#113 Tulum is Calling and We Must Go!

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Hey, this is Melissa Parsons, and you are listening to the Your Favorite You Podcast. I'm a certified life coach with an advanced certification in deep dive coaching. The purpose of this podcast is to help brilliant women like you with beautiful brains create the life you've been dreaming of with intentions. My goal is to help you find your favorite version of you by teaching you how to treat yourself as your own best friend.

If this sounds incredible to you and you want practical tips on changing up how you treat yourself, then you're in the right place. Just so you know, I'm a huge fan of using all of the words available to me in the English language, so please proceed with caution if young ears are around.

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Your Favorite You.

I remain your favorite coach and podcast host, Melissa Parsons, and I'm so excited because I'm about to be your favorite retreat leader.

Over the past several years, I've had so many opportunities to meet with amazing women in person, and I always leave these events and retreats feeling so incredible.

When I was recently in Toronto with Martha Beck and Liz Gilbert, my intuition kept nudging me to finally host my own retreat. You won't be surprised to know that my intuition sounds a lot like, It's time to shit or get off the pot, Melissa. So I decided to take action, and this is my invitation to you to join us.

I am announcing the Reset, Align, Connect Retreat with Melissa Parsons Coaching.

So I want you to imagine waking up to the serene sounds of the Tulum jungle, knowing that today and the rest of the week is all about nurturing yourself and aligning with your deepest values. As you step into this gorgeous space, you start to feel a sense of belonging and anticipation for the transformative journey ahead of you.

Through coaching sessions led by me, of course, through guided gentle yoga classes led by a local yoga instructor, and through ancient healing ceremonies, you'll begin to peel back the layers of self-doubt and reconnect with your inner badass. You'll gain the clarity and tools to create a life that truly lights you up, surrounded by a supportive sisterhood of like-minded women.

My current and former clients are very excited about this opportunity and many of them have already signed up. Spots are limited and I expect them to fill up pretty quickly. So there's room for 12 women plus me on this intimate retreat. I don't want you to miss your chance to start 2025 with an amazing opportunity like this one.

We are traveling to Tulum, Mexico from January 27th through January 31st, 2025. This is an invitation to consider a reset after the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and picturing us all being instead of like wah, wah, the holiday season is over, the New Year's here. There's nothing to do in January and February. No, you're going to have this to look forward to, and you can start 2025 off with love for yourself and the intention to create a life you love living.

It's an invitation to decide and/or to clarify your top three values, and then to start to live a life that actually aligns with those values. It's an invitation to connect, first to yourself, and then with other like-minded, open-hearted women. So come join us to reset, align, and connect at the Jungle Kiva Tulum.

I uniquely crafted this retreat for you if: 

Despite your external success, you struggle with internal dissatisfaction and the constant pressure of perfectionism and people pleasing, which, of course, impacts your emotional well-being and your relationships with others.

It's for you if you want to be reminded what a badass you already are, or if you have difficulty labeling yourself as a badass. I want to be able to remind you or to help you step into that energy.

It's for you if you yearn to know yourself on a deeper level and create a life you actually want to live.

It's for you if you're ready for a reset, you want to align your actions with your values, and you want to connect with other incredible heart-centered women.

It's for you if you are eager to absorb wisdom from an incredible life coach. That's me.

This retreat is not for you if:

You are resistant to adventure. If you think that all humans do not deserve equal rights. If you do not at least partially identify as a feminist.

It's not for you if occasional swearing by your fearless leader turns you off. And it's not for you if you're unwilling to share a lodge with one or two other women.

Okay, so what's included? Here are some of the included treats that are waiting for you:

A gorgeous home-like environment for four nights. Like I said, you'll share a lodge with one or two other women. You'll feel like part of my family will be on private and secluded grounds in the jungle of Tulum, Mexico.

Also included are homemade meals provided by our private chef, Luis. He will be at the Kiva making food fresh for us daily. We'll have a welcome snack when we get there and a cool taco bar on our first night. We'll have a light breakfast of coffee, juices, and fruit before our yoga classes.

Other days we will have breakfast, some days we'll have brunch, there will be afternoon snacks, and a lovely dinner each evening.

Also included are several magical guided experiences and teachings. So there will be two mornings of gentle yoga, like I said, led by a local yoga instructor. There will be a sound healing, a cacao ceremony led by a seventh generation medicine woman and a private cenote tour, which is on my bucket list. So we're doing one of my bucket list items on this trip.

You will also have the option to add a 60 or a 90 minute massage if you choose midweek. I know which one I'm choosing. There will also be daily gatherings with group coaching and teaching by none other than me, your fearless leader.

There will be plenty of downtime to actually retreat and relax. That's what this is gonna be about. So lots of downtime for you to connect to yourself.

And of course, all fees for lodging, food, and activities are included, with the exception of the optional massage.

There will also be group transportation to and from the Tulum Airport. The Tulum Airport code, if you're looking for your flights already, is TQO. So there'll be transportation at designated times when we arrive on the 27th and depart on the 31st of January.

Two things are not included. These things you need to cover yourself. So your round trip airfare from your home to the Tulum airport. Again, TQO is the code. And then personal medical or trip cancellation insurance. I highly recommend the cancel for any reason trip insurance. I'm working with a travel agent for this trip and he will help you find affordable full coverage.

This is what I'm hoping that you will take home from the Reset, Align, Connect Retreat:

• First, the skills you need to be able to reset with yourself and with those that you love.

• The questions that you need to ask yourself to find your values and then to align with those values.

• Increased clarity and confidence in either creating or sinking into your favorite version of yourself.

• An expanded capacity to see and move through any of your doubts and limitations.

• An ever-growing connection to your inner badass. I promise you, she's always there. Sometimes she's just hiding and we need to find her.

• Deep connections with a dedicated group of other heart-centered humans.

• Incredible memories of your adventures in the jungle of Tulum and a few of your new favorite humans.

So the all-inclusive investment, not including your flight and travel insurance, as I said earlier, is 3,300 U.S. dollars.

In order to carefully curate the group of women that are on the retreat with us, I'm wanting to speak to each participant before you sign up. And like I said, there are only a few spots left. 

So if this is calling to you, if it sounds incredible to you, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. Go to melissaparsonscoaching.com/retreat and sign up for a 30 minute call with me. I can answer any of your questions and get you started if the retreat feels like a mutual great fit for both of us.

I'm so looking forward to this. If all goes well, I anticipate doing this more in the future.

Thanks so much for listening, and I hope to see many of you very soon in Tulum.

Hey, don't go just yet.

Since you're listening to this podcast, you might be one of us who has followed all the rules and ticked off all the boxes, but you still feel like something's missing. If you're ready to learn the skills and gain the tools that you need to put yourself first without guilt and start to treat yourself as your own best friend, I'm here to support you.

As a certified life coach, I provide a safe space, compassionate guidance, and practical tools to help you navigate life's challenges and embrace your true self. I'm inviting you to join my next group, which starts on Thursday, January 9th, 2025. 

We'll work together to develop a deeper understanding of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. You'll learn effective communication strategies, boundary setting techniques, and self-care practices that will help you to cultivate a more loving and supportive relationship with yourself first, so that then you can go on to do that with others.

While of course I cannot guarantee specific outcomes, everyone's journey is unique, what I can promise is my unwavering commitment to providing you with the skills, tools, support, and guidance that you need to create lasting change in your life.

With more than a sprinkle of humor, some perfectly placed swear words, and a lot of compassion, I'll be available to mentor you as you do the work to become a favorite version of yourself.

If you're ready to invest in yourself and embark upon this journey, head over to melissaparsonscoaching.com. Go to the Work With Me page and book a consultation call. We can chat about your challenges and how I can support you.

Like I said, we start in January. We will meet on Thursdays at 12:30 PM Eastern Time for six months, starting on January 9th.

Can't wait to see you there.