We See You

Spirit-led Coach, Conscious Leader, & Soulful Healer

As a heart-centered and soulful leader, you know the power of story.

You use it to guide clients to breakthroughs. You speak about your work with passion and purpose. Yet when it comes to sharing your deeper truth — the raw, vulnerable story that shaped your path — something contracts.

A lump in your throat.

A flutter of doubt in your belly.

A voice whispering, “Who am I to say this out loud?”

You’ve done the work. You’ve journaled, meditated, affirmed, and healed. And yet visibility still feels like a risk, not a relief.

You quietly wonder:

“Will I lose clients if I show up raw?”
“What if they don’t get it, or don’t get me?”
“Am I truly ready to speak from my soul without hiding behind polished words?”

This tension isn’t mindset. It’s ancestral, energetic, nervous-system deep. And it’s keeping your most potent medicine locked inside.

You’ve spent a lifetime carrying stories you didn’t choose. Ones that told you to stay small, play nice, and never ask for too much.

Stories that equate visibility with danger and vulnerability with shame.

But deep within, a different story is rising.

One that whispers:

You’re here to speak Truth. To lead with love. To be seen fully and unapologetically as YOU.

Are you ready to let that story out?

Because you’re not here to hide, shrink, or dim your light. You never were.

What you truly want is to show up whole, yes, as the guide or healer, and as a soul with sacred wounds, lived wisdom, and a message that stirs something real.

You want to trust your voice.

You want to be seen and supported in your fullest expression.

You want your story to not only be heard, but felt. Revered. Received.

And you want to do it in a space that feels nourishing, non-performative, and aligned with your truth.

If you’re like many of the leaders and messengers we serve, you’ve already tried to share your story.

You’ve taken storytelling workshops. Worked with copywriters and content coaches. Tried marketing formulas. Gone deep with therapists, energy healers, or guides.

And maybe it helped — for a while.

You gained clarity. You posted a few times. You felt a flicker of freedom.

Until the old fears returned. The perfectionism. The fear of being too much or not enough. The silence that still felt safer.

Because here’s the truth:

Your visibility wound isn’t about strategy. It’s about safety.

The story you’re here to tell began with an experience — sacred, painful, or both — that shaped your soul.

And when that story lives in the body, it can’t be messaged away.
It must be witnessed. Felt. Integrated.

This is why traditional marketing doesn’t work here.

It bypasses the deeper layers:

  • The energetic imprints of rejection and ridicule
  • The ancestral or karmic memory of silencing
  • The nervous system’s need for regulation before revelation

Without addressing these roots, no amount of scripting will liberate your voice.

That’s why this isn’t another writing, speaking, or storytelling retreat.

This is a sacred reclamation.

We don’t force your story to emerge.

We let it rise — gently, courageously, and in its divine timing.

We work not only with your words, we work with your energy. Not only with your mind, with your body and soul.

You’ll be guided through deep somatic practices, sacred storytelling rituals, and energetic healing to help you:

  • Uncover the truth you’ve been protecting
  • Release the wounds that made visibility feel unsafe
  • Anchor into the clarity and power that’s always lived inside you

You’ll be held in a powerful, heart-centered community, where your truth isn’t too much.

It’s medicine.

This is storytelling as spiritual initiation.

Visibility as a healing path.

This is you, coming home to your voice.

Imagine . . .

  • Feeling safe enough to speak the story you’ve never fully told, and being witnessed in your truth with reverence, not judgment
  • Reclaiming the parts of yourself you’ve hidden to protect others, and discovering that those are exactly what make your message magnetic
  • Accessing the power of your voice as a transmission of healing and wholeness
  • Sharing your message — on stage, online, or in conversation — with grounded confidence and soul-deep clarity
  • Being held in a sacred, nurturing space where your vulnerability is your strength, and your Truth is not “too much” — it’s your medicine

If you're a Spirit-led coach, healer, or conscious leader who longs to be seen, heard, and held in your full expression — and to finally tell the story that unlocks your next level of visibility, healing, and impact . . . this retreat is for you.

Consider this your invitation to . . .

Come Home to Your Truth

July 18-20, 2025

On the shores of serene Lake Winnipesaukee

"The Smile of the Great Spirit"

Over 2.5 Transformative Days, You'll Receive:

  • Clarity on the soul story you're here to tell — the one that unlocks healing and visibility
  • A grounded, resonant message you can carry into your business and life
  • Embodied trust in your voice, truth, and next chapter
  • Energy healing and intuitive guidance to move past old blocks
  • Integration tools to help your truth continue unfolding after the retreat
  • A visibility plan rooted in who you are, not who you were told to be

You’ll leave with more than a story. You’ll leave with a deeper relationship to your Truth.

And you’ll feel:

  • Clearer in your message, and why it matters
  • Grounded in your voice without performing or apologizing
  • Aligned with your purpose, magnetizing the right people
  • Open to being seen, supported, and celebrated
  • Free because you’re no longer carrying a story too heavy to hold alone

This is more than storytelling.

This is soul integration.

If you feel the stir — that flutter in your belly or ache in your heart — this retreat was created for you.

The world is asking for your Truth.

Not the polished story, the powerful one. The one that lives in your body. The one that heals when spoken aloud. The one that liberates you and those you’re here to serve.

If you're ready to step into a space that honors your story, soothes your nervous system, and supports your voice from the inside out . . .

We Invite You to Join Us July 18-20, 2025, in Meredith, NH

APPLY NOW (SPACE IS LIMITED)!

Gayle invited me into a space where I didn’t have to pretend. In that safety, I could drop into my body, hear myself clearly, and access the answers I'd been seeking.

This experience helped me reclaim trust in my voice and my gifts. Being witnessed and reflected so compassionately let me fully own my role as a visionary. That’s when everything shifted — flow returned, and I could write with courage and clarity. My voice, my perspective, my power back in coherence. You can’t put a price on that.

– Monica Rodgers, Host of The Revelation Project Podcast + Co-founder of Revelation Media LLC

Working with Joanna was nothing short of transformative. She didn't just help me find my voice – she dialed it in, focused me, and brought out a story I didn't even know I had.

I was expecting a traditional approach but with Joanna it was different ... She took me back to where it all started, and then showed me how to bring my audience there too. Captivating the audience from start to finish.

– Valerie Crafton, CEO, VALConsultants


This retreat is for you if . . .

You're a leader, coach or healer who’s done the work, yet you're still holding back your voice.

You’re wise. You’re sensitive.

And yet, visibility still feels charged — too risky, too vulnerable, too much.

You might resonate if:

  • You’re done shapeshifting to make others comfortable, yet you're unsure how to tell your story without burning bridges
  • You’ve shared your story before, but it felt performative, not powerful
  • You long to speak more boldly, yet silence still feels safer
  • You’re in a personal or spiritual evolution, and your old message no longer fits
  • You want to attract aligned clients and opportunities without betraying your truth
  • You feel your voice is tangled with past pain, and you’re ready to untangle it
  • You crave authentic connection and a safe space to be seen in your wholeness

In other words...

You’re ready to lead with your whole truth. 

Not the curated version that pleases others . . .

Rather, the anchored, soul-led story that sets you free.

You don’t have to be polished here. You only need to be willing.

This retreat is NOT for you if . . .

❌ You’re looking for quick tips on storytelling or a plug-and-play content formula

❌ You aren’t ready or willing to explore the emotions, wounds, or beliefs that make visibility feel unsafe

❌ You want a purely business-focused retreat without inner work, spiritual depth, or somatic integration

❌ You’re uncomfortable with the idea of being gently witnessed, held, and seen in your truth

❌ You’re not open to transformation that unfolds through emotional presence, nervous system support, and sacred storytelling

Meet Your Facilitators

Gayle Nowak Communications & Emotional Wellness Coach, Founder of The Story Stylist & Sage SensationTM Retreats

Gayle supports Spirit-led coaches and healers ready to rise in their truth and express their soul-aligned message from deep energetic coherence. As a transformational guide, she holds sacred space for truth to surface, nervous systems to settle, and stories to be spoken — raw, real, and whole. With decades of experience in business, journalism, and brand storytelling, she's also journeyed through life as an empath, intuitive, and spiritual healer since childhood.

In the early days of her business, Gayle wasn’t fully aware of how her energy and presence were influencing her results. But once she made the shift to align her energy with her vision, everything began to change. That same transformation is possible for you. It’s why Gayle is such a passionate advocate for doing the inner alignment work first, so your story and strategy are built on a solid, authentic foundation.

As the creator of Sage Sensation™ Retreats and founder of the award-winning marketing agency The Story Stylist, Gayle has appeared in dozens of newspapers, broadcast news sites, and on podcasts across the country. She is the host of the online show "Wellness Quarters," a regular panelist for "Soul Empowerment," creator of the "Positive News Now" podcast, and past contributor to TED-Ed, Small Business Trendsetters and Business Innovators Magazine.

Joanna Horton McPherson

Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker, & 6x Founder

Joanna Horton McPherson is a leader, serial entrepreneur, and speaker specializing in the deeper aspects of leadership and personal fulfillment. As an award-winning actor, director and published author, she guides women leaders and social entrepreneurs to transform their voice into public speakers in order to become an authentic and purposeful influence.

Joanna’s career began at 13 with public speaking, and by 20, she launched the first of many businesses. Her extensive background includes professional acting, coaching, and founding nonprofits and schools. With a Master’s in Education from Harvard University and studies in Sustainable Investing from Harvard Business School, Joanna helps clients align wealth and business with their personal and humanitarian values. An advanced practitioner of Buddhist meditation, she teaches techniques for self-discovery and joy. Currently, she runs a global nonprofit and international school she co-founded near her home in Costa Rica. With more than 25 years of coaching experience, Joanna has served thousands across the arts, media, finance, health, and education sectors internationally.  She is honored to serve as the President-Elect for the National Association of Women’s Business Owner, Phoenix chapter.

The reality is . . .

You can only “market around” your Truth for so long before your voice starts to feel hollow.

You've done the mindset work, the strategy work, and the healing work, yet something still feels off.

It's not about trying harder, because visibility wounds aren’t solved with more doing.

It's about healing them through safe, sacred space. Through being witnessed, not edited. Through telling the Truth your body has been holding for years.

You can keep telling the safe version of your story, wondering why it doesn’t land . . .

OR

You can finally speak the message that’s been trying to rise, and let that Truth become your most powerful tool for connection, healing, and aligned growth.

You don’t have to untangle this alone.

This retreat was created to guide you as you come home to your voice and lead from your Truth.

APPLY NOW (REGISTRATION CLOSES JULY 1)!