Honoring their Light: A Grief Retreat for Parents
With Jacqueline Campbell and Julie Brown
October 30 - November 2, 2026
We understand that the holiday season can be a profoundly difficult time when you are mourning the loss of a child. The traditions, the gatherings, and the shifting seasons can amplify your grief. But you do not have to carry this heavy burden alone.
We invite you to step away from the noise of the world and join us for a deeply restorative 4-Day Retreat, created exclusively for parents navigating the journey of child loss.
This intimate gathering is designed to be a gentle, loving space where you can rest, reflect, and find moments of peace. Rather than “fixing” your grief, we offer a safe, magical container to honor your love, hold space for your pain, and begin navigating the holiday season with a community that truly understands.
Our Healing Journey Includes:
Guided Forest Bathing: Reconnect with nature’s healing rhythms. Through slow, sensory-based walks under the forest canopy, you will be invited to let go of expectations, ground your mind, and find quiet comfort.
Immersive Sound Journeys: Allow soothing sound frequencies and vibrations to wash over you, releasing emotional tension, calming your nervous system, and restoring a sense of inner harmony.
Art Honoring Your Child: Participate in mindful, expressive art sessions dedicated to celebrating your child’s life and the beautiful, enduring connection you share with them.
Alongside these magical, therapeutic experiences, you will have ample time for quiet reflection, sharing circles with fellow bereaved parents, and nourishing your mind, body, and spirit.
As you tend your broken heart, how would it feel to ...
- watch the sun rise or set over the land and sea, or …
- sleep in as late as you’d like … then
- enjoy your coffee or tea while taking in the seascape … and maybe
- walk in the woods or on the beach … or possibly
- get a massage or have some energy work … and definitely
- a nap!
- And then perhaps read … or
- take a meditative walk on the labyrinth … and then
- write a bit in a journal or color or paint your insights … and if you feel super energetic
- take a walk or run on local trails … or
- enjoy stretching in a yoga or tai chi class … and to
- take a sauna or rest on the biomat before enjoying …
- delicious, nutricious, lovingly created meals and treats … while
- meeting new friends, and if the weather permits …
- sitting by the bonfire as the sun sets,
- and so much more!
Leaders
Jacqueline Campbell
Jacqueline Campbell is a joyful healer and retreat facilitator, who brings both lived experience and professional training to her work with individuals and community. Whether soulfully guiding groups in nature immersion walks, exuding creativity in art projects, or coaxing soothing sounds from her singing bowls, fairy dust pours from Jacqueline’s fingers! After the devastating loss of her two adult sons, she has centered her work on holistic approaches to healing. She is an SART (Substance Abuse Therapist) and CADC. She is also a Reiki practitioner, sound healer, forest bathing practitioner, and art therapy practitioner. Her approach is trauma-informed, heart centered…
Learn more about Jacqueline Campbell
Jacqueline Campbell is a joyful healer and retreat facilitator, who brings both lived experience and professional training to her work with individuals and community. Whether soulfully guiding groups in nature immersion walks, exuding creativity in art projects, or coaxing soothing sounds from her singing bowls, fairy dust pours from Jacqueline’s fingers! After the devastating loss of her two adult sons, she has centered her work on holistic approaches to healing. She is an SART (Substance Abuse Therapist) and CADC. She is also a Reiki practitioner, sound healer, forest bathing practitioner, and art therapy practitioner. Her approach is trauma-informed, heart centered…
Learn more about Jacqueline Campbell
Julie Brown
Julie Brown is a wife, mother, grandmother, writer and life adventurer who resides in Windham, Maine. She is the author of “Building a Life: A Mother’s Healing Journey of Self-Discovery”. You can find her blog at www.lifewithjuliebrown. Julie spent many years working as a caregiver in the healthcare field before searching for a more gentle way to balance family, work and life in general. Using her care skills was both deeply fulfilling and also exhausting when one of her adult children became terminally ill. As a mother of child loss, she is grateful to have shared her story on a…
Learn more about Julie Brown
Julie Brown is a wife, mother, grandmother, writer and life adventurer who resides in Windham, Maine. She is the author of “Building a Life: A Mother’s Healing Journey of Self-Discovery”. You can find her blog at www.lifewithjuliebrown. Julie spent many years working as a caregiver in the healthcare field before searching for a more gentle way to balance family, work and life in general. Using her care skills was both deeply fulfilling and also exhausting when one of her adult children became terminally ill. As a mother of child loss, she is grateful to have shared her story on a…
Learn more about Julie Brown