REALIFE Conversations for Christian Coaches 057: Why Do You Need Retreat Days?
Culture teaches us to push, push, push! While productivity and work are important parts of our whole REALIFE, if we don't learn to come away for a while we end up living a very reactionary life with our hair on fire!
Author Dallas Willard says, "If you don't come apart for a while, you will come apart after a while."
While each Enneagram type approaches retreat differently, and we'll talk about that more on next week's episode, for each type there is Full Circle wholeness and living that comes when we're willing to pause and step away from our regular everyday, ordinary lives.
On this episode, we'll explore:
- Why is retreat necessary?
- What should I consider in structuring a retreat?
- How could developing a rhythm of retreat be a factor in living more sustainably?
As you listen in to Episode 057 consider...what would it be worth for me to step away and pause to retreat and take a 30,000-foot view of my life and my business and what will it cost me if I never come apart from it all?
REALIFE Resources from this Episode:
Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation by Ruth Haley Barton
12 Week Year by Brian Moran & Michael Lennington
If you're ready to come away for 48 hours on retreat, join us at the REALIFE Process®, February 21-23, on the farm in Mason, IL for our first foundational retreat of the year. On retreat, you'll get up on the balcony of your life and work to:
- Align your values and giftedness with your areas of focus
- Design action projects and practical steps for the next 90 days to move you forward personally and professionally
- You'll set up your calendar to include self and soul care, quality time with valuable people in your life, design personal and work projects to move you forward, and have space for the everyday tasks of life
- Learn to create rhythms of rest, renew and review
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About Teresa McCloy:
Teresa McCloy is the creator of the REALIFE Process®, an ACC Executive Coach, and an IEA Accredited Enneagram Professional who helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders discover and live out their best REALIFE! She has worked with clients from all over the world to help them bring clarity to their REALIFE and joy to their REALWORK!