Self Care is Self Love

0:16 Hello, I'm Kimberly and I'm Laura and today we are we have a very special Podcast today. We're a little sleepy. Had a big weekend Self-care is self-love We have just held our first I'm gonna say annual because we're gonna have more than one a year, but it's the only one we're gonna have a Nova Scotia I would say yeah, so our first annual Retreat circle of the sacred flame retreat. It was amazing Mind-blowing. Yes, and we called it ignite your sacred flame, and I don't think we just ignited their flame What a testament to how these things can work and and what can happen after a powerful retreat of Beautiful warrior goddess women. We just had old space for each other full-blown like bonfires walking out of there And for and for us as a facilitators as well It's it's one thing when you're putting on a retreat and you want to help people Open up and be more aware and all these things but when when you have a retreat and everything you want to see happen happens to Like a degree that you can't even begin to explain how how full your heart is from it

1:34 And the other thing is that we as facilitators have grown as well And we both have had these big shifts as well as the third facilitator that was you know Maureen doing her work with us So and even even like the help we have this unbelievable beautiful woman that came and stepped into a role of Mothering everybody at the retreat and making sure if anybody needed anything they would go to her and Chrissy just did such an amazing job and She as well had this massive release over the weekend as well so we thought we'd dive into a little bit why we do it and What happened and just tell you guys a little bit about how everything went for and I have to say I am thankful and grateful for the women that came they We it's so funny how you think you're gonna hold a retreat in an area And you're gonna get local people, you know people that can just you know drive there Whatever. No, we had women that came from all across the US and Canada and Canada come to our retreat So this was not just This was not just like a local. We have a little retreat and you know a little less Yeah, this was we we reached people from faraway places that took them a day to travel here

2:54 And so think of like the I thought of like the the choice like to make first of all If you're making the choice to do something like that then you are already in a place where you want to Begin the practice of self-care and self-love and you not only want it you feel it within your bones that it's it's time We had people saying to us as soon as they found out that there was room in the retreat They just had head to toe Visceral like reaction a physical reaction like head to toe goose bumps head to toe feeling like I have to do this I must do this, you know, and it's interesting because we know that Transformation it it's introduced like we we you can't you can't have a full healing Well, I should say you can't expect to have a full healing in a few days. Some people have it it's it happens, but you can't expect it to happen and What we wanted to do was open people up Right. Oh release the things that aren't bothering you open up to the things that you want to move forward on the things that are For you that draw your soul that pull you forward And I feel like the transformation has just begun. Oh, I agree. Yeah, I agree

4:11 And the thing for me is when you have an intention like Lauren I had this intention for quite a while. I Think I would be not mistaken to say that it took us two years to figure out the name of the podcast And then the thing I love about when you have an intention for something It doesn't it's not always you that is the one that sets the fire It could be for us It was some somewhat it was one of our listeners or three of our listeners I guess that said would you guys do a retreat and then it was something we had on the back burner That our life was just so busy. We didn't have a chance to do that yet But it was all being it was all being figured out in the universe it was all being prepared and Even how at the end there was a few people that couldn't come and other people like took over those spots and everybody that came the the thing that blew my mind so much is how powerful we are when we come together how the right people always show up and The we opened the retreat with a sharing circle and I have to say Before we opened the circle you could you know, Laura and I can read people so we could feel everybody and I think there's a

5:27 Normal amount of nervousness to being open in front of people that way and We all have judgments on ourself But the beauty of a sharing circle is that you know number one You're in a circle circle of the sacred flame ignite your flame This is this is the the beauty of how this all unfolded and even when we read our book Laura did the we we both have our strengths in this so Laura had done a lot of the prep work to make the book For the retreat ease and it was I just weeped as soon as I seen it because all of the thoughts and all of the Manifesting we did was already out there and it all it all came in and just it was like perfect So we open the sharing circle and what happens the very first person in the circle just Let's go in the most beautiful way like there was tears and there was real there was a real honesty and what what they said and You know the the whole room like we all had goosebumps and you could feel the release You could feel the the the truth in it, you know in the vulnerability and then every single person in that circle You know had this big release and and we're so vulnerable with us

6:46 And I I think every one of you for your bringing your best self forward and being you know So brave to do that and then it just kept going from there and that's it We we knew we had to create the feeling of safety Openness and community and that's what a lot of people that's what we're missing, you know We're missing kind of having those people around us that empower us and enlighten us and make make us feel safe so we created that space right from the beginning and We the drumming I feel like opened everybody. Oh, yeah, like in that very in that energetic way that we are needing and we're all needing it and It opened up the door and the sharing circle was so beautiful because so many people just They poured their hearts out and said this is why I'm here This is what I want to accomplish this weekend and we saw some major shifts in people and Some people are private about their healing But you could see almost like as every day went by the light that was coming from people in their eyes and just like It was just so Nice to have that it feels like a full circle moment for us Because we both have we both have had these businesses where we're trying to empower and help people and

8:09 Seeing that women have this there's a gap, you know in support in in culture in our car in our culture for women and seeing that that Spot that we could fill something we could do to be of service to the universe and My first intentions when I started out in this work period was to empower people exactly I didn't want people to become dependent or You know, I wanted to give them the tools to go out there and do it on their own because anybody can and this the retreat was meant to Open people allow them to release and allow them to start to see What their soul is asking them to do or asking them to see or at the path They're supposed to move on and I really could see how that was evolving all weekend with that with that support And with that safe space and we provided beautiful food You know, which was so cute because you know, you think about doing a retreat and obviously you have the Facilitators and what we're all going to do, you know, but we can't do speaking the whole weekend We can't do readings the whole weekend or or Maureen and the work she was doing, you know But the idea is to create this safe space where people can talk and then it's like this big slumber party

9:29 And we're all sitting around the table, which was so beautiful that we could sit around so many times together and just share and The food, you know, the thing about this was obviously Laura and I when we do something We think about everything we're gonna put into it and you know, I remember the day I told her I wanted to make the food because we both love to cook and we both can cook Yeah, and food is such a nourishing it's so nourishing for the soul and you know You create community and then you create the food to sit around and interact with each other You know, everybody was like just so amazing and I thank you all again for all the compliments And that you gave Laura and I and and another thing I loved is that you know We had all the women from the retreat wanting to help us all the time They were fighting to get in the kitchen to help Chrissy do dishes and to prepare things and what can I do?

10:24 What can I do? And I just thought wow what a what a circle of energy that we created this weekend and Every single person brought their best with them and they were excited and they were Everybody was sitting around table going. Oh my gosh, this food's so good And and you know, there was lots of people saying you guys need to do a cookbook So, you know, you when you put yourself out there and you love the way we love It was just so beautiful to see people so Like so grateful and wanting to give back again You know and I remember as soon as they started coming into the building even this oh my god She's so friggin cute But this girl came up to me and she gave me a big hug and treated me like some superstar because she listens to Us on the podcast and I got to meet us in person So there were so many people that came that I just felt like I knew already I know and had this love and connection to so this was like such a powerful weekend It really filled my heart in ways. I didn't even expect to be filled For us like behind the scenes, you know, we're facilitators. So we are holding We're holding that space for people to have their own transformation. So for us

11:43 We knew it was going to be life-changing for us to and we knew walking into it that we that we were gonna have to support each other because Because we both knew we were gonna have these, you know moments Just like just like everyone else was and we were gonna have to hold ourselves together for them and then have our own time So Kim and I really tried to pay attention to each other over the weekend, too And we had Wonderful Chrissy there to make sure that we were okay and Maureen as well And then all the participants it was almost like they started to notice like wow This is a lot like this is a lot for them And then they started to notice and they were like trying to help us with everything We really felt like It's the it's those little moments those little glimmers those little moments of light That you see in people that really feed you like I felt so I Guess recharged like I felt like I was able to continue now I will say the night of the group reading it was a lot of energy and I had to really make sure that I you know rested after that but the Just having those experiences with all the people that came and seeing their progress and seeing how they were getting

13:03 Like happier and the light was coming. That was that was so fueling like to the point where there was nights that Kim And I didn't even sleep. Yeah retreat. Yeah, cuz it was yeah, so we were so fed by everyone Yeah, and it was we usually decompress at nighttime and there was just we were just go go go go And when we went to the end of the day, everyone was like, okay, I'm exhausted. I gotta go to bed There was so much being worked through within their own energy field. There was so much happening I know one of the ladies that came she might have been the elder of the group, but she clearly After day one It was so like she just looked like there was light just beaming out of her and the last day when we were all sitting and Reflecting, you know the whole table. I had said you look ten years younger and the whole table said, oh She was one of the ones that we looked at and thought wow She just cracked wide open and and she looked physically like I know she has a little bit of gray in her hair But it's like you couldn't see it. It looked like her hair was more of its natural color Her face was lighter. She just like literally looks so much Maybe we're like promoting this retreat the wrong way. Maybe we have to say like come to this retreat

14:22 You'll be you'll look ten years younger when you leave and honestly like We decided today we do this podcast we we still are you know, we just had a few friends leave today So we were late getting on and we just said this is the podcast We're gonna do today because this is the perfect thing to talk about today and it is just such a powerful thing I know that one of the places we went and Laura led us through this beautiful Meditation because we were grounded on the earth and we went through this beautiful little walk and we were right near the Ocean we had you felt the earth helping you you how you felt the earth guiding you and It's the same as when we went to the beach and we did you know, this is what I love Laura And I probably made it seem to our attendees like we were making them get in the cold ocean But we obviously would never do that But it's it's to it's to express how powerful this is and why this works That's why we're doing it right every single person get in the cold ocean And now we're talking everyone 15 degrees Celsius if that yeah, which is close to we'll say 50 degrees Fahrenheit Yep, and people got in and they stayed in and they swam. Oh my gosh

15:42 We laughed and it was just our it was a beautiful reset. Yeah, I feel like we just did a big We did a big meditation before that people were really like some people because they're not used to facing Maybe all their grief. Yeah, or they're not or they just weren't ready before But some people were really taken aback by the meditation and then we needed that release We needed that reset and that's why we planned it that way. We went right to the ocean Yeah, every release everyone had a great release. We did a little scream when we got in the cold water Yeah, and it's so cleansing. So you're releasing your cleansing. It's like filling you imagine Imagine taking the heaviness out of your body and feel how light you physically felt it And I think that's the beauty and the other thing is This is where you become an example for other people because I don't know how many of our attendees notice But the people on the beach were Empowered other people because I mean, yeah, we don't own the beach. No, you know, there's other people there and They were getting in so and that's one thing I've swim in the ocean all year long and I have for a long time in some years more than others But one thing I notice Laura and I always notice is that when we go Sometime me and Chrissy would go and we would notice people would be like, wow

17:00 That's that's so cool that you do that and and they would come over and talk to us And some people would just jump in the ocean because they were thinking well They can do it. I want to try this thing and I think that's the thing We're showing people the way or we're showing people another way. I guess. Yeah, like it's it's our way But it's sort of like if we can do it, you can do it, too. Absolutely. Yeah, this has been super like just like total full circle for for both of us because we've been in this work a long time and this was Our first we have done wellness retreats on a very smaller scale before or we have participated in others Like work to add others. Yeah, but this is the first retreat that we have planned start to finish and Organized, you know, completely. It was just us So it was a very full circle moment to see what we have created and the community that needed This they needed each other and then some of the moments for me that were so powerful were in the sharing circle there was a mother and daughter and The daughter step up she stepped up and she was honest and she was real and she Admitted that she wouldn't have been there at it had it not been for her mother giving her the gift of

18:19 Bringing her there and paying her way and I thought You know, we forget to be to have gratitude sometimes and to see that if Somebody didn't create the space for it to happen or somebody didn't create the opportunity or a mother didn't you know Or whatever a friend telling another friend about what's happening, you know And for me that that was a big moment for me because number one We're in 2026 my mom passed two years ago and all I could think of was the power of Doing a retreat with your daughter or your mother like wow All I could think about in that moment was number one good on you girl for thanking your mom in front of Everyone and being vulnerable enough to say I couldn't have done this Financially without this yeah, and then to to be grateful in the moment and say thank you because to me the The opportunity I can't even imagine doing this with my daughter or my mother, you know That is just like wow, you know, and it is a thing where it is a special thing that not everybody gets to do Or somebody doesn't even think about but that was a very big moment for me And and there were so many people in the sharing circle that were so deeply vulnerable and honest and authentic and and wow, isn't that what or isn't that what a sharing circle is about?

19:42 It's not about no one can can talk but the person that is their turn they talk everybody listens everyone was holding space and that space created like the opportunity for the participant to release Whatever was ready to release and then we had we had this whole weekend set up, you know on purpose It was an opening ceremony. We cleansed everybody. We did a drumming ceremony to create the energy Then we did the sharing circle then we went out to the fire and everyone I'm gonna let you take over here Oh, yeah, no everyone filled out they filled out Like on little cards they filled out all their fears all the things that have been weighing them down the things They didn't want to take with them anymore the things that they felt like they had worked through they wrote everything down and we had Kim started a bonfire in the backyard and everybody burnt their fears and burnt their their burdens. Yeah, and that's how You know when we learn to release we learn about release the one of the ways to release energy or neutralize energy is to burn it and so That was one of the things I said to Kim I said, this is important that they set this aside on the very first day So we did that and that was very I think that was very powerful for people for sure

21:02 Oh, and you know there were women that you know some of the I think one of the beautiful things for me, too was that you know, this was our beginning and our first big retreat and We had two of our very best friends On their own we didn't it was funny because we're sitting in the hot tub with them and they were just kind of sitting back reflecting going Wow, I'm so grateful. I did this for myself and one of them said, you know And we weren't even asked and we said to them We wouldn't wanted to put anybody in a position where they felt like they had to do it because it's you know it's that's not what we're about we're about creating the opportunity and She was somebody that I watched all weekend and she really I Think this was her first retreat ever and she really it was so beautiful Just to watch her like a flower unfold. You know gorgeous. I asked everyone that was on this retreat It was the first women's wellness retreat. They had ever done. Wow. Oh, wow. That's yeah That's amazing. I talked to I talked to everybody. I know when no one had done this before Wow I said, oh god. We set the bar really high for you guys Well, I think when we're comparing well, I think when you sit down

22:20 And you have this vision of what you want of retreat to be and then it's fulfilled And I'm telling you it would never have happened without the most We had the most amazing group and I Laura and I felt this group Months beforehand. We just said there's something big about this. We know it's big We feel it and it's in a perfect time in the world right now We knew we were gonna have all the like the right people and it's even with all the shuffling You know people have life things happen and sometimes people can't do the things that they wanted to do Absolutely moments and so we had a little shuffle right before the retreat started But all the people that were there were exactly the people that were supposed to be there Yeah, and it just there was just so many moments and it we felt like we were all Family and we loved each other and we we shared stories all weekend And it was just like this big slumber party and we woke up in the morning And there was the most incredible sunrises both mornings We woke up and the irony was the day everybody was leaving it rained like crazy And I said what if what fitting of the last day to be rain because that's about release release of emotions and man that it ever come down and

23:38 I just thought that was so beautiful. I know you know like the first the very first day the dishwasher leaked Yeah, and I thought about the water and then one of the air conditioners and one of the rooms leaked And I was like I was like this is this is all about us releasing emotion But we made sure we got to the beach The second day the second full day as well and that was an amazing meditation on the beach of release And we got to kind of stay on the beach a bit The the thing about this is that there is we can set the stage Kim and I can Kind of set the energy we can set the stage for you But the real happen the real healing happens within and so we May We May create this beautiful safe space. We can connect the people We can do all the meditations in the world But the one thing that I think I think people were getting it is that This is the healing is an inside job. Just like we talked about on one of the other podcasts This is something that you have to do from within. So the first part of this The sharing circle created the atmosphere that they were able to Accept responsibility. So they're except accepting responsibility for where they are and what they're doing

25:00 And then having that awareness and the awareness that they're it can be different. I think that's really important Having desire motivation. Well, that's the other thing. I think creating that energy that we did that little like cocoon that we created for them for the weekend Helps people see what they want what they can have what they want for themselves It opens up new ideas new doors for them But then the action part is up to the individual, right? And then obviously having gratitude for the experience. Those things are things like we know There's so much out of our control. We can't control how people react respond to things But we can create the environment. We can create this space We can give them permission. We can open the door to opportunity. You still have to walk through it And so the healing has only begun Absolutely Yeah, and I think the thing I loved about it as well is that every single person had something show up for them in a way that When they were being vulnerable, I mean, some of us were doing some good ugly crying too, you know And I I always love ugly crying because that's like the real It's like when you dig right down deep and you get that stuff out, but it was so funny because we had some participants say

26:17 Well, you know, I cried three times today. That's it not crying anymore And the tears just kept coming But I think, you know, one of the things that were powerful as well is breakfast dinner supper We're all at the table. Nobody was leaving the retreat to go get food. We you know, when we decided to do this We wanted to have control of the whole thing We wanted to be able to facilitate in a way that we were You know, not just doing all the, you know, I remember you did a circle with everybody where they were building their own bracelets And it just reminded me of my my grandkids sitting around table color and with us because everybody loved it I do have to say at one point I was like, this is like summer camp for big people Exactly, yeah, exactly it was Well, I guess you'd have to be a spiritual person to appreciate it, but it was it was Yeah, it just felt like we were doing all these fun things together like yay, let's go swimming. Yay. And then like Yay, let's have a really good meal. Yay. Let's go sit by the fire. Let's go sit in the hot tub It was just like all weekend. It was like, what are we going to do now? What's next? Everybody was so excited and the little The little like bracelet workshop. I I just thought that was just something that people might fill in their time with Well, it's meditative, but I didn't think people would be that excited about. Oh, yeah, they really were

27:36 It was so cute and the They all wrote a letter to their future self So we're going to mail it to them in six months and boy were people ever on that I was so I thought that was like adorable because You know, everybody was like, I'm doing my homework. I'm doing my homework No, we had we had people that were like drawing pictures and like coloring on it. Oh my gosh It was just so so amazing and so amazing to see people Release when they're in a place where they they don't have anybody Depending on them. They just have to look after themselves How often does that happen for for some of those women? It maybe never has happened for them Oh, and I want to share a story too because you know, one of our very good friends Who was like the mother of the group in the way that She was helping prepare the food and she was delivering the food and she was holding space for people when they needed To have an emotional release or whatever she was needed for You know the last day that we we went back to the beach for meditation But we also you know Kim can't get near the ocean where Kim's not going in and you know I have my people that are the same as me and wanted to do that as well So, you know, we went in the ocean and there was a few of us and we were sitting around talking while we were in Their swimming and you know, I had just gotten the truth and it hit me in the face

28:55 This wave came up and smacked me in the head And my girlfriend was on the other side of me and and this this mother that we had for the weekend I'll say and she she like waved her hand out in the air at me like look at that universe given you a sign and her ring Flew off and all I could see is this little burst of light And it hit the water and right away. I thought oh, I didn't think we were going to have a problem finding it but Here she was helping us all weekend and then she was given this release and this is the beauty of this When we have a release it doesn't always show up in this nice cute little package and oh, it's so easy to release Uh-uh sometimes the universe will knock the shit out of you And I love how we cried together We we looked for the ring together as long as we could and the the beauty about This the story is that so many things happened in the moment You know here. This was her ring from her father who she loved and wore for 23 years 23 years she wore that ring and it also was aesthetically a gorgeous ring I might say And she has worked out with it on she's done everything with it on it never came off

30:14 And the first thing that entered my mind because I you know, I know her father in spirit when I work on her I feel him and I heard it's okay. It's just a ring And it's time type thing But wow what in a moment to have such a big experience You know and like god-lover. I know how hard it was for her But it was it was a moment that she had this truth About how she you know facilitators doesn't matter We have to go through these things too and we can't say to other people You know, this is how this happens. This is how healing works And expect that it doesn't happen to us as well. It does we've all been there And the other thing about it that we realized is that later We were going isn't it crazy how we were in the water? We were warm We're all like sharing in the moment and then all of a sudden and we were warm We felt like this was not that hard to do we were yeah, it was kind of nice Yeah, it was nice like but like let's just stay in here a while But the minute it turned into That like, you know, we got into fear because we were going oh, no This this terrible thing just happened and we felt so bad for our friend And we were trying so hard to dive down and look and and find this beautiful ring

31:30 And uh the minute it switched the energy switched. We were freezing cold shaking. Isn't that funny? So energy is real people You know and healing is real People and you know hard shit happens and we can do hard shit, you know, we can do hard things That's right. That is a very hard lesson to learn that just rip your heart out Maybe she was hanging on to that ring in a way for the last 23 years that helped her But something shifted this weekend and the universe said you don't need that anymore, right? And and as sad as it is, but it's the final piece of the grief, you know, and Oh, I know we all felt so terrible for her because it was such a loss But it was beautiful to watch every person in that group hold space for her and love her and and send her love through that Experience and the thing about loss that we don't realize is that loss does create space for new Better things to good very good point. Yeah, and I don't think she understood How much she was hanging on to something that She didn't need to hang on to anymore. She can be free of that And then we so this was the the whole theme of the weekend

32:47 It was to release so you could have a clearer vision of where you want to go And lighting that flame. Oh my gosh Kim's talk if that didn't light their flame, I don't know Very much my flame let me tell you very much, you know Soul awakening I would say like the the way that you talked about how Life can shift and change you but you have control to you've control to deal with things differently to shift in a different direction And to open up to the things that you really want and you're the the biggest message sometimes is you're allowed You're allowed to have what you want You're allowed to if you need to move leave a relationship change a job You are allowed to do that set better boundaries. You know, you're allowed to look after yourself You're allowed to take that time How beautiful is it that all these people?

33:44 Put their self-care First right this weekend. Mm-hmm. And they they gave them permission and I don't I think that there was so much beauty because people could take a break and they could go write in journal If they wanted to nobody was looking at them saying you have to do this and you have to do that And we created time and here's the funny thing about this Is that people come to retreats and I know they expect this big wow, you know this big, you know But you can do all this stuff at home. Mm-hmm You really can yeah, I mean But the you can't have you can't have the whole experience No, but it's just like when people say well, I went to Peru and I did ayahuasca And I thought I was going to have this crazy like experience and it ended up that I could have had that awareness in my in my hometown I didn't have to go all the way to Peru to have that spiritual transformation Sometimes even get that message that that but what happens when you move out of your comfort zone when you move out of your Home out of your hometown to do something like this It breaks you open in a different way because you've released all the resistance So all the things that are weighing you down like your daily responsibilities the people in your life that need you your job or whatever

35:02 To to kind of move to a different location There is a benefit to doing it because then you do let go of all those things And you focus on what is right in front of you, which is normally your own healing But a lot of people find they do these things and they go Oh my gosh, it's not that hard. Mm-hmm. It's something they view as so difficult and so hard and awkward Right. And then when you actually do it, then you go. Oh my gosh I just have to let go. Mm-hmm. I just have to put myself first I just have to find a way to move forward with my life without letting everyone else's things get in the way And I think that was another part of it like sitting around And having time and not keeping people so busy that they didn't have a moment to reflect I think we did enough of everything And that having the meals together and sitting around the table drinking coffee before we get started And you know what I love you know when I kind of peeked around and people Found the little nooks and yeah in in the retreat house Yeah, and they just would go in journal or go and read. Yeah, or go outside and just watch the water That was the thing about this place is the water Was always in motion outside those big front windows and it was it felt like it was cleansing us

36:19 Consistently cleansing cleansing cleansing all time and if you like cruises it looked like we're on a cruise ship every morning We're like, oh the sun the sun rises were out of this world like gorgeous and And the days we went out and did like day two day three. We were outside. We were hiking small Nothing. We're we were blessed with with good weather The two full days. Mm-hmm. And it's a good thing because I was going to take people outside anyway It's gonna be like I don't care rain it or not. Here we go Oh, but the color and the picture and Sitting in circle and you know talking about Things that we brought up to speak about and stuff and the reaction with people and I know just watching people be On the beach and feeling the sand and taking it all in and the sun beating on them And and us walking the beach and letting people just go do like whatever You felt just just go with it, you know, I know me and Kim. We just sit right in the sand. Just pump You know, that's I like it to roll in it. Yeah, well, we know you were scrubbing yourself with it We know all about it But I think that's the beauty and it is that when you create space for people to feel safe

37:34 And then you share And you you open that door for people to say hey, it's okay to ugly cry You know, it's okay to say hey, I want more or hey, I'm not okay with this or whatever feeling you need to have Like people were having them It was there's not one person including the facilitators And the mother of the house, I'll call christie the mother christie was the big the The girl she's the mother of the zodiac, right? She's a cancer Yeah, so it was just so beautiful to me to watch so many every single person was interacting They were holding space. They were you know chatting about things Oh, I have to say too because I'm not an astrology expert It was really nice having more in there because she we could just ask her we could just be like What's this all about? What's happening here? What's this because I I don't know Like I don't know much about astrology I have found in the past when I did readings for people I do the reading and then they'd say oh my astrologer told me all the same things But I just don't I don't connect with like planetary policemen and stuff like that. I just read people but Well, and I used to use it just a simple girl. I am. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Well, I think even me I knew a lot about astrology in the beginning 20 years ago

38:53 And I used to use it to help me understand my client better because I was never that person that wanted to go. Oh, yeah, let's try 20 Sessions and then we'll see where we go from there My my goal is always to shift people As whatever's right for them. I used to say to spirit when I started this work that As long as people left better, you know, then when I when we started I was happy But the other side of that is to offer them that high vibration That high vibrational feeling in the moment So then when they leave they're going to want to go find it themselves They're going to want to go recreate that and I think that's what we did with the retreat We created this really high vibration. This really like beautiful space They're going to want to look for that they're going to crave it in their life now And that was that's been my intention ever since I started doing readings So it was just so cool to see this all happen And happen kind of in a container, you know But then they're going to they're going to branch out and go out and do their own thing And they're going to help other people that ripple effect is just amazing Well, and I think the tears that were shed by every single person and even when we all left like There there was tears because we felt like we just reconnected and knew each other There was a girl there that I'm telling you the minute I seen her I was like why I I know you like you just feel like my you know

40:12 My friend my sister my you know, yeah, it was it was just You know when you set out and you put so much of yourself into something like this Like Laura and I wanted this to be a jump off place too. Like this is our first You know The podcast is what created this and then to see What what happened within the the time frame of the weekend was mind-blowing to me And then we came home. Yeah, and we had some people over that Couldn't attend the retreat but really wanted to yeah And we just did a little open house and we said, you know, come on over and We had Ann Perry come so that some people from the Retreat they knew her they wanted to see her in person clarity. Yeah through clarity seeker. So we we really We really went out of our way for this one to make it exactly what people Were asking for what they felt they needed And it like all of our expectations were met and like fire exceeded what we were hoping for so I think that's the big thing. I think you know, we brought Maureen from Sedona And everyone absolutely loved her. She was a great addition to Laura and I within the work we do and what we want

41:34 You know the the mother of the house Chrissy has helped us multiple times doing little events that we do around Halifax and stuff and the irony is we met at her house She was the efficient that married us at our wedding like it's so cool to have these connections and and for me it was It was just the icing on the cake to have people that are our friends be involved with it and On their own and come and just have such big big moments. You know, absolutely And now the healing begins For us for the people that were there This is a big healing for Kim and I because we have been we I feel like we have been Broadcasting to the world our message for many many years. Both of us have been in this work for 20 years And finally we can see Where this can go and the effect it can have on people and how people can move forward It's a jumping off point for them. We finally get to see it. That's huge 20 years of work And we're we can see now where this is going and Where how we can affect more people and I think another thing to throw in there is that Laura and I are two women

42:51 And we have made it to this place in life where You can show other people that you're powerful And that you can create the life you want because you know, we have created it And it has not gone without sweat and tears and heartache and heartbreak and and you name it But we're here and we're the perfect example to show people that you can do hard things Well, and exactly and this is a perfect kind of Scenario example of how self-care is so important. It's so important for you to feel That love from yourself. You can't truly love anyone else until you love yourself And so continue continue with your self-care Continue to love yourself and pay attention to everything we're doing because we have lots more wellness retreats to plan for the future We'll talk to you next week If you're interested in contacting Kim for soul awakening coaching Please contact her at mksoulcoaching.com If you'd like to check out my website and everything that I do, please go to laurawarrenmedium.com