THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION™
A 4-Day Creative Beach Retreat for Therapists and Healing Professionals.
September 24–27 I Hilton Head Island
18 CE Credits I Limited to 12 participants
An immersive four-day retreat rooted in Brené Brown's Gifts of Imperfection™ curriculum, designed for therapists and helping professionals seeking rest, reflection, creative renewal, and a return to wholehearted living.
IMAGINE. . waking up in a gorgeous house near the beach, coming downstairs in the morning light to a lovely continental breakfast of fruit, yogurt, pastries and hot beverages. You relax with your coffee or tea on the porch, or take a walk down to the beach to greet the day.
Soon, you gather with the group in our spacious living area and open your new art journal, surrounded by high quality art supplies, spa water, and snacks and you dive into Brené Brown’s Gifts of Imperfection curriculum guided by 2 highly experienced and down-to-earth retreat leaders.
For the next 3 days, you are unplugged, invited to relax and take thoughtful, intentional risks within the safety of our group. You have now joined a heartfelt community of other seekers, growing into your authentic gifts, letting go of hustle and cultivating your creativity and true voice.
You leave the retreat refreshed, renewed, and energized to reenter your life! And while it is common to have tears when you leave, you know that you have gained lifelong connections and a set of skills that will serve you and all who encounter you going forward.
Registration
Investment starts at $1950 and varies by room type (shared or private) and bed size (King, Queen, Double, Twin bunk).
There are two options for purchase:
Pay in full
Three equal payments are initiated upon purchase. Your remaining payments will be processed automatically.
Once you’ve made your payment, we will send a confirmation email. As we get closer to the retreat date, you will receive all the detailed information, including the retreat address, a suggested packing list, and instructions on how to prepare for the retreat.
What’s Included:
All programming, including expert-led instruction on Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection experiential curriculum
18 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Clinical Social Workers
Five-star accommodations in a spacious, beautiful 4-story house within walking distance of the beach
Private pool, balconies, and a rooftop deck; elevator on-site (please note: not ADA-compliant)
Your own copy of The Gifts of Imperfection, a new art journal, and all art supplies
Daily continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages
A special gift bag for every participant
Optional mindfulness walks to the beach and time to explore Hilton Head Island
Post-retreat connection with the Brave Spaces community
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WHO'S GUIDING YOU
Led by people who've sat in your chair.
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.
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Lisa Wolcott — LCSW, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, IFS Practitioner
Hi, I'm Lisa. In more than 25 years as a therapist, I've come to believe healing isn't the exception; it's what we're built for and I've helped thousands of clients and retreat participants grow lives that reflect their real passion and purpose. Brené Brown's The Power of Vulnerability gave me the honest language I'd been starved for and I trained as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, where I met Cheryl in 2017.
Full disclosure: I'm a recovering perfectionist who practices what she teaches — watercoloring, sketching and returning again and again to wholehearted living. I can't wait to meet you at Hilton Head Island!
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Cheryl Lynn, LISW-CP, Art Therapist, Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator
Hi, I'm Cheryl. I believe we're all creative beings who long to be seen, and that in more than 20 years as a therapist, I've helped thousands of clients quiet their harshest self-talk and reclaim the creativity trauma had buried. I found Brené Brown's work while deep in my own trauma treatment, became a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator where Lisa and I met and now also speak on how creativity helps us heal. Full disclosure: I'm strongly ADHD, which means big ideas and imposter syndrome I keep learning to work with, and I feed my creativity constantly, from watercolor to ceramics to woodworking. I can't wait to share what I've learned with you.
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Two therapists, one table and a shared conviction: no healer should have to heal alone.
Brave Space Retreats began with a friendship and a belief that the people who spend their lives restoring others deserve to be restored too. Lisa and Cheryl met in 2017 during their Daring Way™ training and after years of dreaming up how to bring Brené Brown's work to fellow helping professionals, they built something neither could offer alone.
That's what collective means to us. Lisa brings decades of group psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems work; Cheryl brings art therapy and a body of research on how creativity heals trauma. As two Certified Daring Way™ Facilitators, we weave those threads together with Brené Brown's Guideposts for Wholehearted Living — drawing on The Daring Way™, Rising Strong™, and Gifts of Imperfection, alongside group process, mindful movement, nature, and hands-on creative work. Different gifts, one integrated experience.
And it isn't only the facilitation that's collective, the healing is too. You'll do this work inside a small circle of people who carry what you carry because the particular loneliness of being "the strong one" doesn't dissolve in isolation. It dissolves in company. Our job is to hold the container; the collective does so much of the mending.
It's all grounded in real clinical expertise and paced with real care but it never feels like a training. It feels like being met. That's the mission underneath everything we do: to remind every helper who walks through our doors that they were never meant to do this alone.
This retreat is for you if…
You're a therapist, counselor, social worker, or healing professional
You're licensed (LPC, LCSW, or similar) and want 18 CE credits that don't feel like a chore
You're creatively starved and quietly miss making things. You are seeking a compassionate, wholesome regrowth.
You're craving real connection with people who understand the work so you can unplug and feel both rested and inspired!
It's probably not for you if…
You want a packed conference schedule and a lanyard
You'd rather stay in "professional mode" the entire time
You're looking to network more than you're looking to restore
Registration closes September 10 [FINAL CALL]
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Registration closes September 10 [FINAL CALL] 〰️
Questions? Let's answer them.
Everything you're wondering about the 4-day Gifts of Imperfection retreat, the honest version.
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Not for a second. This isn't about making good art, it's about what happens in you while you make it. The Gifts of Imperfection curriculum uses creativity as a doorway, never a performance. You'll get a fresh journal, every supply you could want and zero expectations. Most people arrive nervous about the "art" part and leave protective of it.
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This retreat is specifically designed for mental health professionals, helpers, and healers, including psychotherapists, counselors, social workers, psychologists, physicians, nurses, Reiki masters, massage therapists, and yoga instructors.
Lisa and Cheryl are trained psychotherapists, but this retreat is designed as a wellness retreat offering and is not a replacement for psychotherapeutic care.
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Almost everything, once you arrive:
3 nights in a five-star beach house on Hilton Head Island
All programming, led through Brené Brown's Gifts of Imperfection experiential curriculum
18 Continuing Education credits
Your own copy of the book, a new art journal, and every art supply
Daily breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages
A gift bag, guided mindfulness beach walks, and the post-retreat Brave Spaces community
You bring yourself and a suitcase. We've handled the rest.
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You'll earn 18 Continuing Education credits, designed for Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Clinical Social Workers so this counts as real professional development, not just a getaway (and may be tax-deductible; check with your accountant).
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This is retreat-specific.
Plan to arrive at the house between noon and 1:30 on the first day of the retreat. The retreat will close at 10 am on the final day. Details and instructions will be emailed to you upon registration and the week before the retreat. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to travel back after we close; you don't want to miss the final session and closing goodbyes!
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Intentionally tiny, just 12 participants. Small enough that you're a person, not a name tag and that the connections you make here actually last.
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You'll get a confirmation email right away. As the retreat gets closer, we'll send everything you need, the address, a suggested packing list, and simple ways to prepare so you arrive ready to exhale.
This is a private room located on the main floor right off of our meeting area. It has a king bed and a private bathroom.
Your investment including registration fee for this accommodation is $2050.