Next-Level You — The Retreat
March 31 - April 1, 2023 - Erie, PA
The Next-Level You retreat focused on four disciplines that will help you hone in on the big dream you want RIGHT NOW (because years down the road isn’t good enough for you, sister) and use your connections, storytelling skills, and your Leadership Energy to get there faster. Aside from the fabulous food and digs, the attendees received the gift of transformation throughout these sessions:
- Master Your Mindset and Happiness
- Building Your “Village”
- Telling Your Transformational Story
- Journey Into Your Future Self
- Map Out Your Dreams
- A catered lunch from a top local restaurant.
- Five workshops with four master facilitators.
- Friday night dinner reservations as a group. Dinner not included in retreat cost.
- Overnight accommodations.
- Delicious breakfast, coffee, and tea courtesy of the Inn, before departing on Saturday.
What Are the Attendees Saying?
"The Next Level You retreat was a self-development lover’s dream! From understanding how we show up in life and business, and strengthening our circle of influence to telling our transformation story and visualizing our best future - the presenters were engaging, fun and knowledgeable. The retreat had something for any high-performing woman who seeks to be the best version of herself personally and professionally."
"Loved learning about the 7 Energies of Leadership and the Vision Board - that was my first one, and I enjoyed it!"
"I am normal. Lol. Meaning - what I feel and experience as a female entrepreneur is normal and I’m not alone."
"All presenters were top notch....no feedback except keep doing what you do!"
"The Next Level retreat was absolutely fabulous! The training was fun, informative and entertaining. The accommodations and retreat venue is top notch, cozy and great food served my Vicke Marz the owner of The Victoria Inn. Everything was perfect. I loved making new friends and learning new things. Dinner was a hoot hanging out with the presenters."
"Loved learning about the 7 Energies of Leadership and the Vision Board - that was my first one, and I enjoyed it!"
"I am normal. Lol. Meaning - what I feel and experience as a female entrepreneur is normal and I’m not alone."
"All presenters were top notch....no feedback except keep doing what you do!"
"The Next Level retreat was absolutely fabulous! The training was fun, informative and entertaining. The accommodations and retreat venue is top notch, cozy and great food served my Vicke Marz the owner of The Victoria Inn. Everything was perfect. I loved making new friends and learning new things. Dinner was a hoot hanging out with the presenters."
Where Did We Go?
Victoria Inn in Erie, PA is an award-winning historic landmark featuring 12-foot ceilings, handcrafted hardwood moldings and mantles, and beautiful hardwood. The main floor transports you back to a time when afternoon tea was a thing and the sitting room was the place to hang out. And we had the entire bed and breakfast to ourselves!
Victoria Inn in Erie, PA is an award-winning historic landmark featuring 12-foot ceilings, handcrafted hardwood moldings and mantles, and beautiful hardwood. The main floor transports you back to a time when afternoon tea was a thing and the sitting room was the place to hang out. And we had the entire bed and breakfast to ourselves!
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Session Information:
Master Your Mindset and Happiness
As high achieving, successful women, we are constantly striving to be our best and make things happen. And let’s face it, we are fabulous! With our awesomeness, comes chaos and never-ending expectations. It’s easy to get sucked into low-vibe thinking and energy-draining drama. When this happens, we lose focus of what’s important and who we are. We feel the pressure to be perfect, help everyone, hustle, and constantly prove ourselves. We get caught in thoughts of self-judgment, doubt, and overwhelm.
Too often we put Band-Aid fixes on situations to keep moving forward. We tolerate feeling stuck or unhappy and rationalize this by telling ourselves, “I’m fine. It’s fine.” WHY? Because it’s easier than dealing with our discomfort or making a change. All of this low-vibe energy is exhausting! It truly blocks us from living and performing as our highest selves—at work and in our personal lives. Fantastic news though! You ALWAYS have the power and choice to ditch this stress and drama!
Merilee Smith will teach you to be the Jedi Master of your thoughts and Leadership Energy! When you learn this, you will be happy, resilient, agile, confident, and calm, no matter what changes, opportunities, or challenges life throws your way. This game changing pre-work will open your eyes to how you are directing your thoughts and energy. Psst! This is the MAGIC piece! Because these are 100% impacting how you are leading your life right now—your happiness and the results you are getting.
During this highly interactive session you will:
You will walk away with the inner power and tools to continue to grow, evolve, and lead a happy, high vibe, wholehearted life!
Master Your Mindset and Happiness
As high achieving, successful women, we are constantly striving to be our best and make things happen. And let’s face it, we are fabulous! With our awesomeness, comes chaos and never-ending expectations. It’s easy to get sucked into low-vibe thinking and energy-draining drama. When this happens, we lose focus of what’s important and who we are. We feel the pressure to be perfect, help everyone, hustle, and constantly prove ourselves. We get caught in thoughts of self-judgment, doubt, and overwhelm.
Too often we put Band-Aid fixes on situations to keep moving forward. We tolerate feeling stuck or unhappy and rationalize this by telling ourselves, “I’m fine. It’s fine.” WHY? Because it’s easier than dealing with our discomfort or making a change. All of this low-vibe energy is exhausting! It truly blocks us from living and performing as our highest selves—at work and in our personal lives. Fantastic news though! You ALWAYS have the power and choice to ditch this stress and drama!
Merilee Smith will teach you to be the Jedi Master of your thoughts and Leadership Energy! When you learn this, you will be happy, resilient, agile, confident, and calm, no matter what changes, opportunities, or challenges life throws your way. This game changing pre-work will open your eyes to how you are directing your thoughts and energy. Psst! This is the MAGIC piece! Because these are 100% impacting how you are leading your life right now—your happiness and the results you are getting.
During this highly interactive session you will:
- Explore your Energy Leadership Assessment results to deepen your self-awareness ($188 value)
- Understand the 7-Levels of Energy that are available to you at any given moment
- Get clear on how your leadership energy is working with or against your goals and who you want to be
- Learn how to raise your consciousness so that you can intentionally create productive thoughts, positive actions, and abundant results in all areas of your life
You will walk away with the inner power and tools to continue to grow, evolve, and lead a happy, high vibe, wholehearted life!
Next, our second session will feature your village.
Building Your “Village”
Do you ever feel left out? Do you feel like you’re the only one you know with certain challenges? Are you someone who spends most of your time working alone - and feeling isolated and lonely? Do you constantly feel like you’re “showing up” for everyone, yet no one does it for you? Do you struggle with setting and sticking to healthy boundaries within friendships?
Your village can include:
Kelli Komondor will have an open conversation about how she created her village of like-minded women, resulting in her bestselling anthology and a business built almost exclusively on referrals. Everyone will have an opportunity to share their friendship/supporter experiences and participate in a “bless and release” activity with Building Your Village: Why a Strong Support System is Crucial for Your Success.
You’ll walk away knowing:
Building Your “Village”
Do you ever feel left out? Do you feel like you’re the only one you know with certain challenges? Are you someone who spends most of your time working alone - and feeling isolated and lonely? Do you constantly feel like you’re “showing up” for everyone, yet no one does it for you? Do you struggle with setting and sticking to healthy boundaries within friendships?
Your village can include:
- A network of friends and colleagues you admire - who fight to help you earn, and keep, a seat at the table.
- Family members who call you out on your fears and help you work through them.
- Co-workers who help you grow in your role and encourage you to work hard and find success.
Kelli Komondor will have an open conversation about how she created her village of like-minded women, resulting in her bestselling anthology and a business built almost exclusively on referrals. Everyone will have an opportunity to share their friendship/supporter experiences and participate in a “bless and release” activity with Building Your Village: Why a Strong Support System is Crucial for Your Success.
You’ll walk away knowing:
- How many friends do you really need?
- Who should be in your inner circle … and in the other circles beyond that!
- How your village changes throughout the years, why, and why it’s okay.
- Why asking for what you need from your village is so important.
- How to set healthy boundaries with your village.
Our third session is where you’ll dig into the heart of your transformational story.
Telling Your Transformational Story
We’ve all spent a little time in a cocoon. Now is the time to share that journey! You might wonder why talking or writing about it is so important. It’s dark. It’s gooey. It’s half-formed. It’s messy. But that’s exactly why you need to share about it! How you changed, grew, transformed is a major piece of the puzzle for many of your followers, the people who want to work with you, hang out with you, or emulate your transformation. And even if that’s not why they want to stick around, your transformation is inspiring and connects you with others on a heart-level.
And that’s the exact energy you want to put out into the world: healthy vulnerability and sharing your journey creates a connection that inspires others! Now, the trick is to be able to do it so you can talk about it on social media, in your bio, in articles, or even in a book.
Much of the writing that you need to do to connect deeper with your audience involves where you came from. You don’t need to be Jenny from the Block to be real with people and let them see who you truly are.
Cori Wamsley's session will teach you how to overcome some of the common challenges to writing about your transformational story, tips and tricks for getting it out without staring blankly at the blinking cursor, and some things to avoid for going deep in a healthy, soulful way. You’ll leave with pieces of your story written and reviewed, and you’ll be empowered to keep sharing in all the different ways you’re called to!
Telling Your Transformational Story
We’ve all spent a little time in a cocoon. Now is the time to share that journey! You might wonder why talking or writing about it is so important. It’s dark. It’s gooey. It’s half-formed. It’s messy. But that’s exactly why you need to share about it! How you changed, grew, transformed is a major piece of the puzzle for many of your followers, the people who want to work with you, hang out with you, or emulate your transformation. And even if that’s not why they want to stick around, your transformation is inspiring and connects you with others on a heart-level.
And that’s the exact energy you want to put out into the world: healthy vulnerability and sharing your journey creates a connection that inspires others! Now, the trick is to be able to do it so you can talk about it on social media, in your bio, in articles, or even in a book.
Much of the writing that you need to do to connect deeper with your audience involves where you came from. You don’t need to be Jenny from the Block to be real with people and let them see who you truly are.
Cori Wamsley's session will teach you how to overcome some of the common challenges to writing about your transformational story, tips and tricks for getting it out without staring blankly at the blinking cursor, and some things to avoid for going deep in a healthy, soulful way. You’ll leave with pieces of your story written and reviewed, and you’ll be empowered to keep sharing in all the different ways you’re called to!
Journey Into Your Future Self
Want a clear vision for the next step in your business, life, or career? Session four will help! Where will you be in 5 years? 10 years?
Renee DeMichiei Farrow will take you on a journey where you will meet your Future Self and find out what she’s like and Renee will guide you to be like her in the future. Many who have gone on this journey with Renee are surprised to find out just how different, savvy, and basically awesome their future self is. But here’s the funny thing, she’s already part of you.
Meeting her just opens you up to understanding the possibilities that lie within. After doing this activity, one of Renee’s clients created a bestselling book!
As you visit with your Future Self, she will present you with a gift that can open the successes of your future life. What will that special gift look like? A book, a new business, career shift, or a more purposeful way of living? It’s different for each person because we all hold some longing deep inside that is different for each of us. Sometimes it’s a total surprise, and other times, you already knew but never spoke it aloud!
This is your chance to get a peek at what’s next and own it! This short look into your future life can open you up to new possibilities!
Map Out Your Dreams
With that fresh, new friendship you have with your Future Self, your story, your village, and your leadership energy, you’re going to make a concrete commitment to your vision of what you really want in session 5! Renee will take you through the process of creating your Future Self board that will enable you to plan and visualize your future success. We love Future Self boards for the power they give us to focus on our goals and also put them out to the Universe to help them come to fruition! Future Self boards have been paramount to a lot of our successes (ask Cori about how that Disney thing worked out!), and with all the shifts during the Next-Level You retreat, we all need to iron out our next steps and start dreaming big!
Want a clear vision for the next step in your business, life, or career? Session four will help! Where will you be in 5 years? 10 years?
Renee DeMichiei Farrow will take you on a journey where you will meet your Future Self and find out what she’s like and Renee will guide you to be like her in the future. Many who have gone on this journey with Renee are surprised to find out just how different, savvy, and basically awesome their future self is. But here’s the funny thing, she’s already part of you.
Meeting her just opens you up to understanding the possibilities that lie within. After doing this activity, one of Renee’s clients created a bestselling book!
As you visit with your Future Self, she will present you with a gift that can open the successes of your future life. What will that special gift look like? A book, a new business, career shift, or a more purposeful way of living? It’s different for each person because we all hold some longing deep inside that is different for each of us. Sometimes it’s a total surprise, and other times, you already knew but never spoke it aloud!
This is your chance to get a peek at what’s next and own it! This short look into your future life can open you up to new possibilities!
Map Out Your Dreams
With that fresh, new friendship you have with your Future Self, your story, your village, and your leadership energy, you’re going to make a concrete commitment to your vision of what you really want in session 5! Renee will take you through the process of creating your Future Self board that will enable you to plan and visualize your future success. We love Future Self boards for the power they give us to focus on our goals and also put them out to the Universe to help them come to fruition! Future Self boards have been paramount to a lot of our successes (ask Cori about how that Disney thing worked out!), and with all the shifts during the Next-Level You retreat, we all need to iron out our next steps and start dreaming big!
Cori, Merilee, Renee, and Kelli
So Who Are We?
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Renee DeMichiei Farrow is a multi-talented multi-business owner, executive coach, small business advocate, former corporate director, and bestselling author who is highly lauded for her business and personal branding, marketing, public relations coaching, government, and nonprofit relations knowledge. She loves to help her clients learn more about themselves and helps them reach their goals with coaching, while also working in their homes and offices to enjoy their living spaces with beautiful window treatments. Kelli A. Komondor is a next-level connector who has taken her clients from unknown to national exposure with her public relations efforts. She is passionate about visibility and helping thought leaders and industry experts get seen and heard so their message can impact those who need it most. From authors to coaches to speakers, Kelli enjoys sharing her clients and their incredible stories with media outlets that can help spread the word. Merilee Smith takes a no BS approach to dealing with drama and settling for living in “I’m Fine Energy!” She is a high-energy Drama Disruptor Coach, Facilitator, Speaker and Author. She is wildly passionate about teaching people very practical mental and emotional tools that give them the power to be in control of their thoughts, energy, and happiness, no matter what life throws their way. Her clients walk away intentionally living with passion and purpose.They know how to ditch energy-sucking drama and live as their best selves in all areas of their life. Cori Wamsley is a former government writer turned publisher, who took her decade of experience as a professional penning info about energy development and her love of novel writing and turned it into a movement. She has coached, edited, and published for authors in a variety of nonfiction and fiction genres all with one thing in common: their message was meant to impact millions. |
Contact us:
Renee DeMichiei Farrow: rf@decorating-details.com
Kelli A. Komondor: kelli@k2creativellc.com
Merilee Smith: merilee@merileesmith.com
Cori Wamsley: cori@coriwamsley.com
Renee DeMichiei Farrow: rf@decorating-details.com
Kelli A. Komondor: kelli@k2creativellc.com
Merilee Smith: merilee@merileesmith.com
Cori Wamsley: cori@coriwamsley.com