BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eventin//Event Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1d594fe4e70c8f09273f724e8bc0d770@myrnamccallum.ca SUMMARY:LoveBack™ Healing the Pain We Carry: A 4-Day Retreat for Communit ies of Colour DESCRIPTION:LoveBack™ Healing the Pain We Carry: A 4-Day Retreat for Comm unities of Colour\nThere is pain many of us carry that did not begin with u s.\nIt lives in our bodies. It shapes how we move through our work\, how we show up for the people we love\, how we lead\, how we give\, and sometimes — how little we allow ourselves to receive. It was passed down through f amily lines\, through community ruptures\, through systems designed to brea k what they could not control. We learned to survive. And survival\, as nec essary as it was\, often came at a cost.\nMany of us have spent years — s ometimes entire careers — holding space for others while carrying wounds of our own. We show up for our communities\, our organizations\, the people who depend on us\, even as the weight of intergenerational and collective trauma quietly fractures us from the inside. The communities and workplaces we serve have been fragmented by the same forces that shaped our pain. We feel that fragmentation too. We absorb it. We try to heal it. And we rarely stop long enough to ask what it is costing us.\nLoveBack™ Healing the Pa in We Carry is an invitation to stop. To come together — in community\, i n beauty\, on the land — and begin the work of healing that makes everyth ing else possible. Because when we heal\, we do not just heal ourselves. We bring that healing back to the people\, places\, and communities we come f rom. We become better able to hold others because we have allowed ourselves to be held.\nThis is not a workshop. It is not a conference. It is a held space — for grief\, for truth\, for rest\, for reconnection\, and for the kind of healing that doesn't happen alone.\nWho This Is For\nThis retreat is for those of us trying to balance professional responsibility with perso nal development — who don't experience those two things as separate\, bec ause they never have been.\nOur intersectionality includes healing\, trauma \, pain\, and leadership\, all at once. We are grappling with institutional racism and the systems built to exclude us\, while also carrying what was handed down to us — intergenerational trauma that lives in our bodies lon g before we have language for it. We are navigating systemic oppression in the wider world\, and then walking into our workplaces and communities to f ace lateral violence there too — the ways harm moves sideways\, between t he very people who should be holding each other up.\nMany of us are leaders . We hold positions of influence\, we mentor others\, we are the ones peopl e come to when things fall apart — and we rarely get a space built for ou r own repair. This retreat is as much about leadership and professional dev elopment as it is about personal healing\, because the two are not separate . We cannot sustainably lead\, mentor\, or hold space for others from a pla ce of unexamined pain. The clarity\, boundaries\, and self-regulation we bu ild here are the same capacities that shape how we lead when we go home.\nT his is for self-healers — people already doing the work of self-awareness and growth\, ready to go deeper in community rather than alone. It is not therapy\, and you don't need to have "figured it all out" to belong here. Y ou need only be ready.\nYour Co-Facilitators\nMyrna McCallum\nMyrna McCallu m is a Métis trauma educator\, lawyer\, speaker\, and the creator of LoveB ack™ — a healing methodology originally developed for and with Indigeno us communities\, rooted in the belief that love is not soft: it is the most radical act of resistance available to us. Myrna has spent her career work ing at the intersection of trauma\, healing\, and Humanity-Centred Practice \, and she brings her lived experience\, her stories\, and her love to ever y space she holds.\nNatalie Y. Gutiérrez\, LMFT\nNatalie Y. Gutiérrez is a Puerto Rican trauma therapist\, ancestral healer\, Certified Internal Fam ily Systems Therapist\, international keynote speaker\, and the author of T he Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color and its com panion workbook. With 17 years of specialization in complex trauma — incl uding racial\, multigenerational\, and ancestral trauma — Natalie's decol onial healing work is rooted in liberation and dedicated to people of the g lobal majority. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post\, the LA Times\, NPR\, and PopSugar\, among others.\nAbout This Retreat\nGrounded in Myrna McCallum's LoveBack™ methodology and Natalie Y. Gutiérrez's landm ark work on complex trauma and ancestral healing\, this retreat brings toge ther two frameworks built specifically for and with communities of colour — and the team holding this space reflects that same intentionality.\nEve ry participant will receive a copy of The Pain We Carry Workbook\, the comp anion guide to her book The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for Pe ople of Color. This workbook is a guide to healing racial trauma\, reclaimi ng ancestral wisdom\, and igniting liberation. You will work through it tog ether\, in community\, over the four days.\nOver four days\, participants w ill:\n\nEngage in guided group work and facilitated dialogue rooted in rela tional practice and collective care\nExplore how the pain we carry shows up in our bodies\, our relationships\, our caregiving\, and our leadership\nI dentify patterns and begin practising tools for self-regulation\, reflectio n\, and relational repair\nBe reminded that joy\, rest\, and celebration ar e forms of ancestral resistance\nRest. Integrate. Be witnessed — and witn ess others.\n\nThis work doesn't stay in the room. What we build here — t he capacity to regulate\, to set boundaries\, to lead from groundedness ins tead of survival — comes home with us. Into how we manage teams. Into how we show up in rooms where we're the only one who looks like us. Into how w e mentor the next generation of leaders in our communities\, so they inheri t less of what we're working to release.\nThis retreat centres revolutionar y love\, truth\, authenticity\, accountability\, and liberation. It is for those who are ready to begin — or deepen — the work of healing themselv es and gathering the tools\, skills\, and strategies to help others do the same.\nThe Team Holding This Space\nMoana Paulus\nMoana is a Polynesian hea ler with roots in New Zealand and Hawaii. She will offer individual one-on- one healing sessions to participants during the retreat — an opportunity to receive direct\, personal care alongside the group work.\nCharmaine Pare nteau — Resident Auntie\nCharmaine is Métis from Duck Lake\, Saskatchewa n\, Treaty Six territory\, and serves as our Resident Auntie for LoveBack ™ programs. She brings humour\, warmth\, empathy\, and an unshakeable sen se of care to everything she touches. Every retreat needs an Auntie. We are lucky to have ours.\nAlicia Hrbachek & Mariana Trujillo-Lezama — Program & Logistics Support\nAlicia Hrbachek is Cree from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty 4 territory. Mariana Trujillo-Lezama is an immigrant from Cali\, the Cauca Valley\, Colombia. Together they bring their lived experience an d humanity to the work of holding this retreat — managing program logisti cs and participant care so that the space for healing remains uninterrupted .\nVenue\nThe Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa sits on the traditional terri tory of the K'ómoks First Nation\, on the eastern shores of Vancouver Isla nd\, British Columbia. It is a place of water\, forest\, and beauty — a f itting container for the work we are coming together to do.\nPlease note: t he Kingfisher offers additional wellness experiences including healing cave s and spa services. These are available to retreat participants at their ow n cost and are not included in the retreat investment.\nInvestment\nThis re treat is limited to 25 participants.\n\nEarly bird rate: $2\,499 + GST — first 5 registrants only\nGroup rate: $2\,899 + GST — groups of 3 or more \nRegular rate: $2\,999 + GST\n\nAll rates are in Canadian dollars. GST wil l be added at checkout. To save on processing fees e-transfer the total plu s GST to myrna.m@myrnamccallum.co with the password "loveback\," includin g your full name and the retreat title in the message box.\nNote: Attendees are responsible for their own travel\, accommodations\, and dinner meals. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.\nQuestions? Reach us at info@myrnam ccallum.co\n\nDate: October 13\, 2026 – October 16\, 2026 Time: 9:00 a m – 5:00 pm (America/Vancouver) Venue: Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa\ , 4330 Island Hwy S\, Royston\, BC V9N 9R9 LOCATION:Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa\, 4330 Island Hwy S\, Royston\, BC V9N 9R9 DTSTAMP:20260805T232806Z DTSTART:20261013T160000Z DTEND:20261017T000000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR