Your Gifted Life:
Deepening the clarity and
calling of your Core Gift
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A Personal Retreat On Vashon Island, Washington
Hosted by Bruce and Gina Anderson
Welcome to your custom-designed, private Core Gift Retreat on beautiful Vashon Island, WA.
Come away to the quiet woods where time slows, and the world’s demands are left behind. Here, in the shelter of the trees, you will uncover the magnificent beauty, truth and power of your Core Gift hosted by experienced guides Bruce and Gina Anderson.
Over three days, in focused and caring company, you will journey through our newly created two-part The Story of Me Core Gift Discovery sessions and coaching conversations designed for your situation—woven together with structured and free time to reflect and relax.
Hosted in two beautiful reflection buildings nestled in a corner of quiet and private woods, this is a retreat for those seeking the clarity that comes from stillness and the revealing of deeper purpose that arises when one listens deeply.
Leaving home to journey here, you’ll notice beginning to breathe slower as you settle into this time for you. More clarity about your life comes into view almost immediately and you begin to shift your field of attention to what needs to happen next in your life and how your Core Gift can powerfully support you. You become aligned with a more purposeful and satisfying gifted life!
Getting away from the demands of others, email, endless task lists. From the time you are picked up at the ferry dock until the time you depart, this experience is designed as a time for you to focus on you, and for your guides to support your gifted growth.
How long has it been since you got to focus on YOU? For three days!
"Wow!
The retreat was exactly what they said it would be— a unique and powerful opportunity to explore and add clarity to my Core Gift and bring it more to life along my path.
Bruce and Gina, both together and separately, bring a wealth of experience, wisdom and compassion to every interaction and I felt totally supported.
I can’t imagine a more beautiful and welcoming setting than what they have created on their Vashon Island property."
Tracy Lamb
It’s the right time to do this if:
- You desire time to deeply celebrate YOU without hesitation
- You want 1:1 coaching time to deepen your understanding of how to use your Core Gift to navigate the next period in your life
- You want to experience a deeper sense of self and inner peace
- You want to let go of limiting beliefs about your Core Gift and your power to use it
- You want to practice speaking from and making decisions with your Core Gift as the energizing center of your decisional process
- You want to experience the gentle and intuitive facilitation and coaching style of Bruce and Gina Anderson, founders of the Story of Me Core Gift Discovery process
Your private retreat includes:
- Pre-arrival Zoom Session: Get oriented and set your intentions with a personal call before your retreat
- Pre-arrival reflection questions are included in your preparation
- Two Nights in the Hermitage & Meditation Chapel: Immerse yourself in nature with private lodging in a peaceful, forested setting
- The Story of Me Core Gift Discovery process: Experience this newly-designed powerful two-part session facilitated by Bruce and Gina Anderson
- Three 1-Hour Core Gift Coaching Sessions: Custom-designed coaching to deepen your understanding of your Core Gift
- Structured Reflection Time: Meditate, journal, walk and reflect in a serene environment
- Closing Ceremony: A meaningful conclusion to acknowledge and celebrate your retreat experience
- Pick-up and drop-off at the ferry terminal (if not bringing a vehicle)
- Additional follow-up coaching sessions offered at discounted rates
Your Host and Guides
Bruce Anderson, Executive Director of the Core Gift Institute, will be a guide and host for this private retreat. He has a Graduate MBA and is a Certified Advanced-Level Life Coach.
As co-founder of the Core Gift Discovery process, Bruce has more than 25 years’ experience facilitating the process
and training others as Facilitators and Advanced Facilitators.
His facilitation style is known to be gentle and warm, including laughter along the way, and he is deeply committed to honoring the path each person has been on.
Believing there is a rewarding path available for each of us, Bruce helps each person discover their uniqueness and gain the courage to step into the fullness of who they are.
Gina Anderson, also a co-founder of the Core Gift Discovery process, has 25 years’ experience supporting individuals with a wide variety of spiritual beliefs on their unique paths to wholeness.
She is a certified Chaplain, leads meditation and healing groups focused on the integration of mind, body and spirit, and does pastoral counseling.
She holds Master’s Degrees in Social Work and Theology and a Doctoral Degree in Ministry.
Gina will participate in the pre-retreat Zoom call to support you in identifying your intentions and hope for this retreat and co-facilitate your Core Gift Discovery session. If you desire, she will assist you to take a deeper look at the meaning of your spiritual beliefs as related to your Core Gift, and any healing aspects that may gently arise as you discover your call to practice your Core Gift. She brings a calmness and peace to an inner examination of self.
The Retreat Schedule:
The schedule is a mix of guided Facilitation, focused reflective time, relaxation and rest.
Pre-Retreat Intention-Setting :
Bruce and Gina will guide you in an online conversation that supports you in identifying the questions and inquiry-areas for your three coaching sessions. We recognize that your original intentions may change as you engage in the retreat, so we open to shifts in focus and conversation.
Friday:
Pickup at the ferry terminal upon arrival on Vashon.
3pm arrival and settling in at the Reflection Grounds.
Part One: Story of Me Core Gift Discovery Session
Reflection in preparation for tomorrow's Part Two: Story of Me
Rest
Saturday:
Part Two: Story of Me Core Gift Discovery Session.
Core Gift Coaching Session 1 and 2
Discovery Reflection
Rest
Sunday:
Core Gift Coaching Session 3
Learning Reflection and Closing Ritual
12pm Departure
Follow-up
A scheduled one-hour Zoom call approximately 1 week after your retreat to reflect on the event and your future plans.
The Reflection Grounds
THE MEDITATION CHAPEL
The Chapel is designed for reflection. It has an indoor large rock fountain,
riverbed of rocks that arc through it and a very large window-wall that looks
into the woods. Two comfy armchairs face the fountain and woods. It has a
sink and toilet and is on a short path to the hermitage
THE HERMITAGE
This building is a studio-style room with an enclosed shower/toilet, small kitchenette, couch, desk, and double bed. Linens, towels and bedding are furnished. It is full of light, well-heated and very private. It is equipped with WIFI, music system and television.
The Property
The Meditation Chapel and Hermitage are in the woods on 2 1/2 acres which also includes a private residence. The gravel lanes around the property are open for walkers and many guests walk the 20 minutes down the lane to the Tramp Harbor beach which is part of Puget Sound.
Meals
Breakfast supplies are provided and include fresh eggs from our hens, bagels, fruit, jams, juices and tea/coffee. Lunch and dinner are self-catered, with a stop at the local grocery store upon your arrival. If you have a vehicle, you may choose to go to Vashon Village to eat at one of our
many local restaurants.
Transportation:
Vashon Island is a short 15-minute ferry ride from West Seattle. The large car-ferry departs from the Fauntleroy ferry dock which is approximately 20 minutes from SeaTac airport and/or downtown Seattle. There are Uber-like services as well as auto rental locations at the airport and downtown Seattle. If you do not bring a vehicle, we will pick you up upon your arrival and drop you at the ferry dock for your departure.
The retreat location is approximately 15 minutes from the Vashon ferry dock.
Date Registration
The Your Gifted Life Retreat is available on dates that the guides and guests both confirm after your registration.
Retreat Cost
The cost for our focused time with you for the three days, pre-event dialogue and planning session, two-part Story of Me: Core Gift Discovery session, three 1-hour coaching sessions and closing ritual, Guided reflection and journaling sessions, after-retreat zoom session, breakfasts, all materials and 2-nights lodging is $1,500 USD.
You can choose to pay in full or in 5 monthly payments of $300.00. If you choose to stay an extra night because of travel logistics there is an additional fee of $100. We do offer sliding-scale rates if that is a necessity for you. Please inquire.