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SUMMARY:LoveBack™ Retreat: The Pain We Carry Into the Workplace
DESCRIPTION:This is a working space\, not a therapy space. We are not here 
 to process your history. We are here to understand how it moves through you
 r work\, and what to do about that.\nIntergenerational harm does not stay i
 n the past\, and it does not stay at home. It shows up in how we communicat
 e\, how we lead\, what we tolerate and what we repeat. In our communities i
 t often surfaces as lateral violence\, harm passed sideways between people 
 who are already carrying too much. Left unnamed\, it shapes teams\, careers
  and relationships. Named\, it can be worked with.\nMany of us are doing de
 manding work while living with complex trauma. It affects how we hear feedb
 ack\, how much we take on\, when we go quiet\, and how we treat the people 
 we lead. This retreat treats that as a professional reality rather than a p
 rivate problem.\nOver three days we work through The Pain We Carry Workbook
  by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez\, the companion to her book The Pain We Carry: He
 aling from Complex PTSD for People of Color. Natalie guides us through it\,
  Myrna connects it to the places we spend our working lives\, and every par
 ticipant receives their own copy to keep.\nWhat we will look at\n\nHow comp
 lex trauma operates in professional settings\, and how it shapes communicat
 ion\, leadership and conflict\nAncestral and intergenerational burdens\, an
 d how they travel through families\, workplaces and communities\nLateral vi
 olence: what feeds it\, how to recognise it early\, and how to interrupt it
 \nWhat it costs to be the only one in the room who looks like us\, and how 
 we carry that\nWhat repair actually asks of us\, with ourselves\, our colle
 agues\, our families and our communities\nRegulation\, boundaries\, and sta
 ying steady in the conversations most of us avoid\n\nWhat you will leave wi
 th\n\nLanguage for what you have been noticing in yourself and in your work
 place\nA clearer read on your own patterns under pressure\nPractical strate
 gies for repair you can use at work\, at home and in community\nYour own co
 py of The Pain We Carry Workbook\, to keep working with long after Royston\
 nA small circle of people who understand the rooms you walk into\n\nWho thi
 s is for\nPeople whose work brings them close to other people’s wounds\, 
 and who are carrying their own:\n\nLeaders\, managers and team leads\nHelpe
 rs\, healers and frontline workers\nAdvocates and community organizers\nLeg
 al and health professionals\nEducators\, social workers\, and child and fam
 ily workers\nAnyone responsible for a team where harm has shown up\n\nThis 
 work was built for and with communities of colour. It draws on Natalie’s 
 decolonial practice with people of the global majority and on Myrna’s Lov
 eBack™ methodology\, developed for and with Indigenous communities. You d
 o not need to have figured anything out to belong here. You need only be re
 ady.\nThe team holding this space\n\nMyrna McCallum\, co-facilitator\nMéti
 s and Cree trauma educator\, lawyer and speaker\, and the creator of LoveBa
 ck™\, a methodology rooted in the belief that love is not soft\, it is th
 e most radical act of resistance available to us. Myrna has spent her caree
 r at the intersection of trauma\, justice and centering humanity.\n\nNatali
 e Y. Gutiérrez\, LMFT\, co-facilitator\nPuerto Rican trauma therapist\, an
 cestral healer\, Certified Internal Family Systems therapist and internatio
 nal keynote speaker\, with 17 years specializing in complex\, racial\, mult
 igenerational and ancestral trauma. Author of The Pain We Carry and its com
 panion workbook\, with work featured in the Washington Post\, the LA Times 
 and NPR. More at natalieygutierrez.com.\n\nMoana Paulus\, healer\nA Polynes
 ian healer with roots in New Zealand and Hawaii. Moana offers individual on
 e-to-one healing sessions during the retreat\, personal care alongside the 
 group work.\n\nCharmaine Parenteau\, Resident Auntie\nMétis from Duck Lake
 \, Saskatchewan\, Treaty Six territory\, and Resident Auntie for LoveBack
 ™ programs. She brings humour\, warmth and an unshakeable sense of care. 
 Every retreat needs an Auntie. We are lucky to have ours.\nPractical notes\
 n\nThis is professional development. It is not treatment\, and it does not 
 replace therapy or clinical care.\nNatalie is a licensed therapist and is h
 ere as a facilitator\, not as your therapist.\nBring what you are willing t
 o work with. Nothing will be asked of you that you do not choose to offer.\
 nSpace is limited\, so the room stays small enough for everyone to be heard
 .\n\nVenue\nThe Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa sits on the traditional ter
 ritory of the K’ómoks First Nation\, on the eastern shores of Vancouver 
 Island. It is a place of water\, forest and beauty\, a fitting container fo
 r the work we are coming together to do.\nThe Kingfisher also offers healin
 g caves and spa services. These are available to participants at their own 
 cost and are not included in the retreat investment.\nWhen you book your ro
 om\, please tell the Kingfisher you are booking a room for the LoveBack™ 
 Retreat. They are offering a discounted rate to our participants\, so it is
  worth asking for it when you reserve.\nSponsor a seat\nAround the National
  Day for Truth and Reconciliation\, people ask us what meaningful action lo
 oks like. This is one answer\, and it holds all year. September 30 passes. 
 What it asks of us does not.\nAllies and organizations can sponsor a seat f
 or an Indigenous participant who wants to be in this room and cannot cover 
 the cost. A sponsorship is $2\,999 + GST\, held at the founding rate for as
  long as sponsored seats are available. You will not attend on this ticket.
  We match every sponsored seat with someone who has asked to come\, and we 
 let you know when your seat is filled.\nWhen you sponsor a seat\, you are a
 lso investing in a survivor’s business. I am an Indian residential school
  survivor\, and this work is mine. Your sponsorship puts an Indigenous pers
 on in the room and supports the Indigenous-owned practice that built it. Re
 conciliation is also about where you choose to spend.\nIf you are Indigenou
 s and would like to be considered for a sponsored seat\, email admin@myrnam
 ccallum.co and tell us a little about the work you do. There is no applicat
 ion form and no need to explain your finances to us.\nOrganizations sponsor
 ing more than one seat can be invoiced. Email admin@myrnamccallum.co.\nInve
 stment\nAll rates are in Canadian dollars. GST is added at checkout.\nPayin
 g by credit card? Stripe\, the company that processes card payments\, adds 
 its own processing fee at checkout on top of GST. That fee is collected by 
 Stripe\, not by us.\n\nFounding rate: $2\,999 + GST\, through October 31\nE
 arly bird rate: $3\,299 + GST\, through December 15\nStandard rate: $3\,499
  + GST\n\nBringing your team: once two seats from your organization are con
 firmed\, each additional team member is $500 off. Invoicing is available fo
 r organizations. To book as a team\, email admin@myrnamccallum.co.\nPayment
  plan: a deposit of $1\,199 + GST holds your seat at the rate in effect tha
 t day\, with the balance paid in installments by January 15. Deposits are n
 on-refundable and can be transferred to a colleague.\nIncluded: three days 
 of facilitated group work\, time with Moana for a one-to-one healing sessio
 n\, your own copy of The Pain We Carry Workbook\, and breakfast and lunch e
 ach day. Dinner\, accommodations and travel are on your own.\nNeed an invoi
 ce for your organization? Choose Pay by invoice or cheque at checkout. Your
  registration is recorded and your seat is held right away\, and we email y
 our invoice within two business days.\nHow to pay: to save on processing fe
 es\, e-transfer the total plus GST to admin@myrnamccallum.co with the passw
 ord “loveback”\, including your full name and the retreat title in the 
 message box. For a deposit\, a payment plan or an invoice\, email admin@myr
 namccallum.co.\nQuestions? Reach us at admin@myrnamccallum.co
LOCATION:Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa\, 4330 Island Hwy S\, Royston\, BC
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