7-14-21 Day Emotional Wellness Retreats on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada at Ocean Resort
Easy to get to Fresh Start Emotional Wellness Retreat from anywhere in North America. Only 30 min from Comox Airport or 90 min from the Nanaimo Ferry.
Easy to get to Fresh Start Emotional Wellness Retreat from anywhere in North America. Only 30 min from Comox Airport or 90 min from the Nanaimo Ferry.
Do any of these apply to you? If yes, this holistic program is for you.
- Do you feel that you need to calm your emotions or curb your irritability?
- Do you want to understand the underlying causes of depression or anxiety and diminish them?
- Do you want to be in a space where you can safely process your emotions and be heard?
- Do you feel like you need professional assistance in healing a deep trauma or a major change in your life?
- Do you need increased motivation to do things you need and want to do?
- Do you need to nourish and heal your soul in a loving and supporting environment, away from a stressful situation or daily rut?
Do any of these apply to you? If yes, this holistic program is for you.
- Do you feel that you need to calm your emotions or curb your irritability?
- Do you want to understand the underlying causes of depression or anxiety and diminish them?
- Do you want to be in a space where you can safely process your emotions and be heard?
- Do you feel like you need professional assistance in healing a deep trauma or a major change in your life?
- Do you need increased motivation to do things you need and want to do?
- Do you need to nourish and heal your soul in a loving and supporting environment, away from a stressful situation or daily rut?
CONDITIONS THAT FRESH START EMOTIONAL WELLNESS PROGRAM MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR:
Though we cannot guarantee recovery from any specific health condition and issue, many Fresh Start guests have found the Programs helpful with addressing:
MAIN GOALS OF THE EMOTIONAL WELLNESS FOCUS:
- Emphasis on relaxation of the entire body and mind, allowing deeper and more gradual healing.
- Holistic approach to physical, emotional and soul health. While focusing on your heart, complement it with healthy nutrition, exercise and other vital physical components of emotional health.
- Semi-flexible structure with quality education and nature therapy component. Enjoy balanced group and individual rest time, smell the ocean breeze, participate in many guided nature walks in pristine air.
- Effective methods without immersing you for a prolonged time into past painful experiences – open up to gentle and deep healing without all-day-long heavy group circles, common for trauma-focused counselling and rehab programs.
- Work with top-notch experienced practitioners in the areas of emotional and physical wellness. Greatly improve your emotional well-being with our cohesive, multi-skilled and intuitive team.
- Addressing underlying health conditions. Disease may affect how you feel emotionally. During your stay, you may begin dealing with issues with digestion, sleep, hormonal and nervous system disorders.
- Re-hydration, re-nourishment and restoration of the aura and chakras. See your emotions becoming more grounded and your ability to handle life changes and stresses with greater ease.
- Gentle detox component, greatly beneficial for releasing past emotions and balancing the hormonal system and neurotransmitters.
During your holistic program we will work on the following 4 areas:
Emotional/Energetic Health
Mental Health
Quit Bad Habits
Physical Health
If in addition to emotional health issues, I suffer from physical illnesses or unhealthy habits, can I work on all of those simultaneously?
Most people who come to Fresh Start Health Restoration Retreat to work on their Emotional Health typically have more than one condition of need. You may be suffering from depression, want to Quit Smoking/Marijuana, are dealing with heartburn, cannot sleep, have diarrhea or constipation and want to re-acquire healthy meal preparation skills. Or maybe you are on a ton of medications, already have a fatty liver, inflammation of the nervous system or body tissues, mobility issues and are in a lot of pain. And you totally do not know where to start or what to focus on.
The good news is that we work with guests with multiple health challenges regularly. Though emotional wellness will be your primary focus, we will dedicate some time to physical aspects of your health and habits repatterning, too.
Many of our protocols and the Core Program are designed to help improve your digestive, hormonal and nervous systems, which are typically impacted by stress.
However, you can never work intensively with all health issues at once, as it is not safe and ineffective.
For example, if you smoke and suffer from emotional issues, you may not be able to quit until you stabilize your emotions, because you use smoking as a pain killer for your soul. You may try to be too hard on yourself, but if you are severely dysregulated, trying to quit cold turkey may add even more stress. If the emotional disbalance is milder and a person is very determined, both goals often may be achieved simultaneously.
Another example: you may wish to work with your body inflammation or weight loss, but if your Nervous System is really out of whack, which is often the case with emotional issues, you may not be able to tackle physical issues extensively in your first visit, because you would get overwhelmed and not able to handle that work. Weight loss also may not progress, when your body is in the fight-and-flight mode, because the body uses weight as a protective mechanism and may not want to let go of it. Focusing on weight loss, when you are a “basket case” is ineffective, taxing and will not produce long-lasting results.
If you suffer from both advanced emotional and advanced physical issues plus unhealthy habits, most often you will need to start with emotional wellness. If you have advanced depression or anxiety, please do not anticipate working in depth on physical health issues during your first program session. The only exception is when the very emotional issues are caused by physical pain/ condition and the emotional problems are secondary in origin. In that case, it makes sense to start with physical health issues, as their improvement will be a major factor in your emotional healing. Technically, it will be the Physical Health area of focus.
On the other hand, once your nervous system starts stabilizing or your emotional state is quite stable, to begin with, you may be able to work on other issues at the same time. For example, many guests who suffer from mild to moderate levels of depression, often are able to simultaneously handle advanced digestive system detox (digestive flushes and colonics). In very dysregulated cases, we may need to keep your detox milder, but it still will be done through a special healing diet and enhanced hydration.
If you are on medications and are considering adjusting them, our Naturopathic Physician is able to review them upon request (at a specially scheduled medical consult) and may help you gradually start decreasing them, provided you start improving and it is safe. Our Naturopathic Physician can make adjustments to anti-depressants and most medications, but some meds are not within his/ her scope of work, including anti-psychotic meds, as those require the aid of a psychiatrist.
Summary: While all areas of health are typically worked on along with your emotional well-being, it is unsafe and unrealistic to work on all issues in-depth simultaneously. If you have a lot on your plate, you may need multiple program visits to address each issue separately. If one issue is very advanced (ex. you start emotionally at minus a million points), one program may not be sufficient to see a major turnaround (you may be able to improve from the minus million to a minus hundred point mark, but not to a plus 100).
What besides my Individual Health Services, will I be doing at the Fresh Start?
The Foundation of Your Program is
Fresh Start Semi-Flexible Healing Structure™, or Core Program
Your Core Program includes vegan, organic, with a large percentage of raw foods (composed primarily of fresh vegetables, greens, fruits, nuts and seeds) and healing drinks to restore and nourish your cells. You will also experience gentle detox of the whole body; including the digestive tract, liver, parasite, lymph and other organs. Educational classes in the areas of healthy lifestyle and emotional well-being are included as well as guided meditations, yoga, fitness classes and so much more. All this being hosted at eco-friendly Ocean Resort, located on a beautiful ocean-front property on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Fresh Start’s Core Program has a balanced semi-structure and serves as the foundation for your Individualized Healing Path™ during your 7-14-21 retreat. Please expect that during your stay with us, you will be working as a group and everyone will experience a similar daily structure.
YOUR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS CORE PROGRAM INCLUDES
YOUR EMOTIONAL WELLNESS CORE PROGRAM INCLUDES
The Individualized Part of Your Emotional Program is
Fresh Start Individual Healing Path, or Go-Deeper Program
Individual Healing Path™ is a customized and individualized health plan designed by the Fresh Start professional team to address the specific health issues that you choose to work on during your Core Program while staying at the Fresh Start Retreat for 7, 14, or 21 days. Individualized Healing Path™ consists of 3 main components:
- One-on-One Services
- Healing Custom Protocols™
- Professional Guidance
On the Individual Healing Path™, you will experience one-on-one work with Natural Health/ Emotional Wellness Specialists and customized health supplements and drinks. The goal here is to address your unique health concern more individually and specifically, be it working in-depth on weight loss, depression recovery, quit smoking, headaches or other health challenges. Your individualized health plan will be created from over 40 unique health-focused therapies and 30+ custom protocols for organ balancing, rebuilding and advanced organ-specific cleanses. The plan will be carefully designed, based on a thorough before and upon arrival assessment, using over 15 years expertise of guiding people through the individualized healing process.
ONE-ON-ONE SERVICES WE USE
HEALING CUSTOM PROTOCOLS™ WE USE
Organ Cleansing |
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Blood |
Digestive Flush |
Lymph |
Candida |
Heavy Metal |
Parasite |
Joints |
Liver |
Respiratory (Lung) |
Small Intestines |
Organ Rebuilding |
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Anemia (Blood) |
Adrenal |
Bones |
Heart and Circulatory |
Mental Energy |
Kidney |
Mild and Advance Digestion Rebuilding |
Pancreas |
Thyroid |
Ulcer/Internal Bleeding |
Organ Rebalancing |
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Blood Sugar Stabilizing |
GI Elimination Enhancing |
Edema |
Electrolytes |
Metabolism Enhancing |
Sleep |
Prostate |
Underweight Stabilizing |
Urinary Infection |
Vaginal Infection |
EMOTIONAL HEALING CUSTOM PROTOCOLS™ WE USE
Organ Cleansing |
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Blood |
Digestive Flush |
Lymph |
Candida |
Heavy Metal |
Parasite |
Joints |
Liver |
Respiratory (Lung) |
Small Intestines |
Organ Rebuilding |
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Anemia (Blood) |
Adrenal |
Bones |
Heart and Circulatory |
Mental Energy |
Kidney |
Mild and Advance Digestion Rebuilding |
Pancreas |
Thyroid |
Ulcer/Internal Bleeding |
Organ Rebalancing |
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Blood Sugar Stabilizing |
GI Elimination Enhancing |
Edema |
Electrolytes |
Metabolism Enhancing |
Sleep |
Prostate |
Underweight Stabilizing |
Urinary Infection |
Vaginal Infection |
EMOTIONAL HEALING CUSTOM PROTOCOLS™ WE USE
Organ Cleansing |
---|
Blood |
Digestive Flush |
Lymph |
Candida |
Heavy Metal |
Parasite |
Joints |
Liver |
Respiratory (Lung) |
Small Intestines |
Organ Rebuilding |
---|
Anemia (Blood) |
Adrenal |
Bones |
Heart and Circulatory |
Mental Energy |
Kidney |
Mild and Advance Digestion Rebuilding |
Pancreas |
Thyroid |
Ulcer/Internal Bleeding |
Organ Rebalancing |
---|
Blood Sugar Stabilizing |
GI Elimination Enhancing |
Edema |
Electrolytes |
Metabolism Enhancing |
Sleep |
Prostate |
Underweight Stabilizing |
Urinary Infection |
Vaginal Infection |
PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE
We work with you individually to assist you in reaching your unique health goals. In order to achieve them, there has been designed an effective and safe healing process, including Professional Assessments and Guidance. Below you’ll find an overview of its steps. HOVER OVER TO SEE DETAILED EXPLANATION.
Pre-Assessment
Pre-program Assessment
Upon Arrival Assessment
Individualized Healing Path™ Creation
Explanation Consult
Healing Path™
Wellness
One-on-on-one Therapeutic & Detox Services
Healing Custom Protocols™
Fresh Start Healing Structure™
Check-ins & Fine-tuning of the PATH, as needed
Post-Assessment
End Program Results Assessment
Self-Assessment of Improvements
Individualized Post-Program Plan
Post Program Healing Momentum
Fresh Start Emotional Wellness Team
Kate Richards, MC, CCC, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Kate is a Certified and a Registered Clinical Counsellor, brings a wealth of experience in trauma-informed, person-centred care. Her experience encompasses a wide range of concerns, which includes depression, anxiety, trauma etc.
Experience: 5 yrs
Chanci Dawn, B.Ed., RNCP
Emotional Wellness Specialist
Chanci’s pleasure and passion is holistically supporting her clients in their own healing, so they can live their most radiant, whole and fulfilling lives. Chanci studied psychology with a particular interest in emotional eating and eating disorders.
Experience: 13 yrs
Tova Payne, BA in Psychology
Emotional Wellness Specialist
Tova is a Certified Life Skills Facilitator, Life Skills Counselor and Equine Facilitated Wellness Specialist. She is also a certified yoga instructor and registered holistic nutritionist. Tova specializes in body energetics, somatic wellness and mindfulness.
Experience: 19 yrs
Program Results
Disclaimer: Results of participants differ and the Fresh Start cannot guarantee that you will experience your improvements in the same way as in this testimonial. The Fresh Start is not an allopathic medical facility and does not claim to either diagnose or treat any disease. The Fresh Start does not guarantee a recovery from any specific disease or a health symptom.
Professional Help is Here For You
You have tried many things on your own and feel like you need to go away to a health restoration & lifestyle transformation retreat. A place where your healing can be guided by a professional team. We are here to assist and support you on your path to health, happiness and a vibrant life. Enjoy your guided health retreat in a beautiful nature setting, enhancing your personal healing journey.