Step away from your life for two days, and find out what 48 hours of high-level, personalized support would do for you.
Spring Parenting Retreat!
May 2-4, in beautiful Northern California
Only 20 spots TOTAL.
REST, RECOVER, AND RENEW ON OUR
Two nights in a designer-renovated Michelin hotel, with amazing beds, and an awesome snack lounge. No one to interrupt your sleep, citrus trees outside your window, and a gorgeous redwood forest just a few minutes away.
COMFORT & COMMUNITY
Two full days to dive into yourself, your kids, and your story of parenthood. Reflecting, journaling, connecting with others, and spending time in nature. Twelve exercises that will bring you back to yourself, and then back to your people more grounded, empowered, and skilled than before.
SOUL-NOURISHING CONTENT
No need to cook a meal or wash a single dish. Instead, get cooked FOR by Sonoma County Chef Liza Hinman, who will delight you with local, healthy, and mouthwatering dishes all weekend long. And yes, special diets can be accommodated.
SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD
WHAT TO EXPECT
- N.S
This sounds so nourishing. Thank you for all you do to keep the MFA community going and make it a safe space for all of us. I don't know what I'd do without a place to experience normalization of my experience as a parent. You change lives. 💛
Abigail Wald is a parenting educator who has become the go-to personal mentor for thousands of parents all over the world over the last 11 years. A sought-after speaker, her parenting podcasts have over 1.5 million downloads, and her live talks at summits and schools leave parents grateful for her relatability, humor, and paradigm-shifting approach.
She normally works with parents online, across 16 different countries, in her signature 6 month transformative parenting program. This is the first time she will be hosting a live in-person weekend retreat, giving parents a quicker, more affordable, real-time transformation experience.
No matter how you work with Abigail, what you will get is her uncanny ability to help you be the exact parent your child needs you to be in any given moment. The result? A child that feels deeply understood, with tons of self-esteem, and real-world skills. And you, their loving parent who helped them get there.
YOUR HOST: Abigail Wald
PARENTING MENTOR, PODCASTER, AUTHOR
YOUR ITINERARY
Join us for this transformational weekend retreat designed exclusively for parents who are ready to step away from the daily grind and into a space of clarity, connection, and renewal. Over the course of 48 hours, we will explore what it means to parent with confidence, joy, and resilience. Through deep conversations, interactive workshops, and time in nature, you’ll gain fresh insights, reframe challenges, and reconnect with your own wisdom. Expect breakthroughs, a renewed sense of purpose, and healing laughter – all in a stunning, restorative setting with incredible food and a supportive community. You’ll leave with practical tools, a lighter heart, and a small custom gift to carry home as a reminder of your transformation.
Day-by-Day Overview:
Friday evening: CRACKING OPEN
We begin with a fun ritual called the "Brag & Drag", where we celebrate what's going well in our parenting and in our lives, as well as explore an area that's been hard lately. We then set intentions for this weekend, and how we will use it to to gain clarity, and move forward. Over dinner, we deepen connections through a guided listening exercise to set the change in motion.
Saturday: DIVING DEEP
We dive into our signature MFA approach, applying it to your real life parenting struggles, followed by a session on Polyvagal Theory to help you learn concrete ways to regulate your and your kids' nervous systems. We follow this with a powerful writing exercise to shift how we view our struggles, before taking a hike into the redwoods for a moving confessions circle, where we will learn just how unalone we truly are. We end the evening with some fun and some play (it's a surprise, or I'd say more!)
Sunday: RISING UP
The final morning is for celebrating the new possibilities we've unlocked in our parenthood journey and crafting vision boards to solidify this new potential. We close with a powerful teaching on how to tap into the incredible influence we parents have on our children, before sealing the weekend with a small custom gift that will leave you with a tangible reminder of your personal transformation.
Come for clarity, leave with confidence. This is your time.
All weekend long, we will be cared for by Chef Liza Hinman, as she welcomes us into her incredible award winning restaurant The Spinster Sisters for a beautiful dinner on Friday evening, and catered lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Chef Liza is a mother to three young children, and resides with her husband, Joe Stewart of The Downtown Bakery, in Northern Sonoma County. In 2017, she also completed The James Beard Foundation’s inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.
Liza's meals will fill your belly, and your heart as well!
YOUR CHEF
You'll get both mid-century style and modern comfort in your lovely room at the Michelin recommended Astro Motel! Each room is designed with a queen-sized Casper mattress and high-thread-count linens, perfect for a cozy night’s sleep. Between the newly remodeled bathroom featuring a luxurious rainfall shower, the aesthetic mid-century furniture, a wall-mounted TV, air-conditioning, and a desk for you to journal at, you should find yourself at home. (But with no chance of stepping on any painful Legos on your way to the bathroom 🤪!)
YOUR AccomModations
Our community started in Los Angeles with small in person gatherings in 2014, then morphed into meeting exclusively on Zoom, and as we did so, grew to include parents from over 16 countries! Over the last decade, we have had groups of our parents do spontaneous meetups around the United States, Japan, Denmark, and the United Kingdom.
And now it's time to finally have an official first-ever MFA Retreat, open to parents who are brand new to this incredible parenting approach, as well as to the thousands of parents who have found MFA to be an indispensable piece of their parenting journey. ❤️
While this event is open to all, we can only host up to 20 of you right now, so if you want to hop in, let us know to save your spot!!
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THE MFA COMMUNITY
Beautiful weather.
Gorgeous coastline.
Majestic redwood groves.
SANTA ROSA, CA
WHERE WE'LL BE:
- K.B.
The thought of sharing this weekend with you is utterly amazing and healing.
Contact me and ask! If you'd like to meet me beforehand and ask your questions in person, please book a time here.
Do you have a question I have not addressed?
We know everyone has different needs. You are free to arrive/leave whenever you need to but we encourage you to stay for the full experience, as we are building something super special for you all.
Is it ok if I come a little late or leave a little early?
Absolutely! This experience is open to all parents of kids aged 2-18 who are ready to spend a weekend making genuine personal and parenting progress. If you have worked with me before, then you can rest assured this will be a whole new level of Mother Flipping Awesome.👏
Is it okay to join this if I have never worked with you before?
Our community has at times held meetups where whole families have been welcome. This one is for parents only. If you'd like to come as a couple and share a room, you will receive a discount on your second ticket, to make up for the second room you are not booking.
Can I bring my kids? Or my coparent?
I would still encourage you to consider staying in the hotel as giving yourself a neutral space for two nights can really help you reset. If you do indeed need or want to stay at home, then we will refund you back the amount allotted for accommodations.
What if I want to come but live nearby and don't need the hotel part?
Common FAQs
STS, SFO, or OAK all work well. You want to land between 12-2ish if possible on Friday, and take off after 3ish on Sunday. When you sign up, I will call you and help you make the best flight arrangements for yourself.
What airport would I fly into?
I know that as parents, we are so needed by our families, pulled in a thousand different directions all the time. This is precisely why I invite you to pause for one moment.
To take stock.
To reconsider.
To zoom out and make sure you like where you are headed.
To imagine new possibilities.
To remember you are not just a sandwich maker,
You are a soul shaper.
And you deserve to be honored.
I hope you'll consider joining us,
so you can jump back into the fray
from a whole new vantage point.
