Let's be honest about what's happening right now.

Limited to 10 participants | Team/group spots available

The Pause That Powers The Future

March 9-11, 2026
Moofy's Farmhouse, Maryland

Winter Immersive
Leadership Experience

For the helpers, healers, and change-makers who keep showing up—even when everything feels like it's falling apart

Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

Portion of all sales and sponsorships will go to fund families in Jamaica that were impacted by Hurricane Melissa

You wake up to news that makes your stomach drop. You walk into work carrying the weight of a world that feels increasingly hostile to the people you're trying to serve.

The work that used to feel hard now feels impossible. Your caseload has exploded. Everyone is more dysregulated, more scared, more traumatized. And they're looking to you to have answers you don't have.

You tell yourself you're handling it. That this is just what the moment requires.
But your body is keeping score. The headaches. The insomnia. The crying in your car. The Sunday night dread.

You didn't sign up for this version of the work. And somewhere between the crushing reality of this moment and the impossible demands of your job, you lost touch with the person who believed change was possible.

THE TRUTH

You'll arrive at a luxurious space designed for exactly this: rest, reflection, and restoration. Expansive. Intentional. The kind of place that makes you exhale the moment you walk in.

For 2.5 days, the world can wait. Your only job is to be present.

No news alerts. No emergencies you have to manage. No one needing you to have it together.

Just space. Safety. And people who understand what you're carrying.

✓ You're in healthcare, social work, education, nonprofit leadership, or social services—and this political moment has made an already-hard job feel unbearable

✓ You're watching policies and rhetoric actively harm the people you're trying to help—and you don't know how much longer you can do this

✓ You're leading a team through impossible circumstances while managing your own fear, rage, and grief

✓ You feel disconnected from the purpose that brought you to this work—or you're questioning whether it even matters anymore

✓ You're tired of professional development that ignores the reality of what's actually happening in the world

✓ You need something real—not platitudes about self-care or resilience when the systems are designed to break you

✓ You're ready to stop pretending you're okay and actually figure out how to survive this moment without losing yourself

✓ You know something has to shift, and you're willing to start with yourself—even though the problems are so much bigger than you

✓ You're ready to receive the kind of care you've been giving others, especially now when it feels impossible to ask for

the invitation

What if you could find your way back?

  • Process what you've been pushing down to keep functioning
  • Reconnect with why this work still matters
  • Build practices that keep you grounded
  • Get cared for the way you care for others

Not by working harder or developing thicker skin. But by finally giving yourself what you've been giving everyone else: space to feel, permission to fall apart a little, and a chance to remember who you are when you're not in survival mode.

2.5 days where you:

Chef-prepared meals. Waterfront estate. Restorative activities. Deep work with people who understand.

CLAIM YOUR SPOT

IS THIS FOR YOU?

✓ Healthcare, social work, education, nonprofit, or social services professional
✓ Leading through impossible circumstances while managing your own fear and grief
✓ Disconnected from your purpose or questioning if it matters
✓ Need something real—not platitudes when systems are designed to break you
✓ Ready to receive the care you've been giving others

IS THIS FOR YOU?

IS THIS FOR YOU?

✓ Healthcare, social work, education, nonprofit, or social services professional
✓ Leading through impossible circumstances while managing your own fear and grief
✓ Disconnected from your purpose or questioning if it matters
✓ Need something real—not platitudes when systems are designed to break you
✓ Ready to receive the care you've been giving others

Day 2: deep work & restoration

TueSDAY, December 16 |

8:00 aM - 9:00 PM

Morning movement. Guided processing. Afternoon restoration. 4-course dinner. Integration work.
Leave feeling: Cracked open in a good way. Honest. Grounded.

Day 2: deep work & restoration

TueSDAY, December 16 |

8:00 aM - 9:00 PM

Morning movement. Guided processing. Afternoon restoration. 4-course dinner. Integration work.
Leave feeling: Cracked open in a good way. Honest. Grounded.

Build sustainable practices. Create commitments. Closing circle. Final brunch.
Leave with: Clarity. Practices. Community.

Day 3: integration & commitment

wednesday, December 17

8:00 aM - 11:00AM

Day 1: Arrival & Permission

Monday, December 15 

3:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Drop the weight. Create safety. Begin reconnection.
Leave feeling: Seen. Safe. Less alone.

Day 1: Arrival & Permission

Monday, December 15 

3:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Drop the weight. Create safety. Begin reconnection.
Leave feeling: Seen. Safe. Less alone.

THE Journey

THE Journey

Build sustainable practices. Create commitments. Closing circle. Final brunch.
Leave with: Clarity. Practices. Community.

Day 3: integration & commitment

wednesday, january 21

8:00 aM - 11:00AM

Day 2: deep work & restoration

TueSDAY, January 20

8:00 aM - 9:00 PM

Morning movement. Guided processing. Afternoon restoration. 4-course dinner. Integration work.
Leave feeling: Cracked open in a good way. Honest. Grounded.

Day 1: Arrival & Permission

Monday, January 19

3:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Drop the weight. Create safety. Begin reconnection.
Leave feeling: Seen. Safe. Less alone.

THE Journey

Sarah Smyth
St. Peter's University

"Lean into the uncomfortability. We're all human and we want to be seen and heard. That's what this experience gave us."

Kissena Johnson
D'Youville University

"This experience was an investment in my mental, physical, and emotional well-being—offering stillness, deep connection, and real tools." 

TESTIMONIALS

testimonials

Kissena Johnson
D'Youville University

"This experience was an investment in my mental, physical, and emotional well-being—offering stillness, deep connection, and real tools." 

Joslyn Johnson 
University of Michigan

"A gathering where you don't need a part two to recover from it. Rest as a baseline, reflection without overwhelm, and true community."

✨ 2.5 full days in an expansive, luxurious setting designed for restoration

✨ All chef-prepared meals (including a 4-course signature dinner experience)

✨ Elevated accommodations where comfort is the priority

✨ Restorative activities that reconnect you to joy and presence

✨ Intimate group size (capped at 10 participants)

✨ Guided transformational experiences led by someone who understands both the specific terrain of empathy-driven work and the weight of this political moment

✨ A community of people navigating the same impossible circumstances

✨ Integration resources to sustain the shift when you return to the chaos

WHAT'S INCLUDED

WHAT's INCLUDED

RESERVE YOUR SPOT
Most participants receive organizational sponsorship—meaning their companies pay for their attendance as professional development because the biggest return on their investment is you being well.
Investment:
$2,000 per person

about me

You'll be guided by
Christina Broderick-Royes, LSW

For the past 6 years, I've worked with over 70 organizations and supported 200+ entrepreneurs through workshops, retreats, and consulting—creating what participants describe as "a warm hug and permission to explore yourself deeper."

I specialize in working with professionals in high-stress, high-empathy roles because I understand the particular weight of caring work. I know what it feels like to give everything and wonder if you have anything left. I know the exhaustion that comes from holding space for others while your own reserves run dry.

And I know what it feels like to try to do this work in a political climate that actively works against everything you believe in.

I've watched helpers, healers, and change-makers push themselves past the breaking point because they think they have to. Because the need is so great. Because if they don't do it, who will?

My work has been called transformational. But really, it's just honest.

I create atmospheres of safety where people feel genuinely seen—where you can stop performing, stop managing everyone else's fear, and start reconnecting with who you actually are beneath all the roles and responsibilities and trauma you're carrying.

I step in when teams are struggling, when leaders are running on empty, when caring professionals need someone who gets it to help them find their way back to purpose—especially when purpose feels impossible to hold onto.

This work matters to me because you matter. The helpers, the healers, the ones who show up day after day even when it costs everything—you deserve to be held with the same care you give others.

Especially right now.

That's what The Pause That Powers the Future is about.
1.) Can my organization pay?
Yes. Most do. We'll send the template.

2.) Can't justify the cost?
You'd advocate for resources for your clients. This is you advocating for yourself.

3.) Can't take 2.5 days away?
Continuing at this pace isn't sustainable either. This will give you more clarity than months of pushing through.

4.) Will this fix everything?
No. But it's a pivot point where you stop running on autopilot and start making conscious choices.

5.) Cancellation policy?
No refunds (venue deposits, catering commitments). You can transfer to someone else or apply toward the next retreat. Medical/family emergencies: contact me directly.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

You can't keep doing this alone.

January 19-21, 2026 | 10 spots only

register now!

This is where the shift begins—by letting yourself be held the way you've been holding everyone else.

Let yourself have this.

Still have questions?

Email: admin@intentionelevation.com to see if this is the shift you've been looking for.

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