Brave Space Retreats

Rest - Restore - Replenish

Customized retreats to awaken your authentic spirit and inner wisdom.

Our retreats have been intentionally crafted to guide fellow therapists, helping professionals, trauma survivors, and those seeking personal growth on their journey toward wholeness. Our intimate gatherings blend expressive arts, movement, mindfulness, and nature connection to nurture deep personal growth and lasting transformation.

Each retreat is thoughtfully customized to weave together:

Artistic exploration and creative play
Mindful movement
Meditative and mindfulness practices
Nurturing beach walks and nature connection
Meaningful community building
Evidence-based therapeutic approaches

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Join us in Hilton Head

September 18-21, 2025

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Where creative courage meets compassionate growth.

Cheryl Childers and Lisa Wolcott have hosted retreats and events for over a decade. Grounded in the methodology and research of Dr. Brené Brown, their retreats focus on self-care, creative processes, and letting go of the cult of hustle and perfectionism in order to live a more authentic life.

Guests enjoy comfortable and beautiful accommodations, nourishing food and snacks, and a beachside location — where you unplug and feel both rested and inspired!

Our experiential retreats explore Brené’s Guideposts for Wholehearted Living, such as authenticity, self-compassion, cultivating a sense of joy, and releasing perfectionism. Some of our retreats may also focus on business building for mental health professionals, deep self-care, and creating work and life balance after trauma. We help you address burnout, imposter syndrome, comparison and stress as a lifestyle, and overwhelm by using grounding, meditation, art therapy and evidence-based relaxation techniques. You will leave with new skills and an embodied sense of your potential!

Brave Space Retreats includes CE learning opportunities to strengthen your professional/clinical practice. All professionals are welcome to our retreats!

Great care and attention is taken in the planning of our retreats and events -- from location and venue to our thoughtfully paced schedule and program content. Our retreats will leave you feeling connected, energized and restored!

Providing you a safe space to connect with yourself.

In our safe and sacred spaces, you'll find both gentle healing and bold transformation. While our approach is grounded in clinical expertise, we create experiences that are spiritual, educational, and profoundly relational.

Make authentic connections with others.

The magic of our retreats lies in the authentic connections formed. You may arrive as a stranger, but you'll leave with a community of fellow travelers, new friendships, renewed purpose, and a deeper connection to your authentic self and inner wisdom.

“Brave Spaces Retreats helped me connect with my creativity…..”

— AMY H., RETREAT PARTICIPANT

About Us

Cheryl Childers and Lisa Wolcott, both licensed mental health professionals and retreat leaders, met at The Daring Way™ Facilitator Training at Onsite in Tennessee in 2017. They have been co-leading retreats based on Dr. Brené Brown’s experiential methodology for several years.

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