Reserve Your Spot for The Wonderful Counselor Women's Retreat

Experience a weekend of spiritual, emotional, and embodied formation

Retreat Highlights — What You’ll Experience

Your weekend is designed to nurture your mind, body, and soul in Christ. Here’s what’s included in your retreat experience:

Overnight Accommodations: Rest comfortably in a serene, Christ-centered setting.
Delicious Meals: Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, and lunch included — all thoughtfully prepared.
4 Skilled Facilitators: Expert guidance to support your spiritual, emotional, and embodied formation.
Optional Healing Prayer & Journaling: Gentle practices to integrate reflection, prayer, and personal growth.
Small Group Formation & Integration: Meaningful interaction in a safe, intimate environment designed to foster connection and transformation.

Your retreat experience is carefully curated to ensure every moment guides you toward greater peace, clarity, and alignment with Christ’s guidance as The Wonderful Counselor®.

You Will Leave With

A Deeper Experience of Christ as The Wonderful Counselor
Understand and encounter His guidance in everyday life, bringing clarity and peace to your heart and mind.
Mind-Body-Soul Integration
Practical tools to bring balance, presence, and peace into your daily routines, helping you live fully in God’s grace.
Spiritual & Emotional Tools
Guided reflections, journaling practices, and prayer frameworks you can use long after the retreat ends.
Renewed Sense of Dignity & Wholeness
Reclaim the beauty and sacredness of your mind, body, and soul in a Christ-centered environment.
Connection & Community
Build meaningful relationships with like-minded Catholic Christian women in a safe and intimate space.
Invitation Into Ongoing Formation
Access to The Wonderful Counselor resources and future programs to continue your growth.

This retreat is designed to provide a fully immersive, Christ-centered experience — every activity, reflection, and teaching is carefully crafted to restore integration of mind, body, and soul.

Basic

$230

Overnight accommodations
Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast & lunch
4 skilled facilitators
Small group formation & integration
Optional healing prayer & journaling

Reserve Your Spot — Register Now

All-inclusive retreat — accommodations, meals, 4 skilled facilitators, small group experience, and optional healing prayer.

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

Four women with a shared passion for Christ-centered formation and healing will guide the retreat experience.

Shelly Day (Far Left)
Shelly is a wife, mother of three, and grandmother who has dedicated her life to supporting women of all ages in their emotional, spiritual, and physical growth. A former social worker and current 2nd grade teacher at St. Nicholas Catholic School in Gig Harbor, WA. She brings a heart for nurturing and guiding others. With a background in military service and physical fitness, Shelly combines discipline, compassion, and wisdom to help women experience integration of mind, body, and soul.

Latisha Sternod (Center Left)
Latisha is a wife and mother of two sons. She earned her Master's of Science in Psychology in Counseling in 2011 and opened a Mental Health Clinic in 2020. She is the creator of The Wonderful Counselor® Method, guiding women to grow in emotional, spiritual, and embodied wholeness. Latisha is passionate about creating spaces where women can rest, reflect, and encounter Christ as their Wonderful Counselor.

Erin Schanne (Center Right)
Erin is a wife, mother of three and former homeschooler also from the St. Nicholas community. She brings her heart for nurturing and guiding others through her work in education and Christian formation. Erin enjoys pondering the good, true and beautiful, and fostering connection for women with Christ, themselves and one another.

Michele Heitzmann (Far Right)
Michele is a wife, mother of two, mother in-law and grandmother. She has been working in parish ministry since 2016 and currently works at Saint Michael’s Parish in Olympia, WA. With a master’s degree in Catechesis and Evangelization and a lifelong heart for supporting women’s wellness, she brings compassion, wisdom, and encouragement to the women she is blessed to serve.

FAQs & Logistics

Arrival & Departure:

Check-in: Friday between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM
Check-out: Saturday at 2:00 PM

What to Bring:

Comfortable clothing and shoes for walking/reflection
Journal or notebook
Bible or sacred text (optional)
Personal items and toiletries

Meals & Accommodations:

All meals included: Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast & lunch
Overnight accommodations in shared rooms with retreat participants

Retreat Experience:

Optional healing prayer sessions
Small group reflection and guided exercises
Integration activities to connect mind, body, and soul

Cancellation Policy:

Full refund if canceled 21+ days before the retreat; minus a $25 processing fee
50% refund if canceled 14–20 days before the retreat
No refund within 13 days of the retreat (covers non-refundable overhead costs)

Who Should Attend:

Open to adult Catholic Christian women and any woman seeking spiritual, emotional, and embodied formation

Contact:

Questions? Email [email protected]

Don’t Miss Your Spot — Spaces Are Limited!

Your all-inclusive retreat includes:

Overnight accommodations
Meals: Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast & lunch
4 skilled facilitators guiding spiritual, emotional, and embodied formation
Small group experiences, journaling, and optional healing prayer

This is your chance to rest, reflect, and encounter Christ as The Wonderful Counselor in a safe, intimate, and transformative weekend.

Reserve Your Spot — Register Now

Click below to secure your place and join other Catholic Christian women on this restorative retreat.