Events & Retreats

Oregon Women’s Leadership Two-Day Retreat

Dates

April 16-17, 2026

Location

Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort

Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort, located on Oregon's Warm Springs Indian Reservation, features large outdoor natural hot spring soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 92 to 104 degrees, a lazy river, and a zero-depth entry pool for children. Accommodations include a 30-room hotel, RV sites, and traditional teepees, offering a unique blend of cultural heritage and scenic serenity. On-site amenities encompass multiple heated pools, private cabana rentals, and a cafeteria hosting craft nights. Nearby attractions include the Museum at Warm Springs, providing insights into Indigenous history. While some activities like horseback riding and hiking are seasonal, the resort offers a peaceful retreat with various recreational options year-round.

Facilitators

Christine Fonner, M.Ed, PhD candidate

Christine is an executive leadership coach for women. She is also the founder of Roam Your Soul, a women’s leadership and outdoor adventure community. With 20 years in nonprofit and corporate leadership, Christine is an advocate for helping leaders cultivate what she calls, “radical care” in the workplace. Christine coaches women who want to find deeper meaning in life through transformational learning and authentic community. She believes that everyone needs a support network, community, and opportunities to be vulnerable to engage in what makes life meaningful. Christine has a Master’s in transformational leadership/change management and is a strengths-based transformational leadership expert. She is a PhD candidate in Organizational Leadership, specializing in “the human factor” – the responsibility leaders have in creating “radical care” in the workplace and the connection between personal/interpersonal needs and joy at work.

Dr. Kristine Medyanik

Kristine's company Shattered Glass Leadership was born from her 10+ years of teaching experience and a doctorate in Business with a specialty in Organizational Psychology. She’s delivered her original personality assessment to thousands of students and clients over the last 13 years—and those students teach her something new every time. Her retreats and workshops build on concepts of personality, motivation, and brain science. We dive deep into your goal and real challenges. We provide time and space to envision your next chapter or ten. Then we take those “aha” moments and turn them into action plans, so you can bring real change to your everyday life.

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A Two-Day Experience of Self-Care & Growth

Get to know other amazing women, benefit from coaching and mindset training, and learn valuable skills to step into your impact and influence to build vision towards your future-self goals.

We will guide you through immersive workshops that will help you unlock your true potential, rediscover your passions, and create a vision for the life you truly desire. You’ll explore practices that will enable you to become the best version of yourself and create lasting change in your life.

This is a WOMEN’S (femme, female, woman) only event. The event is limited to 15 participants to encourage and cultivate intimacy, connection, and deep learning opportunities.

Flying or Driving in? Portland Airport is EASY and is just a TEN minute drive! We are happy to help you build out your travel plans! Contact us for assistance.

Your Personal & Professional Self

Leadership is the way in which you utilize your skills and knowledge to impact and influence for the greater good. The best way to advance your career, experience more joy in your daily life, and grow your business is to invest in your continuous learning.

We focus on strategies that help you explore your personal and professional self acknowledging that these two parts of self make the whole. We acknowledge that continuous learning includes the mind, body, spirit and past, present, future as well as our personal and professional selves that we bring to the table as we lead, support, and collaborate with others in our lives.

Leadership as a Practice

Developing your leadership as a practice takes effort in acknowledging the parts of self that contribute to who you are, how you lead, and ways in which we develop and maintain relationships with others.

Get to know other amazing women, benefit from coaching and mindset training, and learn valuable skills to step into your impact and influence to build vision and a practical strategic plan towards your future-self goals.

What’s Included

This two-day retreat takes care of all the basics. Choose to have us take care of your lodging reservation (or you can choose not to!) and we provide you with meals, snacks, gifts, and supplies – all planned and prepared just for you so that you can sit back, relax, and immerse yourself in the experience (and take a break from BEING in charge).

12+ hours of Leadership Development Training
Daily Brunch & Snacks
Breathwork Workshops & Practice
Friday Happy Hour + Dinner
Relaxation & Soaking Pool Time

Cost

Estimated ticket price range is $900–$1,400, (depending on lodging).

Repeater Discount

Did you join us in 2024? Ask us about the “repeater discount” and know that this retreat IS DIFFERENT!

The skills and strategies we teach and the framework we have designed is meant to expand and build upon itself along with new and interesting concepts and approaches that build together over time. One time with us…well, it’s NOT ENOUGH!

Just like continued learning, recognizing the opportunity to build your knowledge-base and capacity within the concepts that we bring forth takes time and continued learning. We will be introducing new ideas and strategies along with expanding upon those that may be familiar in ways that you can dive deeper into the learning and grow further into the process. So…join us. Cultivate your capacity and leadership practice. Again and again and again!

Cancellation Policy

Full cancellation of registration will be considered up to 90 days prior to trip date.
If request to cancel is received within 90 days of event start date, registrants are eligible for a full credit towards future event.
If cancellation occurs 60 days prior to event start date, registrants are eligible for 50% credit towards future event.
No refunds or credits will be considered for cancellations within 60 days of event start date.

Inclusivity and Accessibility

We are committed to cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and accessible community, by celebrating and promoting diversity in outdoor adventure and leadership development experiences for historically marginalized communities and providing a safe space for all who roam with us.
We pledge 20% of our event spots for BIPOC women, LGBQT+ folx who identify as female, femme, or non-binary. When you register, use the code RYS4ALL and receive 20% off your registration.

Logistics

You are responsible for transportation to the location and return home. If you need support in coordinating any travel plans, please contact us.

A packing list and “Know Before You Go” is sent to all registrants to help you prepare. A live information and Q&A session occurs prior to event start date.
Springtime weather in Oregon can be unpredictable! Be prepared for crisp mornings and evenings.
PLEASE NOTE that if you book “retreat only” that you are responsible for booking your own lodging and arriving to the retreat activities on time.

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Give me a shout and I’d be delighted to answer all your questions!

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Hailey S.

I feel renewed, excited, powerful, grateful, connected. I feet SAFE, seen, and supported.

Janice J.

So much truth...so much vulnerability, so much healing. So much femininity. Thank you for the magical experience.

Cassie Kilpatrick

Thank you! Thank you for the amazing, powerful, intentional weekend. I took so much away and have so much insight into where my focus forward will go!

Janie Ferguson

Last weekend, I really got more than what I'd even hoped, and you really are amazing to put something like this together to make such a huge impact in others' lives.

Hilary Johnston

I learned so much about myself this weekend and really feel like I have the strategies now to make lifelong changes!

Cherise A.

Last weekend I really got more than what I’d even hoped and you really are amazing to put something like this together to make such a huge impact in others’ lives.

Anna W.

I literally had the best time. I learned so much about myself this weekend and really feel like I have the strategies now to make life long changes!

Jenn

I went into the Women’s Retreat knowing I would come away with a few nuggets of wisdom but I completely underestimated the power of the program. The intimacy that Christine created through her knowledge, techniques, and her drive for genuine human connection blew me away. Not only did she create...

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