2024 Self-Love

Women’s Retreat

Saturday, September 14, 2024

The 4th annual self-love women’s retreat through Empower You Women is designed to help jumpstart your self-love journey.

The mission for this day is to help you focus your efforts and get clarity on ways to practice healthier self-care. We want you to walk away ready to live a more joyful life and inspired to chase your dreams and experience fulfillment. We believe this starts with self-love. And we give you tools and inspiration to start that journey.

You belong at this event if any of these sound like you:

  • You spend a lot of time caring for everyone else, but little to none on yourself.

  • You want guidance on how to start a better self-care practice.

  • You crave the connection of female friendships to support you on your journey.

  • You’ve recently gone through a huge life change and are ready to focus on yourself.

  • You’re committed to your own health and well-being.

  • You’re ready to invest your time and energy into creating a more fulfilled life.

  • You want to experience joy and balance.

In 2024, we will be focused on:

  • Body Bonding: reuniting with your own body and changing your coping responses with health coach Lena Garza

  • Intrinsic motivation and goal setting, making the time for self-care with life coach Rachel Go

  • The power of meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork to keep your body, mind, and soul connected with Dr. Irene Luc

  • Embracing your body and all its beauty through a personal portrait session with Jamie Kincaid of JK Photos

  • Creating authentic connections with other women who are ready to support you on your journey.

Meet the Presenters


  • Host & Photographer

    Jamie is the founder and creative force behind JK Photos and Empower You Women. She created her photography business out of a love for storytelling and art, and has since grown it into a movement toward lifting others up, creating community, and helping people thrive. She specializes in branding photography for entrepreneurs but still loves family and senior photo sessions.

    Through Empower You Women Jamie’s annual retreats embody the ideas of community over competition and practicing self-care as an act of love. These retreats are a full day for women to step out of hustle mode and get back to the heart of who they are, empowering them through resources, connection, and growth, to begin to live a more fulfilled and joyful life.

    Her work has been featured in local publications Tumbleweird and Taylored Living Magazine, as well as the Visit TriCities Guide. In an effort to support local nonprofits she believes in, Jamie provides free and low-cost services to organizations that embody progress, love, and acceptance. Some of the organizations she has supported are Tri-Cities Pride, the Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Program, Mikey’s Chance Canine Rescue, PFLAG, and the Players Theater. Jamie is a self-proclaimed hippie and lives in the Tri-Cities, WA with her husband, daughter, and pack of dogs.


  • Dr. Irene started as an artist and found she could be just as creative in medicine as well as on canvas. She believes that treating both the brain and body together is how to address chronic conditions. During her 20+year career, she extended her studies to neuroscience and how the brain processes pain, emotions and trauma which she blends in her current practice.  Dr. Irene  is a Therapeutic Pain Specialist, Anxiety Rehabilitation Provider and Sexual Health Consultant.   She focuses on helping women understand and overcome their pain using somatic techniques and brain training to help them reconnect their brains and bodies so they can be in control of their health again.  Her greatest joy is helping people find their voice and share their stories.  She lives and works in Tricities, WA and enjoys all things outdoors especially fishing!

    Learn more about her practice Mind Door, LLC here:

    HTTPS://mind-door.com

  • Rachael go is midwestern native who has lived in the Pacific Northwest for nearly 18 years. Rachael has utilized her strong interpersonal skills derived from her over 20 year profession as a nail tech, and her passion for helping others into creating a career out of helping others learn to love themselves and achieve their dreams. Rachael has recently turned her focus on helping the biracial & multiracial community by focusing on self views and self identity. Rachael still prides herself in helping clients of all backgrounds fully embrace their unique strengths, and learn what it means to love themselves.

    You can find out more about Rachael by visiting her Instagram Page: @polished.velvet


  • Lena Garza is an NCCA certified coach with a private practice, Nourished by Design L.L.C, where she coaches clients one-on-one, offers accountability partnerships & facilitates corporate and community wellness workshops.

    Using her specialized coaching techniques, she teaches busy professional skills they need to stay energized, reduce fatigue, improve brain clarity, overall health and outlook on life. Through her effective coaching, these skills equip individuals with the ability to practice work/life balance, enhance workplace productivity and reduce absenteeism. She guides people on how to gain awareness and take action to remove obstacles that may be holding them back thus allowing each to reach their optimal individual health life-style goals.

    For more information, please visit
    www.nourishedbydesigncoach.com
    or contact Lena Garza
    directly at 509.588.9989
    Lena@nourishedbydesgncoach.com    , FB @Nourished.by.design.coach


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2022 Women's Self-Love Retreat
2023 Women's Self-Love Retreat

Reviews from former attendees

  • A, 2023 Retreat Attendee

    It was a beautiful day of connecting with myself, recognizing I’m not the only one who suffers from self-doubt, there is a community of like minded people who need someone like you in their corner. It was a reintroduction to the world of self care and the different ways you can fill your cup so you can pour into others.

  • T, 2021 Retreat Attendee

    These women built me up and helped me break down these walls/barriers that I had allowed to build up and lock me in a box for so long. And it’s not like they all just sat around and told me whatever I wanted to hear, we cried together, laughed together shared some really hard stories and experiences and by hearing the things these beautiful amazing strong women had to share I realized I’m not alone. I can overcome the things that have happened to me and don’t have to choose to let them define who I will be as a women, friend, daughter, sister or mother. I am so glad I attended this retreat & truly feel like every women should experience something like this in their lifetime!

  • R, 2021 Retreat Attendee

    Well I loved how diverse it was, so many different walks of life and ages. I loved that hall the speakers also so different and brought so much to offer. I was very surprised at how comfortable I felt, I let it all out… like Allll but I love that I felt safe enough to do so!

  • S, 2022 Retreat Attendee

    This experience was so powerful and restorative. Go with an open mind and heart and you will leave with your cup filled, feeling like you have better tools for whatever you’re dealing with in life. Jamie did an amazing job at creating a space that was empowering and uplifting.

  • M, 2022 Retreat Attendee

    It's a great time to reflect on yourself and being able to put ourselves first is refreshing for the soul.

2024 Sponsors

Are you ready?

You deserve to experience all the joy that life has to offer. To be able to take back your time and your energy and tell the world exactly what you need and want. You deserve to put yourself first. You deserve to thrive.

It’s not selfish – it’s necessary.

Invest in your wellness and take part in this transformative day.

Payment plans available for all Empower You Retreats.

Say yes to your self-love journey.

You will also enjoy perks, including:

  • Catered meals, drinks, and snacks provided throughout the day

  • A SWAG bag of self-care items and locally sourced goods

  • Gallery of images from your portrait session with options to purchase digital images or prints to showcase your beauty in your home

  • Access to our private Empower You Women Facebook group, where you will receive continued support, self-care tips, and invitations to sisterhood meetups throughout the year.

A tray of desserts sponsored by Layered Cake Artistry at the first annual self-love women's retreat.

Registration is over. Click the button below to get on the waitlist for the 2025 Self-Love Women’s Retreat.

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Installment plans are available, select which option you’d like on the registration form.

Investment

FAQ:

  • One of the core pillars of Empower You Retreats is connection. We spend the day supporting authentic and positive connections and most women walk away with new friends as well as the self-care resources they’ve gained.

  • Short answer: It is not.

    Long answer: Empower You Retreats were originally created to fill a void in the Tri-Cities, WA area. At the time, all local retreats were centered on business or Christianity and if you didn’t fit into those categories you were out of luck. Empower You Retreats are focused on the woman as a whole human, and while some attendees and presenters have deep and varying religious beliefs, we work hard to create a space that is welcoming and secular.

  • Click on one of the registration buttons on this page, fill out the form, and make sure you submit it. That starts the registration process!

  • You don’t have to! Eventbrite is another marketing tool that allows me to reach more people! Filling out the registration form linked on this page doesn’t deal with Eventbrite at all, and the only fee you pay is Sales Tax… because unfortunately it’s required by law.

  • Absolutely! I understand the need for budgeting. That’s part of why I announce my retreats so far in advance of the retreat date. When you register you can choose a payment plan option and it will automatically be applied to your invoice.

  • Short answer: Nope!

    Long answer: I did host a Goddess Retreat in early 2023 focused on exploring metaphysical practices and energy work. That retreat was beautiful and, yes, a little witchy, and it was advertised as such. I have never withheld information pertinent to attendees making an informed decision to attend my retreats. I believe in full transparency and honesty. The 2024 Self-Love Women’s Retreat is exactly as it is advertised: a safe space for women to come together, learn self-care resources and tools, and grow.