You Should Leave Now: Going on Retreat to Find Your Way Back to Yourself

by Brie Doyle, Christiane Northrup (Foreword by)

Overview

If you want to live an extraordinary life, one in which your heart, mind, and spirit are in sync, you have to make space for your soul. You have to leave, in order to come back to yourself.

It is time to go on retreat.

Written as if by a wise and cherished friend, You Should Leave Now is a gentle, practical guide to drawing rich benefits—mental, emotional, and spiritual—from a personal retreat. Life coach, meditation teacher, and founder of She Glows Retreats, Brie Doyle helps us discover the ideal focus, setting, and approach to transformative retreating.

In plain-spoken prose that is rich with ideas, solid research, gentle suggestions, and compelling stories, Doyle covers the benefits of retreating, reminding us that our well-being is about more than a daily dose of kombucha or a fitness class. She then details the logistics of going on retreat, what to expect while there, and how to make the most of what you've gained upon returning home.

Doyle's extraordinary work opens the doors to rediscovering rest and rekindling your inner spark. Inner transformation awaits.

You should leave now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506466958
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	07/13/2021
Pages:	195
Sales rank:	1,039,552
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Brie Doyle is the founder of She Glows Retreats, LLC, hosting transformational retreats throughout the US and across the globe. She is a life coach who works with individuals, couples, and companies to promote mental and emotional wellness. A yoga and meditation teacher for over twenty years, she is also a novelist. Brie lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and three kids.

Christiane Northrup, M.D., is a New York Times bestselling author, visionary pioneer and leading authority in the field of women's health and wellness. Her many books, lectures, blogs, online courses, audios and videos offer radical "upstream" preventive medicine helping millions of women transform how they view their sacred bodies.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xiii

Part I Reason to Leave

Chapter 1 Bouncing off the Bottom 3

Chapter 2 This Modern Life 9

Chapter 3 The Female Predicament 15

Chapter 4 Retreat, Your Style 20

Chapter 5 Get Your Mind Right 28

Chapter 6 Energetic Health 35

Chapter 7 Spiritual Health 43

Chapter 8 Life as Lab 50

Chapter 9 Self-Care Is Not Selfish 55

Part II How to Go about the Leaving

Chapter 10 The Leaving 61

Chapter 11 Go Your Own Way 65

Chapter 12 The Elements of Retreat 76

Chapter 13 What Does (Your Name Here) Want? 94

Chapter 14 Laws for Rule Breakers 101

Chapter 15 Dropping the Guru Obsession 105

Part III The Inner Trajectory of Retreat

Chapter 16 An Inner Experience 111

Chapter 17 Phase 1: Unease and Apprehension 117

Chapter 18 Phase 2: Excitement 125

Chapter 19 Phase 3: Old Habits 132

Chapter 20 Phase 4: Awareness 140

Chapter 21 Phase 5: New Frequency 147

Chapter 22 Phase 6: Epiphany 153

Chapter 23 Phase 7: Gratitude 160

Chapter 24 Phase 8: Embody 167

Part IV Transitioning Back Home

Chapter 25 When Others Notice 175

Chapter 26 The New You 177

Chapter 27 An Invitation 183

Acknowledgments 187

Appendix 189

Notes 193

Editorial Reviews

06/21/2021

Life coach Doyle touts the benefits of taking retreats in her amicable debut. She begins by making a strong case for the benefits of and reasons for taking a break: rather than being a simple getaway, she writes, a retreat is an opportunity for the “deeper intention of self-awakening.” In the book’s second half, Doyle recommends ways to make the time and space to be alone for at least a day. Only when fundamental needs are met, she writes, can old patterns be recognized and reconfigured, and to that end she suggests first concentrating on basic needs, such as healthy eating and regular sleep, which she argues creates a foundation for greater connection to one’s “inner truth.” Tips on meditation, the pros and cons of solo versus group retreats, and warnings about listening to gurus (as opposed to doing the hard work of developing one’s own personal beliefs) are highlights. Though this starts out reading like a brochure for one of Doyle’s retreats, the latter half tantalizes with encouraging visions of what a retreat can offer. Those interested in finding ways to emotionally recharge should take a look. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

'Tantalizes with encouraging visions of what a retreat can offer. Those interested in finding ways to emotionally recharge should take a look." —Publishers Weekly

"You Should Leave Now is a testament to the restorative energy and spiritual connection a retreat can bring to one's life path and journey forward. This book serves as a guide, showing you how creating time and space for a retreat in your own life can prove transformational." —Laura Lynne Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe and The Light Between Us

"Brie Doyle makes a powerful case for retreating as essential medicine. Allow this book to be the permission slip you have been waiting for to step away from your life for a moment so you may step back in, more fully alive." —Beth Kempton, bestselling author of Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life

"Brie Doyle's message is essential for all women. Her guidance is a true gift." —Sheila Kelley, founder of S Factor, award-winning actress, and author

"If the so-called 'great pause' felt like anything but, let Brie Doyle's illuminating You Should Leave Now transport you to your very own life-giving (perhaps even life-saving) retreat." —Ann Imig, founder of Listen to Your Mother

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