Black Warrior women Retreats
August 16-20, 2026
Rewrite the Narrative of Your Life
We must redirect our life’s path by taking control of the narrative and creating the life we were born to live and move into our empowered future. Choose Black Warrior Women Retreats to guide you on a path that normalizes your wellness and self-care. We must incorporate emotional, personal, physical, professional, psychological, and spiritual wellness into our everyday lives that brings us internal comfort, insurmountable joy, and overall peace.
Black Warrior Women Retreats foster safe spaces that embrace authenticity, camaraderie, and create everlasting bonds for women. On Black Warrior Women Retreats you will embark upon a transformational journey of self-discovery that promotes mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual healing from the inside out. As a Black Warrior Woman you will master the art of establishing stronger boundaries while improving self-awareness and self-management skills to bring you internal balance and harmony. You will ascend to the ranks of empowered Black Warrior Women who have an unconquerable growth mindset in all aspects of their lives while practicing abundant self-care.
Join empowerment coaches Dimitria and Catherine for an unforgettable transformational experience in Central California wine country, filled with opulence and self-discovery. Warrior women of the African Diaspora are breaking shackles and forging lives of authenticity, strength, and power. Renew your spirit and rewrite the narrative of your life in the luxury accommodations of the Allegretto Vineyard Resort. Enjoy 5 days and four nights of Black women empowerment in beautiful Central California wine country!
Embark on a Path of Self-Discovery
Rewrite Your Personal Narrative
Reinvigorate Your Soul
Coach Dimitria
Dimitria is Founder and CEO of Building Beyond Belief®. She is a credentialed International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach (ICF-ACC), certified money coach, and senior trainer. Although you may be familiar with Dimitria’s expertise as an executive and leadership development coach, she utilizes her writing mastery as an empowerment writing coach. Dimitria is an international bestselling co-author and she helps you reframe what is holding you back from living the vision you have created for your life. As a coach, Dimitria guides you on your empowered journey of rewriting the narrative of your life. She gives a glimpse into her resilience as a Black woman and allows you to go on your healing journey while reading her book, 21 Reflections of the Inner Soul. Her Building Beyond Belief® self-alignment card deck helps individuals explore their relationship to self and others. As coach and author she helps you embrace your story and bring it to life as you rewrite the narrative of your life through mindset and story creation.
“Coaching is my passion. Guiding individuals into their empowered future is my calling.” -Dimitria L. Cook
COACH catherine
Catherine retired from the Army as a full Colonel in Financial Management after 31 years of Active Service with extensive experience in coaching, teaching, mentoring, and counseling military and civilian personnel of all ranks. She believes in leading with care and compassion while building a bench of professionals who are ready and equipped to assume positions of increased responsibility. She guides individuals to become the best version of themselves. They learn to push beyond survival mode and move into thriving, in many aspects of their lives. She began her transformational journey with yoga and meditation at age 5. At this young age, she took the first steps learning how to harness the power of yoga to achieve peace and balance while navigating through many powerful storms of life. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor with over 500 hours of training in Vinyasa Yoga, Arm Balancing, Meditation, and Yin Yoga. Catherine helps you train your body, mind, and spirit to increase resiliency and live a life of joy and abundance.
What People Are Saying…
"I am recharged and more ready to readjust my life to what I desire. I have to deal with me. I have to deal with G." — Glenetta P.
"I loved the camaraderie and genuine love shown to everyone. I could be myself and speak openly in a safe space. We were women from different backgrounds who had similar experiences in our lives. It was good to know I was not alone in my experiences. I am so excited about my life now. I have my life back!" — Joslyn S.
"I have gained effective tools and practices for self-reflection, healthy forms of stress relief, and a bond with women who I feel provide a safe space for healing the mind and heart." — Marjorie B.
"The bonds that we formed were incredible. We have this sisterhood. What I view now after the retreat is that I need to be consistent. It is ok to take some moments off." — Lolli L.
Luxury Vineyard accommodations
Every moment during the Black Warrior Women retreat at the Allegretto, you will practice abundant self-care. From the moment you make the decision to join us, to the drive from San Jose to Paso Robles or the drive from Burbank to Paso Robles, exploring the enchanting grounds of the resort and vineyard, spa treatments, enjoying olive oil tasting, learning about different wines during wine tasting, to a ladies’ night paint and sip, you are moving into your empowered future. You are here to rewrite the narrative of your life and embrace wellness as an everyday part of your life! Come back to the Allegretto with us, release your inhibitions about practicing daily self-care, and make self-care routines a part of your daily life.
Immerse yourself in luxury with access to beautiful grounds with a vineyard, go on a self-guided walking tour, enjoy a full indoor gym, and a wine tasting room.
Discover hidden gems as you explore the grounds.
Appreciate spectacular room views and journal your thoughts around the lighted fountain at night as you reinvigorate your soul.
Enjoy delicious on site breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
AGENDA
Day 1
Welcome and Informal Meet & Greet
Check-in and meet retreat Coaches Dimitria and Catherine
Day 2
Path of Self-Discovery
Share your story
Examine your priorities and realign them to make the impossible attainable
Learn the art of self-mastery
Day 3
Black Woman Self-care and beyond
Love is all around you…hear it, feel it, see it, know it
Find your center and realize how it shapes the woman you are today
Learn to lead with love for yourself and compassion for others
Day 4
Walk in Your Power
Establish your Black Warrior Woman Bill of Rights, your essential rights and freedoms that protect your inner peace and soul
Develop a personal care routine to celebrate yourself
Commit to a path to success without fear of failure
Disconnect from negative self-talk and embrace your Warrior Narrative
Day 5
Return as a Warrior
End of Retreat Survey
Departure
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Whatever it is, the way you rewrite the narrative of your life, makes all the difference!