FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIP... Living the Appreciative Life;
Creating Appreciative Environments for Your Relationship...
A retreat for couples - two people in a committed
relationship - who want to focus on what is exciting and
meaningful in their life together. This is a time to
explore ways to live your life together in an Appreciative perspective
and to create an image of your most desired future.
JOIN
Ralph Kelly and Jane Magruder Watkins at
MarshHaven, their
retreat house on a coastal creek of Beaufort County,
North Carolina. This is a time for reflection in a small
gathering of couples focused on:
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Connecting with the other couples
on retreat to share their discoveries that might
enrich your relationship
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Finding the positive core of your
relationship as a basis for creating your future
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Explorations and conversations
that emerge in the retreat.
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Time for quiet, personal
reflection, and restoration of self
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Experiencing the delight of easy
communication
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Time together as a couple for
deep dialogue and discovery
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What Folk are
Saying About Us...
“The AI process led us so gently and in such a
relaxed way toward understanding and unity. Jane and
Ralph created a space of pure generosity – it felt
more like a vacation. I especially liked results of
the creative visioning.” |
WE
INVITE you to join us at MarshHaven to create a new and
generative view of your future. Couples have used this time
to renew and deepen their life together; to create plans for
the future in their work; to plan for their "retirement;"
and, to prepare for marriage.
May 7-11, 2008
October 15-19, 2008
Note:
You have the choice to attend a scheduled retreat and of
letting us create a retreat at Marshhaven for you and
your friends, or others who want to Focus on
Relationships. Please contact Ralph Kelly via
e-mail for more information at...
ralph@appreciativeinquiryunlimited.com .
Our Retreat House:
MarshHaven is located in
Beaufort County, North Carolina. We have hosted several
Appreciative Inquiry learning communities here – the AI
Consulting Founder’s Alliance; the MarshHaven Institute; our
Retreat for Couples; a writing retreat. MarshHaven has
proven to be a tranquil place for creating community with
time for learning, relaxing and exploring. The house sits on
4 ˝ acres of wooded marshland on the banks of a cove off
large North Creek and open water. We have a pier with a
screen house for sitting and sunning, canoes available for
exploring and fishing the beautiful creek, and easy access
to the outer banks and wonderful wildlife preserves.
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“With a focus on
what is working, we can expand our couple experience
into gifts before not imaginable. And… as we
develop a statement of ourselves as a couple in
current language, it will, in fact become reality.” |
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Lodging & Meals:
The
house has 7 guest bedrooms: 3 bedrooms share 2 baths
downstairs, and 4 bedrooms share 2 baths plus a large and
bright sitting area upstairs. Each bedroom has a queen-sized
or double bed. We can accommodate 7 couples with private
rooms.
Meals
are a community endeavor, with major preparation done prior
to the retreat. Particular food needs/ preferences are
accommodated on request.
Other:
MarshHaven is tranquil. At best, cell phones receive very
faint signals. We have multiple High-Speed DSL connections
(wireless and plug-in) if you need email and Internet
connections. The telephone line requires a phone card for
long distance. The telephone number at MarshHaven is (252)
964-3072.
Dress
is VERY informal! ANY QUESTIONS – PLEASE CALL RALPH KELLY AT
(757) 259-9942 or
email us.
For Your Information:
Full
Directions to MarshHaven will be sent at Registration.
Also, you may use the "MapQuest" button on the "Contact
Us" page of the website.
Location:
MarshHaven is situated between the historic communities
of Bath, NC, and Belhaven, NC, a waterfront community on
the Intracoastal Waterway.
By Road:
Locate Washington, NC, on a map (U.S. Highways 17 and
264. Drive East through Bath to Ransomville (about
twenty seven miles.) Detailed instructions will be
provided!
By Air:
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The closest airports are in
Greenville (PGV) and New Bern (EWN). US
Airways Express, connecting through Charlotte, NC
serves both. United Airlines is in the alliance with
US Air, so travel plans may be made with either
carrier.
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The closest large airports are
Raleigh/Durham, NC (RDU) and
Norfolk, VA (ORF).
Raleigh/Durham, NC is a 2˝-hour drive on major
highways. Norfolk, VA is about 2˝ hours on small
roads through picturesque countryside.
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Raleigh and Norfolk have Southwest
Airlines flights among the many other choices. Both
airports are accessible from abroad.
We will
let each participant know who else is coming so that you can
coordinate arrival and transportation from the airport if
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