E33 The Power of Community: Reflections from the Summit Retreat Part 3 ⛰️💞

Pollen: For Creative Entrepreneurs with Diana Davis

We’re capping off our three-part Summit Retreat series with reflections from our last few Summit Retreat attendees at Steamboat Springs, Colorado!

In this episode of The Pollen Podcast, we discuss final reflections, experiences, and takeaways from the retreat. Alyssa, Katie, Tiffany, Tori, and Haley reflect on their favorite parts of the summit, the power of community, and the beautiful experience of connecting with fellow dreamers and creators. Each guest also shares their personal vision for future DDC retreats.

Tune in to this episode and see what it’s like to experience the power of community in a Diana Davis Creative retreat!

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🔥 Here are three reasons why you should listen to this episode:

1. How the power of community helps you open up and move closer toward your goals.
2. Discover the timeless, multifaceted magic of attending retreats.
3. The importance of connecting with others on similar paths and how it expands the way you approach life.

📘 Resources

• Join the waitlist for the Diana Davis Creative Spring Retreat on the island of Lefkada, Greece, from May 4 to 9, 2023! 🎁 Be the first to know when the doors open!
• Here’s another look at what happened during the retreat!
• E24: Reflections from a Magical Week at the Summit Retreat ⛰
• E28: Summit Retreat Reflections Part 2: Transformations, Community, and Authenticity ⛰ 🦋
• Connect with our guests!
• Alyssa Renee: Instagram | Website
• Katie Arpin: Instagram | Website
• Tiffany Swan: Instagram | Website
• Tori Kornhaas: Instagram | Website
• Haley Midzor: Instagram
• Achieve the life, career, and clients you’ve always wanted (and fully deserve!). Join the waitlist for Camp Clarity!
• Want your creative business to go even further? Sign up for ASCEND, a four-month immersive mastermind experience for elevated entrepreneurs who are ready to scale their next mountain. Join the waitlist here.
• Want to have one-on-one coaching support from Diana? Check out the brand new Voxer Coaching Container.
• Attract your dream clients with Diana’s free masterclass!
• Access other courses from the Diana Davis Creative
• Connect with Diana: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram

🎧 Episode Highlights [03:43] Alyssa’s Thoughts on the Retreat

• Alyssa is a photographer, designer, and nomad. She loves being a creative person and connecting with people.
• Living as a nomad is the vehicle for what she wants out of life.
• Her first thought from the retreat is, “When is the next?”.
• While there were people she didn’t know, having something deep in common made it easier to be vulnerable and connect.
• As a solo traveler, she sometimes wants a hug from someone who knows and loves her. Receiving that hug summed up the feeling of the closing circle for her.

[12:36] Katie, the Teacher at Heart

• Katie is a born teacher. She helps students and teachers adopt skill-based strategies to build confident, independent learners.
• She has been in the classroom for 11 years and has recently celebrated her own tutoring business' first year.
• Katie led the yoga sessions in the retreat. Teaching and seeing the connection between people was a beautiful experience.
• The best part of the retreat was feeling the power of community with other brilliant women.

Katie: “Being an entrepreneur is so empowering but also can be really lonely if you don't reach out for community.”

• Her favorite moment was the closing circle, where everyone was just honest. It opened up a whole part of something she needed to move forward.

[19:24] How Tiffany Nourishes People through Food

• Tiffany is a retreat chef. She loves nourishing people and storytelling through food.

Tiffany: “It's like you forget what color your hair you have until you look in the mirror. So I think it's helpful to have that mirror.”

• The menu was a reflection of Diana's upbringing and travels. Diana is a rancher's daughter — keeping this in mind, she chose Colorado steak as the first meal.
• Food tastes a lot better if it doesn’t travel very far. It’s also a way of telling a story.
• People can taste the love you put in the food. Tiffany fuses the love farmers and ranchers put in their food with her own for people to enjoy them.
• Cooking in the retreat was so much fun and didn’t feel like work for her.

[29:13] Tori Experiencing the Power of Community and Retreats

• As a person, Tori is striving to live an extraordinary life outside of the status quo.
• She works with women in a functional nutrition setting because she wants them to feel empowered to do things differently.
• Tori has attended and cooked for a lot of retreats. She didn’t want to miss out on the magic that comes from it.
• Going to retreats always ends up shaking her up in a good way. She went into the retreat wanting some clarity, and that's what she got.
• Her favorite part of the trip was being in community with other women and having moments with people she would have never crossed paths with otherwise.

[37:24] Haley’s Retreat Experience + Humanity

• Haley’s honest answer to the question, “Who are you as a human?”, is that she doesn’t know. But she believes that she is an expression of unconditional love and she knows she’s an artist.
• A lot of the suffering we experience comes from showing up in ways that we don't identify with. We're a blank canvas every second, and we can choose.
• The most profound part of the retreat for her was the community and togetherness — swimming in each other’s channels and creating a collective channel together.
• Being in a space filled with dreamers, creators, and innovators made her see a version of herself in tune with that community. It changed her.

Haley: “It was such a gift to me to experience the power of community and the way that that actually influences our consciousness and the version of ourselves that shows up. And when we walk away, we can remember that—energy is timeless.”

• It’s so powerful to be reminded of how much we need each other and show up in all different versions of ourselves.

About Our Guests

Alyssa Renee is a travel and brand designer and photographer. She helps create space for businesses to be seen, heard, and understood. She is also one of the brilliant retreat photographers who captured the magic of Summit Retreat! Check out her work on Instagram and her website.

Katie Arpin is a teacher and the founder of Katie Arpin Coaching. She helps students and teachers adopt skill-based strategies to build confident, independent learners. She also led Summit Retreat's beautiful yoga sessions. Check out her work on Instagram and her website.

Tiffany Swan is a retreat chef, food scientist, nutritionist, and the founder of Salt & Sage. She loves to nourish people's bellies and souls through food with thought and was one of Summit Retreat's epic chefs. Check out her work on Instagram and her website.

Tori Kornhaas is a functional nutritionist, retreat chef, event host, and lifestyle coach. She guides career-driven women in living a nourished life through functional nutrition and lifestyle support and was also one of Summit Retreat's amazing chefs. Check out her work on Instagram and her website.

Haley Midzor is a freelance illustrator, copywriter, and apprentice teacher. She creates digital graphics to tell meaningful stories and catalyze action. Check out her work on Instagram.

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