One-Day Recalibration Retreat for Executive Leadership Teams
Private Sanctuary Retreat Experience for Long-lasting Transformation
Casa de Mirabeau – San Diego, California
Limited capacity: 7–12 executives per retreat
Who Is This Retreat For?
This Retreat Is for Your Leadership Team If…
- Your executives are carrying sustained pressure with no structured recovery
- Decision fatigue is affecting the quality of leadership judgment
- Key leaders are showing signs of burnout, reactivity, or emotional withdrawal
- Your organization wants to invest in real restoration – not slogans
- You are navigating prolonged organizational change, crisis, or restructuring
What This Is
- Deep nervous system reset and release of hidden emotional overload
- Restored clarity, presence, and grounded decision-making authority
- Practical, immediately deployable self-regulation tools
- Individual hands-on sessions with Dr. Carolle
What Your Leaders Learn and Experience
The Dr. Carolle Method™
A 3-breath parasympathetic activation technique combining controlled breathing, mind centering, and rhythmic temple tapping. Leaders practice DCIAM in the morning group session and receive individual refinement during private afternoon sessions.
A self-administered technique using precise acupressure points for immediate cognitive clarity and nervous system reset in 30 seconds. Use for decision fatigue, administrative overwhelm, meeting exhaustion, and tension headaches.
Performed individually by Dr. Carolle during private afternoon sessions. A rapid 30-second acupressure intervention for immediate nervous system stabilization under acute stress or pressure.
4. METRT – Murat Emotional Trauma Release Technique
Performed individually by Dr. Carolle during private afternoon sessions. A 5–10 minute hands-on intervention to remove deeper emotional weight including:
• Fear of failure and chronic hypervigilance
• Emotional residue from past crises, restructuring, or loss
• Guilt, self-blame, and decision paralysis
• Chronic anxiety and executive shutdown
This is the deep work that allows leaders to function at their highest capacity.






Full-Day Retreat Format
Morning Session: Clarity & Nervous System Reset (Group, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
- Understanding what burnout really is – beyond stress and overwork
- Why the nervous system – not the calendar – is driving collapse
- Group instruction and practice of DCIAM and DCSRT
- Reframing leadership from carrying everything alone to leading from regulation
Leaders leave the morning session already feeling calmer, clearer, and more present.
- Healthy catered lunch provided
- Rest and refresh in the healing gardens of Casa de Mirabeau
- Informal connection time with colleagues and Dr. Carolle
- Individual DCIRT and METRT sessions available with Dr. Carolle (rotating schedule)
- Garden walks, reflection, and integration time
Afternoon Session: Individual Executive Reset (Private 1:1, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM)
Dr. Carolle works individually with each executive using DCIRT to stabilize overload and METRT to release deeper emotional blocks. These focused 5–10 minute sessions address the specific emotional interference patterns that limit each leader’s effectiveness.
Most leaders describe leaving with a sense that ‘20 pounds have been lifted,’ the ability to breathe again, and clear next steps instead of mental looping.
Closing Integration & Celebration (3:00 PM – 4:30 PM)
- Group reflection on what shifted
- Simple, sustainable tools to maintain the reset
- Guidance on leading from a regulated nervous system rather than adrenaline
- Live healing music session with Akisha & The Art Effects, Dr. Carolle’s band
Music has been an integral part of Dr. Carolle’s healing work for decades. The closing concert brings joy, connection, and celebration to the recalibration journey.
The Setting: Casa de Mirabeau
A Place to Recalibrate
- Flowering roses and seasonal blooms
- Guava, mango, lemon, orange, fig, and sour orange trees
- Succulents, cacti, and vibrant greenery
- Ancient granite boulders formed over 75 million years ago
- Winding stone paths, shaded sitting areas, and a peaceful pond and fountain



What’s Included
- Full-day retreat experience with all sessions
- Individual private session with Dr. Carolle (DCIRT and METRT)
- Pre-retreat confidential intake process for each executive
- Carolle’s Executive Leadership Recalibration Reference Guide
- Healthy catered lunch
- Access to Casa de Mirabeau’s healing gardens throughout the day
- Closing live music healing session with Akisha & The Art Effects
Outcomes
For Individual Leaders
- Regained emotional clarity and decision-making capacity
- Greater sense of groundedness and reduced reactivity
- Improved sleep and fewer physical stress symptoms
- Reconnection with purpose, meaning, and leadership identity
- More present leadership for teams, families, and themselves
For Your Organization
- Higher-quality leadership decisions under pressure
- Reduced risk of sudden executive collapse or resignation
- More humane and emotionally intelligent crisis responses
- A powerful culture signal: “We invest in real restoration, not slogans.”
Why This Works
These techniques have been crisis-tested in mass trauma events with documented long-term effectiveness:
- 2012 San Diego Mesa College: Student suicide witnessed by 20 staff members. Lead therapist (licensed LMFT) confirmed results long-lasting 13 years later: “Nothing short of miraculous. It is clearly effective, long-lasting, and can assist in all aspects of recovery – and it sticks.”
- 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Hundreds of survivors, first responders, and healthcare providers under extreme conditions. Sustained effectiveness documented 15 years later.
- 2008 Hurricane Katrina: First responders and survivors with sustained effectiveness documented 17 years later.
- March 2025–present: AKESNA Sisters religious congregation, Haiti. Two sisters were murdered; the remaining sisters continued their ministry using these techniques.
- December 2024–present: Multi-city crisis response in Ohio and New York supporting Haitian congregations following political attacks.
- 25+ years serving as co-administrator of Hôpital St. Joseph in Haiti under extreme crisis conditions.


What Makes This Different
Pre-Retreat Process
For Companies & Executive Search Firms
This retreat is ideal for:
- Companies protecting their most valuable leaders
- Organizations navigating prolonged change, restructuring, or crisis
- Executive search firms seeking a premium resource to stabilize key placements or offer transformative experiences to top-tier clients
This is a high-touch, premium service with limited availability to protect the integrity of the work and the sanctity of the space.
Limited to 6 retreats per year.



A Personal Invitation from Dr. Carolle

