Finding Your Smile Morocco Retreat
This Is Your Call To Adventure To Find And Follow Your Smile
Are You Up For It?
If you have been wondering lately what direction your life should go in but…
you are worried, scared or don’t know what you want (Yikes!!!)
Let the Finding Your Smile process navigate you to more purpose, passion and possibilities…
Join Colin Hiles, Matt Butler and an inspiring group of fellow travellers for a 5-Day Hero’s Journey into the Rift Mountains of Morocco from the 21st – 27th April 2013 and help raise money for charity.
Are you “heeding your call” or ignoring it?.
Dear Fellow Traveler,
Let me start out by asking you a question – are you experiencing that signal – you know the one – that feeling of dissatisfaction, discontentment or restlessness?
Maybe its regarding your job, or your relationship, or your future, or another aspect of your life?
If so, you might be hearing your personal call to adventure!
In mythic storytelling and present day block buster movies, there is always a hero and the hero is invited to breakthrough a threshold, a threshold that separates to known world (meaning a world that’s inside the heros comfort zone) from the unknown world.
But what’s unknown is scary!
As a result our hero is often reluctant to make the leap, the leap of faith. But the adventure can’t begin until the hero makes the decision to engage in the adventure. And that’s what makes the story.
Imagine how it would feel to heed your personal call to adventure and start your journey of coming “home” to yourself…your true authentic Self…in a way that makes YOU the hero of your own adventure story.
I strongly believe creating a life you love is the greatest single gift you can give yourself. Most people live their whole life not living what they truly love.
That’s often down to education. They have never been shown a formula or a step by step process.
Well, I’m going to share that process with you in Morocco. It’s a process I have used myself and one I’ve used with hundreds of people I’ve personally coached.
So… what’s it going to take for you to finally escape a life your not happy with? What would it take for you to give yourself permission to create a life of passion, a life of purpose, a life filled with possibilities, life of adventure?
Many hear the call, few dare to follow it. Will you?
Step Into Your Transformation Starting Right Now…
- Now is your wake up call, a “window of opportunity” to re-evaluate where you stand in your life, a time to become the person you always wanted to be.
- Now is the time to re-examine your life, career, and relationships.
- Now is the time to reclaim your passion, strength and long-neglected dreams.
- Now is the time to recognise an authentic Self beyond the roles you live your life out of.
- Now is the time to create a future brimming with possibilities making the second half of life the most profound and satisfying years of all.
And What Better Place To Do It Than In The Magical Kingdom of Morocco
On our journey of self-discovery and adventure we will bridge two continents and immerse ourselves in beautiful natural and cultural diversity.
Beginning in Andalucía and along the Straits of Gibraltar in view of Africa’s shores we will begin our adventure and set the wheels in motion on our path to renewed awareness and discovery.
The Morocco portion of our expedition takes us into the warm heart of the Rift Mountains where traditional Berber tribes people share modernisation with the more progressive “Arabic” Moroccans. We will have first hand opportunities to mingle with this introspective culture that although on the surface have attached themselves to modern living, have remained deeply rooted in what they know best, just knowing…
Our final day returns us to Tarifa and the open beach landscapes of this energising part of the world. A fitting destination to cap off our journey and reflect on those experiences!
Who Is The Retreat Designed For?
- Those who want to find their passion and purpose
- Those searching for a more fulfilling life
- Those seeking more clarity on their life direction
- Those who want to create a life and a way of living that is in alignment with their truth
- Those looking to better balance work and life
- Those who are not looking for deep therapy, but a chance to relax, reflect, re-evaluate and rejuvenate themselves for the journey ahead
What Will I Get?
The retreat provides an opportunity to review the dilemmas life has presented you. Over the week, in a small group setting, you’ll get:
- Support, help and guidance to look at where you are today and what has brought you to this point in your life
- A chance to explore what’s holding you back, and what resources you have that will support you moving forward
- To look at the choices you currently see for yourself now and the criteria you use to evaluate these choices
- To put together a life map for the journey through change
It’s Time To Journey Beyond Your Fears And Follow Your Smile. Here Is The 6 Step Process…
- Step #1. Clarity: Living the life you love starts with knowing what that is. Everything flows from the vision of your right and ideal life. Knowing what kind of life you want to create gives you unstoppable power. Clarity is key!
- Step #2. Eliminate: Once you have a clear vision, you need to eliminate anything that is not in alignment with it. That means clearing out junk, clutter and energy drains to free up room and let your new vision in.
- Step #3. Intention: Thoughts become things. What you intend is what your life becomes. Your intention is a specific statement of clarity containing what you want, why you want it, and when you want it by.
- Step #4. Attention: The habit of attention is a daily practice. Remember, where focus goes energy flows. Therefore, it is important to build daily rituals, practices and habits into your life since these will help you to stay focus only on what you want – your intention.
- Step #5. Action: This step is not about taking any kind of action – it is about taking inspired action. Follow your smile (inspiration) and watch for clues, be conscious. If the action is “smile on”, it will feel effortless. If it’s not, it will feel like a struggle.
- Step #6. Release: Let go of your expectations of ‘how’ your intention will manifest by ‘unsetting’ your head. This allows your heart to stay open and see the opportunities in everything that manifests in your life.
When is it being held?
The Your Call To Adventure retreat runs between the 21st – 27th April 2013.
How Much Does It Cost?
Our commitment – Matt and I are not in this to make a profit. For us it’s a chance to give back by doing something significant, so we give our time freely. This means you only pay for the direct costs of running the retreat and a nominal amount to keep the venture running (that’s at least a £800 saving!).
Full Price: £695 per person
Included in the price – 6 nights accommodation, shuttle to and from Morocco and local beauty spots, ferry tickets, breakfast, lunch, evening meal and light refreshments throughout the day (plus a couple of bottles of wine each day!) and all the “Your Call To Adventure” course materials. Basically everything!!!
**Not included in the price – All travel arrangements to/from the retreat base in Spain are your responsibility and are at your own cost
Your commitment - We only request one thing – at the end, if you feel you’ve got value from the Your Call To Adventure retreat, you pay an amount of money or time, of your choosing, to one of your favourite charities. This will then be posted on the website. So far we have raised £89,678 for a number of different charities.
Matt and I look forward to helping you start you on a profound personal journey to a more authentic life.
Make 2013 your year to “heed your call” and start your Hero’s journey to the life you love. The “Your Call To Adventure” retreat is your chance to stop the struggle, overcome your blocks and make your life a master piece.
Hit the big yellow button below and register yourself on the Your Call To Adventure retreat the 21st – 27th April. Once you have registered you’ll only need to pay a deposit of £100 to secure your place. The final settlement of £595 will be paid 6 weeks before the event starts.
Your inspiration. My passion
Colin (aka The Midlife Maverick)
P.S. Once you register I will send you a full itinerary and briefing pack.
P.P.S Questions? Contact me at info@midlifemaverick.com
Case Study
Here is how Steve & Lynda used the 6 steps to follow their smile and take their Hero’s journey.
Two years ago Steve and Lynda sat down to seriously re-think their lives. A couple in their fifties, they sensed it was time to move to a new chapter in their life. Lynda wanted to bail out of her corporate PR job and make a living out of her passion for floristry. Steve wanted to spend more time on his beloved yacht, moored in the stunning Bala Lake in North Wales, whilst maintaining his business interests.
They started by creating a vision board, which contained images and sentences describing the life they aimed to create in the next three years (clarity). After careful consideration, they decided to scale back their lifestyle, sell their family home in North London and purchase a smaller two bedroom house close to Bala Lake.
This intended move required them to simplify their life and de-clutter (eliminate) a lot of ‘stuff’ they had collected over the years. Sorting everything out to fit the space they were planning to move into felt to Lynda both overwhelming and liberating. She couldn’t believe how much ‘stuff’ they owned!
Lynda and Steve set a specific goal (intention) to simply their life, find a property and move to Wales within the year. They were very clear on the type of home they wanted, including its appearance, the number of rooms and the size of the land surrounding the house. One of the requirements was for Lynda to have a little studio on the premises.
Due to the tough economic climate, selling the house in North London took a lot longer than expected and ultimately the sale price was not as much as Lynda and Steve would have liked. This was a disappointment and the couple had to find a way to make their new budget work. But, throughout all this time, they never lost sight of what they wanted to create for themselves (attention).
After a few months and lots of travelling back and forth from Wales looking at many different properties (action), they made an offer on a house. It was half a mile from the lake and met all the criteria they had set for their perfect home. No sooner had they popped the Champaign bottle open in celebration, than the real estate agent called to say the seller had accepted another offer. Another huge disappointment.
After discussing the loss of their dream home, they decided to let go, relax and trust that the right home was out there and would come to them (release). A week later their real estate agent called again. Another home had just become available. It was so new that the agent didn’t have any details; however Lynda and Steve decided to look at it the next day. The house was not only perfect, it was at walking distance from the lake and had an outbuilding that could be converted into a studio for Lynda. They made an offer there and then and it was accepted.
Twenty months after creating their vision board, Lynda and Steve moved to Wales to start their new life.
The moral of this story is that you can create a life by design when you heed Your Call To Adventure