You’ve built a business (or you’re building one)…
But lately, it feels like you’re:
- Spinning your wheels with marketing that doesn’t work
- Tired of doing “all the things” with little return
- Wondering if this next chapter is even possible for you
- Wishing you had a roadmap… with fewer “shoulds” and more soul
And let’s be real:
You didn’t come this far in life to settle for burnout, breadcrumbs, or broken systems.
Let's be honest. If nothing changes:
- You’ll keep pouring time into offers that aren’t aligned.
- You’ll continue second-guessing your content, your funnel, your voice.
- Your beautiful ideas will stay locked in your head, instead of out in the world making an impact.
- You’ll miss out on the abundance like income, impact, and joy that’s possible when your business is built for you.
Now is not a time to shrink.
It’s the perfect time to expand—with strategy, support, and soul.
This is a multi-day, in-person experience for midlife women entrepreneurs who are ready to:
✨ Clarify their offer
✨ Build real systems that attract ideal clients
✨ Cultivate the confidence to show up and shine
This isn’t just a retreat.
It’s a life-altering container where we’ll build your next-level business plan—with rest, beauty, and feminine power at the center of it all.
You’ll leave with ONE of the following done or in motion:
✅ A new offer (service, product, or membership)
✅ A passive income idea mapped out
✅ A fresh lead magnet and sales funnel
✅ A full monthly content + email marketing plan
All wrapped in self-care rituals, high-level support, and sisterhood.
I’m Krista Smith, your retreat leader
As a StoryBrand Certified Marketing Guide and business coach, I’ve been running business retreats since 2015.
I know first hand how daunting the entrepreneurial journey can be, weighed down by expectations and drowning in uncertainty and procrastination. We've all been there! As a former educator and experienced mentor, I'll provide the validation, accountability, and tailored strategy to help you find the best way to align your goals with conviction and grace.
Through a unique blend of creative workshops, dedicated hot seat sessions, and the luxury of unscheduled time for deeper reflection, we'll dive into finding flow with your marketing, your client experience, and your profitability.
All while discovering how to sprinkle in your unique personality and vision, resulting in more ease, less resistance, and greater success.
What can you expect for retreat content?
Friday Evening Welcome Session: "Arrival & Intention"
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM — Gather, Ground & Begin
As the sun sets over Halifax, we’ll come together to officially begin your Aligned + Abundant journey. This is your time to land fully in the space, meet your fellow retreat sisters, and shift out of everyday life and into intentional, expansive presence.
You’ll be welcomed with thoughtfully curated appetizers and a seasonal cocktail or mocktail as you:
- Pick up your retreat swag and materials
- Set your personal intention for our time together
- Connect with others in a relaxed, heart-centered space
- Receive your Aligned + Abundant workbook — your guide for clarity, insight, and breakthroughs
This evening is all about soft landings and soul openings. You’ve said yes to yourself — now let’s begin, together.
Saturday - 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Day Two: Aligned Systems for Sustainable Growth
Create clarity and confidence in how you attract and connect with your audience.
On our first full day, we’ll dive deep into the foundational systems that power your business. You’ll audit what’s currently working (and what’s not), so you can stop leaking precious time, energy, and resources and start showing up with purpose and ease.
By the end of the day, you will have:
- A clear understanding of how you’re attracting and building your audience
- Identified and addressed any system leaks draining your time or energy
- Built a sustainable system for visibility and connection that works with your energy and lifestyle
- Clarified the exact next steps to expand your reach without overwhelm
Self-Care Guest Experience: Kelly Valentine of Sage and Sweetgrass – Create Your Signature Perfume Roll-On
Craft your own unique essential oil blend in this soul-nourishing workshop that reconnects you to your senses, intuition, and feminine presence.
Sunday - 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Day Three: Your Offer Ecosystem
Refine your offer and build the human connections that bring it to life.
On Day Three, we’ll focus on the heart of your business: your offer. Whether you’re creating something brand new or refining an existing one, you’ll map out exactly what needs to happen to ensure your business is ready to confidently promote and monetize it.
This day is all about the people side of business: your clients or customers, collaborators, advocates, and the experience they’ll have with you every step of the way.
By the end of the day, you will have:
- A clear and aligned offer that reflects your expertise and serves your audience deeply
- A mapped-out plan to position, promote, and reach the right audience
- Defined your ideal customer journey from first impression to raving fan
- Identified key advocates, collaborators, and in-person opportunities to expand your reach
- Elevated your customer experience to create connection, loyalty, and referrals
Self-Care Guest Experience: Coleen Davidson – Silk Scarf Playshop
Tap into your creativity and self-expression with a hands-on experience that reflects the beauty of your business becoming art.
You will learn how to make a unique one-of-a-kind silk scarf using the ancient art of indigo dyeing in a user-friendly way. Indigo creates the most beautiful rich and deep blues against the white of the silk. You will take home a beautiful wearable silk scarf at the end of the Playshop.
Monday - 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM Day Four: Confidence and Calling
Step into the mindset, energy, and presence you need to make your dreams real.
On Day Four, we focus on what truly moves the needle — your confidence. You didn’t become an entrepreneur just to stay invisible. You did it to make an impact. To lead. To be seen.
This is your space to release doubt, reconnect with your purpose, and fully own your power as a woman in business. You’ll leave ready to receive the growth, recognition, and results that come with your new aligned offer.
By the end of the day, you will have:
- Unlocked a deeper level of confidence that supports bold visibility
- Shifted limiting beliefs that have kept you playing small
- Crafted a powerful presence that feels magnetic and authentic
- Anchored into the mindset that makes your next level feel inevitable
- Built a daily confidence-ritual toolkit to support long-term momentum
Self-Care Guest Experience: Vicky Mina – Confidence and Makeup Workshop
Learn how to enhance your natural radiance with tools, techniques, and mindset shifts that leave you feeling camera-ready and unstoppable.
Tuesday - 9:00 AM- 12 Noon Day Five: Integration & Celebration
Anchor your growth. Celebrate your transformation. Step forward with support.
Our final day together is all about honoring how far you’ve come — and making sure the momentum continues long after the retreat ends.
You’ll take time to reflect on your breakthroughs, share your biggest “aha” moments, and build meaningful accountability so you don’t leave your vision behind when you return home.
In this final session, you will:
- Celebrate your personal and business growth over the past five days
- Identify the core shifts that will guide your next chapter
- Craft a simple, supportive accountability plan to keep your goals in motion
- Leave feeling empowered, supported, and seen
This isn’t goodbye — it’s a new beginning with a circle of women who are walking the path with you.
We’ll make moves to ensure you’re stepping into the right mindset, funnelling only the dreamiest clients and customers into your business. You’ll say goodbye to the outdated mindset that is keeping you from stepping into your brilliance and hello to inspiration.
Who is The Aligned + Abundant Retreat For?
Maybe you want to:
- Develop + launch a new service or signature offer.
- Refine your current offerings so you can scale your business.
- Finally unlock the passive income puzzle and introduce a viable revenue stream in 2026 that is all ease.
- Step into your personal leadership and fully embody the CEO mindset. Because you can't step into your brilliance if you're playing small.
Or, maybe you want the simple luxury of stepping away from the daily routine of your business so you can think, breathe, and hear your own inner wisdom.
This experience is for you.
Imagine this:
What if you could have strategy and soul?
What if your business could support your lifestyle, your energy, your values and still grow?
That’s what Aligned + Abundant is all about. It’s not hustle or burnout. It’s not someone else’s blueprint.
It’s your systems, your offer, your vision—brought to life your way.
You’ll be surrounded by women who get it, soul-led women who are building big things with big hearts.
We don’t compete. We collaborate. We co-create.
You’ll leave with more than a business plan. You’ll leave with a sisterhood.
This isn’t mass market.
It’s a deeply curated, high-touch experience designed to honor where you are in life and help you claim what’s next.
You’ll leave with strategy in your hands, support in your heart, and the sparkle that comes from finally being celebrated.
You'll unlock the support you’ll need to make moves with delicious pockets of time for masterminding and soul searching.
You'll get an ROI that goes beyond our time together with a 1:1 30 minute strategy and coaching call post retreat with Krista.
This retreat is about going beyond the metrics + money.
It’s about spending time with other women who understand the unique demands and dreams we all have. Discover how the power of a supportive sisterhood of like-minded women can transform your business and propel you towards the future you've always dreamed of.
This retreat is designed to get you into focused action– providing just the right blend of support, education, cheerleading and solo-time. Plus priceless opportunities to learn and laugh with other like-minded entrepreneurs!
You will leave with ready to implement tools, scripts, processes, and plans that support you and your business.
Your registration includes:
- Arrival appetizers during our first evening together (and a cocktail to celebrate!).
- Nutritious and healthy lunches on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
- Hearty snacks after we complete our time together on Tuesday around noon.
- Hot beverages and snacks during our morning and afternoon sessions.
- Facilitated workshops that will give you time to gain new insights, workflows, and tools you can implement right away.
- Dedicated sessions designed to engage your creative brain, too! It’ll be like summer camp with your business besties.
- Free time to read, relax, and replenish your vitamin D stores with fresh Nova Scotian air.
- Mastermind Circles: tap into the collective wisdom when women gather and champion, support, and inspire each other.
- Your fees for a full retreat of creative workshopping and soul led community building.
- 1:1 time with Krista to get personalized feedback on your plans + projects. You’ll even get 30 minutes of private strategy post retreat with Krista.
- All costs for creativity workshops (perfume making workshop with Kelly Valentine, silk scarf dying workshop with Coleen Davidson, and make up workshop with Vicky Mina.)
Real Results from Past Retreat Attendees
Krista's energy is contagious. She is great at motivating, exciting and instigating - which is obvious from the moment you meet her. What's not obvious, and as important, is her ability to dive deep with a whole group. She has a way of making you feel completely listened to, understood and cared for without anyone else feeling like they're left out or stealing the show. It's all about 'you' but all about everybody at the same time. The best of personal coaching plus group facilitation: I love that!
- Kate Bonnycastle, Copywriter
Before this retreat I felt like I was reacting to the natural order of things in my business. I was simply falling into opportunities that happened to land in my lap. Now I have a sense of purpose and path to follow that prioritize profits. This was a HUGE turning point in my entrepreneurial journey. THANK YOU.
- Michelle Pfile, Podcast Host + Social Seller
I walked away from this retreat with tangible ideas to implement in my business and inspiring new friendships. You will walk away with a 200% return on your investment if you go with an open heart + mind. Krista’s retreat will fill you in ways you didn’t even know you needed.
- Brianna Michelle, Online Beauty Educator
This was my first retreat and I didn’t know what to expect. I’m convinced I’ll be a frequent flier at all future events!. Krista is a thoughtful and patient host. She has the unique ability to create a safe space that promotes inclusion, empathy, and understanding, allowing participants to dive deeply, fast. I’m walking away with a clear plan for launching my first digital product. I can’t thank you enough, Krista!
- Samara Bell, Life + Leadership Coach
If you want to bring out your personal best, Krista can do it. Her killer combo of teaching background, tech expertise, and trained coach can make maximum impact in your group session with her. I’ve worked with some fantastic coaches over the years, but if you want the “cherry on the top”, work with Krista. Her leadership and and coaching are my secret weapon.