Flourish After: 45 Vision, Purpose, Renewal, and Support for Life After 45

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Day 1: Arrival & Grounding
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Arrival & Check-in
Welcome packets, room assignments, refreshments.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Opening Session: "Welcome to the Next Chapter"
• Vision for the retreat
• Introduction to key themes: faith, flourishing, and transition
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Physical activity. Outside ideally
• Breathwork and tension release alone or in a group
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Dinner & Fellowship
7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
Session 1: "Shifting Roles at home and work.
• Balancing love, guilt, and boundaries
• Prayer & small group discussion
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Evening Reflection and individual prayer opportunities
• Journaling prompt: "Who am I caring for, and how do I care for myself?"

Day 2: Deep Dive & Renewal
7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Morning Exercise outside (Optional)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Session 2: "Career & Calling at the Crossroads"
• Navigating job loss, stagnation, or late bloom
• How faith and identity intersect with vocation
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Session 3: "Marriage, Loneliness & Relationship Changes"
• Healing, reconnection, or redefining love after decades
• Breakout groups: married, divorced, single.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Movement Session: "Joy in Motion"
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Session 4: "When Teens Become Strangers"
• Navigating adolescence as a parent
• Faith, communication, and healthy detachment
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Session 5: "Menopause & Mental Health"
• Hormones, fatigue, fog, and mood
• Whole-person approach to new freedoms
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Dinner
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Session 6: "Faith in the Wilderness"
• Devotional, testimony time, quiet worship
• Rediscovering God in the middle years
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Campfire or Candlelight Reflection
• Guided prayer: "What is God calling me to release or embrace?"

Day 3: Integration & Vision
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM
Optional Movement: Walk or Stretching
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM Breakfast
If this is a Sunday an option to join Rydal Hall service would be available and organised sessions around this time
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Session 7: "Weight, Wellness & Worth"
• Letting go of shame.
• Sustainable, joyful health
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Final Session: "Vision & Purpose After 45"
• Spiritual gifts inventory.
• Goal setting
• Writing a personal "Midlife Manifesto"
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Closing Blessing & Prayer
• Group affirmation & sending forth.