Workshop led by Certified Trainers, Lindsay St. Antoine and Tony Shawcross.
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YOUR AUTHENTIC LIFE: A 7-Day Radical Honesty Retreat
Come remember who you were before the world told you who to be.
“The retreat helped me continue to see, and believe, that I’m at my best when I can bring my misfit parts up into the light and reclaim them. I’ve learned I can tolerate my shames and my secrets and all my feelings, and this opens up so damn much for me in life: self-love, connection with others, getting what I want, and letting go of things I didn’t need to carry in the first place.” J.P.
Join us for Your Authentic Life for a truly transformational experience.
You’ll be supported to open up, let yourself be, and express yourself in new ways, all while soaking up the unique beauty and magic of the Costa Rican Jungle.
The retreat will be a mix of intensity and relaxation. While designed to be profound and challenging in all the ways you expect from a Radical Honesty event, it is NOT one of our Radical Honesty 8-day intensives. There will be plenty of time for exploring in nature, chilling in a hammock, and spending your evenings as you please.
Free yourself up to show up boldly, live confidently, and fully be you.
At this 7-day retreat, you’ll have opportunities to…
Get in touch with your body, better understand what it’s telling you, and use it to help guide your choices
Recognize and interrupt people-pleasing or co-dependent patterns
Work on being with, digesting, and integrating past experiences so you’re able to live more fully in the present
Let go of “shoulds” and start acting from what actually matters to you
Identify the habits that keep you stuck, and start shifting them
And you’ll leave with powerful tools and insights to approach your life with more honesty, acceptance, and clarity. You’ll likely feel a new sort of comfort in your own skin, a growing confidence in your ability to be with challenging experiences, and a deeper sense of freedom to express yourself, just as you are in any moment.
Discover how showing up authentically is one of the most powerful steps toward creating the life you want.
IS THIS RETREAT FOR ME?
This retreat might be for you if…
You seem “fine" on the outside, but feel disconnected, stuck, or chronically dissatisfied internally
You’re a people-pleaser, conflict-avoider, or caretaker & feel burned-out, under-appreciated, or unseen
You find yourself repeating unhelpful, stagnating patterns—whether in dating, work, or friendships
You’re out of touch with your desires and you second-guess your choices
You sometimes worry you’re “too much"—too loud, too emotional, too moody, and you wonder what it might be like to just let yourself be too much
You want to stop overthinking, start trusting yourself more, and move through your life with more clarity and confidence
This retreat is absolutely for LGBTQIA+ folks, ages from young adults to seniors, and those who’ve never done a Radical Honesty workshop.
For notes on accessibility please see the FAQs section at the bottom of this page.
***This retreat may be an emotionally intense experience for you—it is for most. We will spend a lot of our time focusing on remaining present in our bodies and present to our individual experiences; we will also spend time expressing and processing emotions, including sadness, resentment, and appreciation, and there will inevitably be crying and raised voices, along with lightness and laughter. If you have unaddressed trauma this workshop may not be a healthy choice for you.***
WHAT’S INVOLVED
The retreat includes daily light, casual yoga, 3 healthy vegetarian meals a day, and private or shared accommodations—all in a stunning eco-retreat center with a secluded stream, pools, and waterfalls, surrounded by magical flora and fauna.
During our workshop sessions we’ll be doing a mix of:
Paired and group exercises
Group discussions
Somatic practices
Gestalt-style hotseat work
Personal in-session coaching
…all with two certified and experienced Radical Honesty Trainers.
You’ll be supported in meeting the parts of yourself you’ve exiled or judged—your desire, shame, neediness, and anger—and in working with, instead of against them. You'll better understand how you self-sabotage, project, and respond to triggers, and how honesty can be a medicine for anxiety and depression, all so you can live more boldly, and shape a life that's authentic, exciting, and deeply gratifying.
Embrace your power to claim,
align with, and create
the life of your dreams.
WEEKLONG SCHEDULE
We’ll begin with an evening session and then 6 full days in sessions will follow.
DAY 1: November 9 (FIRST EVENING SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
6:30-8:30pm
Arrive anytime November 9th. The program will begin with a group dinner at Cascada Elysiana at 6:30pm, followed by brief introductions. (We will solidify the schedule for the first evening when within a couple months of the retreat.)
DAY 2 - 7: November 10 - 15
10am - 5:30pm
All day workshop centered around group and partner exercises.
3 meals/day provided, and breaks throughout the day.
Optional (casually guided, brief) daily yoga at 8am and group breakfast at 8:30am, then session begins at 10.
DAILY SCHEDULE
8am Optional Yoga and Meditation
8:45am Breakfast
10am-1pm Morning Workshop Session
1-1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-5:30pm Afternoon Session
5:30-6pm Dinner
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
You can transform your life.
Practicing Radical Honesty can help you to
heal the past, foster connection, and create the life you truly desire.
LOCATION & TRAVEL
Cascada Elysiana, San José Province, Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
The eco resort, Cascada Elysiana, is seated in the valley of San Juan de Dios in Costa Rica, near Dominical.
For how to get there, see the FAQs at the bottom of this page.
ACCOMMODATION & RATES
Shared rooms, private rooms in shared homes, and private cabins are available.
Price ranges from $1500 to $3200 depending on the accommodations you choose. All options include 3 meals/day and workshop sessions.
REGISTRATION
Register by making a $1500 non-refundable deposit. If the rate for your accommodation choice is more than $1500, then we’ll be in touch to coordinate your additional payment which will be due on or before November 1st, 2025.
Come relax, relate, and retreat with us in the lush beauty of Costa Rica
If this retreat seems to be what you’re looking for but you’re hesitant for any reason and you’ve got questions or concerns, then please reach out! You can contact me, Lindsay, at takerootcoach@gmail.com and I’m happy to write and answer your questions, or to set up a time to chat.
WORKSHOP FACILITATORS
Your workshop will be led by Radical Honesty Trainers Lindsay St. Antoine and Tony Shawcross.
Lindsay St. Antoine
Lindsay St. Antoine
I partner with folks who are ready and aspiring to get free and intimate through self revealing, who are eager to emerge as their bold, authentic selves and create a life of exhilarating self expression and deep realness.
I’m an honesty coach and Radical Honesty Trainer in Denver, Colorado. In addition to providing honesty coaching, I also lead in-person and online Radical Honesty workshops.
I began working with Radical Honesty Enterprises in 2014, filling many roles within the company, ending with my role as COO in 2021. I was certified as a Radical Honesty Trainer in 2017.
I have a great capacity for being with and fully witnessing people in their shame, embarrassment, anger or darker emotions, and ushering in whatever naturally arises for them in those spaces, and then what emerges in the clearing. I support people to stick with themselves (and each other) in these vulnerable and often uncomfortable spaces, and fully experience their whole experience. In doing so, shifts can occur, full body forgiveness naturally arises, and they may come to know themselves and be able to share themselves fully with others.
Tony Shawcross
Radical Honesty has given me greater access to understanding my body, my subconscious mind, and my internal biases and filters than I ever had before.
As long as I can remember, I've had a passion for unbridled, authentic conversations and collaborative creative expression, and am grateful for how Radical Honesty has contributed to my work in film, music and writing. -Tony
Tony worked closely with Brad Blanton and Radical Honesty beginning in 2014. As a video producer, editor and writer, Tony helped produce Radical Honesty online workshops and videos, editing and compiling hundreds of hours of footage in ways that give him a unique level of familiarity with the work of Radical Honesty.
In addition to being a Certified Radical Honesty Trainer who co-leads Radical Honesty workshops and runs a monthly meetup group, Tony has been trained in several modalities including Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing, and Psychedelic Facilitation with certifications in Trauma-Focused Psychedelic Psychotherapy from Innate Path Dynamic Attachment RePatterning from Trauma Solutions and Psychedelic Pharmacology from Ben Malcolm.
If you still have questions about this retreat, you will find our FAQ at the bottom of this page.