Did You Lose Sight of Yourself Somewhere Along the Way ?
You know how to juggle all the things. You take care of what needs to be done.
You show up for the people you love. You manage the responsibilities, make the decisions, solve the problems, and carry things other people may never even realize you're carrying.
And most days, you do it so well that everyone assumes you're fine.
But lately, maybe there's been a question festering underneath all that doing.
Where am I in all of this?
Maybe you've become so accustomed to asking what everyone else needs that you're not even sure what you need anymore.
Maybe the things that once brought you joy don't feel quite the same.
Maybe you're in a season of change and the woman you've always been doesn't quite fit anymore, but you don't know who you're becoming yet.
Or maybe nothing is terribly wrong.
You just know something inside you is asking for your attention.
You don't need to have all the answers.
You may simply need enough space to finally hear the questions.
Sometimes You Have to Reconnect with Your Authentic Self.
There is something powerful about leaving the familiar behind.
Stepping away from the routines, responsibilities, noise, and expectations of everyday life creates a different kind of space.
Space to notice, wonder, and remember.
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For four days, we're traveling North together, to the quiet beauty of Lake Superior, but the deeper journey is inward.
Toward your True North.
The part of you that knows what matters.
The part of you that remembers what makes you feel alive.
The part of you that still holds desires, dreams, questions, and possibilities that may have gotten quieter beneath everything you've been carrying.
Your North Star isn't a perfect plan for the rest of your life.
It's your guiding light.
The inner knowing that helps you recognize what feels true, what matters now, and what direction is yours to take next.
You aren't coming here to become someone new.
You're creating enough space to hear the woman you are now.Â
Connecting with Your Self-Care Compass
 A Luxury Women’s Retreat to Find Your North Star
Imagine This…
Imagine waking up in a luxury lakeside cabin.
Coffee in hand.
Wrapped in a blanket.
Looking out over the stillness of the water.
No rushing.
No constant notifications.
No emotional labor pulling at you from every direction.
Just space to breathe.
To rest.
To reflect.
To reconnect with the woman underneath the roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
Throughout this intimate weekend experience, you’ll be gently guided through practices, workshops, reflection, movement, nervous system healing, and meaningful connection designed to help you reconnect with your own Self-Care Compass™ — your internal roadmap back to balance, alignment, and self-trust.
INTRODUCING...
Self-Care Compass Retreat -Connecting with Your North Star
This Is Not Your Typical Wellness Retreat
The North Star Retreat isn't about checking out of your life for a few days, only to return to the same noise and patterns waiting for you at home.
And it isn't about filling every moment with another activity.
Every experience throughout the weekend is intentionally chosen to help you slow down, listen inward, reconnect with yourself, and create space for what wants to emerge.
Your retreat experience will weave together:
~ yoga & somatic movement
~ mindfulness, meditation & journaling
~ nervous system regulation & restoration
~ women's circles & meaningful connection
~ nature immersion & hiking
~ sound healing, reflection & spacious time to simply be
All guided through the foundational teachings of the Self-Care Compass™, with a deeper exploration of True North: your values, desires, truth, inner knowing, and what matters most to you now.
You won't leave with just the memory of a beautiful weekend. You'll leave with a deeper understanding of yourself.
More clarity about what matters to you now.
A renewed connection to what brings you joy and makes you feel alive.
Practices that help you quiet the noise and listen inward.
And perhaps most importantly, greater trust in your own inner wisdom and the direction it is inviting you to take next.
Because your North Star isn't something you need to create. It's something you learn to see, trust, and follow.
What Awaits You
Four days designed to give you something everyday life rarely does: the space, experiences, and support to turn your attention back toward yourself.
Space to Exhale
Settle into the quiet beauty of Wild Rice Retreat. Slow mornings, cozy cabins, spacious moments and time that isn't already spoken for. Here, you don't have to be productive. You get to simply be.
Journey Inward
Through guided Self-Care Compass™ workshops, reflection and your North Star Retreat Magazine, you'll explore one powerful question: What is calling me forward?
Nature as Medicine
Walk beneath the trees. Wander the trails. Breathe in the crisp Lake Superior air. Sit beside the water. Let the quiet of the natural world help settle the noise within you.Â
Meaningful Connection
Through women's circles, shared meals, conversations, and laughter, you'll experience the kind of connection that reminds you: you don't have to navigate everything alone.
Nourishment & Receiving
For a few days you get to practice something that can feel surprisingly unfamiliar:Â receiving. Beautiful meals. Restorative practices. Sound healing. Sauna. Rest. Beauty. Care.
Rediscover Your Spark
Joy. Movement. Creativity. Curiosity. Play. Beauty. Pleasure. This retreat gives you permission to follow those little sparks of aliveness and remember what it feels like to want, wonder, dream and explore again.
TESTIMONIAL...
"I look forward to attending Sondra's retreats. She truly puts so much thought into each unique retreat theme. The amazing guided workbook that I can refer back to, the activities... meditation, yoga, sound bath, facials, crafts and free time to do what our hearts need.
The group discussions and shares in a relaxing setting, around the table, during actifities with all us women to share our stories, I am grateful or the amazing women and love the new friendships. The food is always over the top and very healthy. This has been the best self-care I can give myself every year, this has been my 5th retreat. I know Sondra's heart is in everything she creates for a retreat.
Thank You, Sondra."Â ~ Ann M
Your Inner Compass
At the heart of this retreat is the foundational framework of The Self-Care Compass™ — a transformational approach to sustainable self-care and nervous system healing.
This retreat will focus primarily on True North and reconnection to your authentic self. In addition, you’ll briefly explore all four directions of your internal compass:
đź§ True North
Reconnect with your values, desires, truth, and the parts of yourself that have been buried beneath responsibility and survival mode.
đź§ True South
Explore the guilt, overwhelm, burnout, people-pleasing, and invisible emotional labor draining your energy.
đź§ True East
Cultivate inner practices that regulate your nervous system and help you reconnect with peace, grounding, and emotional restoration.
đź§ True West
Reconnect with joy, support, nature, connection, pleasure, creativity, and experiences that replenish your spirit.
At the center of the compass is Harmony — the place where your inner and outer worlds begin to align.
This retreat is designed to help you begin finding your way back there by aligning with your true North.
Hi, I'M SONDRA
I’m an Integrative Wellness Coach and founder of Self-Care Bootcamp, The Self-Care Sanctuary online community and The Self-Care Compass Method™. I help women reconnect to their authentic selves and create soul-nourishing self-care without guilt. Through my own journey of healing from burnout and autoimmunity, I’ve learned that when a woman reconnects with her internal compass, she unlocks her power. This retreat is my gift to you: a sacred space to rediscover your authentic self. I'll be your retreat guide, coach and mentor for this transformative weekend!
Testimonial
"I spent Friday through this morning at an amazing women's wellness retreat 25 minutes outside of Omaha, hosted by my new favorite self care guru, Sondra Dubas. I haven't taken time to myself like this in YEARS and it was exactly what I needed. Yoga, meditation, organic gluten and dairy-free food, cleansing herbal teas, morning runs in nature followed by a sauna, meeting new friends and experiencing a healing sound bath, drum ceremony and group hypnosis for the first time. I you are in need of a nervous system reset, I highly recommend one of Sondra's retreats!!"Â ~Jillian V.
THIS RETREAT IS FOR YOU IF...
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~You've spent so much time being who everyone needs you to be that you're not sure who you are outside those roles anymore.
~You're in a season of change and find yourself wondering, "What do I want now?"
~You know something in your life wants to shift, even if you can't quite name it yet.
~You miss parts of yourself you haven't made room for in a long time.
~You're craving meaningful conversations with women who are asking some of the same questions.
~You want space to dream again without immediately talking yourself out of what's possible.
~You're tired of making decisions based only on obligation, expectation, or guilt.
~You want to reconnect with what makes you feel alive.
~You're ready to listen to yourself again and trust what you hear.
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Your North Star Awaits!
Reserve your spot today!
Cancellation Policy
There are no refunds given once reservation is made. However, the reservation is tranferable to another interested participant. You can transfer your reservation to a friend or inquire whether there is a waitlist.
TESTIMONIAL...
"I have had the privilege of attending four of Sondra’s retreats. I came depleted and disconnected – as many of the women did at the start of this magical weekend. Sondra has a way of making women feel truly seen, truly nurtured, and truly belonging. The nurturing is body —with the most exquisite organic meals you could imagine. Soul— with deep conversation and insightful questions. And spirit—with world class sensory offerings like sound bath, fire ceremony, and dream hypnosis. We walk away with true friendship, true healing, and a beautiful work book to continue our journey.
There is no finer Retreat experience in the Midwest."Â Â ~ Maria S.
Continue the Journey with The Self-Care Compass™
Wanderlust Retreat is designed to open the door.
The Self-Care Compass™ Experience is the deeper journey — helping you integrate what you uncover during retreat into your everyday life through guided coaching, community, nervous system support, and personalized self-care practices.
You’ll have the opportunity to continue your journey through:
~ exclusive retreat attendee pricing
~ bonus integration support
~ priority access to the upcoming Self-Care Compass™ program experience.
Because transformation doesn’t end when the retreat is over.
The real work begins when you return home — and finally start living differently.
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