Surrender Retreat Info
Upcoming Surrender Retreats
If you have found your way to this page and there is something in your body telling you that this might be exactly what you need, we want you to trust that you have been led here for a reason!
The feedback that we have gotten from all of our Surrender Retreats is that it has been life changing. We love doing Human Design sessions with our clients, but there is something truly magical about how deeply we are able to help our clients understand Human Design through these live events.
We will continue creating new Surrender Retreat opportunities, but we don’t love constantly updating our website and would much prefer to have a conversation with you if you are interested.
Submit the form below and we will help you find the retreat option that works best for you.
About Us
About Alison Van De Pol
Hi! I’m Alison Van De Pol, wife, mom, Human Design Specialist, Holistic Health Coach, Registered Nurse and much more! Above and before all of those though, I am a soul surrendering to my Design and helping others do the same.
Several years before Melissa Wright and I founded Guided Life By Design, and synchronistically created #SurrenderStory, I was divinely led down a path that included Human Design. With my nursing and integrative nutrition background, I am trained in literally hundreds of tools, techniques, and philosophies, but from the moment I learned about Human Design it resonated to my core.
I often say Human Design combines Science + Spirit, directing you to “turn in and tune in” to your unique and perfect Design that is in your energetic DNA.
When my personal Human Design chart was presented to me for the first time, it felt like coming home after being gone a lifetime. It was familiar, yet distant. It lit a fire within me that drove me to start living as my authentic self. Prior to this, I had been conditioned to live otherwise – always looking outside for strategies and resources that were widely accepted by society and appeared to be working for others. This took me far off my path and often made me feel like I wasn’t enough. It led to years of serious physical illness and mental and emotional discomfort. As you can imagine, and perhaps you can relate, not living as your authentic self manifests in all areas of life, which is why I am so incredibly passionate about holistic health.
As I surrendered to my Design, magical and miraculous things began to happen. Things that were difficult to explain, but were anything but coincidental. Some of these things have been challenging, but in those times I further surrendered and was further awed.
For these reasons and more, I am emphatically grateful and blessed to help others “turn in and tune in” and surrender to their Design. Your journey will look different than mine or anyone else’s because your Design is different. I’m not here to tell you what your path should be, I’m here to inspire and support you as you find it from within.
Alison is a 2/4 Emotional Manifestor
About Melissa Wright
Learning my Human Design helped me to see how
When I first found Human Design I felt trapped living a life that always felt like something was missing. I was struggling in my business and still working a day job that sucked the life out of me.
I was feeling guilty about the lack of results I was having in my business, but no matter how hard I worked I just couldn’t seem to make any progress.
It felt like I was neglecting my kids, with almost nothing to show for it. And in truth, I no longer trusted myself to make good decisions.
I felt like all of the relationships in my life were superficial and I was longing for deeper connections.
Everything has changed for me because of following my Human Design and Decision Making Strategy.
I didn’t fully realize how constant the voice in my head telling me I wasn’t enough and why I wouldn’t succeed had become until about 3 years into my Human Design journey when I noticed that that voice was no longer there.
It wasn’t until that voice became more quiet and less frequent that I was able to tune in to the messages that my body was trying to send me to help me find my best path forward.
Success can’t come when we’re trying to live up to everyone else’s expectations and needs. It can only come when we Surrender to who we were born to be.
I always knew that I wanted to be a Mom who showed my 2 boys how to follow their dreams by setting the example, not just telling them it’s possible. Now I know how to do that, thanks to Human Design.
Melissa is a 3/5 Splenic Projector
About Alison Van De Pol
Hi! I’m Alison Van De Pol, wife, mom, Human Design Specialist, Holistic Health Coach, Registered Nurse and much more! Above and before all of those though, I am a soul surrendering to my Design and helping others do the same.
Several years before Melissa Wright and I founded Guided Life By Design, and synchronistically created #SurrenderStory, I was divinely led down a path that included Human Design. With my nursing and integrative nutrition background, I am trained in literally hundreds of tools, techniques, and philosophies, but from the moment I learned about Human Design it resonated to my core.
I often say Human Design combines Science + Spirit, directing you to “turn in and tune in” to your unique and perfect Design that is in your energetic DNA.
When my personal Human Design chart was presented to me for the first time, it felt like coming home after being gone a lifetime. It was familiar, yet distant. It lit a fire within me that drove me to start living as my authentic self. Prior to this, I had been conditioned to live otherwise – always looking outside for strategies and resources that were widely accepted by society and appeared to be working for others. This took me far off my path and often made me feel like I wasn’t enough. It led to years of serious physical illness and mental and emotional discomfort. As you can imagine, and perhaps you can relate, not living as your authentic self manifests in all areas of life, which is why I am so incredibly passionate about holistic health.
As I surrendered to my Design, magical and miraculous things began to happen. Things that were difficult to explain, but were anything but coincidental. Some of these things have been challenging, but in those times I further surrendered and was further awed.
For these reasons and more, I am emphatically grateful and blessed to help others “turn in and tune in” and surrender to their Design. Your journey will look different than mine or anyone else’s because your Design is different. I’m not here to tell you what your path should be, I’m here to inspire and support you as you find it from within.
Alison is a 2/4 Emotional Manifestor
About Melissa Wright
When I first found Human Design I felt trapped living a life that always felt like something was missing. I was struggling in my business and still working a day job that sucked the life out of me.
I felt like all of the relationships in my life were superficial and I was longing for deeper connections.
I was feeling guilty about the lack of results I was having in my business, but no matter how hard I worked I just couldn’t seem to make any progress.
And it felt like I was neglecting my kids, with almost nothing to show for it. And in truth, I no longer trusted myself to make good decisions.
Melissa is a 3/5 Splenic Projector