Retreat Summary
There comes a moment, usually right around the holidays, when you realize you’ve spent years getting smaller at the table so everyone else could feel comfortable.
Maybe it’s the comment about your weight before you’ve even sat down. The “when are you having kids” between the green beans and the pie. The opinion about your job, your relationship, your choices, delivered like a fact, not a feeling. And somehow, by dessert, you’re the one who feels like the problem.
I know this table. I grew up at one with a nine-figure name on it, where image mattered more than honesty and silence was the price of belonging. I built a life where my worth didn’t depend on anyone else’s approval. That choice is the foundation of everything I now teach.
This retreat is not about avoiding your family this Thanksgiving. It’s about walking into that dining room as a woman who is fully, calmly, immovably herself, whatever gets said across the table.
Step Into Your Confidence
Created by Alina Z., this immersive four-day experience is for women heading into Thanksgiving (or any family gathering) who are done absorbing other people’s opinions as their own truth. This isn’t theory. You will leave knowing in your body, not just your head, how to hear a hard comment and stay rooted in who you are.
The Transformation
Through experiential practices grounded in neuroscience and NLP, you’ll actively rewire your response to criticism, comparison, and family pressure. We’ll work with what your reactions are actually trying to tell you, because the sting of a comment is never really about the comment. Workshops on emotional regulation, boundary-setting language, and identity coherence culminate in your own Confidence Script: a personal, practical playbook for walking into any room, or any dinner table, as yourself.
Is this Retreat for you?
If any of this sounds familiar, you're exactly who this was built for.
You Already Know What's Coming
You can predict, almost word for word, what Aunt Linda will say about your plate, your partner, or your plans. And you're already bracing for it.
You Leave the Table Smaller Than You Arrived
You're accomplished and self-aware everywhere else in your life, except at that table, where you somehow shrink.
You've Tried to Just “Let It Go”
You've told yourself not to take it personally. It never works. The comment still lands somewhere and stays there.
You Want Real Tools, Not Just Willpower
Gritting your teeth through dinner isn't a strategy. You want language, regulation, and a plan you can actually use, in real time, at the table.
You're Ready to Walk in Different This Year
You're done managing everyone else's comfort at the cost of your own. You want to come home from Thanksgiving proud of how you showed up.
Meet Alina Z
Alina Z is an award-winning, Board-Certified Health Coach, Chopra Life Coach, Detox Specialist, and former chef named creator of the #1 Best Diet in America by Harper’s Bazaar. She holds a Bachelor’s from Parsons School of Design and a Master’s in Communication from American University, blending style, soul, and science into one transformational experience.
Her work is built from lived experience, not just credentials. Born into a family with a nine-figure fortune, Alina made the conscious decision to walk away from a $100,000,000 legacy to build a life aligned with truth, purpose, and self-trust. That choice, and everything it cost gave her is the foundation of her mastery in identity, boundaries, and reinvention.
For 25 years, she’s worked with women not just on how they look, but on how they feel in their bodies, their families, and their own lives. If you’ve ever sat at a holiday table feeling like you had to choose between being loved and being yourself, Alina has been exactly there, and she’s built a method to help you stop choosing.
What to Expect
- A soul-led journey with Alina Z, blending nervous-system tools, identity work, and real talk
- Daily practices to help you recognize triggers before they hijack you, at the table or anywhere else
- A guided progression: looking back, naming the pattern, building your tools, and rehearsing the table
- Your own Confidence Scrip, specific language for the comments you know are coming
- Anti-inflammatory, protein-forward meals because how you feel at the table starts with how you’ve been nourishing yourself all week
- The quiet of Camelback Mountain and the Sonoran Desert, and real space to breathe before you face the family table
Itinerary
Opening Circle: Reinventing yourself at this stage. It’s never too late.
Meet for a cocktail and set intentions for the retreat with “welcome reception dinner.
DAY 1 – Looking Back: Whose Voice Is This, Anyway?
| 4:00 PM | Arrival at Miralina Resort. Settling into your room, connection, and setting your intention for the work ahead. |
| 5:00 PM | Group Dinner |
| 6:30 PM | Workshop 1: The Family Script You Were Handed (and Whether It's Still Yours). We trace where the old reactions came from, the comments, the roles, the costume you've been wearing at that table for years — without shame, just clarity. |
| Retire for the evening |
DAY 2 – Building Your Tools
| 7:30 AM | Coffee and light bites (on your own) |
| 8:30 PM | Morning Movement & Nervous System Reset |
| 10:00 AM | Brunch + Workshop 2: Responding Instead of Reacting. The exact language and pacing for handling a loaded comment in real time; calm, clear, and without losing yourself. |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Time at the spa or relaxation |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner |
| 6:30 PM | Workshop 3: Too Much, Too Visible, Too Real. On being criticized, misunderstood, or judged and learning that none of it is actually danger. This is where real confidence is built. |
DAY 3 – Integration & Ownership
| 7:30 AM | Coffee and light bites (on your own) |
| 8:30 AM | Morning Movement & Nervous System Reset |
| 10:00 AM | Brunch + Workshop 4: Writing Your Confidence Script. You'll leave with specific, personal language for the relatives, the topics, and the moments you already know are coming. |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Time at the spa or relaxation |
| 5:00 PM | Dinner Offsite |
| 6:30 PM | Workshop 5: Carrying Yourself Like You Belong There. Because you do exactly as you are, comments and all. |
DAY 4 – Departures
| 7:30 AM | Coffee and light bites (on your own) |
| 8:30 AM | Morning Movement & Nervous System Reset |
| 10:00 AM | Brunch + Closing Circle: Walking Out the Door You'll Walk Into Thanksgiving Through |
Your Venue Destination
Kimpton Miralina Resort and Villas
In the majestic shadow of Camelback and Mummy mountains, Kimpton Miralina Resort & Villas is an immersive retreat where guests connect with nature, celebrate the Sonoran’s cultural richness, and find inspiration in every detail. We look to the earth beneath our feet and skies above for knowledge, and celebrate the light as it settles against the mountainscapes. From sun-lit desert mornings to starlit Sonoran evenings, we empower the spirit of discovery – of the unique communities who call Paradise Valley home, the dramatic landscapes that surround us, and the many layers of you. Welcome to Kimpton Miralina.
Retreat Inclusions & Booking Details
Reserve your place with a $750 non-refundable deposit. Remaining balance due 30 days before the retreat. Payment Plans are available. Space is limited to keep this personal. Airfare and transfers are not included.
- Single Occupancy
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3,999
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- Daily Dinner +non-alcoholic beverages
- Group Brunch
- $200 Credit for Food + Spa
- Daily Rise + Shine Movement & Meditation
- Workshops with Alina Z
- All taxes & gratuities included
- Luxury all-inclusive experience at Miralina Resort in Scottsdale
- Double Occupancy
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$
3,299
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- Daily Dinner +non-alcoholic beverages
- Group Brunch
- $200 Credit for Food + Spa
- Daily Rise + Shine Movement & Meditation
- Workshops with Alina Z
- All taxes & gratuities included
- Luxury all-inclusive experience at Miralina Resort in Scottsdale