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Come Alive

With Al Chambers and Cathy Wilder

November 25 - 30, 2025
In Person at The Haven
The magic of Come Alive is in our unique history, renowned communication and relationship models, community dynamic, and oceanfront setting on Gabriola Island. With support and guidance, you will learn and practice the Haven models of communication, relationship and self-responsibility, through a range of opportunities for personal learning.  Group activities, discussions and experiences take place in both large and small group settings. Come Alive is our most popular core program and the perfect place to begin or continue your journey in personal or professional growth and transformation.

Weaving the Threads of Consciousness: Integrating Psychedelic and Peak Experiences

With Linda Nicholls and Michael O'Neill

November 27 - 30, 2025
Weaving the Threads of Consciousness: Integrating Psychedelic and Peak Experiences Transformative work is vital to support the shifts in consciousness necessary to adapt, thrive and lead in the complexity of these very interesting times.  There are many wonderful opportunities to help these consciousness shifts through psychedelic and other altered state processes however, many participants who have these ‘transformative experiences’ neglect to integrate them sufficiently.  The transformative potential of the experience and the resources invested are wasted, or worse, the person’s world is completely destabilized. Our intention with this workshop is to honor the transformative potential that lies in participants' past…

Intention and Celebration: New Year at The Haven

With Louise Amuir

December 30, 2025 - January 1, 2026
at The Haven
As each year slowly and surely brings itself to a close, we have the opportunity to reflect and connect at The Haven.  Each person can embrace the spirit of The Haven in their own way, to turn their page, from last to next, with intention. 

Self Compassion

With Graemme Brown and Jo-Ann Kevala

January 1 - 4, 2026
The Haven
Book now and get CAD $60.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Dec 3, 2025 to qualify for CAD $60.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Dec 3, 2025.
Using music, guided imagery, gestalt, art, stories and other experiential forms, you will have an opportunity to learn about the paths that lead you away from yourself, and explore paths that can direct you towards self-acceptance. There will be opportunities to explore blame and victimhood, patterns of striving that lead to self-hate, and a variety of ways we can move toward self-compassion.

Come Alive

With Linda Nicholls

January 1 - 6, 2026
In Person at The Haven
Book now and get CAD $100.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Dec 3, 2025 to qualify for CAD $100.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Dec 3, 2025. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
The magic of Come Alive is in our unique history, renowned communication and relationship models, community dynamic, and oceanfront setting on Gabriola Island. With support and guidance, you will learn and practice the Haven models of communication, relationship and self-responsibility, through a range of opportunities for personal learning.  Group activities, discussions and experiences take place in both large and small group settings. Come Alive is our most popular core program and the perfect place to begin or continue your journey in personal or professional growth and transformation.

Come Alive

With Linda Nicholls

February 8 - 13, 2026
In Person at The Haven
Book now and get CAD $100.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Jan 10, 2026 to qualify for CAD $100.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Jan 10, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
The magic of Come Alive is in our unique history, renowned communication and relationship models, community dynamic, and oceanfront setting on Gabriola Island. With support and guidance, you will learn and practice the Haven models of communication, relationship and self-responsibility, through a range of opportunities for personal learning.  Group activities, discussions and experiences take place in both large and small group settings. Come Alive is our most popular core program and the perfect place to begin or continue your journey in personal or professional growth and transformation.

Come Alive

With Linda Nicholls

March 8 - 13, 2026
In Person at The Haven
Book now and get CAD $100.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Feb 7, 2026 to qualify for CAD $100.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Feb 7, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
The magic of Come Alive is in our unique history, renowned communication and relationship models, community dynamic, and oceanfront setting on Gabriola Island. With support and guidance, you will learn and practice the Haven models of communication, relationship and self-responsibility, through a range of opportunities for personal learning.  Group activities, discussions and experiences take place in both large and small group settings. Come Alive is our most popular core program and the perfect place to begin or continue your journey in personal or professional growth and transformation.

MINI LAUNCH: Youth Leadership Training

With Denise Goldbeck

March 20 - 22, 2026
at The Haven
The LAUNCH Youth Leadership program has enabled youth from ages 13 to 20-something to coach, teach, and train children participating in KITS, an evidence-based performing arts program. Based on current developmental peer-reviewed research, LAUNCH allows youth to discover their leadership strengths in a practical, hands-on setting. Together, the youth of LAUNCH and the children of KITS form a community mimicking an ancient human village. In these villages, people of all ages developed crucial skills and vital cultures together.

Kids in the Spotlight Spring Break (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

March 22 - 27, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

The Journey to Self

With Graemme Brown, Louise Amuir and Emmanuel Gaillot

April 26 - May 1, 2026
The Haven
Book now and get CAD $100.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Mar 28, 2026 to qualify for CAD $100.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Mar 28, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
This Satir-based program is an exciting opportunity to utilize your resources and let go of what no longer supports you. Virginia Satir created a number of healing and integrating processes to help make sense of ourselves and each other. Her objectives were personal growth and congruent communication, helping individuals to become "more fully human". Satir processes allow us to give full expression to the resources we wish to utilize, and to let go of or transform learnings that are no longer useful to us.

Living Alive: Meaningful Connections

With Gillian Enright and Ian Curtin

May 10 - June 4, 2026
The Haven
Book now and get CAD $500.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Apr 11, 2026. Package pricing includes tuition, accommodation with 30% discount applied, and meals.
Both Living Alive programs offer the unique experience of time, space, and guidance to help you (re)discover who you truly are. For 25 days, you’ll have the opportunity to create and establish new or different patterns for conscious living. The focus for Living Alive: Meaningful Connections is relationships - how you see yourself, how other people see you, and how you engage in relationships. You'll have an in-depth opportunity to engage more consciously and fully in your life and relationships.

2026《深刻連接與關系轉化之旅》 Mandarin Living Alive: Meaningful Connections

With 琳达· 尼科尔 斯 Linda Nicholls and 李文淑 Wen-Shwu Lee 

June 6 - 19, 2026
亲临加拿大海文學院 The Haven
6500加元（不包括住宿和餐费） 
報名付訂：3,000加元  全額付款：課程開始前一個月付清 
2025年9月30日前支付訂金註冊的早鳥價格為5,500加元。 
2025年12月31日前支付訂金註冊的早鳥價格為6,000加元。 
2026年正常價格為6,500加元。 
Regular program tuition is CAD$6,500
Pay $5500 if you register with deposit by Sept 30, 2025
Pay $6,000 if you register with deposit by Dec 31, 2025
Pay $6,500 if you register with deposit from Jan 1, 2026 
The Mandarin Living Alive programs offer the unique experience of time, space, and guidance to help you (re)discover who you truly are. For 12 days, you’ll have the opportunity to create and establish new or different patterns for conscious living. In Living Alive: Meaningful Connections the focus is on relational awareness. Grounded in experiential learning, it invites participants to explore how they connect, maintain, and end relationships—intimate, social, and professional. You will discover your interpersonal patterns and learn how they shape your life.

Couples Alive: Foundation

With Susan Clarke and CrisMarie Campbell

June 15 - 19, 2026
In person at The Haven
Book now and get CAD $80.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before May 17, 2026 to qualify for CAD $80.00 off regular price. This offer valid until May 17, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
Couples Alive is our core offering for people in a primary relationship. With support and guidance from highly skilled leaders, you will learn and practice The Haven's models for communicating and relating with your partner and learn from the diversity of experience around you. All couples meet together during the day and into the evenings, with breaks for relaxation, connection, or adventure in between. In addition to group activities, experiential learning, and discussion, there will be opportunities for the program leaders to support each couple with coaching and feedback. 

Come Alive

With Susan Clarke and CrisMarie Campbell

June 21 - 26, 2026
In Person at The Haven
Book now and get CAD $100.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before May 23, 2026 to qualify for CAD $100.00 off regular price. This offer valid until May 23, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
The magic of Come Alive is in our unique history, renowned communication and relationship models, community dynamic, and oceanfront setting on Gabriola Island. With support and guidance, you will learn and practice the Haven models of communication, relationship and self-responsibility, through a range of opportunities for personal learning.  Group activities, discussions and experiences take place in both large and small group settings. Come Alive is our most popular core program and the perfect place to begin or continue your journey in personal or professional growth and transformation.

LAUNCH: Youth Leadership Training

With Denise Goldbeck

June 28 - July 3, 2026
at The Haven
The LAUNCH Youth Leadership program has enabled youth from ages 13 to 20-something to coach, teach, and train children participating in KITS, an evidence-based performing arts program. Based on current developmental peer-reviewed research, LAUNCH allows youth to discover their leadership strengths in a practical, hands-on setting. Together, the youth of LAUNCH and the children of KITS form a community mimicking an ancient human village. In these villages, people of all ages developed crucial skills and vital cultures together.

LAUNCH: Youth Leadership Training

With Denise Goldbeck

June 28 - July 3, 2026
at The Haven
The LAUNCH Youth Leadership program has enabled youth from ages 13 to 20-something to coach, teach, and train children participating in KITS, an evidence-based performing arts program. Based on current developmental peer-reviewed research, LAUNCH allows youth to discover their leadership strengths in a practical, hands-on setting. Together, the youth of LAUNCH and the children of KITS form a community mimicking an ancient human village. In these villages, people of all ages developed crucial skills and vital cultures together.

Kids in the Spotlight #1 (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

July 5 - 10, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Kids in the Spotlight #2 (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

July 12 - 17, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Kids in the Spotlight #3 (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

July 19 - 24, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Kids in the Spotlight #4 (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

July 26 - 31, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Kids in the Spotlight #5 (KITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

August 2 - 7, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Families in the Spotlight (FITS)

With Denise Goldbeck

August 9 - 14, 2026
at The Haven
Kids in the Spotlight (KITS), created and run by counselor and Developmental Psychology MA Denise Goldbeck, is an evidence-based 5-day performing arts retreat experience that facilitates phenomenal breakthroughs for children, youth, and their families. Over the course of five unforgettable days, participants of Kids in the Spotlight create and perform in a musical production. Along the way, they learn to communicate, respect themselves and others, express themselves confidently, overcome challenges, and heal from difficult experiences.

Teens Alive 1

With Annika Raithby and Linda Nicholls

August 15 - 18, 2026
The Haven
Book now and get CAD $60.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Jul 17, 2026 to qualify for CAD $60.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Jul 17, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
Since 1992, Teens Alive has provided an engaging, supportive environment where young people build emotional resilience, strengthen communication skills, develop their inner strength and confidence and nurture regard for themselves and others. Guided by experienced facilitators, teens learn practical tools to navigate relationships, meet and grow from life’s challenges, and begin to mature into emotionally self-supporting, connected individuals — all within a caring and fun community. www.teensalive.ca

Teens Alive 2

With Annika Raithby and Linda Nicholls

August 18 - 21, 2026
The Haven
Book now and get CAD $60.00 off regular price. Remaining balance due on or before Jul 20, 2026 to qualify for CAD $60.00 off regular price. This offer valid until Jul 20, 2026. Package prices include room, regular tuition, and meals.
Since 1992, Teens Alive has provided an engaging, supportive environment where young people build emotional resilience, strengthen communication skills, develop their inner strength and confidence and nurture regard for themselves and others. Guided by experienced facilitators, teens learn practical tools to navigate relationships, meet and grow from life’s challenges, and begin to mature into emotionally self-supporting, connected individuals — all within a caring and fun community. www.teensalive.ca