Mother Hunger® Immersive Retreat
Many trauma survivors hold their breath and their bodies tightly, bracing themselves for whatever is coming next. Staying alert for years takes a toll. It’s essential to have spaces where you can take your armor off.
This retreat is one of those sacred spaces.
ONE SPOT LEFT
FOR OCTOBER 2023!
October 13 – 16
Sometimes, the survival mechanisms and belief systems that help us survive our childhoods do not serve us well later in life. A therapeutic experience that is safe, enlightening, and challenging can help us heal those early wounds, reclaim the spirit that we were born with, and return us to our authentic selves. Participating in this retreat will help you recognize and remember your innate self-worth, and celebrate the whole person you were meant to be.
Aluera (uh-Lure-a) v.: I will nourish, cherish, support, develop, connect.
Mother Hunger Trained Facilitator, Emily Grimes MSW, LCSW chose the name Aluera, Inc. for her retreat ventures. Aluera is an adaptation of the future tense Latin word ‘alere’ (to nourish, cherish, support). Latin is the foundation of the language we use to communicate. We communicate with words in order to understand concepts and connect with others. Connecting with others in relationship is how we take the first step towards our own healing.
At Aluera, Inc. we are proud to provide a gentle, supportive, and nourishing immersive healing experience at each of our retreats. After many hours of consultation and conceptualization, Emily Grimes, MSW, LCSW has created a Mother Hunger Immersive Retreat experience based upon the world-renowned work of Copyright Kelly McDaniel, and her book “Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection and Guidance” and kellymcdanieltherapy.com, All rights reserved.
Aluera, Inc. is the only clinical practice in the country offering an in-person immersive retreat for women with Mother Hunger. Our priority at these retreats is to lead you through your Mother Hunger healing journey in a safe, gentle, and nurturing environment.
The Mother Hunger Immersive Retreat includes a safe and gentle dive into the roots of our Mother Hunger and we will begin healing together in a supportive and safe environment.
In our safe container that allows for trust, connection, and respect, your most difficult issues and painful experiences can be shared and worked through at your own pace. In this healing space you will discover yourself through a community where vulnerability and honesty are valued.
Facilitated by licensed clinician Emily Grimes, MSW, LCSW, resources will be shared in a structured, informational, and instruction-based format. We will also focus on the “group process,” which involves the interpersonal interactions and dynamics of the group’s members and their individual experiences.
You will notice improved emotional regulation through dynamic interactions and reflection, learning the tools to heal from the intimate attachment injury of Mother Hunger.
Retreat Details
Our retreats are located in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Each 4 day, 3 night retreat includes:
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Morning meditations and grounding exercises to prepare our nervous systems for the healing work.
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Mother Hunger trained facilitator, Emily Grimes, MSW, LCSW will guide our safe container through psychoeducation, empathic understanding of this attachment injury and facilitate the unique opportunity of group process.
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Group process discussions will focus on the effects of lost nurturance, protection, and guidance and the carried shame, disenfranchised grief, frozen grief, and apology ache that often accompanies this loss. Participants will receive multiple perspectives, support, encouragement and nonjudgmental feedback from other individuals in safe and confidential environment.
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We will also discuss and process how to begin and continue the grief work necessary for healing Mother Hunger and how to engage in effective and compassionate grieving.
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In addition, there are two licensed therapists at the retreat available for one on one processing, as desired, throughout the duration of your stay.
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Evening sessions will conclude with Yoga Nidra, Sound Healing, and/or other integration exercises to guide your inner child towards connection with the functional adult you have become. In these moments, we will rediscover any lost abilities to experience joy and a secure knowing of your innate worth and value.
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Luxury accommodations, which include your own private room and bathroom.
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Delicious, healthy meals for your entire stay prepared by a local professional chef.
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Private sessions with a Trauma-Informed Body Worker / Reiki Master.
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Guided Yoga, Meditation, and Sound Healing with a Certified Trauma-Informed Meditation & Yoga Instructor.
- Time healing in Mother Nature nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Mother Hunger Immersive Retreat Handbook – 100-page spiral bound, with psychoeducational materials and journal prompts.
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Welcome gifts.
- Local transportation.*
*Flights not included. When you arrive in North Carolina, we will provide transportation for you from the nearest airport to the retreat, and then after the retreat ends, we will provide transportation back to the nearest airport.
“My daughter and family have been in treatment for 3 years. We’ve seen such
amazing and positive changes in our family. We owe it all to Grimes Effective Counseling. I recommend your practice whenever possible.”
16511 Northcross Drive Suite C Huntersville, NC 28078
Front Desk & Referrals (704) 877-7503
Billing: (704) 995-3168
