Where Honest Connection Meets Transformation
Immersive wellness retreats in the Upper Midwest for women in leadership seeking rest, renewal, and alignment.
No matter how competent, capable, and accustomed to meeting expectations you are, carrying the weight of relentless responsibility can leave you feeling exhausted and disconnected from your true self and creativity.
This is your call to step out of constant doing and into a way of being that feels intentional, honest, and alive.
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Rest. Renewal. Reconnection.
A return to what matters most.
A deeper connection to nature, and to what feels true.
Ease and alignment between body and mind.
A quieting of the inner noise.
At Mindful Kollaborative Strategies, retreats are created for women leaders who carry significant responsibility and are seeking rest, clarity, and renewal. These wellness retreats are especially supportive for women experiencing burnout, stress, or leadership and creative fatigue. Through mindful movement, time in nature, creative practices, nourishing meals, and meaningful conversation, each retreat creates space to slow down, settle, and reconnect. Rather than performance or pressure, the focus is on grounded, sustainable well-being.
what we do
Wellness Retreats & Workshops
Experiences designed for rest, renewal, and realignment. Open-registration retreats and custom offerings that blend mindful movement, time in nature, creative practices, and meaningful conversation.
Yoga & Mindful Movement
Gentle, accessible practices that combine movement, breath, and meditation to support ease, grounding, and presence. These offerings invite awareness of the body and breath, helping quiet inner noise and restore balance.
Yoga and mindful movement are offered through retreats, workshops, pop-up sessions, and integrated experiences. No prior experience is required.
Training & Technical Assistance
Support for organizations seeking healthier patterns of work through preventive wellness practices, reflective dialogue, and practical guidance.
Fund & Program Development Writing
Facilitated writing support that helps organizations clarify ideas and translate them into funding applications, program materials, and strategic narratives.
How These Experiences are Held
The retreats and facilitated experiences are guided by unapologetic honesty, thoughtful insight, and genuine care. It’s shaped by decades of experience across entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, and government systems, and by a deep understanding of how women lead and navigate within complex environments.
What sets this work apart is not a formula or a framework. It’s an ability to notice what’s happening beneath the surface, to see how pieces connect, and to name what matters with clarity and care.
The retreats and experiences offered through Mindful Kollaborative Strategies are held with presence, direct communication, and respect for the people who show up. Nothing here is performative.
This approach has been shaped over time through leading retreats, facilitating team experiences, and integrating mindful practices as a Registered Yoga Teacher, including more than a decade of stewardship at The Homestead 1854, a historic wellness retreat and wedding venue.
At the heart of this work is a belief that meaningful change requires honesty, participation, and a willingness to engage fully in the experience.
“Mary Kay’s workshop was a transformative experience that helped me restore balance and energy. Her integration of yoga, meditation, gratitude practices, and time in nature created space for reflection and meaningful shift. The practices she shared continue to support how I move through my life. I highly recommend her work to anyone seeking greater well-being and clarity.”
KHATUNA MALISHAVA