About Our Retreats
You Shouldn’t Have to Heal From Betrayal Alone
One of the hardest parts of betrayal trauma is the loneliness.
The feeling that your world has shattered while life keeps moving around you.
The exhaustion of carrying grief, confusion, hypervigilance, anger, and heartbreak often while still parenting, working, caretaking, and trying to appear “okay.”
Our retreats were created to break the silence and end the isolation that accompanies betrayal.
They are unique, experiential, deeply immersive, and fiercely intentional.
Led by Marnie Breecker and Maddie Corman, these retreats offer more than talking and psychoeducation. They offer the deeply healing experience of being with people who truly understand.
Women often tell us:
“I didn’t realize how alone I felt until I wasn’t anymore.”
Our retreats make space for the grief and the complexity of this journey, but also for moments of relief, laughter, beauty, rest, and even delight. Because healing cannot happen in survival mode alone.
One recent retreat participant shared:
“Marnie and Maddie created an immediate atmosphere of safety. Being in the presence of other women who understand the complexities of betrayal was a powerful and healing experience that helped to lighten the burden of carrying this alone and created a true sisterhood. If you have the opportunity to give yourself this gift, I can’t recommend it highly enough.”
Whether we are gathered by the ocean, on a cruise ship, or in a beautiful retreat space, you will leave feeling more connected to yourself, more supported by community, and reminded that your life is still yours to reclaim.
OUR RETREAT EXPERIENCES
Empowered on Land
Empowered on Land is an intimate in-person retreat for women navigating betrayal trauma.
Together, we create a space where you can exhale a little. A space where you do not have to over-explain your pain or minimize your experience to make others comfortable.
Through guided workshops, experiential exercises, group connection, and restorative practices, participants are supported in reconnecting with themselves while being surrounded by women who truly “get it.”
There is depth here. Honesty. Vulnerability. But also warmth, humor, nurturing, and moments of genuine joy.
This retreat is held in a beautiful restorative setting intentionally chosen to support nervous system regulation, reflection, rest, and connection.
Empowered at Sea
Empowered at Sea is a one-of-a-kind healing experience for women navigating betrayal trauma, held aboard a cruise ship.
There is something profoundly healing about stepping away from everyday life and being surrounded by women walking similar paths, women who understand the heartbreak, confusion, resilience, and courage this journey requires.
Our days together include guided support, workshops, processing, and integrative healing experiences. And alongside the meaningful work, there is also space for laughter over dinner, sunsets on deck, dancing, deep conversations, rest, and moments of unexpected delight.
Many women describe this retreat as life-changing, not because it “fixes” everything, but because it reminds them they are still alive, still worthy of connection, and no longer alone.
Empowered on Land for Men *Coming Soon*
Empowered on Land for Men is currently in development and will offer a dedicated retreat space focused on relational healing, emotional growth, accountability, and connection.
More details coming soon.
Click here to join the waitlist for Empowered on Land for Men
Couples Community Retreat
Exclusively available to members of the Helping Couples Heal Online Couples Community, this retreat is designed for couples who are further along in their healing and recovery journey.
Together, couples engage in guided experiential work, relational repair, meaningful conversations, and opportunities for deeper connection in a supportive community setting.
Click Here to Learn More About the HCH Online Couples Community
WHAT MAKES OUR RETREATS DIFFERENT
We have fun alongside our pain. We laugh, and we cry, because wholeness requires both.
We focus on the body. Your nervous system gets a voice in how we heal. Designed for the real world. A retreat shouldn’t just be an experience where you feel great for a weekend and then crash the moment you get home. Every somatic tool, all the education, every deep conversation, every new insight, and every small decision is designed to integrate immediately and directly back into your daily life.
We aren’t building a temporary escape; we are building a permanent foundation.
They are about creating spaces where people feel emotionally safe enough to tell the truth, soften a little, breathe a little deeper, and remember they are human.
What makes these experiences different is not only the content but also the feeling.
The feeling of being deeply understood.
The feeling of being cared for.
The feeling of laughing again after months or years of survival mode.
The feeling of sitting beside someone who says, “Me too.”
Every detail of our retreats is created with intention, compassion, and lived understanding of betrayal trauma and relational healing.
And while the work can be profound, we also believe healing needs moments of beauty, nourishment, playfulness, and rest.
Because recovery is not only about surviving what happened.
It is also about reclaiming yourself.
“I was hesitant as an introvert, but what I found was a circle of women who were courageous, honest, and open. I was able to be more vulnerable than I ever had been before.”
“The retreat offered something I could not find in therapy or support groups, a real face-to-face connection and deep understanding.”
“If you are looking for a retreat where you will feel loved seen, and supportive than I highly recommend attending.”
Marnie Breecker
Co-Founder & CEO
Maddie Corman
Betrayal Trauma Coach
Contact Us!
If you have questions or would like more information about our retreats, we invite you to reach out. We are here to support you as you consider whether one of these experiences may be the right next step in your healing journey.
You are welcome to share what you are looking for or ask anything that would help you feel more informed or grounded in your decision.
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