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Farewell for now ✨ Life looks quite a bit different now than it did in 2019 when I started Cultivate. And it appears I o...
12/19/2023

Farewell for now ✨

Life looks quite a bit different now than it did in 2019 when I started Cultivate. And it appears I owe you all a bit of an explanation after I received a nasty gram from someone for ignoring their request to be added to the business directory on my website. 🙃

There will be no Cultivate Retreat this year. My website has been and will be dormant for the foreseeable future.

I’m happy to use this social media channel to promote events and special programs that are designed for or support local women owned businesses, so feel free to DM me info of anything you’d like me to share.

In summary:
It’s not you, it’s me. It’s not goodbye forever, it’s goodbye for now. Thanks for everything 🤍

If we’ve become friends the past few years through this journey, feel free to follow my personal page

📸: Katie Wright Photography

📣 LOCAL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES 📣 Do you want to get in front of 200+ women in Central Illinois?  Sign up as a vendor at ...
09/13/2023

📣 LOCAL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES 📣 Do you want to get in front of 200+ women in Central Illinois? Sign up as a vendor at the first ever Women's Conference. The Power of Storytelling Women's Conference will be held in downtown Champaign October 8-9 and is looking for impactful, fun, engaging vendor booths to sell and interact with our conference attendees! Learn more and sign up at https://sponsor.shesaidproject.com/conference-sb

Women of Central IL, this event is for you! Come join us for an amazing 2-Day Event! One evening that is all about netwo...
09/13/2023

Women of Central IL, this event is for you! Come join us for an amazing 2-Day Event! One evening that is all about networking and connecting with the ladies. One Day that is all about your personal and professional development. And the grand finale, a special presentation of "That's What She Said" Get all your details and register today! https://bit.ly/PowerofStorytelling2023

DM me asap if you’re interested in coming out today and/or tomorrow 🤩
02/18/2023

DM me asap if you’re interested in coming out today and/or tomorrow 🤩

It’s here!!✨✨ Just a reminder, if you DIDN’T get tickets but you wanted to or you’re feeling a little FOMO, you can stil...
02/17/2023

It’s here!!✨✨ Just a reminder, if you DIDN’T get tickets but you wanted to or you’re feeling a little FOMO, you can still come to the mansion tomorrow night (Saturday) 7-9pm for the Pop Up Market with a cash bar, chair massages with and Reiki sessions with .blooming 🙌🏼 a Hello Spring door sign craft workshop with
PLUS shopping with .roads.wellness and 🤍

Did you play sports in high school? Do you have a memorable coach figure in your life? Do you have a young woman in your...
02/14/2023

Did you play sports in high school? Do you have a memorable coach figure in your life? Do you have a young woman in your life getting involved in athletics?

I’m so excited to announce our final sponsor for this years Retreat 📣

Find My Team is a professional coaching, guidance, and educational service, with experienced former collegiate coaches, who partner with aspiring female student athletes and parents to empower them to create a fun, positive, proactive. and personal college athletic recruiting experience. We help young women grow their confidence, find their voices, and own their futures.

You’ll be able to meet the CEO AND founder Barb Smith at the Retreat this weekend!

Complimentary 10 minute Mini reiki energy healing sessions will be available during the Retreat. Book a specific time sl...
02/12/2023

Complimentary 10 minute Mini reiki energy healing sessions will be available during the Retreat. Book a specific time slot by emailing [email protected] or DM .blooming
If you’d like longer than the complimentary session you can add additional sessions at $10 for 10 minutes.

Sometimes, when life feels overwhelming, a good deep breath or a walk in nature is all we need to reset and ground. But sometimes we feel the pressure building up, creating energetic (sometimes even physical) tension within us. This tension blocks our energy from flowing freely, and causes discomfort or anxiety that we just can’t shake off.

Reiki energy healing is like a big warm hug for your soul.

During your reiki energy healing session, we’ll:
Get your energy flowing comfortably again by entering a deep meditation and connecting with Universal Life Energy.
Balance your chakras and release any energetic blocks that have built up.
Support you in moving more gracefully through difficult life trials by connecting with your spirit guides and intuitive guidance.
Release tension and stress in your physical body which opens your body up to physical healing.

One of my favorite parts of the Retreat are the small breakout sessions. The small groups are non-intimidating, you get ...
02/11/2023

One of my favorite parts of the Retreat are the small breakout sessions. The small groups are non-intimidating, you get to be who you are, unapologetically. Our speakers are not “professional public speakers” (although some could be) they’re real local women who are putting their heart on their sleeve, being brave and sharing a part of their soul, their expertise, their passion with other women to help support them on their journey.

Pictured here: .blooming from 2 years ago!

Candy is a returning speaker this year sharing:

Love Yourself Whole with Candy Reeder, Joyfully Blooming
Session Description: Has anyone ever asked how you’re doing, and you respond with “Great! How are you?!” but inside your heart is a tempestuous storm? Maybe feelings of unworthiness due to your “flaws”, resentment due to imbalance in your life, or just complete emotional burnout? In this workshop we’ll look at some of the patterns that keep showing up in your life, and how to find their root cause. We’ll start to respond to these “dark” or “unlovable” parts of ourselves as if they were a dear friend needing our comfort and solace. As we learn to embrace what feels uncomfortable, and own those feelings, we can integrate them, love them, and realize that we’re actually whole and perfect—exactly as we are!
Speaker Bio: Candy Elliott Reeder, owner of Joyfully Blooming, is a green witch who is passionate about gardening, connecting with nature as a form of self and soul care, foraging with her six kids, promoting green living, and learning every possible use and benefit of all the native plant life local to her. She loves teaching workshops on empowering men and women to find joy throughout the journey, healing in nature, and authentic self expression.

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT✨ but if you want in the wait list, DM me your email address. It’s not uncommon for someone to be sick or suddenly unable to go and they want to sell their ticket.

HUGE shoutout to this girl  who’s planning our Sunday 🌼Garden Party Brunch🌼I’ve known Hillary for probably 8 years now! ...
02/10/2023

HUGE shoutout to this girl who’s planning our Sunday 🌼Garden Party Brunch🌼

I’ve known Hillary for probably 8 years now! Our paths keep crossing 🥰 she is SO fun to work with. She’s kind, encouraging, funny, positive, smart, organized and creative. She actually helped with the planning of my own wedding over 5 years ago!

This Retreat Brunch threw us a couple curve balls and because Hillary was my event planner for it, I wasn’t stressed at all. She handled everything like a pro, because, well, she is a professional and has been doing this for YEARS 😅 She even owns her own event venue in Mahomet! Check out .421 🤍 it’s gorgeous!!

I can’t wait for you to experience the fancy Garden Party Brunch she has planned for us! THANK YOU Hillary for all your hard work on this event! ✨✨

Yoga will feel a little different this year as sadly the Mansion’s Library will unexpectedly be under construction the w...
02/09/2023

Yoga will feel a little different this year as sadly the Mansion’s Library will unexpectedly be under construction the weekend of the Retreat! If you’ve been to the Retreat before, you know how much we use the Library so we’ve been a little frazzled over here trying to come up with plan B for all of our traditional Library sessions. Not to worry! It will all be worked out. We’ve got some of the most creative and problem solving women I know on the team figure out how to make everything work so we won’t even miss the Library! (Though I still miss it a little because it’s GORGEOUS 🥹)

Shoutout to Jordan and Christina from the Allerton team for all of their hard work on the Retreat this year despite some unexpected curve balls 😅 You guys are such a joy to work with! Can’t wait to cheers you at the Retreat to celebrate another year in the books 🥂

Do you know Adi Puckett from .roads.wellness 🤍 She led a breakout session at last years Retreat and will be our Saturday...
02/09/2023

Do you know Adi Puckett from .roads.wellness 🤍
She led a breakout session at last years Retreat and will be our Saturday lunch time Keynote this year! I couldn’t be more excited to have her returning as a Speaker this year as she was a huge hit last year 🎉🥹

✨All is Well: Letting Go of Your Past to Accomodate Your Future [a storytelling journey of learning and healing into the real you in all areas of life]✨

A published author and public speaker, Adi is also owner of Root to Branches Ministries through which she spends her time gathering women together to encourage them in the power they have as the backbones of their homes and communities.

Fellowship groups and speaking engagements are her favorite ways to spread the love and grace we all need to thrive in our own lives and to build strong, enduring relationships with others.

This passion for the hearts of people even carries her to residential recovery organizations like .refuge and area public schools like where she focuses on equipping all age groups through mentorship and education in life skills, empowerment, and social/emotional intelligence. She is not picky in this capacity. Adi wants to spread love and joy to everyone!

We all have a light within us. You are already full of many qualities you will need to go forward, and with Adi’s help, you can sharpen those qualities and use them to their fullest potential.

With an ultimate end goal of wholeness and enduring hope for all, Adi is welcoming you to an opportunity to walk your next steps with a companion and mentor who desires to see you grow and thrive in ways you never thought possible.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 📣 📣 We are HONORED to have these two very special women as our Keynote speakers on Saturday night...
02/07/2023

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 📣 📣

We are HONORED to have these two very special women as our Keynote speakers on Saturday night, February 18th at the Mansion ✨
and from Podcast will walk us through the complicated reality that is adult friendships.

It’s not too late to get your tickets for Saturday-only or the full 3-day experience ✨
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