The Woman I Used to Be
The Woman
I Used to Be
A Retreat to Help You Find Her Again
When was the last time you
felt like you?
- Not the woman who holds it all together.
- Not the woman who keeps going because everyone needs her.
- Not the woman who says "I'm fine" when she is exhausted, grieving, overwhelmed, or disconnected from herself.
The real you.
The woman beneath the stress.
The woman beneath the grief.
The woman beneath the responsibilities, expectations, disappointments, and years of simply trying to make it through.
She is still in there.
The Woman I Used to Be is a 4-day transformational retreat created for women who are tired of surviving and ready to begin finding their way back to themselves.
This is not a retreat about becoming someone else.
It is a retreat about remembering who you were before life became so heavy — and reconnecting with the woman God created you to be.
About the Retreat
Over four days at Lake of the Ozarks, Teresa and Dena will guide you through a deeply supportive experience designed to help you slow down, breathe, release what you have been carrying, and begin reconnecting with yourself again.
Through connection, guided reflection, faith-centered restoration, somatic support, breathwork, transformational coaching, and intentional time by the lake, you will be invited to notice what life has layered over you, honor the version of you who has carried so much, and gently release what is no longer yours to hold.
This retreat is for the woman who may look like she is functioning on the outside but feels disconnected from herself on the inside.
Maybe grief changed you.
Maybe divorce changed you.
Maybe caregiving, motherhood, loss, stress, responsibility, or years of being strong changed you.
Who This Retreat Is For
This retreat is for women who:
You do not have to have it all figured out to come.
You only need to feel the pull that maybe, just maybe, there is more for you than simply getting through the day.
Release the Weight.
Restore Your Heart.
Reclaim Your Life.
During this retreat, we will explore the woman you miss, what you have been carrying, the patterns that have kept you in survival, and the parts of you that are ready to be restored.
The journey will move gently through four phases:
Arrive
Connection, settling in, safety, welcome dinner, opening circle, and grounding.
Remember
Exploring the woman you used to be, what life has changed, what you have been carrying, and the roles or patterns you stepped into to make it through.
Release
Deeper emotional release, breathwork, somatic support, grief and identity work, values restoration, and a meaningful release experience.
Reclaim
Reconnecting with the woman God created you to be, creating a return statement, integration, closing circle, and next steps.
What You Can Expect
- ✓ A peaceful lakefront setting at Lake of the Ozarks
- ✓ 3 nights lodging
- ✓ Meals during the retreat
- ✓ Guided group sessions with Teresa and Dena
- ✓ Faith-centered reflection and restoration
- ✓ Breathwork experience
- ✓ Somatic and nervous-system support
- ✓ Journaling and guided reflection
- ✓ Nature-based exercises by the lake
- ✓ Emotional release and integration
- ✓ Space for rest, connection, and quiet
- ✓ A retreat workbook
- ✓ Oils and grounding tools
- ✓ One post-retreat integration call with Teresa and Dena
Retreat Schedule Overview
Arrive: Let Your Body Know You Are Safe
Arrival, settling into rooms, welcome dinner, opening circle, gentle grounding, and time to connect. This first evening is intentionally soft and spacious. You will not be rushed into deep work. You will be welcomed, cared for, and invited to begin exhaling.
Remember: When Was the Last Time You Felt Like You?
This day will focus on reconnecting with the woman you miss and beginning to notice what has buried her. We will explore the roles, responsibilities, grief, stress, and expectations that may have shaped the way you move through life now.
Release: Letting Go of What Was Never Yours to Carry
This is the deepest transformational day of the retreat. Together, we will explore the emotional weight, old beliefs, grief, responsibilities, and patterns that your body and heart may still be holding. This day will include deeper reflection, somatic support, breathwork, and a meaningful release experience.
Reclaim: Come Home to Yourself
The final day will focus on integration, clarity, and returning home with a renewed sense of self. You will create a personal "return statement" to help anchor what you are reclaiming. This day is about leaving with peace, direction, and a deeper connection to the woman who is still within you.
Post-Retreat Integration Call
After the retreat, you will be invited to one follow-up integration call with Teresa and Dena. This call is designed to help you process what surfaced during the retreat, reconnect with what you are taking home, and receive support as you begin practicing the shifts, insights, and intentions that became clear during your time away.
It is a space to pause, check in, reflect, and stay connected to the woman you are finding again.
Meet Your Retreat Hosts
Teresa Reiniger
GRIEF SPECIALIST, COACH, SPEAKERTeresa is a grief specialist, coach, speaker, founder of Living After Grief and Female Voices: Life and Loss Podcast Host. Through her personal and professional work, Teresa creates safe spaces for women to process loss, life transitions, identity shifts, and the emotional weight they have carried for too long.
Her approach is compassionate, faith-centered, and deeply grounded in helping women feel seen, supported, and safe as they begin reconnecting with themselves again.
During this retreat, Teresa will guide women through grief and identity work, emotional reflection, faith-centered restoration, values realignment, and integration practices to help them release what they have been carrying and reconnect with the woman still within them.
Dena
TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH, SOMATIC SUPPORTDena brings a powerful blend of faith-centered transformational coaching, nervous-system awareness, breathwork, somatic support, and mind-body restoration. Her work helps women understand the patterns, beliefs, and stress responses that can keep them feeling stuck, disconnected, or in survival mode.
During this retreat, Dena will guide women through breathwork, body-based support, faith-centered reflection, pattern awareness, and practical tools to help them reconnect with their body, restore their energy, and begin living from a more grounded and aligned place.
Together
Together, Teresa and Dena create a retreat experience that supports the whole woman; heart, mind, body, and spirit.
Teresa brings the emotional safety, grief support, faith-centered reflection, and identity work. Dena brings the nervous-system support, breathwork, somatic practices, and transformational tools.
Together, they will guide you through a safe, meaningful, and restorative experience designed to help you release the weight, restore your heart, and begin finding your way back to yourself.
Investment
Standard Retreat Investment
Payment Options
You may pay in full at registration or reserve your spot with a $400 non-refundable deposit.
A 3-payment option is available by request. All payments must be completed by September 1, 2026.
Space is limited due to the intimate nature of this retreat and the lodging layout.
Your investment includes:
- ✓ 3 nights lodging at Lake of the Ozarks
- ✓ Meals during the retreat
- ✓ Transformational sessions with Teresa and Dena
- ✓ Breathwork experience
- ✓ Somatic and grounding practices
- ✓ Retreat workbook
- ✓ Oils and integration tools
- ✓ Group connection and reflection
- ✓ One post-retreat integration call
Location
This retreat will be held at a private lakefront home in Osage Beach, Missouri at Lake of the Ozarks.
The setting has been chosen intentionally to create space for rest, reflection, connection, and restoration. You will have time to gather with other women, enjoy the lake setting, breathe, reflect, and step away from the noise of everyday life.
A Final Invitation
You do not have to keep living disconnected from yourself.
You do not have to keep carrying what was never yours to carry.
You do not have to keep being strong in the same way you have always been strong.
The woman you miss is not gone. She may simply be buried beneath grief, stress, responsibility, survival, and years of putting everyone else first.
This retreat is an invitation to find her again.
