Take the Step Women's Weekend Retreat- Authentic Self & Self-Discovery Retreat

Do you feel like you are treading water just trying to keep up?
Or like your dreams have been put on a shelf for another day?
Are you tired of holding up the world and being everything to everybody?
Then, take a voyage of self-discovery...Reconnect with your authentic Self...
Heal your heart and let your Spirit soar...
If you want to move forward either personally or professionally, but feel stuck,
If you need to balance professional success with personal wellness, but feel overwhelmed,
If you want to navigate change, uncertainty and stress, but feel out of control,
then this weekend Intensive is for you.
The Take the Step Weekend Intensive is designed especially for women and focuses on
healing past wounds, relationship hurts, and present day chaos.
This transformational, life changing experience
will give you clarity, confidence and commitment to take your next step.
Inspirational Author, Speaker, Intuitive, and Healer, Grace Cirocco facilitates the Intensive
group workshops which are based on her bestselling book, Take the Step, The Bridge Will be There.

UPCOMING WOMEN'S TAKE THE STEP WEEKEND RETREATS:

About Our Take the Step Retreats & Self Discovery Workshop

Life is a journey. Every day is a new voyage with our Dreams, Heart and Spirit as our sails. What happens when we go through life on auto-pilot? We forget our inner voice. Self-doubt creeps in. We leave our hopes and dreams behind us, beached on a rocky shore.
No more.
Grace Cirocco invites you to rediscover your authentic voice, to recognize the power that lies inside you and to envision your life the way it could be. Our women's weekend retreats have been called "spring cleaning for the heart”, “life changing” and women just like you have said it was "the most powerful weekend of my life". Others have called it a “boot camp equivalent to five years of therapy". One-hour therapy sessions go only so far. At our weekend, incredible healing shifts occur because the experience is intensive and the change happens in the emotional brain. You will get the chance to look at all areas of your life (health, relationships, career, family, Spirit) and address issues holistically. You will also receive the tools to maintain resilience from the inside out including mind, body, heart and soul.

Using a combination of personal stories, exploratory self-awareness exercises, poetry, music and lecture, Grace weaves magic in three days. Through a series of heart-to-heart group exercises, visualizations, meditations, creative writing assignments, emotional release, inner child work, art therapy, integrative body movements, and time alone in nature, you will take this extraordinary journey with a small group of women just like you.

"My life and my heart has changed forever after your Women's Retreat. Through my dreams I can tell I am processing all which was introduced to me. Each night I dream of old hurts, yearnings, fears. Upon waking I am able to sit with all of these 'files' and acknowledge the pain that put them there and use my new abilities to release them. I am so grateful. It's like a computer virus scan going through my heart and head while I sleep gathering up all that does not compliment my joy. I have found I am more gentle with my words - I support and listen...naturally. That is the amazing part. It is not like I am trying to internalize steps from a self help book and play them out in my life. I AM gentler, I AM more joyful. Thank God and thank you." Beverley Miranda, Brantford, ON

Why a Workshop Just for Women?

A lot of women at first glance seem to cope well. They’re competent in some area of their life. They’ve learned to juggle their many roles: daughter, sister, mother, lover, friend, wife, business woman, confidante...the list is endless. What people don’t see is the fault line on the inside that puts pressure on everything else.

It may be an abusive past (or present), clogged emotion, divorce, illness, burnout, loneliness or spiritual emptiness. Today’s modern woman is constantly under pressure to “do it all” “be it all”, and “make everyone happy”. Every woman has her story, and it is this story that, left unexpressed and unhealed over time, sabotages any hope of serenity and happiness. In this weekend retreat, you’ll have the opportunity to share your unique story. You’ll learn to slow down, be still and get re-acquainted with your Spirit. Your heart will be enveloped by love, compassion and encouragement as you continue your journey towards healing and wholeness.

Get your Employer to Sponsor You:

According to research, many organizations in the private and public sectors today spend millions of dollars so their employees can stay home on 'stress leave'. What if you could offer your female staff a program that would unlock their stress and give them tools to feel more productive at work and happier at home? That's why organizations such as Health Canada, Swiss Medica, Guelph General Hospital, and Goverment of Canada, to name just a few, have sponsored their female staff to attend the Take the Step Intensive Weekend with Grace Cirocco. Women who have attended this program report feeling in control of their stress, less anxious, more content, and inspired to make healthy choices regarding their health. Women learn mental resilience strategies, emotional intelligence, self confidence, and self awareness so they can bring their creativity, their enthusiasm and their passion to their jobs and to the workplace. Approach your manager and ask if they would be willing to support you as you do this very important work. Make sure to tell them that you will be doing this training on your own time, as this Intensive is a weekend program.

Grace is a brilliant speaker and compassionate healer known for her loving and inspiring presence and her ability to reach deep inside people's heart and cause 180 degree shifts. She is a leading authority on resilience, and emotional and mental wellness. As an author, educator, international seminar leader, mentor and life coach, Grace is passionate about empowering women and helping them heal their stories and move forward with confidence and courage. She blends her unique life experiences, education, her extraordinary compassion for the suffering of others and her intuitive ability to create life affirming programs for women that have given her accolades and international praise. Grace is an expert in an emotional healing process (Emotional Brain Therapy, EBT) that she has pioneered and over the years perfected which allows negative feelings caused by past betrayals, and relationship failures to become unblocked and healed. Grace believes that when you unblock the heart, you've unblocked the mind, body and spirit and extraordinary possibilities can manifest. Grace will teach you how to create significant emotional and spiritual breakthroughs on the inside so that you can manifest miracles on the outside. People have called her an "emotional & spiritual surgeon"; "a midwife for women"; and "an angel of healing" for her incredible ability to bring empowerment and wellness to women. To learn more about Grace visit her full biography here Grace Cirocco.com

TTS Woman's Weekend Retreat Intensive Workshop Itinerary:

Women's Weekend Retreat Location

Ancaster, Ontario --15 minutes from downtown Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
Canterbury Hills Retreat Centre, http://www.canterburyhills.ca situated in the Dundas Valley on 72 beautiful acres of unique Carolinian forest. This oasis of lush green forests, ponds and walking trails is located in Ancaster just 20 minutes from downtown Hamilton, 45 minutes from the Toronto Pearson airport, 1 hour from the Buffalo airport, and 15 minutes from the Hamilton airport. This natural refuge heightens personal awareness and Oneness with Spirit and a perfect setting for our women's weekend retreat. The rooms are large with comfortable beds and warm decor with shared baths. Our workshop space is also very beautiful with big picture windows overlooking the conservation forest where deer can often be seen throughout the weekend. Our meeting space has air-conditioning, comfortable chairs and a stone fireplace. Canterbury Hills staff provide delicious home-style meals and can accommodate vegetarian or other special diets. To ensure our privacy, our women's retreats are exclusive bookings, (i.e. we will not be sharing the space with any other groups!). Read about the unique Carolinian forest that extends deep into Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas, from which this forest takes its name. http://www.canterburyhills.ca/environment.htmAddress: 575 Lions Club Road, Ancaster. For the best directions click here http://www.canterburyhills.ca/map.htm

$1399 ALL INCLUSIVE per person in a Double or Triple Room $1699 ALL INCLUSIVE per person with NO Roommate ***Please Note: We will make every effort to accommodate "single room" requests, but they are not guaranteed especially for late registrations. If you're coming with a friend, you will be in the same room. If you're coming alone, Grace will use her intuition and assign you one or more roommates (it all depends on our numbers). Please note: We spend very little time in our rooms. The program is intense, so most of your time will be spent in the seminar room and the dining/living areas as well as the outdoors.

Take Advantage of our Discounts:

By Internet: Click here to fill out the two step registration form and pay your $700 deposit by Paypal. By mail: Fill out step one of the registration form and mail a certified cheque payable to GRACE CIROCCO INC. RE: TTS Intensive, P.O. Box 30038, RPO Ridley Sq. St. Catharines, ON., L2S 4A1 Canada By Telephone: Call Leah Taylor at 905-688-0868 and pay your $700 deposit with VISA or MASTERCARD. Space is limited. A maximum of 20 women accepted. Come with a friend & save $50 per person.
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel your registration two weeks or more prior to the start date of the workshop, you will be refunded all monies less $100 admin fee. Cancellation of 13 days or less, you will be refunded all monies except $500. Cancelling 7 days or less, there is no refund. We realize that sometimes in life there are emergency situations and only in such circumstances and based on the sole discretion of Grace Cirocco will consideration be given for a one time opportunity to transfer your registration to a future retreat date within 12 months. Please note, you must communicate with Grace in advance in these cases. In these situations, we will do our best to convince the retreat center not to charge us for your room/board especially if cancellation happens less than 48 hrs. but should they charge us for your meals/room, we will pass on those expenses to you. Grace Cirocco Inc. is not responsible for prepaid, non refundable travel arrangements.

"Grace, whenever, I feel a tinge of depression creeping. I tell myself, 'Stop. You've come a long way. Look at what you've accomplished. Look how different you are. I am living like a woman and not some depressed adolescent'. I owe this to you, Grace. My relationship with my mother is stronger, smoother and less awkward. Thank you for releasing my heart from its prison of pain and depression. Thank you for giving me my self-esteem back. Thank you for showing me the way towards a more authentic path. Thank you for helping me realize, though I stumble, make mistakes and fall throughout this journey, I have the courage to go on. Thank you for being there all the times I needed you. Thank you for caring despite your gazillion clients, friends, family and responsibilities. Thank you for showing me how to be authentic, for being such a strong, beautiful role model." Caroline B., Toronto, ON

"My greatest gift from your woman's retreat is you Grace!!! You have taught me to love myself and to believe in myself again. You have given me back my life, my voice, my self esteem, my worth. You’ve shown me that wonderful possibilities lie ahead of me if I reach out and believe in them. You’ve taught me how my brain works, something I can't wait to learn more about. You've taught me that it is my job to fill myself up and that depression is repression. Grace; your woman's retreat will allow me to make changes in my life that should have been made years ago. I have a new positive attitude and for once I feel real hope... No spa or girls weekend away could ever top what I felt and gained from your Goddess weekend!!! It was the best weekend of my life!" Vicky Cooper, Kincardine, ON

"When I arrived at your women's retreat, I was expecting a ‘girls weekend’ with some spa time, a little self help and some rest and relaxation, -WRONG!! Instead I was able to experience something far beyond anything I could ever have imagined. It was a powerful and amazing experience to be able to start the weekend feeling like I was so different from everyone there and to end the weekend feeling so connected to every woman in the room. By healing together with all the different women there, I was able to heal parts of myself that I didn’t know needed healing. The bond that we all made together was a true bond of ‘sisterhood’ and something I would have never in a million years have expected!! Grace, you are such an extraordinary person. You touched my heart so deeply and I trusted you with my deepest darkest truths, something that I could not have done with anyone else. I’m so glad I trusted you even when my rational brain was telling me to run!! How can one put into words how grateful they are to have been blessed by your gifts. You have a way of making everyone feel like they are so important to you. I don’t know how you do it. It is definitely something miraculous!! " Sharon "Principessa", Toronto, ON

"I knew I needed some personal spiritual renewal and I was expecting good things from the workshop but my experience went way beyond my expectations. I feel like a new person on a very deep level. I am open to life and love in very new ways. My relationships with everyone from work colleagues to close friends and family , have been strengthened and renewed. I feel new abundance and excitement for my life and so very blessed. I feel like wonderful things have been coming into my life since the retreat and I am really excited about discovering what is on the other side of my career bridge. My husband, children and close friends have seen and felt the difference in me! Grace, I am so thankful that I have met you and walked on this profound personal journey with you. I love and honor your beautiful spirit Grace and thank you for giving me the most wonderful experience of my life." Barb Beauchamp, Markham, ON

"Your women's retreat exceeded my expectations 100%. I knew it was going to be great because of all the amazing testimonials I read on your website from goddesses who went before me. Now I understand why I often found adjectives like “transformative” to describe this experience; because that is exactly what it is/was. It was such a rich experience and I learned so much about women and how we too often “swallow” our pain and pay a huge personal price for it when it is buried and not processed (as in seen, felt and released). I also was reminded that women need other women to help each other through this life journey. Together we can be such a powerful support to one and other. Grace is one of the most impactful facilitators/presenters I have ever experienced. She has an amazing gift. She is the real deal and has the biggest heart of anyone I have ever met. She has given me the most amazing gift through this Retreat. Grace, there are no words to describe the gratitude I feel. Thank you and love from the bottom of my now whole heart." Carol Cinnamon, Calgary

"Dear Grace: I really wasn’t sure what to expect from your women's retreat, except I just knew I needed to go. I needed to heal my past. I needed to become healthier minded in order to become a better mother, wife, career woman, person. I was ridden with anger-a result of suppressed hurt I had never dealt with from my past. Your women's retreat has been life changing for me. I traded in my old "lenses" for a new pair, and now the world is a much better place as a result of it. Thanks “Mamma Bear” for being part of my transformation. I will never forget this experience. I am blessed, and extremely fortunate... to have received this help before I wasted any more of my life being angry. My anger was literally making me sick. I know that my father led me to you. He wanted to stop the cycle of passing along the anger torch in our family. You are an angel Grace - how did your mother know to call you Grace? She knew you’d be magnificent long before you proved it to the world. TASHI DELEY GRACE!! " Jeannette Kulik R.D.H. Fonthill, ON

"This was by far the best long weekend of my life! I thought I was going on this retreat to gain clarity about my life and why I act the way I do but I received so much more than that! I was hoping to leave this retreat with more self-confidence but I had no idea that I would leave with a heart full of love and rid myself of all my anger, fear and shame. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I am now free to love myself and others around me. Grace, I cannot begin to express the appreciation I have for you. I haven't felt so loved as I did at your women's retreat. Your compassion, hugs, love and affirming words are truly life changing. I am so very grateful for your kindness. This experience has completely changed my life. I look at everything differently now, I am a total optimist and I get so excited about the little things. I am no longer filled with anger and negativity. I am a new woman! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Grace, I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to have met you and shared this incredible experience with so many other beautiful women--my new Goddess Girlfriends. Thank you!!!" Amy Dussault, Waterloo, ON

"Dear Grace: Since coming home from your women's retreat, I have been feeling so much better about everything. Before the retreat, I don't think I would have been able to handle my husband's rejection as well I am now. I feel so much stronger. It's still so hard to think about the day that he blindsided me and told me he was unhappy with me. I am still grieving for the loss because I still love him but the difference now is that I am not allowing myself to take the blame for his unhappiness. I thank YOU for the strength and courage I am feeling right now. I thank you for helping me to restore positive feelings in myself. I cannot tell you enough how much your women's Intensive meant to me, how wonderful was to meet all the other women and what a gift you are to me and to so many others. You are truly Amazing Grace! God Bless you for all you do." Love always, Katy Calkins, Alberta

"Dear Grace: Thanks for a life changing long weekend! Your woman's retreat went way beyond my expectations. You are truly gifted in the healing of the heart and soul. You provided the guidance, the encouragement and the confidence to remove many layers of accumulated toxic waste and to reveal our true inner child. I came with a dark cloud covering me and left with sunshine surrounding me. I now know that if I listen carefully, the universe will direct me in the path to follow." Lise R. Toronto

"Grace, how can I say thank you for answering your life's calling. You are such a beautiful woman and truly so magnificent. I feel so much lighter. I am amazed at how much anger I had pent up inside of me. It is now gone and still feeling a little raw. That is ok, I am different now. I vibrate at a higher level. I thank God for you and your gift and for the healing that has occurred! I can already see a difference in my relationships without the anger and from everything I have learned so far." Christy Newton, Albany NY

"Dearest Grace, How can I say thank you and express the gratitude that I feel to God for bringing you into my life! You truly are a Godsend and have the most appropriate name "Grace". I smile when I think of you because of the happiness my heart feels because of the work we have done together. Even as I write this, my heart overflows with emotion and brings tears to my eyes because I can now feel what I could not before and see what I could not see before. There has been a shift in my perception as I choose compassion over ego more and more. I look so forward to the day that I can forever bury the demons of my past and feel the love I would like to have especially towards my parents. I do so very much appreciate your kindness and heart full of love. How awesome that you are able to give to so many and by doing so enable them to love more and live happier lives. I love you Grace." Christina C. Philadelphia

"Grace's woman's retreat went beyond my expectations! I thought I was going on a retreat to gain clarity about my life's purpose. I got so much more than that. Grace truly is an amazing woman. She is inspirational. I have quite high standards but I have nothing to criticize about Grace's weekend. She truly cares and she delivers quality in terms of the materials used and the workshops she prepares. I feel blessed and filled with gratitude that I could attend this retreat. I got so much more than I came for. If you are "ripe" for change and willing to do the work, Grace will guide you to a much better, healthier and authentic place. Tashi Deley to Grace and future participants."Carol B. Toronto, ON

"Grace, I must tell you.... weeks after the retreat I have had so many aha moments, where I feel engaged in life like when I was a kid, so aware of my surroundings and excited and filled with adventure and possibilities. I have been speaking up in situations that used to put me into a state of confusion and I've been conversing with my Dad in ways like never before, with clarity and conviction. I know that you have been instrumental in helping me to remove the deep emotional injustice that was in my cells and this has allowed me to regain my passion for life. I feel joy and happiness like I am ALIVE and like I'm getting a second chance to be the authentic ME more and more every day. Words are not enough to express how much I love you and how much you truly mean to me. At the end of my life as I go through the tunnel I will remember how I felt with you at the Kingview Farm in Aurora, fearless and undamaged, like I belong to this divine mystery called life!" Pennie Forma, Oakville, ON

"Dear Grace, You’ve done it again! I thought the Couple’s Retreat worked wonders for my relationship and now the Woman’s Retreat has been a miracle for me! With your guidance, love and support I was able to free my heart from the cold, black cage that had imprisoned it for so long. I am now free to give my love completely, and better still, receive the love that I have been denying myself, all these years. I find myself seeking friendships, no longer afraid to get close to people, wanting to fill my heart with love. I now have the confidence in myself to go after what I want, without the fear of failure. You are an amazing person, Grace. I am so incredibly thankful that I found you." Heidi Vanderkolff, Burlington, ON

"Grace is a living angel, dedicated to helping women with emotional trauma. She has the ability to nuture and guide many women. Her book was an exceptional tool in my life. Her retreats are the life line for any woman struggling with self esteem issues. Her compassion for humanity does in fact raise the vibration of the planet...she has saved my life!! She is my great inspiration, motivator and humanitarian." Filomena Costa, Mississauga, ON

"It has been a little over a week since the TTS Intensive Retreat and it is amazing how much better I feel about myself, how much more secure I feel about my decisions...I know without any doubt that God knew what he was doing when he put you on this earth. Not only did you open my mind, you healed my heart, you liberated my soul and you set my spirit free. There is some more healing to do but with the tools that I took home with me and the knowledge that you are there and so are the Goddesses, I am convinced that I can do it. You are undeniably an Angel of God. I love you Grace." Tashi Deley, Monique Danis, Cantley, QC

"Grace, your woman’s retreat was one of the best weekends of my life! I knew it would be good because Bob and I had already experienced your work at the couples retreat but this was "over the top" fantastic. I now have techniques that I can use with those I love who piss me off the most. I know that I am NOT what other people think of me or what I look like or how I appear.....I am pure love and I know how to access that pure love. Grace, I love your stories. You've been there and have the confidence to share your humanity. I believe that by sharing your own vulnerability, you put us all on a level playing field and that was essential for me to open up and share. Your style is magnetic, your love for us feels so damn good. Your hugs and affirming words are like our fantasy mother speaking. I felt like your special child even though I have children not far off your age. I love you." Lucinda Williams, Toronto, ON

"Grace, I love your teaching style (and you have an amazing amount of energy and stamina!). You walk the walk and talk the talk. You ARE love. You loved us when we needed to be loved up and you pushed us when we needed to be pushed. You helped us find the courage to break through our barriers. You are a spiritual midwife and a gifted healer. And you are an inspiration. I feel even more inspired now to follow my passion and share my gifts. Thank you for being an example of love, kindness and courage." Lorraine Jordan, Comox, BC

Does your relationship need a tune-up? Having marriage problems? Sign up for Grace's Relationship Renewal Retreat in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake.

For content questions, contact Grace Cirocco directly at grace@gracecirocco.com or call 905-688-0868.

For logistics and registration questions, please contact Retreat Co-ordinator, Leah Taylor at leah@gracecirocco.com or phone 905-688-0868.

"How can I describe your retreat in words? What are some of the grandest words that exist?I have never felt so connected to my Self! I feel incredible, unstoppable, invincible. I feel like, finally, I am home…how do I thank you for that? Grace, you are a beacon, shining forth your great guiding Light, illuminating the way for all those who are lost in the dark. Before you, we trudged along, weary, wondering what kept dragging at us, what was so heavy there behind us, trailing in the dust…After you, we realized they were our wings, and we finally remembered what it was like to spread them, and to fly free. Thank you for all you have given me, and for all that you are..." ~Leila Hossein-Khani