Embracing AND ~ Half-Day Retreat For Mothers

As women, we are constantly asked to choose: career or family, ambition or rest, purpose or presence. Instead, we want you to embrace AND.

This half-day workshop is designed for ambitious women who lead at home and in life and want to enter the new year with more clarity, alignment, and compassion.

Led by Priya Shah of ShahSquared Consulting and TheANDLife Project [https://shahsquared.com/theANDlife] and David Schreiner of Soul Growth Network [https://soulgrowthnetwork.com/], this immersive experience is about reclaiming all parts of yourself without compromise. Blending storytelling, movement, mindfulness, sound healing, and guided reflection, we’ll help you reconnect with your purpose, realign your values, and feel empowered.

What’ll You Experience:

• A guided sound journey for a deeper connection to self
• Movement and mindfulness to reset your energy and perspective
• Personal storytelling surrounding TheANDLife Project
• Purpose mapping exercises to guide your goals and reflections
• Group sharing circle to connect with other women on the same journey
• Healthy snacks and refreshments throughout the session
• A curated workbook to guide your personal clarity
• A take-home self-love starter kit that includes:
• Ritual guide
• Custom tea blend
• Motivational cards
• Soul Growth Self Love spray
• Special bonus: 30-minute purpose integration consult with Priya
• Special bonus: 1-hour sound healing gift certificate at Soul Growth

Who It’s For:

This experience is designed for ambitious women who:

• Are balancing ambition, leadership, and motherhood (regardless of the stage)
• Feel stretched thin between their personal and professional lives
• Want to start the new year with clarity instead of chaos
• Seek community with other women who truly understand
• Are ready to embrace their AND—rather than feeling they need to choose

You’ll walk away with a clear sense of your purpose for the year ahead and an action plan to help you fully show up and lead in all areas of your life. Because you deserve a life that embraces all of you. When you honor every part of who you are - your ambition, your empathy, your leadership, your self - you become more present, more powerful, and more aligned.

Workshop Agenda

9:30 – 10:00 AM | Arrival, Connections & Introductions (all)

10:00 – 10:15 AM | Meditation to Set Intentions (David)

10:15 – 10:30 AM | Storytelling around TheANDLife (Priya)

10:30 – 11:00 AM | Physical Movement & Group Discussion (David)

11:00 – 12:00 AM | Guided Sound Healing Journey (David)

12:00 – 12:15 PM | Guided Reflection & Purpose Mapping (Priya)

12:15 – 12:45 PM | Sharing Circle: Discussing Purpose & Alignment (all)

12:45 – 1:00 PM | Wrap-up, Intentions & Next Steps (all)

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations made before December 20th will qualify for a full refund. Cancellations made after January 5th will qualify for a 50% partial refund. Any cancellations after January 5th are non-refundable, but registrations can be transferred to another participant.

Registration Details:

Space is intentionally limited to 10 participants to preserve an intimate, deep group setting. Your spot is confirmed upon receipt of payment.

About Priya Shah

Priya Shah is a communications and social media leader with over 15 years of experience shaping thought leadership and visibility for healthcare, medtech, and global B2B companies. After years of climbing the corporate ladder and earning praise for her ambition, Priya realized there was an unspoken expectation woven into every performance review, promotion, and leadership meeting: that she must choose. Choose between ambition or empathy, motherhood or career advancement, personal well-being or professional results—ultimately deciding between who she was or who she was expected to be.

Instead, in 2024, she decided to stop conforming to a system of ‘ors’ or ‘buts’ and left the corporate world to restart ShahSquared Consulting, a social media consulting firm that advocates for a strategic, measurable, and people-first approach. What she didn’t anticipate was the deeper purpose that would emerge when she stepped away—a calling to help other women reclaim parts of themselves they’d been asked to suppress. That idea became the foundation for TheANDLife Project.

Inspired by her experiences as a working mother, a woman of color, and a high-achieving corporate leader, Priya created TheANDLife Project as a movement for ambitious, purpose-driven women who are done choosing and ready to embrace AND instead of or or but. It’s based on the belief that ambition and empathy can coexist, that motherhood can enhance leadership skills, and that success and rest both matter. Through workshops, storytelling, strategic guidance, and thought leadership, Priya helps women reconnect with their purpose, realign with themselves, and rewrite outdated narratives. Connect with Priya through TheANDLife Project on Substack, and follow her on LinkedIn and Instagram for reflections, stories, and practical tips.

About David Schreiner

David Schreiner is a certified yoga, meditation, pranayama, and energy-work practitioner with a foundation in holistic wellness, curanderismo, and other earth based practices. After spending years feeling disconnected from his own inner direction, a turning point led him to begin formal study throughout Southeast Asia, where he trained with diverse teachers and earned his RYT-200 certification through East+West Yoga in Bali, Indonesia, in 2019. During this time, he also completed extended training certifications in meditation and pranayama, forming the foundation of his evidence-informed approach to mind–body healing.

David has continued his professional development by studying sound healing, energy work, the healing arts of curanderismo, and other traditional energy modalities. He completed his Reiki Master Training in the Usui Reiki lineage under Kathy Sietos at Green Light Reiki, strengthening his understanding of energy practices and supportive client and student approaches.

David is the founder of Soul Growth Network, a platform designed to help individuals reconnect with purpose, emotional clarity, and personal resilience. David’s work centers on the belief that true healing occurs from within and with the right tools, structure, and support, individuals can access a deeper sense of alignment and well-being.

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