What it's really like to lead this retreat...
- Misty J.D.

- Oct 3
- 2 min read

I didn’t create Nourished Woman Retreat because I had everything figured out.
I created it because I needed it.
There was a time when I felt like I’d completely lost myself.
Postpartum. Overwhelmed. Anxious. Disconnected.
Waking up each day to give everything I had… just to feel barely okay.
I knew there had to be more than the cycle of surviving, tending, and performing.
I was craving something deeper. Fulfillment. Freedom.
A connection to the real me—the woman beneath the roles, the pressure, the anxiety.
I wanted to feel truly alive again. Purposeful. Clear.
I needed a full soul revitalization. Not just a break… a rebirth.
One day I woke and I made a decision:
I wasn’t going to wait for someone else to save me. I had to go find it.

So I fled to Breitenbush Hot Springs— not as a facilitator, not as a leader—
but as a woman in search of her soul.
What happened there changed everything.
The land. The hot springs. The silence.
The way my nervous system slowly came back online.
The grief I finally let move. The spark I thought I’d lost returning to my body.
That trip—alongside years of studying women’s work, energy healing, ritual, and somatic reclamation—healed me in ways I didn’t think were possible.
And from that portal, the Nourished Woman Retreat was born.
This February will be our third year returning to the forest for this sacred reclamation. And even now, with more on my plate than ever—business growth, family rhythms, travel— there was no question in my body: Yes. We’re doing it again.
I’ve said no to a lot of things to make this happen. Because this isn’t just a retreat. It’s a homecoming—for me and for the women who come. It’s the place where you find yourself again.

And I don’t hold this alone. I’m supported by the most incredible co-leaders—Chelsey, Annalise, and Jess—women who hold circles with me year-round in Humboldt County. Their medicine and devotion runs deep. Their presence is what helps this retreat feel so held… so nourishing… so sacred.
We don’t just drop in for a weekend. We pour into this year-round. We vision, plan, pray, and prepare the space for you like we’re welcoming you into our own home.
Because we are.
If you’re feeling the pull… If you know there’s more to life than the cycle you’ve been in… If you’ve been craving the space to remember who you are—
This is where you find it, sister.
And for a few more days, you can still save $300 with code: ALIGN2026
With love from my whole heart,
Misty
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