I just wanted to say thank you for an incredible weekend. I am sure my wife and I are much more in sync with the life we believe we deserve to have. You both are really unbelievable human beings with the ability to help countless individuals and couples. I am grateful for the experience you both provided. Also the location of the Bed & Breakfast and the people who ran it were 5 star just to add to the experience.

Bill Wozniak

Here at the Cypress House Bill and I had the best weekend ever. After spending the time with Robin and Carlos they gave tools to use in our everyday life, It was incredible, spiritual, enlighten, powerful and loving. I fell in love with Bill all over again! This weekend is the beginning of our new life together. I recommend this retreat for every couple. You guys are great. Thank you.

Denise Wozniak
Total Look Hair Design

We were hoping for an intimate, relaxed, and safe environment to learn a lot about ourselves and our relationship, and that is exactly what we experienced. Rediscovering Romance dug deeper into the heart of our issues and brought them to the forefront to be dealt with. Carlos & Robin are a vision.

Amy Karla – RN

“An experience to hold and apply to our relationships for a lifetime.

Kirk Hershey – Massage Therapist

Where do I begin? From the romantic, safe, comforting location, to the music that soothed and set the mood, the weekend is so worthwhile! My girlfriend and I reached truly deep levels of intimacy, openness and realization in one weekend – levels which had eluded us our entire relationship. I personally was blessed to discover the source and meaning of some vexing behaviors that have sabotaged all of my relationships. This has been a weekend of true discovery, connection and healing. I would recommend it to any couple interested in creating a healthy, safe, intimate and romantic relationship!

Kevin Talmadge
Southwest Health, Inc

As a massage therapist, Teacher and a mother, the course was very personal, safe, loving and paradigm shifting. I believe that the relationship I have and aspire to grow in is moving forward with the tools and paradigm shifting that took place. My hope was to have a closer bond and it happened! The buck won’t stop there! The instructors were loving and calm, very compassionate. Thank you Robin & Carlos for creating a beautiful and magical weekend getaway with safety! Robin the materials were perfect in it’s process! Thank you!

Jennifer Marshall
Southwest Health, Inc.

My husband and I attended the Rediscovering Romance retreat in November, 2007.

I highly recommend this course for any couple who wants improved communication in their relationship and get back to the love that started the relationship.

Too often, couples are dedicated to each other but can’t seem to find a way out of common communication breakdowns: what starts out as a simple discussion ends up turning into yet another fight. Both parties walk away feeling wounded and misunderstood; then resentment naturally builds up and the cycle gets worse and worse, until it seems all you do is fight over the stupidest things.

Using relatively simple methods and exercises, the trainers gave us tools to communicate with each other, re-discover how much we have in common, and learn to really listen to each other so that we can resolve disputes with love and understanding.

I can’t believe how much has changed for us, after just one weekend!

The retreat was held in a beautiful bed and breakfast, which made it feel like a mini-vacation, rather than like attending a workshop.  We had time to get to know the other participants, and we had quality time together.

The trainers shared their own struggles in their relationship, rather than appearing “above it all”. Their sharing allowed us to feel the comfort that every relationship has communication difficulties, even one between two experts in resolving conflicts.

I have been through couples counseling before (in a prior marriage) and have had clients going through marriage counseling describe their process to me. It seems, from my experience, that, too often, couples counseling is merely an opportunity to complain about your spouse in front of a referee, who will then decided which one of you is actually wrong.  This was not an effective strategy for me and my first husband; we quit counseling and each other after the third session, when the counselor somehow managed to give us both the impression that only one of us was wrong. 

Robin & Carlos’s approach is vastly different from “traditional” couples counseling. There is no blame, no shame, no who did what to whom. Instead, there is faith that something strong brought you two together in the first place and that you want very much to return to the love and caring you had in the beginning of the relationship.

My husband and I have been together for 7 years, married for 3 years. We have no children together, but are primary parents to his only child, a daughter who was 16 years old when we started.  We have the typical issues of second marriages: ex-spouses who can’t let go, parenting style disputes, financial pressures. 

We are also business partners and work in highly stressful careers. We need to be able to communicate effectively and rely on each other “in the trenches”. When we took the Rediscovering Romance course, we were starting to talk about ending our marriage, which would have also devastated our professional lives. 

I thank Robin & Carlos for saving our marriage.  I know our staff and clients are grateful, as well, that we will be able to continue to be professional partners for many years to come.

Samantha McCormick