BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eventin//Event Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e72cc63cbfce690ffbc6a4c51799d1e3@myrnamccallum.ca SUMMARY:LoveBack™ Retreat: The Pain We Carry Into the Workplace DESCRIPTION:Intergenerational harm does not stay in the past\, and it does not stay at home. It shows up in how we communicate\, how we lead\, what we tolerate and what we repeat. In our communities it often surfaces as later al 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 demanding work while living with complex trauma. It affects how we hear feedback\, how much we take on \, when we go quiet\, and how we treat the people we lead. This retreat tre ats that as a professional reality rather than a private problem.\nOver thr ee days we work through The Pain We Carry Workbook by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez \, the companion to her book The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD f or People of Color. Natalie guides us through it\, Myrna connects it to the places we spend our working lives\, and every participant receives their o wn copy to keep.\nWhat we will look at\n\nHow complex trauma operates in pr ofessional settings\, and how it shapes communication\, leadership and conf lict\nAncestral and intergenerational burdens\, and how they travel through families\, workplaces and communities\nLateral violence: what feeds it\, h ow 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 repai r actually asks of us\, with ourselves\, our colleagues\, our families and our communities\nRegulation\, boundaries\, and staying steady in the conver sations most of us avoid\n\nWhat you will leave with\n\nLanguage for what y ou have been noticing in yourself and in your workplace\nA clearer read on your own patterns under pressure\nPractical strategies for repair you can u se at work\, at home and in community\nYour own copy of The Pain We Carry W orkbook\, to keep working with long after Royston\nA small circle of people who understand the rooms you walk into\n\nWho this is for\nPeople whose wo rk brings them close to other people’s wounds\, and who are carrying thei r own:\n\nLeaders\, managers and team leads\nHelpers\, healers and frontlin e workers\nAdvocates and community organizers\nLegal and health professiona ls\nEducators\, social workers\, and child and family workers\nAnyone respo nsible for a team where harm has shown up\n\nThis work was built for and wi th communities of colour. It draws on Natalie’s decolonial practice with people of the global majority and on Myrna’s LoveBack™ methodology\, de veloped for and with Indigenous communities. You do not need to have figure d anything out to belong here. You need only be ready.\nThe team holding th is space\n\nMyrna McCallum\, co-facilitator\nMétis and Cree trauma educato r\, lawyer and speaker\, and the creator of LoveBack™\, a methodology roo ted in the belief that love is not soft\, it is the most radical act of res istance available to us. Myrna has spent her career at the intersection of trauma\, justice and centering humanity.\n\nNatalie Y. Gutiérrez\, LMFT\, co-facilitator\nPuerto Rican trauma therapist\, ancestral healer\, Certifie d Internal Family Systems therapist and international keynote speaker\, wit h 17 years specializing in complex\, racial\, multigenerational and ancestr al trauma. Author of The Pain We Carry and its companion workbook\, with wo rk featured in the Washington Post\, the LA Times and NPR. More at nataliey gutierrez.com.\n\nMoana Paulus\, healer\nA Polynesian healer with roots in New Zealand and Hawaii. Moana offers individual one-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 hu mour\, warmth and an unshakeable sense of care. Every retreat needs an Aunt ie. We are lucky to have ours.\nPractical notes\n\nThis is professional dev elopment. It is not treatment\, and it does not replace therapy or clinical care.\nNatalie is a licensed therapist and is here as a facilitator\, not as your therapist.\nBring what you are willing to work with. Nothing will b e 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 territory of the K’ómoks Fi rst Nation\, on the eastern shores of Vancouver Island. It is a place of wa ter\, forest and beauty\, a fitting container for the work we are coming to gether to do.\nThe Kingfisher also offers healing caves and spa services. T hese are available to participants at their own cost and are not included i n the retreat investment.\nWhen you book your room\, please tell the Kingfi sher 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 y ou reserve.\nSponsor a seat\nAround the National Day for Truth and Reconcil iation\, people ask us what meaningful action looks like. This is one answe r\, and it holds all year. September 30 passes. What it asks of us does not .\nAllies and organizations can sponsor a seat for an Indigenous participan t 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 ar e available. You will not attend on this ticket. We match every sponsored s eat with someone who has asked to come\, and we let you know when your seat is filled.\nWhen you sponsor a seat\, you are also investing in a survivor ’s business. I am an Indian residential school survivor\, and this work i s mine. Your sponsorship puts an Indigenous person in the room and supports the Indigenous-owned practice that built it. Reconciliation is also about where you choose to spend.\nIf you are Indigenous and would like to be cons idered for a sponsored seat\, email admin@myrnamccallum.co and tell us a li ttle about the work you do. There is no application form and no need to exp lain your finances to us.\nOrganizations sponsoring more than one seat can be invoiced. Email admin@myrnamccallum.co.\nInvestment\nAll rates are in Ca nadian dollars. GST is added at checkout.\nPaying by credit card? You will see a line at checkout called Credit card processing fee. That is not a fee we charge and not money we keep. It is what the card company takes to proc ess the payment\, and it is passed straight to them.\nYou can avoid it enti rely. Pay by e-transfer or direct deposit and there is no processing fee at all.\n\nFounding rate: $2\,999 + GST\, through October 31\nEarly bird rate : $3\,299 + GST\, through December 15\nStandard rate: $3\,499 + GST\n\nBrin ging your team: once two seats from your organization are confirmed\, each additional team member is $500 off. Invoicing is available for organization s. To book as a team\, email admin@myrnamccallum.co.\nPayment plan: a depos it of $1\,199 + GST holds your seat at the rate in effect that day\, with t he balance paid in installments by January 15. Deposits are non-refundable and can be transferred to a colleague.\nIncluded: three days of facilitated group work\, time with Moana for a one-to-one healing session\, your own c opy of The Pain We Carry Workbook\, and breakfast and lunch each day. Dinne r\, accommodations and travel are on your own.\nNeed an invoice for your or ganization? Choose Pay by invoice or cheque at checkout. Your registration is recorded and your seat is held right away\, and we email your invoice wi thin two business days.\nHow to pay: to save on processing fees\, e-transfe r the total plus GST to admin@myrnamccallum.co with the password “lovebac k”\, including your full name and the retreat title in the message box. F or a deposit\, a payment plan or an invoice\, email admin@myrnamccallum.co. \nQuestions? Reach us at admin@myrnamccallum.co LOCATION:Kingfisher Pacific Resort & Spa\, 4330 Island Hwy S\, Royston\, BC V9N 9R9 DTSTAMP:20261022T093831Z DTSTART:20270202T150000Z DTEND:20270204T230000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR