Living Your Values Retreat Seminar
The Living Your Values Retreat is a six-week online journey designed to help you step back, realign, and live more intentionally. Each week blends guided reflection, interactive activities, and mindful practices to uncover what truly matters most to you and how to weave those values into your daily life and work. Together, we’ll explore practical tools for decision-making, energy management, and purpose-driven living so you can move from simply getting through the days to creating a life that feels authentic and sustainable. This retreat is not about perfection, but about clarity—so you leave with a renewed sense of direction, balance, and fulfillment.
Date(s): October 6 – November 17, 2025
Instructor: Mark Danaher
Participation: 6-week commitment
Contact Hours: 18
Recertification hours: Careers by Design is an NCDA-approved provider.
Course Fee: $500.00 Limited time
By the end of this 6-week seminar, participants will be able to:
Reflect on your life story to see patterns, transitions, and growth.
Identify your top values and explore how they show up in daily life.
Reframe your life as a narrative with lessons and future chapters.
Design three possible futures and choose the one with the most energy.
Commit to one action step for greater alignment and less burnout.
Practice simple mindfulness tools to ground and restore energy.
Build connection with peers through honest dialogue and reflection.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1 – Mapping Your Life Journey
Week 2 – Discovering Core Values
Week 3 – Writing Your Life as a Story
Week 4 – Designing Your Future
Week 5 –Living with Intention
Format: Interactive, online discussion with career professionals. Participants will have weekly assignments, readings, and discussions. Assignments open on a Sunday and remain open for 1 week. You may log in and post at any time convenient for you. We only ask that you please post your initial response by 11:59 pm EST on Thursday so that the discussion can continue for the entire week.
- COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
- All assignments must be completed on time
- All participants must participate in weekly Zoom calls – this is where the magic happens
- All participants must actively participate in the weekly discussions online, posting and replying to at least one other person.
- End of the seminar action plan: Your action plan to move forward in your wellness journey.
- Technology requirements: Internet access, ability to read MS Word documents & Adobe PDF files, ability to view video (primarily using YouTube)
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLETION OF COURSE:
- Evaluation will be made of the quality of the discussion in the class. All participants will post in each forum discussion. Participants are expected to be active in the online exchange of information, perspectives, and experiences.
- Must reply to at least one other person in the seminar in each discussion
- The final perforamnce sustainability plan is due within two weeks of the completion of the class.
- Payment is due in full at least one week before the seminar begins unless other arrangements have been made.
- Cancellations must be in writing via email.
- If you cancel and have paid through PayPal or Venmo, we will refund you minus their fees.
- If Careers by Design cancels the seminar, a full refund will be granted.
- Cancellations less than 1 week before the seminar begins will incur a $50 fee.
- No refunds will be granted for cancellations once the seminar begins.
- Refunds will be issued within 2 weeks from the cancellation request date.
