Resilience Retreat and Certificate: Science Based Skills for Bouncing Back Better® at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY

Train Resilience, Experience Transformation!

In a world that constantly tests our spirit, learn to navigate life’s challenges with grace, grit, and mastery. Join leading positive psychology and mind-body medicine expert, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, MCC, for the Bounce Back Better® Resilience Retreat.

Dive deep into experiential learning in this hands-on retreat, uncovering a unique approach to resilience that echoes the personal journey and profound experiences of Emiliya herself, who embodies the essence of resilience and transformation, having traversed through the realms of loss, persecution, and immigration, transforming her pain into an enlightening pathway for others.

Why Resilience Skills?

In a world overflowing with uncertainties, learning the skills of resilience is paramount! Without these skills, one may flounder, attempting to navigate life’s challenges alone. Emiliya, with her radiant warmth, love, and generosity, will guide you through the essential life skills that transform how you experience stress and face life’s varying adversities, teaching you not just to stress less, but to stress better.

Who Will Benefit?

This retreat will give you a deep dive into the heart of resilience science and application. Learn from others who, just like you, yearn for a comprehensive and research-backed approach to personal development, and want to put theory into practice. This retreat is crafted for the curious and passionate minds typically drawn to the transformative programs at the Omega Institute, and of particular interest to practitioners that work with others as guides for personal growth and healing.

What You Will Learn:

Throughout this 6-day, 5-night retreat, you’ll explore 16 core resilience skills (details below of each skill and session), diving into mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual mastery proven to fortify mental toughness, emotional agility, grit, and anti-fragility. It’s a systematic training, weaving through four levels of mastery from Scholar to Jedi, packing your suitcase with skills to navigate from traumatic experiences to daily triggers with personal mastery.

The course is steeped in interactive, embodied learning experiences, enabling you to absorb resilience and positive psychology through joy and play. It’s a unique, powerful, and uplifting journey under the guidance of Emiliya, who illuminates the path with her warmth and profound generosity, leaving you feeling seen, lit up, and deeply connected.

Added Values & Gifts:

• Certification: Participants will earn a certificate of course completion in the Bounce Back Better® Resilience System through the Flourishing Center.
• Exclusive Access: Free access to the Online Bounce Back Better® toolkit ($1,200 value) and Online Community to continue and reinforce learning post-program.

With Emiliya’s Bounce Back Better® Program, elevate your existence and enlighten your spirit.

 

About Emiliya

Emiliya isn’t just any guide for your week long journey; she’s a living testament to resilience. From escaping the shadows of communism, Chernobyl’s aftermath, and Jewish persecution in Ukraine, to enduring heart-wrenching personal losses of her brother, mother, and father, her life story is living proof, that when equipped with the right skills, we can flourish and thrive amidst trauma and adversity.

As one of the first 75 individuals globally to earn a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation, Emiliya combines academic brilliance with heartwarming compassion. She has touched lives in 53 countries, certifying 300 resilience trainers and 1,800 positive psychology practitioners.

Bounce Back Better® Program Content:

Session 1: GROWTH MINDSET: FROM JUDGMENT TO CURIOSITY • How thoughts and beliefs shape your mindset • Differentiating between fixed and growth mindset • Understanding how mindset affects resilience • Using obstacles and adversities as opportunities for growth

Session 2: LEVERAGING POSITIVITY AND BEFRIENDING NEGATIVITY

• The evolutionary role of emotions
• Developing emotional intelligence and awareness
• Learning to apply the model of Self-Awareness, Self-Compassion, and Self-Care
• Building positive emotions and understanding negativity bias

Session 3: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: BALANCE STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY

• Understanding the mind/body connection
• Learning the importance of physical activity to mental health and fitness
• Life hacks for prioritizing fitness
• Exploring new strategies for physical fitness

Session 4: MEANING AND PURPOSE: YOU MATTER

• Using meaning and purpose to cultivate resilience
• Exploring your connection to and impact in the world
• The relationship between spiritual and social skills
• Making meaning out of difficult experiences

Session 5: THE ABCDEFG OF PERSONAL MASTERY

• The ABC model of cognitive behavioral therapy
• The difference between optimistic and pessimistic explanatory style
• Using evidence to dispute judgements, thoughts, and beliefs
• Navigating obstacles as a learner

Session 6: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

• Mastering your emotions through the relationship between thoughts and feelings
• Navigating the relationship between beliefs and consequences
• Learning the SCARF Model for triggering threat mode
• Understanding the Drama Triangle as a psychological and social model of interaction

Session 7: BREATHING FOR REGULATING THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

• Learning to use your breath as a resource to increase wellbeing and resilience
• Mastering basic breathing principles
• Understanding the vagus nerve and activating your relaxation response
• Making breathing a muscle

Session 8: THE SCIENCE OF THE HIVE: YOU BELONG

• Understanding hive theory and why humans are hive creatures
• The evolutionary role of connection
• Pathways for building high-quality connections
• The importance of belonging

Session 9: WORKING WITH WORRY AND DOUBTING YOUR DOUBTS

• How to work with worry and befriend fear
• Managing the emotion of worry
• Building tolerance for uncertainty
• Training to move from worrier to warrior

Session 10: ENERGY MANAGEMENT: BECOMING YOUR OWN CEO

• How to identify and manage your energy
• Building the muscle of willpower
• Learning sources of depletion and repletion
• Understanding flow and how to create flow states and experiences

Session 11: NUTRITION: FEEDING RESILIENCE

• Using nourishment to achieve high levels of energy
• Nutrition’s influence on digestion, absorption, and the nervous system
• Learning about the potential for 1% gains to improve healthy behavior

Session 12: PRONOIA: A BENEVOLENT UNIVERSE

• Considering the notion that the universe is benevolent
• Exploring your beliefs about the world and how they impact your actions
• Developing your sense of trust in yourself, others, and life
• Exploring hope, optimism, and faith

Session 13: MIND OVER CHATTER: PRACTICAL REFRAMES FOR MASTERING YOUR THOUGHTS

• How to cultivate mindfulness and the benefits of mindfulness
• How to redirect and choose your thoughts in real-time
• Mastering the mind over chatter process
• Practicing different meditation experiences to build resilience

Session 14: EMOTION ALCHEMY: A PRACTICAL TOOL FOR MASTERING FEELINGS

• How to recognize and use the energy of emotions to build resilience
• The Emotional Guidance Scale as a tool for building positive emotions
• Inducing positive emotions to combat negativity bias
• Using Loving Kindness Meditation to increase positive emotion muscle

Session 15: MIND-BODY FITNESS: MOVEMENTS FOR MASTERING YOUR LIFE

• How to care for your body to maintain resilience
• Understanding fascia and the body’s connective tissue system
• Practicing 12 basic movements for physical resilience
• Moving for mental and emotional agility

Session 16: INTUITION AND MIRACLES: MASTERING ALIGNMENT

• How to masterfully navigate the decisions of day-to-day life
• Using forgiveness to make peace with the past
• Understanding the paradox of choice
• The intuitive and reflective decision-making systems

About Emiliya Zhivotovskaya

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya is the chief executive officer and founder of The Flourishing Center and the Center for Positive Education, both of which are dedicated to increasing the flourishing of the world. For more than 15 years, she has trained thousands of certified practitioners in positive psychology, coaching, resilience training, consulting, and more. She is the creator of the Bounce Back Better® (B³) Resilience Training System, and has certified over 300 Resilience Trainers licensing the B³ System to train others in resilience skills.

Emiliya enables people to turn their passion for helping others into a lucrative and powerful career that actualizes their calling. Emiliya holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in positive psychology and is pursuing her doctoral degree in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University.

Emiliya holds a Master Certified Coach (MCC™) credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as certifications in modalities ranging from coaching to yoga, Reiki, intenSati, Thai massage, biofeedback, motivational interviewing, and more. She is the creator of the acclaimed Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) program, Applied Positive Psychology Coaching (APPC) Program, and Bounce Back Better® Resilience Training Program. Her programs have certified 2,500 practitioners in more than 53 countries.