â[The Five Maturities have] opened my learning to a new coaching approach that fills my heart and soul.â
- Diana Stepner
We invite you to join The Guiding Lights RetreatÂ
This 6-month retreat is a safe, generative space for practitioners ready to move beyond competent implementation to conscious improvisation in how they workÂ
This is an immersive experience based in The Five Maturities, Davidâs pioneering new paradigm for professional development and practice. It is an opportunity to put down what you no longer need, and step into your full potential as a human being and a practitioner.
Watch the videos below to learn more.
Practitioners today face unique pressures. The solution lies not in accumulating more stuff
but deepening your maturation.
Come Grow Where You Need It Most
The Guiding Lights Retreat is designed for those seeking to cultivate deeper maturity and presence in their personal and professional lives. It is a space in which you can connect with peers who are also exploring how to prepare for and rise to the challenges before us.Â
This retreat builds on the threshold retreats David facilitated around the world for over a decade. It brings in The Five Maturities as a way for each person to craft the personal and professional journey they need most right now.
The Guiding Lights Retreat is a unique opportunity to step back, reflect, and identify how you can grow in the ways that matter most to you. It brings WHAT IS into the room so that your maturational work enriches your well-being in terms of who you are and your well-doing in terms of what is yours to do now.Â
It includes deep inner and outer work such that you, your life, and your work are in fuller alignment. It is designed for those who are serious about serving as a guiding light for others.
The Five Maturities: A New Paradigm for Development
At the heart of The Five Maturities is the belief that maturity is the foundation for all growth. Your ability to support peopleâs growth (including your own) and master your craft is based in who you are and how you are with others â not how much is in your âtoolboxâ.Â
The Five Maturities, pioneered by David Drake, offers a new approach to developing ourselves, assessing our progress, and re-imaging how we work with clients. You can use it to strengthen your ability to BE with clients more wisely and effectively as well as to develop new forms of engaging them to address the complexities and challenges they face.
This paradigm is grounded in research-based evidence and practice-based wisdom so you can work with others in a more integrative and improvisational manner. This new way of thinking about our work is critical in a time when our clients and our world need us to show up as more mature humans so we can help those we serve to do the same. This retreat will help you discover your path for doing so.
 To continue this vital conversation...
We invite you to participate in our 6-month Guiding Lights Retreat. This immersive experience is designed to help you dive deeper into your maturity, fostering greater self-awareness and enabling you to navigate challenges with compassion and presence.
Now is the time to invest in deepening your maturity - the roots of who you are and how you engage with the world. If youâve been searching for a way to deepen your understanding of The Five Maturities, enhance your inner growth, and advance your coaching practice - The Guiding Lights Retreat is for you.
New to The Five Maturities? You can download the report here.
âI cannot imagine anything more valuable, personally or professionally, than what we experience/learn in these classes and experiences â and carry out into our world.â
âI am at peace with my need to retreat and enrich myself in other areas of my life. Instead of resisting or rejecting that, I'm allowing it in, no longer afraid of being informed and out-formed by the deeper truths below the surface narrations. I'm no longer out to prove anything to anyone, including myself. As a result, hope, anticipation, and a sense of joy are re-emerging from someone I used to be at age 6. Thank you David and all of you who make the Moment Institute possible.â
- Indigo Jones
Limited Seats Available!
This exclusive retreat is limited to only 40 participants to ensure the deeper connection that is required for the journey we will be on together.
Start 2025 on a path to intentional growth and more of your liberating potential by joining us for The Guiding Lights Retreat.
Guarantee
We stand behind The Guiding Lights Retreat, we are confident that you will benefit in meaningful ways from this experience.Â
However, if for any reason you find that itâs not the right fit for you, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee up to February 3rd.
The Guiding Lights Retreat DetailsÂ
This retreat features twelve live sessions with Dr. David Drake, peer dialogues, and personal assignments that you can customize to fit your unique journey.
It is designed to help you reduce, release, or recycle anything that no longer serves you and your clients â like an overstuffed âtoolboxâ or over-crowded mind. As you free yourself to work with more ease and agility, there is space to develop and master new practices that align with your current needs as a practitioner. By the end of the program, you'll feel lighter, more agile, and set up for success in the new year.
Live Sessions
Engage in the material, participate in guided practices with David, join in small group dialogues as well as discussions with David and the group.
Forum Space
A collegial space where you can share questions, reflections and actions to deepen your connections and learning.
Peer DialoguesÂ
Connect with peers in small groups (organized by time zones) for deeper insights, personal support, greater integration.Â
Handbook
Maximize your experience and benefits with a handbook including the core information and spaces to take notes and journal.
Take a Peek Inside the Sessions
All main live sessions are held twice, at 10:00am ET and 5:00pm ET (New York).
You are welcome to attend one or both sessions on a given day. Every session will be recorded in case you miss one.
Live Sessions
Session 1: Orientation
Session 2: Personal Maturity - Initiation
Session 3: Personal Maturity - Integration
Session 4:Â Spiritual Maturity - Initiation
Session 5:Â Spiritual Maturity - Integration
Session 6:Â Professional Maturity -Â Initiation
Session 7:Â Professional Maturity - Integration
Session 8:Â Social Maturity - Initiation
Session 9:Â Social Maturity - Integration
Session 10:Â Contextual Maturity - Initiation
Session 11:Â Contextual Maturity - Integration
Session 12: Reflections and Thresholds
Dates
Tuesday - 28th January
Tuesday - 4th February
Tuesday - 18th February
Tuesday - 4th March
Tuesday - 18th March
Tuesday - 1st April
Tuesday - 15th April
Tuesday - 29th AprilÂ
Tuesday - 13th MayÂ
Tuesday - 27th May
Tuesday - 10th June
Tuesday - 17th June
The Guiding Lights Retreat includes three learning opportunities for you
InitiationÂ
(Live Session)
These sessions begin with a guided practice to reflect on your current journey, followed by a brief teaching by David on the dayâs topic. We will then move into breakouts to explore how the core messages can be applied to your quest. The session concludes with a dialogue around what we are discovering and closing insights and remarks from David.
Integration
(Live Session)
The session begins with a guided practice to reflect on where we are now, followed by checking in and reflections by David connecting our maturity and mastery, our personal growth and practice. We will then move into breakouts to integrate what you are learning. The session concludes with checking out and some reflections by David and an anchoring practice to take home.
Peer Dialogues
(Self-Paced)
These are small groups to foster deeper connections and insights. Each month, you will engage in inner reflections and outer practices to enhance your experience and outcomes.
âThe combination of the people in our pod, together with the material, created a highly welcoming, generative space.â
âI also found the examples David shared while teaching extremely helpful as I began internalizing / learning / becoming more familiar with the Five Maturities. Overall what I would like to offer is that there is a way in which the teaching, the group discussions, the exercises and the pod discussions combined to create a whole. There was a way in which things flowed and were mutually supportive across the whole experience.â
- Perri Strawn
Is The Guiding Lights Retreat Right for You?
This retreat is FOR YOU if:
- You want to dive deeper into The Five Maturities after discovering the report, attending the discussion series, or hearing David on a podcast.
- You are ready to release outdated narratives and explore what new ones would better serve you.
- You seek to lighten your load, show up with greater ease and agility, and develop new practices that align with what you and the world need now.
This retreat is NOT FOR YOU if:
- You are not open to self-reflection and personal growth with others right now.
- You are satisfied with your current methods and not interested in exploring new approaches in your life or practice.
- You prefer competency-based approaches that are more prescriptive.
How Does This Retreat Fit With Our Other Programs?
Narrative Coaching, the work David is most known for, offered a pioneering new approach that opened up a number of frontiers for those who coach.
Integrative Development built on NC, and it offered a new theory of learning & development that opened up the potential for growth in any moment.Â
Narrative Release emerged from the Threshold Retreats David used to facilitate all over the world as a process to guide people through transformative change.
The Five Maturities Report built on Davidâs publications and presentations on coach development. It offered a new paradigm based in mutual maturation, and it provides the foundation for new forms of professional practice. It honors who you are and what you bring, supports your deeper maturation as a human, and enables you to improvise as you work.
The Guiding Lights Retreat is the purest form of Davidâs work. It connects the Five Maturities and Five Masteries to deepen your freedom and growth as a human and a practitioner.
âI'm calmer, more focused on the present moment, and excited about my coaching business againâ
-Â Sasha Patpatia
FAQs
Will there be a Certificate of Completion?
No, but we will provide a Certificate of Participation for those who fully engage. The focus is on your unique experience and journey.
How many ICF CCE hours will there be?
There are 23 applicable ICF Resource Development hours: 18 for the Main Sessions and 5 for the Peer Sessions.
I want to ensure the schedule fits my time zone so I can attend live. When will the sessions with David and the Peer Sessions take place?
All main live sessions are held twice, at 10:00am ET and 5:00pm ET (New York). Each month, at a time that suits your group, you will engage with your small pod to foster deeper connections and insights in support of your journeys.Â
What if I commit and then find out Iâm not a good fit?Â
If for any reason you discover that the program is not the right fit for you, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee through February 3rd.
How much time will I need to dedicate each week?
You can expect to spend 1.0-1.5 hours per week on live sessions, pod discussions, and personal reflections. In keeping with the work, think of it as a nourishing retreat each week rather than as another set of tasks to complete.
What kind of support will I have during the program?Â
Youâll have access to live sessions with David, a dedicated forum for discussion and questions, and peer sessions to connect with others in the program.
Is there any prerequisite knowledge or experience required?Â
No specific prerequisites are required. This program is designed for intermediate and experienced practitioners looking to deepen their practice using The Five Maturities. Many will be graduates of our programs, but many will come through similar programs. With that said, reading at least parts of the report will give you a head start. You can download the report here.
What happens if I miss a live session?
All live sessions will be recorded and made available to participants, so you can catch up at your convenience.
Ready to Grow Where You Need it Most?
The Guiding Lights Retreat offers an opportunity to learn more about The Five Maturities and engage in conversations about the evolving landscape for practitioners in spaces such as coaching.Â
Practitioners increasingly recognize the need to mature and adapt in order to respond to the demands on ourselves, our practices, and our world . . . We are all being called to become more conscious and to improvise in each moment. The Five Maturities work provides a powerful frame and philosophy to help you do so and become a clearer guiding light in your life and for others.
Through deepening your maturity on The Guiding Lights Retreat, you will gain more access to mystery and a stronger foundation for mastery. Through working in third spaces beyond polarities, you will find the path you need to move forward in new ways. Our collective future depends on it.
