This is a soulful retreat incorporating group work, group sharing, private conversations, experiential exercises, and connective tools you’ll take home and use every day. We'll explore your shared vision of your future and provide you with “The Toolbox,” resources to cultivate a thriving relationship. This is a guided journey into your relationship's highest potential!

This is a soulful retreat incorporating group work, group sharing, private conversations, experiential exercises, and connective tools you’ll take home and use every day. We'll explore your shared vision of your future and provide you with “The Toolbox,” resources to cultivate a thriving relationship.

This is a guided journey into your relationship's highest potential!

Blake and I have built our own little heaven on earth and we LOVE our lives together. We want that for you too. This retreat is about creating intentional connection, discovering what's next for your relationship, and supporting each other's individual and shared dreams.

This retreat offers a unique opportunity for:

• Intentional Connection: Deepen your bond and rediscover your love.
• Discovering What's Next: Define your shared vision and future goals.
• Supporting Dreams: Create a supportive environment for each other's aspirations with The 
• Toolbox: Not all tools work and you can spend years in therapy trying all of them.

This weekend we’re sharing the tools that have made the biggest difference in our lives and showing you how to use them!

Pre-Retreat Call: Before the retreat, each couple will have a private call with us so we can learn about where you're at and where you want to go. That way, we enter the weekend prepared to guide you personally.

Friday Evening: We start Friday night with a social experience-alcohol-free and filled with connection activities that go deep, gently guiding you into your own soul and your partner's. It's fun, soulful, and relaxing.

Saturday: Saturday, we begin with visioning: Where is your soul being called? What does your relationship want to become? What does your family (if you have kids) need from you both as a team?

Then, we shift into building your toolbox-practical tools that work for your unique connection. We'll explore where you may feel disconnected and where you want more closeness. 

There will be time in groups, men and women separately, and plenty of moments where Blake and I meet with you.

Sunday: Sunday, we wrap it all up. We'll revisit your toolbox, solidify your daily practices, and prepare you to take this energy home with you. 

Follow-Up Call: After the retreat, you'll have a follow-up call with us for any additional questions and to give us feedback.

• A shared vision for your future.

•  Practical tools to enhance communication and connection.

•  Deeper connection and intimacy.

•  Private guidance and support from Julie & Blake.

•  New perspectives. A new way of seeing each other-and yourself!

Oakbrook Mall: Premier shopping destination.

Dining: Wide variety of restaurants in Oak Brook and surrounding areas.

Airport Tips: O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (MDW) are easily accessible by car or ride-sharing services. Consider traffic when planning your arrival.

Tuition: $2,000 per couple. *Airfare, hotel, and meals are not included.

Registration: Limited to 8 couples for a small, connected experience.

Payment Options: 

• Zelle to Julie’s Cell 630-336-9515 (no fees). I will send you a Zelle QR code. 
• Stripe Invoice From Julie’s Company: Chicago Energy Healing, LLC

We're limiting this retreat to just 8 couples.

Because it's our first and we're beta testing it, we're offering the discounted rate of $2,000 per couple in exchange for your feedback and a short survey. 

This retreat is first come, first served, and we already have more couples inquiring than we can accommodate.

Please sign up today to reserve your spot. 

For thousands of years, unmarried priests have been counseling married couples – I never got that. Blake and I have learned best from married people who’ve openly shared their hearts and what’s worked best for them. Blake and I are are not counselors or therapists, but we’ve done the work. 

There was a time 14 years ago, when the love was still there but our newborn daughter had life threatening medical issues and we struggled to communicate in a healthy way – leading to resentment and a loss of connection. Our options became to separate or get better by learning from others with healthy relationships who could teach us a way forward.

We chose to learn from people who relied on the work of Dr. Julie and Dr. John Gottman (world renowned marriage researchers). 

Julie Jancius is a world renowned spiritual teacher with a top #5 spiritual podcast worldwide reaching over 10 million downloads, and she’s working with top names in Hollywood on a book deal and possible new TV show.

Julie owns one of the top spiritual coaching businesses in the country, she’s interviewed over 1,000 experts, and has worked with over 12,000 clients individually in the spiritual realm. Both Julie and Blake have a masters degree in teaching. 

Blake has been teaching middle school since 2001. He’s enjoys continually learning self improvement strategies, meditation and mindfulness techniques, and enjoys helping those who want to get help. 

Again, we’ve found that we learn best from people who’ve actually “been there” and gone through the same things. We’ve been together since 2007 and we’ve done the work to stay together through parental passing, our child being born very medically fragile and tube fed until age three, and we have sat in both marriage counseling and individual counseling ourselves regularly for over 10 years (learning from the best).

We know which tools have worked for us and which haven’t. We spent the past 18 years reading all of the books and testing different tools. And we created a curriculum for you that’s going to empower you for the rest of your life!

You cannot unlearn these tools, once you learn them – they’re yours! The Toolbox we give you will help you build a bridge to over come life’s challenges together. 

Sometimes we don’t realize how much we need something until we feel the cracks. Maybe you're not in crisis — but you feel like roommates instead of soulmates. Maybe the spark is dimmer, or conversations are harder. Maybe you’re just tired and feel disconnected … even if the love is still there. We’ve been there too. So, what’s the cost of not doing this? 

• Years lost to misunderstanding, miscommunication, and disconnection.
• Painful patterns that repeat and keep you stuck.
• The cost of therapy (it might take you four counselors before you find the right one).
• The cost of divorce, attorneys, or mediators.
• The emotional toll of not making progress. Progress equals happiness.

Even the slightest amount of progress makes you feel better! 

You don’t have to wait until things fall apart. This weekend retreat is designed to help you reconnect, recommit, and remember why you chose each other in the first place.

We’re not here to just help you fix what's not working — we’re here to help you build something even more beautiful than what you've had before. This weekend will save you time, money, heartache — and most importantly, it will give you clarity, hope, and a plan.