Discover/Re-discover what you love ...
in an adventure to meet yourself.
This retreat will guide you to the enthusiasm that is you, to your natural motivation, and to a place where you glow with confidence.
We invite you on a journey
to explore your passions and
then match one to a fulfilling career.
Leadership skills increase
as leadership of the group rotates to each member when the baton is passed to them.
Benefit from the wisdom of mentors
that has been curated from the greats our world has known. When the baton is passed to you, it's your turn to share this wisdom from these masters, as shown in the Retreat script.
Unique to this Retreat
is its non-lecture format. It is based on a guided interactive curriculum among peers who respect each other’s skills to engage thoughtfully, and who support each other on this intriguing adventure toward a personal awakening about what they'd really like to do in life.
“When a person owns their passion,
little can stand in the way of their success.”
Online Retreat Gatherings
The eight small group gatherings of the Retreat are comprised of six members from your peer group, as described below. The Saturday gatherings begin
at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 12:30 +/- 15 minutes.
Retreat Date Options are shown here.
Retreat Tuition Options are shown here.
Quick summary of Retreat experiences is here.
The topics of each Retreat gathering are here.
This student
attributes her $220,000 college scholarship to her Passion Spark Retreat experiences. Her counselor, Ms. Carroll, received a congratulatory phone call from the college. A link to her letter is below.
This Eight-Gathering Retreat
is designed for people who really want to be there. We aren’t for everyone, but we may be for you! High school and college students, college alumni, veterans, and those in mid-career who are ready for a new challenge, may apply.
It’s a chance to step off the train of life, hit the pause button, and have time to reflect about what in life brings you joy, match that passion to a satisfying career, and then start on the path to it.
Participants of all backgrounds are invited.*
Join one of 5 Peer Groups
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Those in mid-career who now find a lack of passion in their work and would love to have some. For management options and Corporate Care, click here.
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College Alumni who have not yet found a career or an internship that they are passionate about.
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College Students who have not yet found a college major focused on a career they are passionate about.
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High School Students who would love to connect with a passion that lives within them and match it to a career to gain clarity about their focus in college.
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Military Veterans seeking guidance to a satisfying and fulfilling civilian career. Click here to view veterans page.
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A "Certificate of Achievement" is awarded after the 8 Gatherings.
During Passion Spark Retreats a caring environment is encouraged to emerge among participants which can be almost magical as those attending support each other in the process of discovery.
The balance between doing what we love and what earns us a living is a lifelong activity. Passion Spark guides its participants to answer it now, and offers a way to do so throughout life. Participants love the unfolding as they see more of themselves.
Continue life’s journey by getting clear on what you really want. After this Retreat, you'll be able to demonstrate in your applications for schools and careers what those judging want most: Applicants who know what they want, now, and are passionate about achieving it. What you take away from this Retreat adventure will support you to stand out competitively in your college and career job applications.
This retreat adventure may be the chance of a lifetime that few people will ever experience. It's not a course with a grade, or a supervisor's evaluation to worry about. It’s time just for your own personal self-discovery. It's time you set aside just for you, with caring support, to look inside at these big ideas. When will you ever get to do that again?
Comment for younger peer groups:
“The team at Passion Spark have been helping young men and women become exceptional versions of themselves. The workshops and resources they provide to students help my students transform before my eyes. Really, it’s a blessing to observe.”
Marissa Carroll, Director of College Counseling
Villanova Preparatory School [read full letter]
Reduce college cost – and your time. When you are more clear on where you are going, you can graduate in four years, and not five or six years (as do 53% of American students). This saves you up to $85,000 or more for each extra year that is not required.
To view a video of past Retreat participants, experts in the field, and testimonials, please click here.
You’ll be very glad you looked closely at this important option to consider a new life trajectory.
Knowing your passion guides you to decide which colleges, which majors, which career jobs, which vocations, and which education paths are best for you. If you want a career that you like so much that, when you are working it’s not “work” at all, then this Retreat is for you. You are invited to live the dream Confucius described 3000 years ago when he said: “Do what you love and never work a day in your life.” Really?
Is this attitude just a romantic fantasy? What is “work?” If you love what you do, is it really “work?”
* Passion Spark has long been committed to social equity, and provides scholarships to up to 25% of its participants. Historically, in a program with a similar mission, we served over 50,000 low to very low income students. A bit more of our history is at this link.
How the Retreat Flows
The relaxed curriculum is designed to guide your small group to reflect on topics which, taken together, can lead to your clarity about your favorite passion, a career to engage your passion for a fulfilling life, and the detailed steps for how to make your dream career come true.
The curriculum includes videos to see, ideas to consider, and good conversations with your group members. These conversations stimulate inner thoughts, creativity, and journal writing. When invited to share thoughts, members chose to read passages from their journals – or simply speak extemporaneously.
The conversation bubbles below are examples of readings directly from the curriculum that are used to explore the topic: “What is Passion?”
These conversation
bubbles are examples of readings directly from the curriculum that are used to explore the topic:
“What is Passion?”
