Post-Divorce Healing Retreats
Most of us had a beautiful vision of our “happily ever after,” and it absolutely did not include getting rudely interrupted by a divorce. Whether you were the one who left or the one who was left behind, post-divorce heartbreak can feel incredibly overwhelming.
A shattered marriage is full of weighty emotional fallout and practical challenges. As you work to pick up the pieces and rebuild your life, it’s ok to reach out for help to navigate the next steps of this new reality.
The Path Isn’t Always Straightforward
According to the Holmes and Rahe Life Stress Inventory Scale, divorce is the second most stressful life event, ranking just under “death of a spouse”. But anyone who has gone through it knows that divorce feels like a little death.
Life after divorce is a time to step back, reflect, and determine what you want in your new life. But often, the path is anything but clear.
Maybe you’ve escaped from a physical, emotional or financially abusive marriage and are seeking a path to a healthier future. Perhaps you married young, and your lives grew apart rather than together.
Whatever the situation or reason, the experience has likely left you emotionally drained and in need of support, guidance, and deep emotional healing.
Legal proceedings and grief over the loss of your “happily ever after” dream could leave you feeling a range of emotions, from waves of shame and relief to uncertainty and exhilaration. For many who have been holding it together for months—or years—in “fight or flight mode”, the finality and exhaustion of divorce are overwhelming, with many experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as they finally are safe to “let go”. The question is: How?
Escape Your Normal Surroundings and Find Your Path
Winston Churchill famously said, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” No one is expecting perfection, but the point remains that in order for anything to improve—including your post-divorce life—things need to change.
Changing your surroundings and disrupting your regular routines can be particularly beneficial. A paper published in ScienceDirect found that taking short vacations or “breaks” drastically increases restorative benefits. This is especially true when working through emotional issues that are present after a divorce. Staying at home, in the normal routine, can keep you “stuck”, while disruption could help you look at things through a unique lens with new energy.
In another study from the Association for Psychological Science, researchers determined that
“embracing interesting, new or unusual experiences and environments triggers a state of mindfulness, enhancing our awareness and nurturing personal growth.”
Science consistently proves that stepping out of our familiar surroundings, rhythms and comfort zones can give us the strength to face uncertainties and overcome challenges. While life post-divorce can be a daunting, stressful experience, pushing yourself towards a new you can be incredibly healing and empowering
How Can a Post-Divorce Retreat Help You Heal?
The ending of a marriage can leave your emotions feeling like a never-ending roller coaster of pain, unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. It’s an emotional journey that often goes unnoticed. The feelings of loss and uncertainty during this time are normal; you’re not alone.
The right retreat helps you to emotionally heal, move forward, rediscover yourself, take back control of your life and learn new coping strategies.
Emotional Healing
The pain and stress of going through a divorce, combined with the responsibilities of caregiving to our children or older parents, plus the equally demanding pressure of a career, can be paralysing to our emotional and mental health.
Many SAHMs (stay-at-home moms) are suddenly thrust into the world of outside work and single parenting. The combination can be crushing to our emotional and mental health. It's perfectly normal if you're experiencing low self-worth, depression or crippling anxiety.
An integrative post-divorce healing retreat can help you develop healthier, sustainable coping strategies for moving forward.
Building Self-Confidence and Rediscovery of Yourself
You may be questioning who you are post-divorce. If you were in a long-term marriage, it's possible that your identity is wrapped up in someone else's. You may be asking yourself, "Without my partner, who am I? What do I envision or desire in this new life as a single person?"
Letting go is challenging, and the process extends to every aspect of life. Were you the financial provider or a homemaker? Who are you now, and what are your new responsibilities? A post-divorce retreat can gently shift your perspective as you build self-confidence and rediscover who you are now.
Holistic and Effective Healing
At The Place Retreats, our expert practitioners and integrated healers facilitate a wide range of proven holistic modalities to help you heal and thrive. From mindfulness practices that help release negativity to spiritual rituals that help your emotional healing, our holistic practices provide the space for true emotional catharsis.
Our varied spectrum of modalities includes:
Japanese Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Craniosacral Therapy
Medical Qigong
Meditation
Rolfing® Structural Integration
Massages (Esalen® Massage & Bodywork, Balinese Massage, The Ultimate Healing Massage)
Integrative Therapy
Individual Sound Therapy
Full-Spectrum Breathing
Private Yoga Sessions
Shamanic Sound Healing
And so much more!
The modalities and proven methodologies in our sessions are highly effective for facilitating emotional healing and personal growth. Mindfulness techniques like meditation, yoga, and qigong have been clinically proven to reduce depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and PTSD symptoms. The island of Bali provides endless spiritual experiences, such as sacred temple tours and traditional Balinese healing ceremonies at the Sebatu Holy Spring Waterfall or the black sand beach of Watu Klotok.
Our award-winning, luxury psychotherapeutic retreats also offer clinical services, guidance and support with:
Psychiatric Consultations
Psychotherapy Sessions and
Private Sessions with our Holistic Mental Health Coach
These deep-level sessions provide emotional clearing to better access the nervous system and process any trapped trauma or limiting beliefs.
Clients at The Place Retreats often experience incredible breakthroughs and progress, “The Place held my heart during my darkest times and helped bring my soul back home. The way the team orchestrates your transformation journey is a unique experience.”
Our method of combining clinical expertise, holistic modalities, and intuitive spiritual guidance facilitates rapid, lasting transformation that you can sustain long after you go home.
The Place Retreats Bali: The Perfect Place to Heal and Move Forward
If you’re struggling with sleepless nights, decision paralysis, anxiety about your future and overwhelming feelings of sadness, The Place Retreats Bali is here to help. When it feels like your world has been turned upside down, our post-divorce healing retreats can help bring clarity, healing and hope toward a brighter future.
Our gifted team of therapists and holistic practitioners understands the traumatic impact of divorce and the pain, scars, wounds, loss, and stress it leaves behind. Surrounded by nature with lush, tropical Balinese gardens, our luxury retreat centre is a private sanctuary where clients have a restorative space to process and heal while also helping them rediscover themselves, plan out, and rebuild a new life of freedom.
If you’re feeling emotionally, psychologically, physically, and spiritually exhausted, a post-divorce retreat is the gift of healing, nurturing and pampering that is just for you. It’s time to get your life back. If you’re ready to reclaim your life after divorce, reach out to The Place Retreats for your free 15-minute consultation. Let us design a tailor-made retreat that shows you how to break through and rediscover yourself post-divorce. You don’t have to do this alone.
