When you’re carrying all the things, it’s hard to see what actually matters.

This isn't four days of doing "busy work" worksheets.
It also isn’t about creating the “perfect” plan for 2027.

It’s about giving yourself enough space to hear yourself think again - so you can get clearer about who you are now, what success looks like for you, and what deserves your time, energy, and attention next. 

Yes, you’ll leave with greater clarity about what you want the next 12 months to look like.

And yes - there is a workbook. You’ll use it throughout the retreat, especially on day one, but It’s not busywork - it’s a tangible guide you’ll take home and continue using over the next year as you implement what you’ve built here.

We’re starting with you.
Who are you now?
What actually matters to you?

How are you defining success - in your work, your relationships, your health, your resources, your freedom, and the rest of your life?

What assumptions, expectations, habits, or old rules are shaping the choices you’re making?

And what conditions need to be present for you to experience more of the kind of success you actually want?

Over four days, we’ll explore those questions through conversation, reflection, strategic thinking, and experiential activities designed to help you notice things you might not otherwise see on your own.

Then we’ll use what you discover to begin shaping the year ahead.

There's a structure to Creative Freedom Retreat, but not a script.

I make a point to get to know each attendee before the event. Who's in the room shapes what happens in the room. That means some parts of the experience change from year to year - including our off-site adventure - because I’m not interested in marching ten people through a cookie-cutter curriculum.

The goal is to identify the conditions for you to see yourself, your circumstances, and your possibilities more clearly - and then decide what you want to do with what you see.

You won't have every answer for a perfect 2027. That's not the point.

You don’t need to leave with every answer. You need to leave better oriented.

Four days won’t magically remove every complication from your life.

You may still have decisions to make. Things may change after you get home. Some of the goals you set may evolve - or disappear entirely - as the year unfolds.

That’s real life.

What I want is for you to leave knowing yourself better than you did when you arrived.

To feel clearer about what matters now.

To understand what success actually means to you, and what conditions make that experience of success more possible.

To have meaningful goals and guideposts you can return to when everything starts competing for your attention again.

To know what deserves your energy next - and have more permission to let the rest wait.

And perhaps most importantly, to feel Fully Seen and Safely Held.

This is a small room on purpose. You don’t have to spend four days pretending everything is fine, performing competence, or polishing the messy parts of your life into something more presentable.

You can tell the truth about where you are. What’s working. What isn’t. What you want. What scares you. What you haven’t figured out yet.

And you can do that in a room with people who aren’t there to judge you, compete with you, or tell you who you’re supposed to be.

They’re there doing their own work, too.

By the time we leave, you’ll have invested four days with people who know more of the real story - and are still in your corner.

You may not leave certain about everything that comes next.

But you can leave with greater clarity, renewed hope, meaningful direction, and a stronger sense that whatever comes next, you can meet it as yourself.

Lisa Robbin Young is a speaker, consultant, and decision-making strategist who helps leaders and their teams find and make the One Move That Matters™.

Her work helps leaders cut through noise, choose what matters most now, and move forward with decisions they can stand behind.

With 30+ years of experience spanning business, media, performance, and creative leadership, Lisa brings unusual range to every room she enters. From rooms of 5 to 500, she has the rare ability to make people feel seen while helping them see what matters most right now. Her background includes entrepreneurial innovation, broadcast media, and institutional credibility through work connected to NPR, PBS, UCLA, TEDx, Disney, and more.

Lisa believes that the best way to be truly successful in life and business is to be yourself – warts, sparkles, and all – so you can Own Your Dreams Without Selling Your Soul™.

This year, we're working from a suite at the gorgeous Hilton hotel in downtown Vancouver, Washington, just over the river from Portland - and minutes from the airport! We've secured a special rate for you at our hotel to make logistics easier.

Our suite has a spacious balcony and a wonderful view of Esther Short Park, home to the Vancouver Farmers Market.  The Hilton is about a block from the Vancouver Waterfront park, and though most meals are on your own, there are plenty of shops and eateries in the vibrant downtown area.

We start each morning at 10am and close at roughly 4pm, depending on what's happening in the room. With only 10 attendees, there's plenty of room to spread out and work or relax and unwind in the suite or on the property.