A Transformational Retreat for Women at Life’s Crossroads
Verdesana, Costa Rica
August 16-21, 2026
There are moments in life when who you’ve been no longer fits — but who you are becoming isn’t fully clear yet.
The SoulFULL Living Retreat for women is a transformational experience created for women navigating deep identity shifts — often born from emotionally challenging seasons such as divorce, a health diagnosis like cancer, loss of someone important, burnout, changing family dynamics, or the quiet realization that life has asked you to become someone new.
This is not a retreat about fixing yourself.
It’s a retreat about coming home to yourself — with compassion, clarity, and support.
You may feel grounded and capable on the outside — yet inwardly unsettled, tender, or in transition. You may be holding grief, exhaustion, relief, confusion, or hope — sometimes all at once.
Re-defining who they are after divorce or partnership change
Navigating a health diagnosis or recovery journey
Emerging from burnout, over-functioning, or years of putting others first
Grieving the loss of a person, role, identity, or future you once imagined
Adjusting to changes in motherhood, caregiving, or children leaving home
Feeling the call to slow down, listen inward, and live with greater intention
Ready to release old patterns and step into a more aligned chapter of life
You do not need to have answers.
You do not need to be “healed.”
You simply need to be willing to show up — exactly as you are.
The SoulFULL Living Retreat is a Space for Women Who Are…
SOUL is a fiercely feminine word…
It carries within us, the magical capability to attune to our lives. When we speak of soul for this retreat, we are tapping into the deeper aspects of who we are–beyond the perceptions and beliefs we have absorbed throughout our lives. With this deeper excavation, we can then align who we are with what we do and show up fully present and authentic in our daily lives.
“This retreat brought me back to myself. I realized that I deserve joy and the gifts the universe has to offer. I felt accepted immediately and experienced a deep sense of belonging.”
How This Retreat is Held
SoulFULL Living is facilitated with intention, emotional attunement, and respect for personal boundaries. Sharing is always optional. Structure is balanced with spaciousness. Each woman is supported in engaging in ways that feel right for her.
What You’ll Experience
SoulFULL Living weaves together reflection, embodiment, nature, and connection — creating the conditions for clarity, healing, and renewal.
During the retreat, you’ll be invited to:
Slow your nervous system and restore a sense of safety and presence
Reflect deeply on who you are becoming beyond past identities
Process emotions that may not have had space before — grief, anger, relief, hope
Reconnect to your body as a source of wisdom and grounding
Experience nature as a co-facilitator of healing and insight
Build authentic connection with women walking similar inner paths
This is a gentle yet powerful experience — one that honors both the weight of what you’ve carried and the possibility of what’s next.
“Because the group felt so safe, we were able to get vulnerable quickly — and that’s what made the work so impactful and meaningful.”
“The retreat exceeded my expectations. It renewed my joy, filled my cup, awakened my feminine, quieted my mind, and emboldened my heart.”
What Makes SoulFULL Living Different
This retreat is intentionally designed for women doing real inner work — the kind that often comes after life has disrupted what once felt familiar.
Here, we create space to:
Pause and breathe after long periods of endurance
Acknowledge what has been lost without rushing to “move on”
Gently untangle identity from roles, expectations, and survival patterns
Reconnect to inner wisdom, self-trust, and vitality
Re-imagine what life can feel like going forward — from the inside out
You’ll be held in a supportive community of women who get it — not because your stories are the same, but because the emotional terrain is familiar.
If you have questions about the retreat, feel free to book a free info call here.
“Though I have participated in and facilitated many personal growth experiences, this soul-filling retreat was one of my most treasured experiences.”
The SoulFULL Living Journey
Throughout the retreat, we explore four guiding themes:
KNOW… reconnect with your inner voice and truth — beyond old narratives and expectations.
HEAL… gently tend to emotional patterns, fatigue, grief, and identity wounds with compassion.
SEE… gain clarity on who you are becoming and what matters most in this next chapter.
LOVE… cultivate self-trust, self-acceptance, and a renewed relationship with yourself and life.
We will fold our themes into our journey together very intentionally, here is an overview on what you can expect day-by-day:
Day 1: Community
When we arrive at Imiloa we will begin by creating the safety required for real transformation. Through intentional welcome and shared presence, you’ll soften the need to perform and remember what it feels like to simply belong. Before growth can happen, your nervous system must feel at home.
Day 2: Know
Through lifelines, storytelling, and reflection, you’ll begin to see the through-line of your life — the moments that shaped you and the identities they formed. This is not about reliving the past, but understanding it with clarity and compassion. Awareness opens the door to freedom.
Day 3: Heal
Healing begins in the body and moves through emotion. You’ll learn to treat anger, grief, regret, and confusion not as weaknesses, but as signals — meaningful and worthy of attention. What has been guarded can soften, and what has been aching can begin to integrate.
Day 4: See
With clarity and healing comes vision. You’ll explore the identity that is emerging and consciously choose how you want to show up in this next season of your life. This is where self-trust strengthens and new ways of being take root.
Day 5: Love
At the end of it all, love remains. You’ll deepen your relationship with yourself so you can love others from wholeness rather than fear. When the heart is no longer defended, love becomes your compass — and your life begins to reflect it.
“This retreat met me exactly where I was. Whether you’ve done years of inner work or are just beginning, there is something meaningful here for everyone.
What You’ll Leave With…
A deeper sense of grounding and emotional clarity — and practical tools to return to that steadiness when life feels loud or uncertain
Greater self-compassion and inner steadiness — including a personalized practice to interrupt self-criticism and reconnect to your unique worth
Insight into how your experiences have shaped — not defined — you — and a reframed narrative you can consciously carry forward
A written vision or declaration that articulates who you are becoming and how you want to live
A simple, sustainable daily ritual to anchor your growth long after the retreat ends
A felt sense of permission to live differently — expressed through one courageous conversation, decision, or boundary you are ready to take
A renewed connection to purpose, vitality, and possibility — with language that makes it real and actionable
Meaningful bonds with women who have walked alongside you — and an ongoing circle of support beyond the retreat
Many women describe leaving with a feeling of exhale — and a quiet confidence about what comes next.
What This Retreat Is Not About…
Performing healing or “having it all together”
Toxic positivity or bypassing hard emotions
Being pushed before you’re ready
Becoming someone else
It is about honoring your lived experience — and allowing space for something new to emerge.
“I learned how to truly listen — to myself and to others — and gained clarity about what’s working and what’s not.”
Verdesana, Costa Rica
The natural beauty of Costa Rica offers more than a backdrop — it provides a rhythm that invites slowing down, listening, and reconnection.
Here, surrounded by nature, warmth, and simplicity, it becomes easier to remember who you are beneath the noise.
Campus Highlights:
100 acres of regenerated forest, a combination of native species and pine forest
Trails and paths around the property
Wood fired hot pools
A river with private access
2 small bridges through the forest
Bonfire spot by the river
A sacred labyrinth, perfect for meditative walks
Hummingbird heaven: over 20 different species of hummingbirds
Possibilities of spotting wildlife, such as coatis, agoutis, deer, wild pigs, kinkajous and more
Access to miles of hiking paths outside the property (guided tours only) through forest an mountain landscapes, including 2 different waterfalls
Our Location
“The chance to deeply exhale, be embraced by nature, and be surrounded by women who truly listened was life-giving.”
If You Are Wondering…
“Is This Retreat for Me?” Quiz
Answer yes or no:
I’m in a season where my identity feels like it’s shifting.
I’ve experienced a life change that has impacted how I see myself.
I feel emotionally tired from holding things together for a long time.
I crave space to reflect without needing to perform or explain myself.
I want to reconnect with myself — not just rest.
I feel ready to gently release old patterns and narratives.
I value depth, honesty, and meaningful connection.
Mostly YES? This retreat was designed with you in mind.
“Is this the right time?”
If something in you feels drawn — even quietly — trust that.
“Am I too much… or not enough?”
You are neither. You belong.
“Do I need to be in crisis?”
No. Many women come when life is stabilizing — but identity is still shifting.
A Few Common Questions
Should I Come Alone?
Many women attend the retreat on their own — and often find that coming solo allows them to be more present with themselves and the experience. This retreat is intentionally designed to foster connection gently and organically, without pressure. You will be welcomed exactly as you are, whether you arrive knowing no one or coming alongside a friend.
What If I’m Anxious or Unsure?
Feeling anxious, hesitant, or unsure is not a sign that you don’t belong here — it’s often a sign that you’re standing at an edge of change. This retreat does not ask you to push past your limits or perform vulnerability. You are invited to move at your own pace, listen to your body, and engage in ways that feel supportive and right for you.
Is this retreat therapeutic?
While many women find the experience emotionally supportive and meaningful, this retreat is not therapy or clinical treatment.
SoulFULL Living is not facilitated from theory.
It is held by women who have walked through performance, identity loss, health scares, leadership pressure, grief, and the dismantling of who they thought they were — and chosen to become more whole
Meet Your Guides
Two women.
Two awakenings.
One shared devotion to integration.
Renée Dineen
Founder, SoulFULL Living | Organizational Psychologist | Leadership Transformation Guide | ICF-PCC Executive Coach | TEDx Speaker
For more than 25 years, Renée held senior executive and leadership roles in high-tech and biotech organizations. Her career reflected success, financial security, and professional status — but it required relentless over-functioning and a growing disconnection from her inner life.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, is an ICF-PCC credentialed executive coach, and has served on faculty for leadership programs at Stanford University and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. Today, she coaches executive leaders and senior teams across biotech, healthcare, and high-growth organizations — guiding identity evolution at the highest levels of leadership.
But her deepest work began when her own identity began to fracture.
In 2014, a serious health scare disrupted everything. After decades of insomnia, she developed neurological symptoms — a tremor and a stutter — and was initially told she might have multiple sclerosis.
The diagnosis was ultimately incorrect. But the message was not. Her body had been carrying what achievement could no longer override.
In 2015, Renée made the courageous decision to leave her senior corporate roles — not to abandon leadership, but to restore her health, interrupt generational patterns of over-functioning, and become fully present as a mother and partner.
Only after leaving did the quiet arrive. In that quiet, buried grief surfaced and what emerged is what she now defines as her mother–daughter calling — an invitation to heal the mother wound in herself and in the ambitious women she had been guiding for years.
Through grief, trauma integration, forgiveness, and reckoning, Renée reclaimed her voice and restored self-trust.
Beginning in 2016, she started hosting immersive retreats focused on generational healing, voice reclamation, and emotional integration.
In 2020, she publicly named this awakening in her TEDx talk, Authentic Inaction™: Undoing the Doing in a Do-Crazy World — bridging her leadership background with the inner work she had come to see as essential.
In 2021, she facilitated the first SoulFULL Living Retreat — created for ambitious, capable women who had achieved success yet felt quietly burned out and misaligned.
Then in 2025, breast cancer dismantled the final layer of identity.
Cancer stripped assumptions about strength, control, appearance, and time. The practices she had been guiding others through — slowing down, listening to the body, grieving identity — became her own lived reckoning.
It refined her work.
Renée’s work is shaped by what she calls an Arc of Awakening — the gradual, often painful shedding of who we were so we can become who we’re meant to be.
What Renée Holds at SoulFULL
Today, Renée holds SoulFULL Living as a space for women navigating identity-altering thresholds — burnout, leadership transitions, health diagnoses, loss, and the collapse of old roles.
At the retreat, she guides and facilitates:
Developmental arc: Community → Know → Heal → See → Love
Identity mapping & lifeline integration
Emotional processing & grief work
Mother wound & generational pattern exploration
Leadership identity transitions
Story reclamation & voice work
The courageous claiming of what is emerging next
Her facilitation is psychologically grounded, trauma-informed, spiritually spacious, and choice-centered.
Women are not asked to perform healing.
They are invited to grieve honestly, listen deeply, and rebuild identity with intention.
She holds the woman she has been.
The woman she has lost.
And the woman she continues to become.
Jill DePompei-Morales
Somatic Integration Guide | Alignment Coach | Founder, 3DeepCoaching
Jill’s arc also began inside high achievement.
With degrees in Psychology (B.A., M.A.) and more than two decades in executive leadership roles at eBay, Chevron, and as a Chief People Officer and Board Member, she built cultures, developed talent, and drove performance at the highest levels. In 2026, she was recognized as an Influential Woman for her impact in leadership and human development.
But her most profound teacher was not the boardroom. It was her body.
For more than 20 years, Jill lived with chronic gut health challenges and anxiety. Externally accomplished and composed, internally her nervous system was carrying what her mind had learned to override.
Eventually, striving stopped working. Listening began.
That turning point reshaped her philosophy: alignment is not optimization — it is integration. It is rebuilding safety in the body after years of over-functioning.
What Jill Holds at SoulFULL
Jill holds the embodied foundation of the retreat: Recovery & Rejuvenation paired with Breath & Movement
At the retreat, she guides and facilitates:
Nervous system regulation practices
Breathwork for emotional release and grounding
Gentle somatic movement and stretching
Essential oil integration
Targeted bodywork for stress release
Deep embodied rest
She supports women in:
Releasing stored tension
Restoring nervous system safety
Healing the imprints of chronic striving
Rebuilding trust with their bodies
Resetting their relationship with rest and vitality
Her presence is steady, grounding, and deeply restorative.
She holds the nervous system.
She holds the body’s truth.
She holds the safety that allows integration to land.
Together
Renée holds the story.
Jill holds the body.
Renée guides identity integration.
Jill restores embodied safety.
Renée supports the inner reckoning.
Jill supports the nervous system that makes it sustainable.
Together, they create a container where transformation is not rushed — but integrated.
Where grief is honored.
Where rest is sacred.
Where becoming is supported.
SoulFULL Living is not escape. It is return.
Return to wholeness.
Return to self-trust.
Return to love.
Say Yes to Your Next Chapter
SoulFULL Living Costa Rica is an invitation to step into your life — not as it once was, but as it’s asking to be now.
Your story matters.
Your healing matters.
And you don’t have to walk this season alone.
If your heart feels a quiet yes, but your head — or your body — is still unsure, that’s completely welcome here.
If you’re uncertain whether this is the right fit, we invite you to explore the “Is This Retreat for Me?” questions or reach out to Renee with curiosity.
“I almost backed out the week before. Thank goodness I didn’t. This experience was pure magic.”
Your Retreat Includes
5 nights at Verdesana, a luxury eco-retreat in the jungle, private rooms, daily cleaning, and dreamy peace and quiet. (See room options below.)
Luxury Accommodations
3 organic chef-prepared meals daily with fresh juices, teas, and superfood elixirs. GF/DF/vegan-friendly. From the world-renowed Imiloa kitchen let by plant based cuisine enthusiasts.
Gourmet Organic Meals
Airport Transfer
Ground transportation from SJO airport to retreat center—everything is coordinated for a smooth, scenic arrival and departure.
Nervous system support with breathwork, stretching, somatic practices, and peaceful embodied rest.
Breath & Movement
Restorative hot/ cold immersion pools near the river. This is a highly transformative experience to tune into your body to overcome fears, stories, or limitations
Hot Pools Experience
Daily workshops with Renee to connect deeply with self and others to repattern old stories in order to calm anxiety, heal deeply, identify root causes, to fully transform & come home to self.
Group Workshops
Day trip to scenic hike out to a beautiful waterfall, enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch, connection time with self, nature and others.
Waterfall Hike & Picnic
Support through natural recovery practices that help to heal, reset, and renew your commitment to healthy living. We integrate essential oils and targeted bodywork to reduce stress, support recovery, and restore balance in the body.
Recovery and Rejuvenation
Fun, energetic experience to embody the experience, awakenings, etc through community, music, and dance.
Integration Ceremonies
What’s Not included
International Travel: Guests are responsible for booking their own round-trip airfare to San José (SJO) as well as associated costs.
Travel Insurance: We strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance to protect your investment in case of unexpected changes or delays.
Travel Fees: Ticket changes, baggage fees, passport costs, and related travel expenses are not provided.
Gratuities for Staff: Gratuities for the on-site staff are not included but greatly appreciated. We’ll share suggested tipping guidelines on-site.
Extra nights: Extra Nights for on-time Arrival or departure days outside the retreat dates require additional nights, which guests arrange and pay for separately.
Extra Spa Experiences: You are welcome to book massages or facials ahead of arrival to be billed in addition to your retreat experience. For those participants who pay-in-full at the time of booking you will receive a body treatment at no cost.
Your Accommodations
We can’t wait to welcome you to The SoulFULL Living Retreat!
Our accommodations at Verdesana feature 16 gorgeously appointed rooms in 12 cabins dotted along the hillside with en suite baths. Cabins are hand-crafted from our regenerated cyprus forests directly from the property. Each option comes with comfortable queen sized beds with 850 thread count sheets. Outdoor decks with prime views to gardens, forests and mountains at 5,000 ft in elevation.
1 Bedroom Private Cabin (3 available)
Our 1BR private cabins feature 1 queen bed and private ensuite bathroom. Two of the cabins are located close to the river so you can hear the soothing sounds of the water flowing by. The third cabin has a beautiful garden view and extra privacy. These cabins are perfect for solo guests who want privacy.
Amenities
Queen sized bed
Private ensuite bathroom
Private furnished deck
Forest or garden views
Views: Forest or Garden views
2 Bedroom Semi-Private Cabins (4 available)
The 2BR cabins are the most spacious cabins, complete with 2 separate/private bedrooms each featuring a queen sized bed. They have a spacious shared living room space, large deck with beautiful forest/garden/mountain views and a shared bathroom. These cabins are perfect for 2 guests who want a private bedroom but the community of a shared living room.
Amenities
Private bedroom with queen sized bed
Spacious living room
Shared bathroom
Large furnished deck
Writers desk
Views: Beautiful Forest/Garden/Mountain Views
1 Bedroom Shared Cabins (4 available)
The 1BR shared cabins feature a spacious bedroom with 2 queen beds and shared ensuite bathroom. They come with a furnished deck with forest/garden views, a writers desk and coffee station. These cabins are perfect for friends or 2 guests who want to have their own private bed but share a bedroom.
Amenities
2 Queen sized beds
Shared ensuite bathroom
Furnished deck
Writers desk
Views: Forest or Garden Views
Choose Your Cabin and Payment Option Below
Additional Details Regarding Registration and Payment
Women who have attended another retreat with Renée can save $300! (Use coupon code: RETURNING)
You can select from a Pay-In-Full option and receive a FREE BODY TREATMENT at the retreat, or you can split your payment into 2 easy payments.
Have questions? Need alternative payment plans? No problem! Email Renee!
“The SoulFULL living retreat was an incredible experience. I left feeling more joy and connectedness than I have felt for a very long time. Reneé has created something really unique and beautiful. She creates a space where women feel safe and empowered to speak their truth and honor their needs. She helped us all reconnect with our bodies, our hearts and with nature. It was so freeing to feel so much joy! Thank you for creating a space for us to be ourselves and to be witnessed in a safe environment. If you are thinking about doing this retreat, just say yes. You’ll be so grateful that you did.”
“I have shared this experience with all the core women in my life and they have leaned in and listened to my every word. I've shared the images that support the words from my mouth but it took fight in their minds once they saw my pics. When I arrived to the Domestic Airport all alone at 5:30am and the first thing that I saw as i walked up to the terminal was sign with 'Robin No. 1' on the side of it, I knew that God was in control and that I was in perfect alignment for what was in store for me. So, I describe my SoulFULL Living Retreat as an experience of pure indulgence of the GOODNESS of life - women taking care of themselves and one another!”
“The SoulFULL living retreat was an incredible experience. I left feeling more joy and connectedness than I have felt for a very long time. Reneé has created something really unique and beautiful. She creates a space where women feel safe and empowered to speak their truth and honor their needs. She helped us all reconnect with our bodies, our hearts and with nature. It was so freeing to feel so much joy! Thank you for creating a space for us to be ourselves and to be witnessed in a safe environment. If you are thinking about doing this retreat, just say yes. You’ll be so grateful that you did.”
“I left the retreat confident in my own joy! I appreciate myself and sisterhood more. I dance everyday now. I love and live more freely. I am now working on asking more questions rather than giving answers. I trust. I am reflecting what habits or things don’t serve me anymore, not from a place of good or bad, but rather from service and peace. I am more interested in being than doing or having. It was life changing.”
“I have shared this experience with all the core women in my life and they have leaned in and listened to my every word. I've shared the images that support the words from my mouth but it took fight in their minds once they saw my pics. When I arrived to the Domestic Airport all alone at 5:30am and the first thing that I saw as i walked up to the terminal was sign with 'Robin No. 1' on the side of it, I knew that God was in control and that I was in perfect alignment for what was in store for me. So, I describe my SoulFULL Living Retreat as an experience of pure indulgence of the GOODNESS of life - women taking care of themselves and one another!”
“It was amazing! It filled my soul. I wasn’t aware of how much I needed it. But it allowed me to fill my cup back up so I can continue to give of myself to others without feeling depleted. It was also held at a gorgeous setting- a beautiful jungle. I was totally pampered, the food was amazing. We danced every morning, had fantastic workshops, got to visit the beach and cover ourselves in blue mud and then wash it off in a sacred waterfall. I think anyone would love it because it meets you where you are, as you are.”