Workshop led by Certified Trainers, Marvin Schulz and Sebastian James.
Worry less. Feel alive. Connect to others.
This holistic 7-Day Radical Honesty Advanced Summer Retreat is designed for committed and long-term Radical Honesty practitioners. You want to go deep into the practice and skip the theory? Then this is for you. The retreat is a community event and the minimum requirement is one previous in-person workshop with a certified trainer (and some practice in the real-world).
Our goal is to work with a committed group on real-world challenges and support you to expand your awareness and fine-tune your communication to feel even more alive and present. If you have been holding back in your previous workshops, you can let go here.
Dates
August 4th - 11th 2022*
*Your arrival day is August 4th. We start the work in the morning of August 5th.
Your workshop package
7 Days of Radical Honesty
2 experienced Trainers
Yoga. meditation, and relaxation
Access to our global community of truthtellers
Location
Kalikalos, 40km from Volos, Greece
Workshop fee:
Early Bird: 1090 Euros (inc. VAT) (til April 30th)
Regular: 1190 Euros (Inc. VAT) (thereafter)
The workshop fee includes your accommodation in a Double Room from August 4th until August 11th, three vegetarian meals per day, the 7-Day Advanced workshop, and one group coaching session after the workshop.
This 7-Day Radical Honesty Advanced Retreat is your playground to express yourself freely and directly, be vulnerable, and connect in ways you didn't know are possible. You get to reclaim all your feelings and experience how telling the truth frees you from obsessive thinking. You get over anger, reduce shame and undo the hurt, and sadness from your past. You will grow in power as a creative human being.
The space is created and held by two of our most experienced trainers, Marvin Schulz and Sebastian James, who practice Radical Honesty for 8 years.
This is an Advanced Retreat for people with previous Radical Honesty in-person workshop experience.
What you will get out of this retreat
This retreat is designed for you if you are willing to go beyond discomfort and want to face yourself as you are. We will guide you to take charge of your awareness and tell the truth about all aspects of your current experience. We will encourage you to speak about things you usually hide or withhold and feel how you grow a little bit more with each truthful expression. Above all, the workshop is a fun space for you to play and experiment with showing yourself how you really are and embark on your own Hero's Journey.
Your 7-Day Curriculum includes
Daily yoga, meditation, relaxation, and breathwork
Individual work on current challenges or blocks in your life
Ongoing interpersonal meditation within the community of truthtellers
Facilitated honest conversations to deepen your contact with others
Amazing introductions that help you to bond instantly
Extensive practice periods
Group games, couples and triplets exercises
Join this exclusive Retreat in Greece
deepen your bodily awareness while being in contact with others
learn how to ask for what you want and keep responsibility for your communication
practice a lot of the “interpersonal meditation” aspect of Radical Honesty
prepare yourself for important completion talks in the real world
experience being without filters and aligning your communication with your awareness
create lasting and nourishing friend- and relationships with people on the same path
Our Daily Rhythm and Agenda
Each morning, before breakfast, we’ll do an (optional) session of yoga and meditation.
8:30 AM: We’ll eat breakfast – fresh fruits, locally-made bread, real Greek yogurt, and organic porridge. Since we are an active part of the Kalikalos community, we will all help out with food preparation.
9:30 AM till 1:30 PM: Radical Honesty group session
1:30 PM: Lunch
After lunch, we’ll be free to hike through the lush green forest, lay on a white sandy beach, swim in the Aegean Sea, chill at the village tavernas, lounge in the hammocks, talk amongst ourselves, apply what we learned in the morning sessions.
6 PM to 8:30 PM is community time, when 2 or 3 of our group will garden and cook together, or help later on with the clean-up. Dinner will be served at 8:00, and after eating we can talk, dance, sing, drink, play and hang out. We can practice being radically honest with each other and converse about how we can live our lives in love and in contribution to others.
Further Goals of this Retreat
We will focus on community building by fine-tuning the way we express ourselves within the group: how do you ask for what you want? How do you get what you don’t want? How do you create the reality for yourself that serves you and how you sabotage your relations?
In this retreat, we will strengthen your ability to quickly move past obsessive thinking into a deep connection with your surroundings. Further, by doing hot-seat work we support you to integrate parts that you have been hiding from yourself. As a result of the retreat setting, we will spend more time on personal interactions and go beyond resentments and appreciations to uncover a wider spectrum of experiences. You will leave this retreat with new honest friends, uncompromised inner comfort to be as you are, lightness of being and more clarity on how to become a powerful creator of your own life.
If this is what you’re looking for, sign up by emailing Marvin!
Frequent Questions
Weather
We will be in Greece during August. Expect perfect summer weather and warm temperatures. You have the afternoons off to walk to the beach (12 mins) or explore the nearby waterfalls, taverns, forests, or caves. At night it sometimes thunderstorms, which is amazing to watch from the plateau we are living on.
Lodging
You will be part of the Kalikalos Community and stay as a community member. You will be served three delicious, local meals and can choose between a tent, double room, or single room.
When exactly does the workshop start and end?
You will arrive at the venue on the 4th of August, and we start the work in the morning of August 5th. We will end the workshop in the morning of the 11th with a final circle and breakfast. Please plan your trip to be present the whole entire time.
Who can participate?
This is an Advanced Retreat for people with previous in-person Radical Honesty workshop experience. Our goal is to work with people who are committed and bring in their own experience and challenges.
Commitment
Please plan your travels in a way for you to be present at each session. To make this workshop work for you and everyone else, we will all agree to take part in every session. If you have any concerns with any of the program, let us know.
How can I join?
The group is strictly limited to 18 participants. In order to join, write us a message. You will have to pay a deposit to reserve your spot. We expect this workshop to be fully booked. So, if you want to attend, we suggest that you book your spot sooner rather than later.
How much does this cost?
Early Bird Price: 1090 Euros (inc. VAT) (until April 30, 2022)
Regular Price: 1190 Euros (Inc. VAT) (after April 30, 2022)
The workshop fee includes your accommodation in a Double Room from August 4th until August 11th, three vegetarian meals per day, the 7-Day Advanced workshop, and one group coaching session after the workshop.
Cancellation Policy
Joining this workshop is a deep commitment to yourself. If you decide to cancel your participation, your deposit amount (690 Euro Early Bird / 790 Regular) is non-refundable. In certain cases you may be able to transfer your deposit to another workshop with the same trainer within the next 12 month. If you cancel less than 10 days before the workshop, the whole amount will be due and you will receive an invoice for it.
Workshop Leaders
Marvin Schulz, M.Sc., is one of the most experienced Radical Honesty Trainers and organizes workshops in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. As a former auditor for investment banks in New York and Executive Assistant for a multi-billion dollar company on Broadway, Marvin experienced the detrimental effects of lying and withholding first hand: at age 26, he was depressed and burned out.
“I had a promising career in front of me. However, I felt horrible and empty. None of the money I made could compensate for my inner yearning for love, connection and a happy life. After deciding not to kill myself, I opted for a Radical Honesty Workshop. After that, I still killed myself, but in a very different way: I killed my self-image and completed my past.”
He left the corporate rat wheel and embarked on his journey towards a more authentic, joyous, and connected life. He moved back to Germany and healed his own wounds by having honest conversations with important people. He cleaned up his past using Radical Honesty. Dr. Blanton invited Marvin to live at his place in Virginia for one season and certified him as a Radical Honesty trainer three years later.
Marvin has the ability to bring humor into seemingly serious processes while staying compassionate and curious. He is comfortable going into discomfort and can guide participants in re-experiencing hurt and pain while holding them in the here and now. His style is inquisitive, simple, and direct – often with a wink and never without compassion. Marvin has lived in China, Mexico, South Africa and the United States and studied cross-cultural communication. He currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic, where he produces music, drinks coffee and enjoys what he often calls the most beautiful city in the world. If you want to learn more, visit his website:
Sebastian James is one of the few certified Radical Honesty Trainers who is also a professional psychotherapist. A Master in psychology, Sebastian leads honesty workshops for a few Fortune 500 companies and supports employees in the corporate sector in maintaining mental health. In his private practice, Sebastian has worked with individuals and couples from over 35 countries. He’s a graduate of a five-year training in psychodynamic work with groups, three-year family system therapy training, and a long-term friend of Dr. Brad Blanton.
“Growing up in a highly dysfunctional family, the son of two narcissistic parents (my mom wants to be the president of the Czech Republic and my dad is a self-proclaimed cult leader called Neo who claims to have no children – go and figure that one out), my interest in psychotherapy was as a natural reaction to my environment. As a late bloomer and lonely child, I needed quite a while to outgrow feeling sorry for myself and tapping into my strengths to create a meaningful and happy life, which Radical Honesty became the groundwork for.”
Sebastian, raised in financial abundance while starved of deep connections, is no stranger to depression and loneliness – as well as being in denial about it. He had to learn to parent himself emotionally and, after trying numerous spiritual practices, found refuge in the work of Dr. Blanton. Radical Honesty helped him outgrow his childhood drama, set healthy boundaries, create nourishing friendships & relationships, and develop the courage to speak up for himself.
Naturally, Sebastian’s focus is on honest communication, unconditional support, and building trust. Sebastian also works on integrating shadow parts and supports his participants in setting realistic goals in a not-so-serious, joyful manner. His style is one of playful challenge and deep listening in order to create an environment where all feelings are welcome to be experienced as long as they last.
