Cold Hands Workshop and Retreat 2023

When:
May 18-20, 2023

Where: Reserve your room here
Marriot Resort Tempe at the Buttes
$169 per night plus taxes and resort fee (not included in ticket sale)

Why:
I need to recharge and reset. Since things have slowed down after the pandemic, I have felt myself feeling the serious effects of compassion fatigue and restlessness due to the trauma I was exposed to, embalming countless loved ones who succumbed to COVID-19. I know my embalmer sisters are too.  I have wanted to host a self-care retreat since 2016. After the new year, I committed to making it a reality!

My vision for this event is for a long weekend of relaxation with the women who inspire and lift me up where we can have fun, “let our down,” and leave recharged, ready to face our families and careers. I have chosen a safe place where we can focus on relationships with like-minded friends, old and new. The huge bonus is we get CEUS for self-care! Each year I indulge in a getaway with my closest girlfriends, some of whom are morticians. This year I figured why not take advantage of my accreditation status and plan a formal event we can all get CEUS for?!

This women-only workshop and retreat is a safe space that will include opportunities for serious self-care, professional development, inner reflection, and mind-body and soul rejuvenation. Our theme is “Fear Fighting,” and there will be opportunities for female morticians to grow professionally and personally. Our speakers come from a wide range of ages, skill levels, and specialties within the funeral profession. Students of mortuary science and women of all ethnicities and religious backgrounds are welcome.

Take a look at the Cold Hands Retreat and Workshop 2023 Agenda

May 18 Thursday 2023

Check in 3:00 pm Marriott Resort Tempe at The Buttes

6:00 pm-9:00 pm Registration and Tales from the Prep Room Pajama Party 3CE

Friday, May 19, 2023

• 7:00-7:40 am Grab n Go Power Smoothie with Cold Hands
• 8:00 am Shuttle Departs Hotel for Tempe Double Butte Cemetery
• 8:15-9:15 am Grounding in the Graveyard and Picnic 1CE
• 9:15-9:30 am BREAK
• 9:30-10:30 am Grave Fit  Difficulty: Easy to moderate 1CE
• LUNCH on your own
• 11:30-12:30 pm Battling Fear and Imposter Syndrome with Cold Hands 1CE
• 1:00-2:00 pm Foot Bano (Bathing) and Spiritual Limpia Self-Care  Therapy (Cleansing) 1CE
• 2:00-3:00pm BREAK
• 3:00-5:30pm Poolside Networking and Sun worshipping (OPTIONAL) or Personal Self Care Time
• 7:00pm Depart Rustler’s Rooste Goth Cowgirl Chow Dinner
• 9:30pm Shuttle back to Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes

Saturday, May 20, 2023

• 8:00am Depart (Shuttle to Cold Hands Studio and Learning Center)
• 8:30-9:30am Women Morticians Networking Breakfast and Cold Hands Studio Tour 1 CE
• 9:30-10:30am Motherhood and the Prep Room 1CE
• 10:30-10:40 BREAK
• 10:40-11:40 Women and Funeral Law; Ask the Expert 1CE
• 11:40-12:40 LUNCH
• 12-40-1:40pm “I’ve Done the Work for You,” The story and advice from a Trailblazing Female Mortician 1CE
• 2:00pm Shuttle to Marriott Resort Tempe at The Buttes
• 4:00-pm 6:00pm Professional Head Shots (optional) included in ticket no extra cost
• 6:00-6:30pm Hail and Farewell Top of the Rock Closing Ceremony
• Dinner on your own