CLUB Shine Retreat 2023

A retreat for top Bay Area women that will help you reflect, reboot, and reclaim your shine. Come for the inspiration, the connections, the ocean view–and leave with your 2023 plan.

Dates: Friday, February 3 & Saturday, February 4, 2023    

Location: Dream Inn, Santa Cruz

Hotel Room Cost: $269

*Participants are welcome to start calling the Dream Inn reservations department at 844-291-9681 and ask for The Club Shine Retreat and provide your dates of stay to receive the group rate*

Room price for Friday, Feb 3rd is $269 for a Double Queen room. Rate does not include tax. Mention The CLUB when booking rooms to receive this discounted rate. Attendees will be responsible for their own room payments and for coordinating any room sharing arrangements. The parking fee at the hotel has been waived for attendees of the Shine Retreat.

Registration fee covers meals, activities and programming unless listed as “optional” or otherwise noted. Hotel room registration is a separate cost and is paid directly to the hotel. Request reimbursement from your employer.

• Early Bird CLUB Member Registration – $300.00
• Early Bird Non-Member Registration –  $400.00
• Regular CLUB Member Registration – $350.00
• Non-Member Registration – $450.00

Agenda

Friday

1:00pm(optional) CLUB Networking Lunch

Ideal Bar & Grill (outdoor dining); 106 Beach Street, Santa Cruz

3:00pm(optional) Community Service Project

Beach Clean Up at Cowell’s Beach @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

4:30pm Shine Retreat Check In

Lobby of The Dream Inn

6:00pm “Shine Bright” Opening Reception

Fire Pit on the Pool Patio @ The Dream Inn

7:00pm Dinner and Table Talk 
Jack O’Neill Restaurant & Lounge (private room) @ The Dream Inn

Saturday

7:00am Rise & Shine Coastal Walk

West Cliff Road to the Lighthouse / Indoor meditation & stretching if inclement

(rumor has it a polar dip may also happen at this time!)

8:00am Continental Breakfast

Buffet Style @ The Dream Inn Conference Center

9:00am Shine Programming Session 1 - Refresh

Prioritizing Health & Wellness 

The always engaging Dr. Milan Chavarkar (DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CNM, IFMCP, women’s functional health practitioner, entrepreneur, educator, CLUB member, and TikToker!) will lead us through the principles of mindfulness, and physical health and wellness. Brainstorm your goals for 2023.

9:45amShine Programming Session 2 - Reboot

Building Graceful Resiliency 

Resilience has been the word during the massive changes to our daily lives in the past three years. It's written and talked about as a peaceful experience, but many are just white-knuckling it, spurred by the urgency to "just get through this."    During this session, we'll discuss the muddiness of resilience and how to build self-awareness, self-compassion, and to give ourselves the grace to be messily, anxiously, imperfectly resilient. This session will be led by Candice Heidebrecht, Inclusion & EQ thought leader, entrepreneur, coach, and CLUB member.

10:45amBreak (Hotel room check out time at 11am)

11:15amShine Programming Session 3 - Reclaim

Setting your 2023 Goals

Strategize your personal and professional goals for 2023 (and beyond!) with Laraine McKinnon, talent strategist and CLUB president. First, we’ll take the time to appreciate what you’ve already accomplished. Then we’ll think through ‘low-hanging fruit’ goals and set some stretch goals, breaking them down into achievable steps. Write them down, speak them aloud, and get support from accountability partners.

12:00pm Lunch

Buffet Style or Box Lunch @ The Dream Inn Conference Center

2:30pm (optional) Choose your track:

1. Shine & Wine track (wine tasting)

Vino by the Sea 55, Municipal Wharf Ste B, Santa Cruz

1. Radiate Creativity track (art museum)

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz

Registration covers meals and activities unless listed as “optional” or otherwise noted. 

Above event plan may change.

COVID Protocols

We strongly encourage all attendees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters) if medically appropriate. We’ll be following the latest guidance from the Santa Cruz County Public Health Department regarding indoor events. 

We anticipate lunch on Friday to be outdoors.

Dinner on Friday evening will be indoors in a private room. 

The conference room space is large and there is plenty of space to socially distance. People may wear masks and they may take the buffet meals (breakfast, lunch) to an outdoor location (pool patio) or their room to dine individually if preferred.