Creative Retirement
Retreat Process & Agenda
Creative Retirement works with a process called emergent design. What that means is that instead of having a fixed, prearranged agenda, it gets created each day based on the needs and interests of the participants.
As Facilitators, Gwen and Greg are always tracking where each participant is at and paying attention not only to what is being brought up for exploration but what is being left out of the conversations. We present models and new information that allow you to think about your issues and challenges from a new perspective. We encourage each participant to work through their challenges in ways that are respectful and supportive. The WEL-Systems® perspective that frames our conversations means that you never have to share anything in the group that you are uncomfortable revealing, and yet you can still work on those issues and achieve breakthroughs in your life and relationship. You can expect to experience short guided meditations designed to create a quiet, private place for each individual to process information that surfaces during our discussions.
We've listed below some of the topics that we anticipate will surface throughout our time together. Only time will tell which specific ones we'll engage. There may be others that you bring to the conversation. What follows is a short list of the topics that typically arise as issues for people in long-term relationships. For us as human growth Facilitators and a couple with a successful long-term marriage these are topics we've had to deal with and address in order for us to remain alive and vibrant as individuals and life partners.
- Your partner, your mirror
- Trust ...given or received?
- Values ...what's possible when they align; what's difficult when they clash
- Intimacy, sex, romance & boredom
- The 'compromise' delusion
- The creativity of conflict?
- Who's rules rule anyway
- Strategies dancing or clashing
- Are you living your marriage or your parents?
- What does this relationship mean to you anyway?
- Relationship as a thing vs. relationship as an expression of you
- How much time together is too much time together?
- Do your kids still need parents?
- Money, power and revenge
- The killing power of secrets
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