Brené Brown's The Daring Way™ Retreat and Workshop
Please note The Daring Way retreat is not scheduled for 2025, however much of this material is integrated into the upcoming Wholehearted Living Bali Retreat: The Gifts of Imperfection and Impermanence, Sunday 27th July - Friday 1st August 2025.
Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
“Dare to be great and do this retreat! This is an opportunity to understand yourself; love yourself; be a better braver version of yourself. To feel, really feel all emotions and be content with comfort and discomfort...Thank you, Maggie, for you! I felt safe to explore myself surrounded by a group who were on common ground and who felt safe to feel exposed. This was a ‘game/life’ changer for me and I will be ‘forever young’ and grateful to you!”
Immersed in the stunning and healing natural beauty of Wilsons Promontory National Park, this unique event presents Brené Brown’s internationally renowned and inspiring Daring Way™ workshop within the context of a restful and restorative mindfulness retreat. In this Monday-Saturday format participants will have ample time and space to integrate and practice the learnings – alternating periods of meditation, journaling, silence, guided relaxation and movement, sharing delicious meals together around the table and walking the breath-takingly beautiful beaches and trails.
In this practical, fun and experiential format, we will explore the universal human need for love and belonging, and what typically gets in the way. The Daring Way ™ workshop is designed to support participants in learning – in Brené’s language – how to show up, be seen, and dare to risk vulnerability in order to live braver, more authentic and joyful, lives. The focus is on developing shame resilience and practicing the “gifts” that support wholehearted living - gratitude, joy, self-compassion, creativity, play, rest, authenticity, calm, meaning and laughter.
In my own life as a partner, mother of three daughters, relationship psycho-therapist, and mindfulness practitioner and teacher, I have found Brené’s work to strike a deep chord especially in helping to understand and work more constructively with the fears that can keep us playing life safe, but small. As much as I loved her books and TED talks however, I agree with Brené herself that like mindfulness, it is only when the theory becomes integrated into practice and our daily lives in practical ways, that it has the power to transform. This is what motivated my decision to become a Certified Daring Way™ facilitator and to share this work with others, using practices from Mindfulness, Compassion and Positive Neuroplasticity to further complement and consolidate this ground-breaking research.
A typical daily format will be:
7:15-8:15 – Walking/Moving practice on the beach
8:30-9:30am – Breakfast
9:30 – 1pm– Daring Way Workshop Session
1 – 2 pm – Lunch
2 – 4:30 - Walking one of the beautiful National Park beaches or trails (Or free time).
4:30-5:30pm – Guided Deep Rest & Relaxation
5:30-6:30 pm – Free Time
6:30- 7:30 - Dinner
7:30 – 8:30 – Short Meditation / Discussion
Photos taken at the 2018 retreat by Melissa
Details
Next Retreat Dates To Be Confirmed
George Robinson & Arthur Lucas Lodges, Tidal River Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria
Cost
Early bird or Concession: $1990 incl. GST (deposit of $990 required with Registration to secure your place).
Full Fee (after 1st January): $2090 incl. GST - pay in full or 3 x instalments of $697 (first instalment required with Registration.
Single Room Supplement (subject to availability & highly recommended if you are a snorer) - $400
Included in cost:
Accommodation in shared bedroom in the clean & spacious George Robinson Lodge & Arthur Lucas Lodge. Each Lodge has two or three shared bathrooms with separate toilets.
All meals, including hot breakfasts, home-made cakes & snacks, quality coffee & teas
Training materials include Daring Greatly paperback, plus Daring Way workbook.
To secure your place please fill in the booking form above with full payment or deposit of the first instalment. Please reference your payment with your initials followed by DW25.
Direct deposit details:
Account name: Margaret O'Shea
BSB: 633000
Account number: 145643953
Refund & COVID Policy for this retreat
A full refund (minus an admin fee of $120) is available for this retreat up to one month prior to the commencement of retreat, providing your place can be filled with another suitable participant. Unfortunately no refunds can be provided for withdrawals or cancellations less than 4 weeks prior to the commencement of this event unless your place can be filled. If the retreat needs to be postponed due to COVID requirements, transfer to another retreat or a full refund will be made. If the retreat is going ahead but you are unable to attend due to testing positive for Covid, a transfer to the Restorative December Retreat will be offered.
