Created 4 Connection A Retreat for LDS Couples in Beautiful Nauvoo, IL
“God created us to connect—to Him and to each other.”
In a world that is louder, faster, and more demanding than ever, the most precious parts of life can easily fade into the background—your marriage, your sense of peace, and your covenant relationship with each other and with God.
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Date
September 29 - October 2
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Cost
$1,995 per couple
(sign up before July 31 and save $100!)
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Location
Inn at Old Nauvoo
1875 Mulholland Street
Nauvoo, IL 62354
Reconnect. Restore. Rekindle. In Sacred Nauvoo
If you're like many faithful Latter-day Saint couples today, you’ve spent decades raising children, building careers, serving in the Church, and caring for others. Now, as the nest empties and life slows down, you're looking at each other and wondering...
Where did the spark go?
Why do we feel distant, even though we’re still committed?
How do we talk without misunderstanding or shutting down?
What’s next for us—and how do we move forward stronger together?
When our relationship is already good, can we feel even closer?
Welcome to Created 4 Connection,
A One-of-a-Kind 4-Day Retreat Experience in Sacred Nauvoo, IL
Where Your Healing, Reconnection, and Future Begin
Why Nauvoo?
This isn’t just a getaway—it’s a spiritual homecoming.
Come to where covenants were first made, where the Nauvoo Temple stands as a symbol of eternal connection, and where the peaceful Mississippi sunsets and historic sites invite you to slow down, tune in, and feel the Spirit of your ancestors.
Nauvoo is a place of healing. It’s a place where the veil feels thin, and where you can remember who you are—and what your marriage was always meant to be.
Come to Nauvoo – A Place of Peace, Healing, and Eternal Perspective
Nestled along the banks of the Mississippi, Nauvoo offers more than historic charm. It's a sacred space to feel the Spirit, connect to your covenant roots, and receive personal revelation about the most important relationship in your life.
Glorious sunsets over the Mississippi
Quiet reflection at the Nauvoo Temple
The strength of the pioneer spirit that still echoes here
The peace to slow down and truly see your spouse again
More About Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Emotionally Focused Therapy is a proven approach to couples counseling that helps partners strengthen their emotional bond and feel more secure, seen, and supported in their relationship. Instead of focusing on surface-level issues or communication techniques alone, EFT gently guides couples to the heart of what’s really going on—often unspoken emotions like fear, hurt, or longing.
Through this process, couples learn how to:
Understand and express their deeper emotional needs
Recognize and change patterns that lead to disconnection
Create a stronger sense of trust, closeness, and connection
EFT is backed by decades of research and has helped thousands of couples move from frustration and distance to greater emotional intimacy. It’s not about blaming or fixing one another—it’s about discovering how to reach for each other in new, healing ways.
More about Process Healing Method (PHM)
The Process Healing Method (PHM), developed by Dr. Garry Flint, is a gentle, heart-centered approach to emotional healing. It helps people identify and release inner blocks—often held just below the surface of awareness—that may be fueling anxiety or creating distance in relationships. By working with the deeper parts of the mind in a respectful and compassionate way, PHM makes space for greater emotional clarity, calm, and connection—both within yourself and with those you love.
Combining these two Powerful Processes
We have come together to combine these two powerful, yet gentle, researched-based methods to help couples in this retreat experience something truly unique and transformational. Oftentimes couples struggle with emotions and raw spots that are under the surface and have an impact that is outside of awareness. Using the combined understanding and processes of EFT and PHM we will help couples access emotions and beliefs that are blocking the connection process. The conversations and meditations we bring together in the retreat seminar are a powerful combination meant to heal the heart and draw couples closer than they ever thought possible.
You Were Created 4 Connection
Using the groundbreaking work of Dr. Sue Johnson (author of Hold Me Tight and Love Sense) and the powerful healing methods based on Dr. Garry Flint’s Process Healing Method, we combine faith-based principles, modern science, cutting edge healing techniques, and a spiritual environment to help couples like you.
Heal past emotional wounds and resentments
Learn the science of love and emotional bonding (EFT)
Reduce anxiety and emotional triggers that block connection (PHM)
Improve communication and emotional safety
Rekindle intimacy and affection
Deepen spiritual unity and covenant-centered love
Come together with immersive activities that strengthen your relationship
This isn't Therapy. This is transformational learning, spiritual rejuvenation, and emotional reconnection in an immersive experience - at a level that lasts.
Imagine this:
Sitting hand-in-hand by the river at sunset, feeling closer than you have in years
Learning how to speak your heart in a way your spouse can truly hear—and respond with love
Replacing conflict with compassion, silence with connection, and distance with intimacy
Experiencing a safe, sacred space where you are seen, loved, and healed
Feeling the Spirit whisper peace as you walk the temple grounds or worship side by side
Returning home stronger, more secure, and spiritually bonded—ready to lead your family with love and light
Connect to Your Covenant Roots. Strengthen Your Covenant Relationship.
Many of our retreat couples share something else in common: adult children who have strayed from the covenant path.
You want to help. You want to guide. But you feel powerless.
The truth is this: you can’t pour from an empty vessel.
Your connection is the first step in your family’s healing. Your secure, loving relationship can become a beacon of hope—a living witness of Christ’s power to bind, to heal, and to restore. Lead with love. Start with each other.
What you'll experience:
4 Days of immersive learning, growing, connecting and fun!!
Science-backed EFT relationship sessions
Process Healing Method techniques to clear emotional blocks
Guided conversations designed to build lasting emotional connection
Opportunities for temple worship, reflection, and spiritual connection
Returning home stronger, more secure, and spiritually bonded—ready to lead your family with love and light
Time to rest, reflect, and reconnect in a peaceful, Spirit-filled setting
Visiting historic sites
Group activities that facilitate connection
What's included:
4-Day Guided Couples Retreat in Nauvoo, IL
Pre-Retreat Assessment & Prep Material
All Sessions Led by Facilitators Trained in EFT & PHM techniques
Couples Workbook & Resources
Time to Explore Nauvoo area Historic Sites, Temple, and Nature
Catered Meals (optional)
Lodging discounts and recommendations available
Whether your relationship needs a booster shot or a complete reboot, this experience will take you to a new place—emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.
Created 4 Connection is perfect for LDS couples who:
Feel a little lost—or just ready to reignite what’s already good
Are empty nesters, or preparing to be
Are active in the Church and committed to their covenants
Want to prepare for missions, retirement, or a new chapter
Love travel, learning, and spiritual growth
Want a stronger, deeper, more joyful relationship
Believe marriage is eternal—and worth investing in
What Happens if You Don't Invest in Your Relationship?
Let’s be real: The cost of not investing in your marriage relationship is higher than you think.
Disconnection becomes resentment.
Silence turns into loneliness.
Unhealed wounds pass on to the next generation.
Your love story stalls—when it was meant to soar.
Don’t let years of love fade quietly. Bring it back to life. Come back to each other. Come back to your covenant. Come back to peace.
Register
Refund Policy:
- A full refund or transfer to future events will be granted if cancellation is made **30 days before the start of the retreat** minus merchant fees and a $50 processing fee.
- Cancellations made within 30 days are strictly non-refundable. However, if participants contact the retreat facilitators to make arrangements, the full amount may be applied to any future retreat of the same offer within the next year.
Inn at Old Nauvoo
The Inn at Old Nauvoo is a charming and historic hotel nestled in the heart of Nauvoo, just steps from many of the town’s iconic sites. If you'd like to stay where the event is happening, you’re in luck—guests are welcome to book rooms directly through the Inn's website