Pleasure Has Purpose - Wellness Retreat for Black Women

You’ve read the books, gone to therapy, climbed the ladder, and held space for everyone else. Now it’s your turn. The Pleasure Has Purpose Retreat from Compassion Collective is a soul-nourishing, body-honoring, heart-expanding experience designed for high-achieving Black women and women of color who are ready to feel seen, held, and celebrated.

From May 15–19, 2025, join us in Tulum, Mexico, for a powerful collective pause. Imagine five days of chef-prepared meals, beachside meditation, vulnerable conversations, and the kind of laughter that cracks you open and fills you back up.

This retreat is for the woman who knows rest isn’t weakness—and that her joy and pleasure are a birthright.

Your registration is a DEPOSIT. You will be able to select your preferred room option during check out and will get an invoice for the remaining balance.

Every registration is all-inclusive except the cost of travel to and from the retreat venue. All meals, beverages, activities, etc. are included in the cost.

• Open to all women, we will be centering the experiences of Black Women
• Led by a licensed psychotherapist with 20+ years experience
• Small group designed for personalized attention and intimate connection
• Private bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms
• Chef-prepared meals in a luxury tropical villa

As we welcome the blossoming of spring, we will create space to explore passion and pleasure as women of color. In a safe and supportive collective of women, you will be invited to rediscover the joy of being present in your body and the power of igniting your inner fire as fuel for cultivating the life and relationships you desire.

This beautiful Mayan estate combines quiet corners for solitude with lush communal spaces to nurture connection and honor self-reflection. You will enjoy a beautiful and spacious bedroom with a king-size bed and private en-suite bathroom

Select a private room with a king bed and ensuite bathroom, or find your next BFF with a shared double room and two queen beds. All room options feature plush, minimalist designs that envelop you in serene and restful energy.

Every registration is all-inclusive except the cost of travel to and from the retreat venue. All meals, beverages, activities, etc. are included in the cost.

• 5 days/4 nights luxury accommodations
• Private villa with chef-prepared meals and snacks
• Daily meditation
• welcome gift
• group process work
• journaling sessions
• nature walks
• creative practices
• opportunity for individual support
• post-retreat support and private WhatsApp community
• fire ceremony

Compassion Collective Retreats are designed to give you a break from the demands of your endless to-do lists and over-committed schedules. With that in mind, we will have leisurely arrival and departure and a fluid daily schedule.

Below is a general guide to our full-day schedules. On the day of arrival and departure, we will have meditation, meals, and shorter group sessions.

There will be free time in between most scheduled events for journaling, naps, walks, reading, and rest. Individual check-ins are available anytime as needed.

• Morning Tea and Meditation - We will have a morning tea ritual and guided meditation
• Breakfast and Intention Setting- Bring your journals
• Group Session- Plan and location will vary - I'll let you know what to bring
• Lunch and Processing- Time to relax, eat, and debrief (if needed) from group work
• Group Session- Plan and location will vary - I'll let you know what to bring
• Dinner- Time to cut loose and connect over delicious food and drink
• Poolside Evening Chat - Casual connection around the outdoor fire pit + release rituals
• Nighttime Tea- Deep relaxation practice and tea ritual to close our day

is a psychotherapist, speaker, and meditation teacher known for holding space for powerful women who need a place to not be powerful for a while. With over 20 years of experience—including as a therapist to celebrities, CEOs, and Real Housewives of Potomac alumni—Esther brings grounded emotional wisdom into every room she enters.

Her Compassion Collective Retreats offer a rare blend of luxury, community, and transformation for high-achieving women of color. She's also President of NAMI DC and a TEDx speaker on culturally inclusive wellness. Esther’s superpower? Helping ambitious women feel safe enough to soften.

Host or Publisher Esther B. MFT