🎨👩💻It's NOT just another creativity workshop!
Creative Discovery Facilitator Training
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Join us September 14-16 for 3 days of growth, creative breakthroughs, hands-on facilitation practice, and the kind of clarity that helps you finally bring your work into the world.
- Live creative sessions and facilitation you’ll experience—and practice leading yourself
- A clear, repeatable framework you can immediately use with clients or groups
- Small group practice to build real confidence guiding others
- Connection with like-minded women who are also ready to step into this work
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Practical Facilitation Skills
Learn how to guide creative reflection experiences you can use immediately in your work.
Hands-On Practice
You won’t just observe—you’ll write prompts, lead exercises, and facilitate in real time.
Group Facilitation Mastery
Discover how to confidently lead groups—something most creative trainings never teach.
A Repeatable Framework
Leave with a clear, structured process you can use again and again.
About Wild Creative Enchantment Retreat
I cannot recommend her retreats enough!
Years ago, when I first saw a class from Minette, it was spirit animals and I could attend. Fast forward to 2025, and she has reinvented the spirit guides in a way that is purely magical. I have always wanted to try my hand painting animals and I knew that I needed a bit of a push to actually do it. Minette made the entire creation of the painted animal accessible, and full of deep personal meaning. I got 3 beautiful works of art, a heart full of joy and insight and some wonderful friends from this retreat. If you ever want to try, even if it scares you, a retreat by Minette is where you need to be and she will stretch what you can do if you are well experienced. I cannot recommend her retreats enough!
Most personal growth and creativity workshops leave you inspired… but unsure how to actually use what you learned.
You might leave with beautiful insights, meaningful experiences, and pages full of reflection… But when it comes time to bring that work into your practice, your sessions, or your groups—You’re left wondering: How do I guide this for someone else? What do I actually say? How do I structure it so it feels safe and meaningful?
That’s why this training is designed differently. Not just for your own growth—but for your ability to guide others through it.
Learn a Repeatable Facilitation Process
A Clear Structure You Can Trust. You’ll learn the Creative Discovery Cycle™— a simple, powerful framework you can use to guide others through creative reflection.
- Prompt → Reflect → Create → Share → Integrate
- Works for individuals or groups
- Adaptable for therapy, coaching, retreats, or workshops
Practice Facilitating in Real Time
Not Just Learning—Doing.
This is a hands-on training. You’ll:
- Write your own prompts
- Practice facilitating in small groups
- Experience what it feels like to lead—and be supported
An Experience Designed for Learning, Creativity, and Connection
This isn’t a lecture-based training.It’s an immersive, creative environment where you’ll move between:
- guided creative sessions
- hands-on facilitation practice
- small group work
- meaningful conversation
You’ll leave not just inspired— But equipped.
The 3-Day Journey: Experience the Creative Alchemy Method™
This immersive experience is designed as a living laboratory — a place where you engage the creative process both personally and professionally. Each day builds on the last, guiding you from inner reconnection toward meaningful expression and, for some, the possibility of guiding others.
Day 1: Returning to Yourself
Start where you are. Not where you think you should be.
You arrive with curiosity… and likely some uncertainty.
You may be wondering:
Can I actually do this?
Is there really something here for me?
What would it even look like to guide others?
We begin here—before any answers.
Through guided reflection and simple expressive arts practices, you’ll step into the Creative Alchemy Method™ as a participant first.
No pressure to perform.
No expectation to lead.
Just space to experience.
As you create, you’ll start to notice something subtle:
How image, story, and symbol begin to reveal meaning—without needing to force it.
And alongside your personal experience, you’ll gently begin to see:
How this work is structured.
How emotional safety is created.
How a group is held with intention.
Not as theory—but from the inside.
This day is about self-recognition:
“Oh… this is where I am. And this feels safe to explore.”
Day 2: The Sacred & the Playful
Where the depth begins—and the questions become real
Where the depth begins—and the questions become real
By now, something has opened.
And often, this is where a new kind of awareness appears:
There’s something powerful in this work…
But how do you guide it without overstepping?
What’s mine to hold—and what isn’t?
This is where many women feel both drawn in… and uncertain.
On this second day, we move deeper into creative exploration—through imagery, archetype, and symbolic process.
But just as importantly, we begin to name what’s happening beneath the surface:
How insight emerges without interpretation
How emotional depth is supported without fixing
How presence becomes more important than expertise
You’ll experience how curiosity, play, and reverence are not extras—they are part of the method itself.
And you’ll start to feel the difference between:
Having an intuitive sense of this work…
and beginning to understand how it actually functions.
This day is about problem + authority recognition:
“This is powerful—and there’s a responsible way to hold it.”
Day 3: From Insight to Service
Seeing what’s possible—without needing to have it all figured out
By the third day, many women notice a shift:
More clarity.
More energy.
A stronger sense of what’s true for them.
But also new questions:
Could I actually do this?
What would this look like in my life?
Do I have to turn this into something—or can it just be part of who I am?
This day is not about pushing you into answers.
It’s about helping you see what’s possible—in a way that feels grounded and real.
You’ll integrate your experience through a structured reflection process, and begin to articulate:
What this work means to you
How it fits into your life or leadership
Whether you feel called to take it further
You’ll also be introduced to the pathway into Facilitator Training — not as a requirement, but as a natural next step if it resonates.
No pressure.
No expectation.
Just clarity.
This day is about path + readiness recognition:
“I don’t have to be fully ready. I just have to be willing to explore what’s next.”
A genuinely enriching experience
Minette has a remarkable ability to create a safe and warm environment. I felt at ease enough to share my thoughts comfortably within the small group. And I got real results. The entire journey felt wholesome, leaving me with a renewed sense of appreciation for my personal growth. I highly recommend Minette’s classes to anyone seeking guidance in their personal development, and a genuinely enriching experience. Thank you, Minette, for taking my on this journey!
Who This Training Is For
Therapists & Counselors
You want to integrate creative, reflective practices into your sessions or groups—but need a clear, ethical, non-clinical framework.
Coaches & Facilitators
You’re ready to deepen your work and offer something more experiential and meaningful.
Retreat Leaders & Space Holders
You want to guide creative experiences that go beyond journaling or conversation.
Women in Transition
You feel called to create, gather, and guide—but don’t yet have the structure or confidence.
Creatives Ready to Share Their Work
You’ve been exploring your own creativity and feel the pull to bring it to others.
LOCATION + LOGISTICS
📍 Loveland, Colorado
Loveland is a creative little jewel at the edge of the Rockies — a place where art, nature, and community weave together in quiet but powerful ways. Known as the Sweetheart City, it’s home to hundreds of public sculptures, a vibrant downtown arts scene, and easy access to the wild beauty of Rocky Mountain National Park. It’s the kind of place where inspiration feels close at hand and meaningful conversations unfold naturally. I'm proud to call this city home.
🗓 Dates: September 14-16, 2026
⏰ 9:30am to 5:30pm each day
Venue: Casa Sagrada
Casa Sagrada is located in a renovated church in downtown Loveland that blends historic charm with modern elegance.
🎨 All supplies included
☕ Light refreshments provided
Lodging and Meals are not included
We will provide a list of lodging and restaurant options
Leave With a Clear, Repeatable Way to Facilitate Creative Work
Yes—you’ll have a powerful personal experience. And yes—you’ll connect with incredible women.
But more importantly…You’ll leave with the structure, tools, and confidence to actually use this work.
- A complete creative facilitation framework
- A toolkit of prompts and creative exercises
- Experience leading both 1:1 and group sessions
- Confidence in guiding without fixing or interpreting
- A clear next step for integrating this into your work
🗓️ September 14-16 📍Loveland, CO
Step Into the Work You’re Meant to Share
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🌙 9. FINAL INVITATION
🌿 HEADLINE
Step Into the Work You’re Meant to Share
✨ BODY
There comes a moment when your creativity stops being just for you.
When it becomes something you’re meant to offer.
Not perfectly.
Not all at once.
But with intention, care, and structure.
If you’ve been feeling that pull—
This is your next step.
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You Feel Something Shifting… But You Can’t Quite Name It Yet
You’ve spent time exploring your creativity.
You’ve written, painted, reflected, or followed your intuition in ways that have changed you.
And somewhere along the way, something started to shift.
You began to wonder:
Is this just for me… or is there something more here?
Could this actually help someone else?
What would it look like to guide others through something like this?
But alongside that curiosity, there’s also uncertainty.
You’re not sure how to structure it.
You don’t want to overstep or misstep.
You don’t quite have the language for what you know is happening.
You may have even tried to explain it—and found yourself struggling to put it into words.
So the ideas stay… just out of reach.
Not because they aren’t there.
But because you don’t yet have a clear way to work with them or share them with others.
This immersion helps you move from sensing something meaningful… to understanding how to work with intuitive creative processes—both for yourself and, if you choose, with others.
You Are Not Starting From Scratch
You already carry something real.
You already carry:
• Lived wisdom
• Emotional depth
• Creative intuition
• A deep sensitivity to what others are experiencing
You’ve likely already felt it:
Moments where someone opens up to you.
Moments where your presence creates something meaningful.
Moments where creativity becomes more than expression—it becomes connection.
But this is where many facilitators and practitioners get stuck.
Because what you have is intuitive…
And what’s missing is:
A structure you can rely on
A way to guide without fixing or overreaching
Language for the transformation you’re already sensing
A method that allows your creativity to become something you can offer others
And without a way to work with it clearly, it’s easy to stay in uncertainty.
This isn’t something new you need to learn—it’s something you need help understanding and using more intentionally.
This Is the Moment This Immersion Is Designed For
Not the moment when everything is clear.
Not when you feel fully confident.
But the moment when:
You know there is something here
You feel the pull toward something more meaningful
And you’re ready to explore it—without needing to have it all figured out
This is where your intuitive creative work begins to make sense—where you start to understand how to guide and practice it with clarity.
The Framework Beneath the Experience
The Creative Alchemy Method™ is grounded in a living framework we call the 8 Elements of Creative Alchemy — eight developmental capacities that support personal transformation and ethical facilitation.
During this Immersion, you won’t just learn about the Elements.
You will experience them in action.
These elements form the foundation of our Facilitator Training.
At its core, this immersion gives you a clear, grounded understanding of how the Creative Alchemy Method is structured—and how to hold it with confidence and care. You don’t have to be certain—just willing to begin understanding what’s here.
What Others are Saying about Minette's Live Events
About Wild & Sacred: A Creative Spirit Retreat
Magical!
This retreat, set in a beautiful home in the woods, was magical. Minette and Emma together bring a grace, and slowness that is hard to achieve in our fast paced world. I really enjoyed gathering together with all of the attendees for shared insight and soul work, and I loved taking the inspiration from the day and turning into elementally inspired prayer flags. To be able to show up to an art based retreat, and have to bring nothing, is amazing. The generosity of these two women, with their time, insight, materials, preparation and love made this such a magical time. We were cared for with amazing food, what felt like unlimited supplies and opportunities to create, and a space that was very inspiring. I would have liked another few days in this retreat!
[This] retreat was an absolute joy from start to finish!
The Wild and Sacred retreat was an absolute joy from start to finish! It was clear that every detail was so thoughtfully and lovingly planned. Minette and Emma made an incredible duo—their styles balanced each other perfectly, and their combined energy created something truly special. They were warm, inspiring, and deeply generous with their knowledge, making the creative energy in the room contagious. This experience was truly restorative for my soul and creativity. I left feeling deeply connected to an amazing group of women. And the location—unbeatable!
[This retreat] took me on an enchanted journey that I will forever cherish
I am steeped in immense gratitude for the depth and richness of the experience. From the moment we began this 4 and 1/2 day retreat, we traveled in a liminal space of radical acceptance, profound insight, and heartfelt generosity. We were surrounded by the saturated colors of the sacred space created to contain and support our creative unfolding. Delicious food, the company of wise women, the natural environment we spent time in, the abundance of diverse materials and gentle, loving guidance were food for my Soul. The theme delighted and inspired me with well orchestrated and thoughtful stepping stones along the path end with the sacred sharing of our creations on our last morning together. Leslie and Minette are masterful Magicians who took me on an enchanted journey that I will forever cherish.
About The Time Traveler's Retreat
Such a safe and supportive space ... to explore and heal
Thank you for creating such a safe and supportive space for us to explore and heal individually and together. Each of activities offered its own invitation to go deeper. I felt held equally in my forward steps and my mis-steps. Through this retreat I embraced old wounds and re-purposed the elements for a collage of a joy-filled future.
Personal Transformation. Professional Application.
This immersion is for individuals who have already begun exploring creativity, healing, or inner work and are now wondering what it would look like to take that deeper or share it with others.
You may recognize yourself in one of these paths:
You come for yourself
You’ve already felt how powerful this work can be.
And now you want to go deeper—without needing to turn it into anything.
You come to:
Reconnect with your inner voice
Move through grief, transition, or life changes
Rediscover joy, meaning, and creative expression
Understand your own experience more clearly
You come as a guide (or feel the pull toward becoming one)
Something in you is beginning to shift.
You’re sensing that your creativity—and your presence—could support others.
But you’re not yet sure how to do that in a way that feels clear, grounded, and responsible.
Expand your facilitation toolkit
Integrate expressive arts into your existing work
Develop confidence in holding emotional depth in group settings
Begin translating your intuitive gifts into a structured approach
Both paths are welcome here
Because before you can guide others,
you must first experience the work from within.
There is no pressure to choose.
Only space to explore what feels true for you.
Whether you come for yourself or to explore guiding others, you will leave with a clearer understanding of how this work is held—and what’s possible for you within it.
What Makes This Different
This is not:
art therapy.
a casual creative workshop.
And it's not a retreat.
The Creative Discovery Immersion offers you something new...
You will not only experience the transformational work — you will observe how it is held.
A meaningful portion of this Immersion is devoted to understanding how transformative creative group experiences are designed and facilitated — including structure, pacing, ethical boundaries, and the subtle art of holding depth without overstepping.
This work is not designed primarily for one-to-one work with clients. It is designed for facilitators, leaders, and space-holders who understand that group work requires its own skill set and ethical awareness.
It is designed for guiding meaningful group experiences.
By the end of these three days, you won’t just have experienced the work—you’ll understand how it’s structured and how to work with it intentionally.
🎨 Meet Your Creative Guide: Minette Riordan, Ph.D.
Artist. Writer. Methodology Creator. Founder of Creative Alchemy™
Minette is an expressive arts educator, facilitator trainer, and creator of the Creative Discovery Cycle™ and Creative Alchemy™ framework.
For over 30 years, she has designed transformational group experiences that integrate narrative, symbolic process, and creative expression. Her work focuses on translating intuitive insight into structured, ethical facilitation methods that can be applied in coaching, education, ministry, and community leadership.
Through her trainings and immersive programs, she prepares women to guide meaningful creative experiences rooted in wholeness, emotional intelligence, and developmental understanding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Do I need art experience or training?
A. No, you don't need any previous experience or need to know how to draw. This is about creative process, not fine art. You will practice a variety of expressive arts techniques using collage, watercolor and journaling that are simple, playful and transformative.
Q. Is this therapy?
A. No. It is educational, experiential training. Deeply reflective — but not clinical therapy or art therapy.
Q. Can I attend if I only want this for myself?
A. Absolutely. There will be no pressure to continue beyond the 3 day training and you will walk away from this immersion with a variety of ideas and techniques you can easily repeat at home on your own.
Q. Will I receive tools I can use professionally?
A. You will walk away with fresh ideas and if you choose to continue with the certification, you will be able to use the tools themselves.
Q. What if I’m retired and not looking to build a business?
A. Perfect. Calling as Service can take many forms — personal, communal, or professional. There is no pressure to monetize this work. Perhaps you volunteer with a local community group or want to gather a circle of girlfriends to do this work with.
Q. What is your cancellation policy?
A. Please make sure the dates of this event work for you. We are not able to offer any refunds once you have registered.
A Final Word
You don’t have to have this all figured out.
You don’t need a clear plan.
You don’t need to call yourself a facilitator.
You don’t even need to know what this will become.
If something in you is simply curious…
If you feel a quiet pull toward this work…
If you’re ready to explore what’s here—without needing certainty—
You are in the right place. You don’t need to know where this is leading—you just need to be willing to understand your creative process more clearly.
Join us in Loveland.
This is where your creative work begins to make sense—
and where you start to understand how to hold it with clarity and care.
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