Transformative Care for the Caregiver A Narrative Healing Immersion
- Presenter: Lisa Weinert
- Presenter: Suzanne Koven
- Presenter: Edward Phillips
- and more…
TEND TO THE TENDER PLACES
This retreat is for all who identify as caregivers. You might be a therapist, nurse, teacher, doctor, social worker, or healer. You might be an activist, chaplain, or individual supporting someone through illness, recovery, or grief.
You might be the one holding your family or community together—the open-hearted friend, the steady partner, or the adult child caring for an aging parent. You might be the one others turn to—at work, at home, in moments of crisis and calm.
Caregiving is a sacred act of love. But when it goes uninterrupted, it can quietly lead to depletion, disconnection, and invisibility. You may feel it as burnout, as grief, or as an ache in your jaw, a clenching in your chest, or a blank page where your words used to be.
Led by author and Narrative Healing™ founder Lisa Weinert—alongside a distinguished faculty of experts including Dr. Suzanne Koven, Dr. Eddie Phillips, Crystal McCreary, and Celia Hilson—this weekend immersion offers a sanctuary of reflection, rest, and creative replenishment.
This retreat is an invitation to tend to the tender places. Through trauma-informed writing, gentle movement, and deep listening, you’ll process what’s been carried and reconnect with your voice and body. You’ll leave not only replenished but equipped—with rituals and sustainable practices to support your care, long after the weekend ends. Most of all, you’ll find belonging in a circle that sees you—not just for what you carry, but for who you are.
In this offering, you will experience:
- Narrative Healing™ writing sessions to process, integrate, and reclaim your story
- Restorative movement and yoga to soothe and regulate your nervous system
- Mindfulness and lifestyle strategies to support resilience and sustainable care
- Rituals and reflection to create space for boundaries, grief, and joy
- A compassionate community of caregivers who understand what it means to hold others—and are ready to hold space for you
No prior writing or yoga experience is needed. Just bring your breath, your body, and your story—exactly as you are.
This immersion is open to caregivers of all kinds—professional and personal, visible and unseen.
Note: Please bring a journal or notebook and comfortable clothing for writing, movement, and rest.
Included in Your Stay
| Daily Yoga Classes | 3 All-Natural Meals | Access to the Kripalu Grounds |
Program at a Glance
Presenter(s)
Lisa Weinert, RYT-200, is the founder of Narrative Healing™, a mindfulness-based somatic approach to storytelling, and a book coach for entrepreneurs, leaders, and memoir writers.
Full Bio and ProgramsSuzanne Koven MD, MFA, is a physician and author of Letter to a Young Female Physician. She is the writer-in-residence at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of medicine and global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Full Bio and ProgramsEdward Phillips, MD, is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, founder and director of the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (ILM) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and cohost of the Food, We Need To Talk podcast.
Full Bio and ProgramsCrystal McCreary is a coach, health educator, yoga and mindfulness educator, and teacher trainer with more than 15 years of experience in instructing people of all ages.
Full Bio and ProgramsCelia Hilson, MA, LMFT, MEd, is an assistant clinical director and team lead of Diversity and Intentionality for Integrative Well-being Services at Williams College.
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