Privé (max. 4 personen)
Rome
2,5 dagen, 2 nachten
€3,000
Every day in every system, we act in a role. This can be the role of a parent, a son/daughter, an employee, a manager, or a CEO. As we get older, we notice that some roles don’t come naturally anymore, and they take more effort than you would like. The reason this happens is because the way you shaped these roles does not reflect your core anymore - your Soul. It reflects someone else’s. In fact, you are acting your role, instead of acting in your role.
Private (max. 4 people)
Rome
4 days, 3 nights
€3250
When your life is in flow, your roles are in flow. And you feel this in a feeling of lightness and ease. In Rome we help each other to expand this.
The retreat is called Roles for Souls, because you want your roles to serve your Soul, and not the other way around. Each Soul tends to act in a specific system (family, work, community) and perform a specific activity, with specific people. If you deviate from this natural tendency for too long, you will feel this. Your role will feel heavier, and more effort is needed to deliver your core value.
In Rome I want to inspire you to give more space to your Soul's potential - both your natural talents and your natural virtues. We will learn from the best Roman emperors who ever lived, how they acted on their potential and used this to serve the potential of the Roman Empire. You will also learn to expand your personal style and creativity, where you will be inspired by the great Roman artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Bernini.
Topics and themes we will cover during the retreat:
> Learning to adapt your role and leadership to the phase and transition of (the organization, your family, your relationship).
> Learning to see pure potential - of yourself, of others, of systems ('The Eyes of the Father and The Eyes of the Mother').
> Expand or give back space (your space, and the space of other people).
> Learn to assess aliveness, and health (of yourself, others, and of the system) and act accordingly.
There are three personal situations that indicate this is good timing to participate.
You are not living your highest self in your main roles, and you don’t know where and what to change.
You are performing but it doesn’t feel balanced. This could be your work-life balance, balance between work roles, or balance between activities.
You are in a major transition in a role, for example selling your company, or stepping down as a CEO, or starting a new company, or a breakup in partnership (personal or business).
Remember that feeling when you are in nature (for example, in the mountains, or at sea) and you get that all-embracing feeling, where you have no sense of time and self anymore? Well, this power is also present in The Eternal City of Rome, through the energy of ancient sites, of the art, and of the overall atmosphere of the city.
But how do we combine visits to the city with your personal journey? We do this by focusing on the Soul Journeys of the people that have shaped the city through art and leadership: Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, Augustus, Trajan, and Hadrian. Every topic in our retreat will be experienced through their journeys, via their art, their life’s decisions, and their Soul Projects. And of course, we will visit some of the city’s own wonders.
Do not worry if you are not a fan of art or history. We have a city guide that transforms art into soul stories, that we as a group then translate into our own roles and journeys.
During the retreat we work with the Acorn Theory of James Hillman, as described in his book The Soul’s Code. Just like an acorn (=seed of an oak tree) contains all the information that it needs to grow into a big oak tree, your Soul also contains an Acorn, which contains all the information to grow into your human version of an oak tree.
Your Hero Role is the desired position of your Soul in a specific system. It is also focused on your core activity, where performance comes naturally. Acting in this role, you make a system come alive and you make yourself come alive.
The Artist Role is about the desired style of your soul, which is always developing. This role also determines what type of art ‘has to come out’ from within, the type of projects you desire, and what work and friendship portfolio you will create.
We will discuss the Soul Projects of the artists and emperors, and also the Soul Projects in your life (past present, and future). These are the projects where you fully act in your Hero and Artist Roles, in the right system, at the right time, with the right people.
"Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect" is the Japanese wisdom of finding beauty in life’s imperfection and in simplicity, of accepting the natural cycles of growth, decay, and death. With Wabi Sabi your learn to look for authenticity above all, which is what we will do the whole retreat: find authenticity in your roles.
We stay in a boutique hotel just outside the city (28 minutes by train), where we also do our sessions. The hotel offers only five rooms, so we don’t have any other guests on site - it is fully private. Everyone has his/her own bedroom.
The hotel offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. We have breakfast at the hotel, start a session on a role theme, and leave for Rome at the end of the morning for a tour about the emperors and artists. Late afternoon we return to the hotel for relaxation (massage can be booked) and dinner. All food and drinks are included in the price, the flight is not.
The retreat is 4 days. We start on Tuesday afternoon in Rome, and we will finish and fly back Friday afternoon. So you will be back with your family in the weekend.
Hieronder zijn de diverse data van de Roles for Soles retreat op een rij gezet. Ben je klaar om je levensrollen en je kunst (werk) persoonlijker te maken? Neem dan contact op.
21 - 24 Januari
Nog 2 plekken beshikbaar
18 - 21 Maart
Nog 4 plekken beschikbaar
15 - 18 April
Nog 4 plekken beschikbaar
3 weeks before the retreat
1:1 coaching session
Decide on what roles, decisions, and transitions to focus on during the retreat.
2 weeks before the retreat
Learn the key concepts we cover during the retreat.
Acorn Theory, Role Transition Theory, Role Playing Field, Hero Role, Artist Role, Turning Pro.
Morning
Caracalla Thermal Baths
H
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Role Playing Field
Afternoon
Ancient Rome:
Palatine Hill, Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon
Soul Journeys of the Emperors
Evening
Hotel
Diner and relax
Morning
Hotel
Soul Projects
Personalization of your life
Afternoon
Vatican City
Soul Journeys of the Artists
Evening
Historic center
New Me Roadmapping
Letting go and Landing In
Morning
Hotel
Recap of the journey
Lessons learned, decisions (to be) made
Afternoon
Return flight
Relax
2 weeks after the retreat
1:1 coaching session
Progress coaching on your Role Transitions.
Are you ready to make your roles more personal? So that it reflects You and not somebody else? Great. This is the most profound decision in your life - to make your life journey personal. That as years go by, you learn more about your own Soul through the work you put out there, and the relationships you have built.
Get in touchThe best music artists make personal albums.
The best writers write personal books.
And your best life is a personal life.
Bring back aliveness in your roles, inspired by the emperors and artists of the eternal city.
