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Tangled Grief Retreats
Where we are led is where we will go.
Maybe 30A. Maybe another country. We follow where God leads. That is the point. That is the faith.
To live, you have to take a new step in a direction you have never seen before.
This is faith. We are taking a leap of faith together that Jesus will restore you. I built what I wish had existed when my son died.
And He will.
Every retreat is different. Every retreat is unique. Each one is prayed over and cultivated based on community love — built around exactly what the mamas in that space need. We walk the line of I am choosing me. We share the story. We walk the line. We choose that we can.
And with Jesus, we can be reborn, restored, and renewed as He needs us to live.
We cannot do this without Him. And this is a place where we find out what child loss does to the body — but we also open up to those we love, knowing what happened, happened. Now how do we walk forward in His name?
We do it together.
What are Tangled Grief Retreats?
Grief changes more than your heart. It changes your body, your mind, your relationships, your faith, and the way you move through everyday life.
Many mothers spend years surviving. They wake up exhausted. They isolate. They stop dreaming. They feel stuck but can’t explain why. They wonder if this is simply who they’ve become.
It doesn’t have to stay that way.
Tangled Grief Retreats are designed to help you understand what grief and trauma have been doing inside your nervous system while gently creating space to reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the life that still exists beside your grief.
This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping you understand you.
You won’t be asked to sit in a circle and retell every detail of your child’s death. We honor your story, but we don’t believe healing comes from reliving the hardest day of your life over and over again.
Instead, we create experiences that help your body begin to feel safe enough to breathe again.
Sometimes that looks like quiet conversation.
Sometimes it’s sitting beside the ocean.
Sometimes it’s paddleboarding.
Sometimes it’s laughter around a dinner table.
Sometimes it’s worship.
Sometimes it’s complete silence.
Every retreat is intentionally designed to help you experience life again—not without your child, but with your child’s love always remaining part of you.
The love is endless. And love is life-changing.
Upcoming Retreat Experiences:
Signature Retreats
Multi-day retreats for grieving mothers that combine connection, nervous system education, rest, faith, and meaningful experiences in beautiful places.
Returning Momma Retreat
An invitation exclusively for mothers who have previously attended a Tangled Grief retreat. A chance to reconnect, rest, laugh, and continue growing alongside women who already know your heart.
Day Retreats
Thoughtfully designed one-day experiences hosted throughout the year in different locations. Each retreat offers space to pause, reconnect, and experience practical tools that support life alongside grief.
A Day At The Beach with Julie
A private, one-on-one retreat experience on Florida’s Emerald Coast.
Spend the day together in a way that’s completely customized to where you are. Your day might include coffee by the water, a beach walk, paddleboarding, lunch, quiet conversation, a boat excursion, gentle nervous system practices, prayer, journaling, or simply space to exhale.
No two experiences are alike because no two grief stories are alike.
If you want to be part of a Lord-led community — let's talk.
This is not about living in the past. You do that already. This is about how do I live forward.
This is the first year I chose to live in ten years. This year I choose to see God's love. As the sinner that I am. And I want you to walk with me.
These retreats are life savers. I invite you to sit with me. It's hard. But life can be beautiful in a brand new way.
I am waiting.
-Julie
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