Program Focus: A nature-based wellness experience offering mindful self-regulation tools, vision alignment, and supportive peer community for parents and caregivers.

You’ll learn how to: Use practical strategies for discipline that nurture respect without shame, Strengthen your own self-regulation skills and identity as a parent, so you can stay grounded even in tough parenting moments, Build confidence in your role as a parent with clear, compassionate authority, Better understand your child’s emotional and developmental needs, Practice “connection before correction” as a foundation for your parenting approach.

 

Location: Camp Ondessonk, Southern Illinois
Date: October 24–26, 2025 (Friday–Sunday)

 

🕰 Registration Timeline:

  • Early Bird Registration Opens: August 20, 2025
  • Early Bird Ends: September 19, 2025
  • Standard Registration Opens: September 20, 2025
  • Standard Registration Ends: October 10, 2025

Ticket Info

🏕️ All tickets include lodging, meals, and all retreat activities.

🏕️ All rooms, including the upgrade rooms, are in a “camp-like” setting in gendered bunk houses.

🏕️ Room upgrade includes a climate-controlled shared room with an ensuite bathroom. Limited availability. Must be selected at time of registration.

🏕️ You are responsible for supplying your own pillows and bedding. The beds are twin size so sheets, blankets, and/or a sleeping bag are ideal.

Early Bird Individual

(Aug. 21 - Sept. 19)

$675
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  • Room Upgrade + $75

Early Bird Couples

(Aug. 21 - Sept. 19)

$1225
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  • Room Upgrade + $75 for one ticket
  • Room Upgrade + $150 for two tickets

Standard Individual

(Sept. 20 - Oct. 10)

$745
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  • Room Upgrade + $75

Standard Couples

(Sept. 20 - Oct. 10)

$1355
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  • Room Upgrade + $75 for one ticket
  • Room Upgrade + $150 for two tickets

Retreat Agenda

Friday, October 24 – ARRIVAL & GROUNDING

  • Arrival Window & Check-In
  • Dinner & First Connection
  • Opening Circle & Intentions
  • Mini Session: Understanding the Power of Connection Before Correction
  • Nature Reflection Walk & Solo Journaling
  • Rest / Optional Fire Circle

Saturday, October 25 – IMMERSION & APPLICATION

  • Continental Breakfast
  • Morning Mindfulness & Grounding in Nature
  • Content Session: Understanding Child Development
  • Nature-Based Application: “Through A Child’s Eyes”
  • Small Group Sharing / Reflection Circles
  • Picnic Lunch
  • Content Session: Boundaries, Accountability, and Embodied Authority
  • Nature-Based Integration Activity
  • Break / Optional Nature Hike / Creative Stations
  • Whole Group Session: Responding to Frustration & Dysregulation (Parent & Child)
  • Dinner (Hot Meal Provided)
  • Fire Circle Dialogue: “What Kind of Parent Do I Want to Be?”
  • Guided Visualization & Journaling
  • Rest / Stargazing / Optional Silent Walk

Sunday, October 26 – CLOSURE & RETURN

  • Continental Breakfast
  • Integration Practice: “Carrying It Home”
  • Closing Circle
  • Pack-Up & Depart
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Email Us: info@delveretreats.com