Specifically, you can expect to leave this retreat with:

• A solid understanding of the 6 Love Codes;
• An accurate understanding of your negative patterns of interaction and how to prevent your natural self-protective instincts from harming your relationship;
• Concrete, actionable skills, and strategies necessary to co-create a relationship that effectively supports both of you in stepping into the best, most authentic version of who you really are;
• Rapid bonding and deep friendships with other lesbian couples;
• A phenomenal vacation experience you won’t forget.
• A unique opportunity to feel seen and supported and experience a deep sense of relationship validation;
• Confidence that your relationship can offer you the love, security, protection, peace, and enjoyment you desire

We prefer that retreat participants are vaccinated and ideally boosted, though we no longer require this. 

The two major airports near Gulf Shores/Orange Beach are the Pensacola International Airport and the Mobile Regional Airport. Pensacola is the closest (35 miles, an hour drive via FL-292E) and Mobile is slightly further with a 1.5 hour drive.

Cancellation Policy

• A full refund (minus a $150 cancellation fee) up to 90 days prior to the retreat

• 85% refund up to 60 days prior to the retreat start date

• Cancellations that occur less than 60 days prior to the retreat start date are non-refundable. In the event of an unavoidable crisis, such as illness or death of a loved one, you will be provided credit for a future retreat. If we are not able to find a replacement for your room, the lodging expense we incur will be subtracted from any credit due.

Breakups

A breakup does not qualify as a crisis or unavoidable event. Couples who break up prior to the workshop are encouraged to attend anyway and do not qualify for a refund or a credit if you are outside of the refund window.

If Adventures in Love Cancel a Retreat

In the unlikely event a retreat is canceled by Adventures in Love, a full refund for the workshop or credit for a future workshop (whichever you prefer) will be issued. There will be no reimbursement for the travel expenses you incur.

Transportation

All of your transportation to and from the retreat as well as during the retreat is your responsibility. No reimbursement will be provided for transportation expenses you incur in the event the retreat is canceled for any reason.

The lesbian retreat for couples will address the 6 fundamentals (love codes) of a strong relationship, which include:

• GIVE: Giving love is the motor of your relationship. You cannot get from your relationship anything that at least one of you is not giving. The more love you give, the more love you have.

• RECEIVE: If the motor of a relationship is to give love, receiving love is the fuel that keeps the motor running. Receiving love requires an open heart and the vulnerability to let love in. Receiving is how we say “yes,” to love without obstacles, conditions, or doubt.

• UNDERSTAND: To Understand Love is the ability to make sense of, and accurately interpret your partner’s feelings and behaviors in a way that allows her to feel known. Understanding is an emotional process, not a logical process, thus it requires access to emotions; yours and hers. Deep understanding fosters intimacy, friendship and connection.

• PROTECT: When you Protect Love, you keep it safe from harm. This requires both partners to manage their emotions and to establish healthy boundaries to support the well-being of both yourself and your relationship.

• PRIORITIZE: When we Prioritize Love, we move from a mindset of “me” to one of “we.” When you have decisions to make, free time to spend, love to give, and interpretations to make, you consider the needs of your relationship above all else. 

• ENJOY: You can Enjoy Love when you take responsibility for creating positive, uplifting, and joyful interactions as well as incorporating novelty and surprise to keep love alive and a feel-good and satisfying experience.

See schedule listed above.

Our 4 and 5-day immersive lesbian retreats for couples are equivalent to 3-12 months of couples counseling depending on your willingness to bring your whole self to the experience.

Many couples share frustrations about their counseling experiences, which include:

• having to educate the counselor about their lesbian relationship

• lack of understanding about issues unique to same-sex relationships

• difficulty clicking with or relating to the therapist

• feeling like the entire session is spent reliving your interactions from the week before

• leaving the session feeling worse

• intensified conflict and tension after sessions

• feeling like the therapist favors one partner over the other

Trusting your relationship with someone is difficult – as it should be! There is no greater investment you make in your life than the investment you make in your primary relationship. We take your relationship very seriously.

When you invest in an Adventures in Love Retreat for Lesbian Couples, you are choosing an experience that was built specifically for your relationship by a trained couples coach with over 20 years of lesbian relationship counseling experience and significant education, training and credentials in couples counseling.

For 4 to 5 consecutive days, you will be offered a strong, safe container to unpack your relationship dynamics, spend time looking at them, understanding them, and developing new skills and strategies to help you create more effective ways of relating.

You are not opened up and left feeling uncomfortable and unravelled only to be told,  “Times up, I’ll see you next week.”

Instead, we are with you at each step of the process. We will gently, yet directly, challenge you when necessary and support you and encourage you along the way. We know that what you feel and experience is real, even if it differs from what your partner feels and experiences. There’s enough room to hold both of your experiences, to allow them to unfold and safely co-exist.

We are always on the side of your relationship – not one partner or the other. Our goal is to create the safest, most accepting environment for each couple so you can do the work that awaits you.

Breakfast is provided each morning, and two dinners are provided on the first and second nights to allow us to maximize our working sessions.