in Relationships Retreat! If you have any questions that aren’t covered in the FAQs, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Email Lindsay at takerootcoach@gmail.com.
If this offering speaks to you, we hope you’ll join us and discover the freedom, connection, and adventure that honesty can bring to your relationships!
Happy adventuring,
Lindsay
Lindsay St. Antoine is an honesty coach and Radical Honesty Trainer in Denver, Colorado. In addition to providing one-on-one coaching, she also leads in-person and online Radical Honesty workshops.
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