HELD: A one-day retreat experience for women*

A Day to Rest, Reflect, and Reconnect with Yourself

Sunday, September 20, 2026

9:30 am–4:30 pm

Salem, Oregon

*Our HELD Retreats are designed for specific groups of people.

Please join our mailing list to be notified of the next HELD Retreat.

We encourage you to suggest a group type as well.

HELD offers a compassionate environment to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and participate in practices to assist you in feeling more grounded, supported, and renewed. 

Limited to 8 women

If your heart has been whispering...

  • I need a break. 

  • I can't keep doing this. 

  • I miss myself. 

  • I need room to breathe. 

  • I want to feel like me again. 

This day retreat is for you!

Why HELD?

Sometimes the greatest gift you can give yourself...

...is permission to pause.

When you're constantly caring for others, solving problems, and managing responsibilities, it's easy to lose sight of your own needs.

HELD is designed to help you step out of patterns of burnout, overwhelm, over-functioning, and constant responsibility and into a more sustainable, intentional way of caring for yourself. 

This isn't about escaping your life.
It's about nourishing and renewing your sense of self.

We recognize that unmet needs from childhood can surface in your relationships, nervous system responses, self-talk, and daily patterns. If you choose, this retreat offers time and support to gently notice and work with some of those patterns while also engaging in nourishing and restorative activities.

What Makes HELD Different?

This retreat is more than a day off. 

It's an opportunity to notice and support your inner world through guided experiences that support your body, mind, emotions, and nervous system through a lens of reparenting.

Throughout the day you'll experience:

  • Guided reflection

  • Gentle nervous system support

  • Somatic awareness practices

  • Meaningful community

  • Creative exploration

  • Practical tools you can continue using long after the retreat ends

Imagine...

feeling supported instead of responsible.

having permission to simply breathe.

remembering what it feels like to hear yourself again.

Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

9:30 am–4:30 pm

Salem, Oregon

Your Investment: $250

A full day dedicated to you—intentionally limited to eight participants for a supportive, personalized experience.

The day includes:

  • Interactive handout

  • Free E-book “Balance Without Burnout”

  • Snacks, lunch, & beverages

FAQs

Do I need previous experience?

No, whether you've joined us before or this is your first experience with us, you are welcome. No previous knowledge or experiences necessary.

Will I have to share personal information?

Participation is always an invitation and never an obligation.

 

What should I bring?

Everything you’ll need for the day will be provided. We recommend wearing comfortable clothing and bringing a water bottle. If there’s something that helps you feel grounded or comfortable — such as a personal journal — you are encouraged to bring it.

Is lunch included?

Yes. A Gluten-Free lunch is included. If you have food sensitivities please let us know on the Google form that will be sent to you once you register.

What if I need to cancel?

If you need to cancel your registration, contact Kim at [email protected]. Cancellations received at least 24 hours prior to the start of class, will receive a full refund.

You spend so much of your life holding everyone else.

“Let yourself be HELD.”

Pause.

Breathe.

Receive.

Meet Your Facilitators

Kim Holman

Licensed Massage Therapist, Educator, and Founder of 8 Hands Healing

Meg Judge

Life Coach and Educator, Founder of Goodness Gracious Coaching

Meet Kim

For more than three decades, I've worked with people who wanted life to feel different but weren't sure why they kept reacting in the same ways.

Again and again, I came to recognize that many of our emotional reactions, relationship patterns, beliefs, and ways of coping were learned or absorbed long before we had the awareness to choose differently.

That realization transformed not only the way I work, but the way I see myself and others.

Today, I'm passionate about helping people recognize how their past experiences continue to influence the way they respond today, so they can move forward with greater awareness, compassion, and intention instead of repeating old patterns.

Together, Meg and I founded Re(Parenting) Empowerment to provide practical tools, experiential learning, and a compassionate community where people can practice new ways of relating to themselves and others while creating meaningful, lasting change.

It is an honor to walk alongside people as they discover new possibilities for themselves, their relationships, and their future.

With Awareness • Compassion • Choice,

Kim

Kim's Background

  • Licensed Massage Therapist lic. #4760

  • Founder of 8 Hands Healing

  • 32+ years working with thousands of people

  • Heart-Centered Therapy Practitioner

  • Certified Magnetic Mind Coach

  • Educator and Speaker

  • 30 years parenting experience

Meet Meg

Throughout my life, I have found myself fulfilling roles that require the organization and synthesization of information, including emotional information, in order to assist people in various ways. I have worked with all ages guiding, teaching, facilitating, and meeting people where they are in life. 

Over the years, through my work and the research I have done on trauma, neuroscience, child development, and other human development topics, I have come to especially value intention and authenticity. I aim to live out these values in all areas of my life. 

The (Re)Parenting offerings that Kim and I have created together allow me to honor my dedication to cultivating spaces where people can deeply connect with themselves in order to live as their most authentic selves. It brings me immense joy to utilize my intuitive integration skills to co-create opportunities for self-compassion and chosen vulnerability that can transform lives. 

With Awareness • Compassion • Choice,

Meg

Meg's Background

  • B.A. Rhetoric and Media Studies (the use of language)

  • Founder of Goodness Gracious Coaching

  • 25+ years working in child development roles - preschool through high school

  • 20+ years experience creating and implementing programs and curriculum

  • 10+ years parenting experience

  • Chemeketa Preschool Advisory Board member 

  • Educator and Speaker

  • Published Poet

Awareness • Compassion • Choice

Pause. 

Notice what's happening within you. 

Meet yourself with compassion.

Repeat.

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