What’s Up, Doc?
A Post Doctorate Retreat
October 15 – 18, 2015
In Santa Barbara, California
(With extended stay options through October 25th
for those wishing to write and delve deeper into their work.)
Go to: GingerSwanson.com to register!
What’s Up, Doc? is a four-day retreat where doctors and doctoral candidates come together and co-create ideas to further their work in non-traditional fields–such as depth psychology and mythology–disciplines not yet readily recognized in mainstream culture.
As depth psychologists, mythologists, and professionals in emerging disciplines, we are challenged to find our way in a world where our skill sets may not be easily understood or valued. Upon earning our Ph.Ds., many of us find ourselves stumbling, or scrambling around, with our hard earned educations and degrees, seeking economically viable methods for serving humanity. In this retreat we will collaborate with one another to that end.
This is an opportunity for brilliant thinkers from varying disciplines to come together and explore yet-to-be imagined possibilities for furthering our work in the world. We will join our peers and assist one another in co-creative processes and identify ways to bring our work to professional fruition.
A Brief Summary of Your Retreat:
Meals included Thursday dinner through Sunday lunch. Lodging is excluded.
On-site lodging options are available, email drgingerswanson@gmail.com for details.
We will begin each morning with optional yoga, a walk, or sport court activity followed by breakfast. Morning sessions begin at 9am, we’ll break for lunch near noon, and start afternoon sessions at 1:30pm. We’ll break for dinner at 6:00pm.
- Day 1 ~ Thursday: Check-in between 4:00 and 5:30pm. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm. We will gather in the garden terrace for orientation and introductions, and then we’ll be off to get lost in the maze under the night stars.
- Day 2 ~ Friday: We’ll take a morning hike to the amphitheater and invoke the field of dreams guided by our venerable guest, Dr. Stephen Aizenstat, Chancellor and Founding President of Pacifica Graduate Institute. In the afternoon, we will explore the archetypal aspects at play within the student-to-doctor transition, and give voice to whatever challenges, victories, and voices emerge.
- Day 3 ~ Saturday: We will work on reimaging and defining our professional identities. We’ll co-create ideas and conceptualize our careers as we segue from establishing our identity to forging our professional path in the world. Saturday night is free time. There will be no group activities scheduled.
- Day 4 ~ Sunday: We will delve more deeply into the work of developing our careers, and explore possibilities for ourselves, individually, and for the group as a collective. We will organize the next phase of our professional development and create plans for successful implementation and application of the work.
Extended Stay Option: You may choose to reserve up to 7 additional days and remain on the grounds to continue your retreat and further develop your plans or simply delve into your writing journey.
Go to: GingerSwanson.com to register.
We are inspired–as the late James Hillman suggested–to find a new language for bringing our work into the world. This retreat speaks to that calling.
We will hike from one sacred place to another, and another, on this beautiful 20-acre private estate—from the main house to the maze, creek, and amphitheater—as we invite the muses to join us in the process of creation. Working together, we will create and inspire career development and expansion opportunities for ourselves, and one another.
I look forward to working with you in meaningful, productive, and playful ways, as we gather together in community and address the calling of soul.
As your host, facilitator, and co-collaborator, I warmly welcome you.
~Ginger
