Unplug & Reset

Leaders who pause with purpose lead with greater clarity, presence, and impact.

You've mastered productivity. You lead, deliver, and perform—constantly.

But the most accomplished women can't sustain high impact without intentional recovery.

Unplug & Reset is more than a women's leadership retreat; it's a deliberate pause, a recalibration, and a challenge. Designed for driven professionals who struggle to disconnect, this experience invites you to step away from performance and return to presence.

Enrollment is limited to just seven hand-selected leaders to ensure an intimate, high-impact experience where every voice is heard and every breakthrough supported.

Here's the challenge:

For three restorative weekdays (Yes, weekdays), you'll silence the noise, power down the devices, and rediscover what clarity feels like. You'll do this by the sea, breathing in the salt air, feeling the sand beneath your feet, and reconnecting to your natural rhythms. Along the way, you'll share space with other powerful women leaders in an unforgettable experience of reflection, connection, and renewal.

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The Unplug and Reset Experience

Oceanfront calm meets profound clarity, leadership growth, and renewal

This isn't your typical retreat — it's a guided reset designed to help you recover, manage your energy, realign your leadership, and return with a renewed sense of direction. During our time together, cell phones and laptops will take their own retreat--so you can be fully present, undistracted and reconnect to yourself.

Your experience includes:

⚡️ Energy Leadership Index® Assessment + Group Debrief

Gain personalized insight into how your energy shifts under stress--and learn strategies to turn pressure into performance and purpose.

📅 Two Virtual Pre-Retreat Sessions

Connect with your fellow leaders and set powerful intentions before arriving. The sessions create alignment and trust, ensuring you step into the retreat already supported and seen.

💼 Daily Group Coaching with Executive Coach, Carol Urton

Experience expert facilitation rooted in the Energy Leadership framework to help you elevate your mindset, expand your presence, and reconnect with your authentic power.

🌅 Beach Yoga & Mindful Movement with Alisha Slaughter

Start each morning grounded in breath, body, and ocean rhythm. These mindful movement practices support nervous system regulation, clarity, and resilience.

💬 Wellness & Mindset Session with Alisha Slaughter, Integrative Health and Mind-Body Practitioner

Learn practical, science-based strategies to sustain your energy, balance your stress, and integrate wellness into your leadership style long after you return home.

🌊 Oceanfront Accommodations

Rest in luxurious rooms overlooking the Pacific, where calm and inspiration meet.

🍷 Fine Dining & Connection

Savor nourishing meals and meaningful conversations that deepen connection and fuel both body and mind.

Yes, I need this!

Meet the team

Carol Urton - Certified Professional Coach & Faciltator

Carol Urton is a Certified Leadership and Energy Coach who helps high-performing women take a pause, enabling them to lead without losing themselves and to step into who they aspire to be. After decades of leadership in the corporate world and running at full speed, she understands the cost of constant striving and the power of pausing with purpose. Through the Energy Leadership framework, Carol teaches women to realign their energy, reset their mindset, and lead with clarity, confidence, and vision. The Unplug and Reset retreat is her invitation to step away from the noise and connect with nature and the sea. Come home to yourself, and return to life and leadership renewed.

Alisha Slaughter - Wellness Coach

Alisha Slaughter is an Integrative Health and Mind-Body Practitioner who helps women in midlife heal from burnout and reconnect with their vitality. A former corporate executive turned passionate advocate and expert in women’s holistic health, Alisha understands the toll of overfunctioning and the deep need to slow down, breathe, and return to oneself. Through targeted nutrition strategies, mindful movement, and nervous system regulation practices, she helps women restore balance, renew energy, and reconnect with their natural sense of purpose, vitality, and flow.

Danielle Ballensky - Executive Administrator

Danielle Ballensky is a seasoned sales professional specializing in medical devices. Outside of work, Danielle balances a busy family life as a mom of two, bringing the same focus, adaptability, and determination that define her career into her daily life. She is the powerhouse person who makes it all flow. Every detail you’ll experience—from your welcome gift to the rhythm of each day—has her touch on it. She’s the calm behind the scenes, ensuring that you can fully unplug while she keeps everything running seamlessly. Her focus is simple: you arrive, exhale, and know you’re completely taken care of.

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Lodging

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Ocean Front Rooms

Unplug and Reset Retreat with Carol Urton is at the Dream Inn, Santa Cruz,

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Ocean Front Rooms

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Ocean Front Rooms

Every participant has an ocian view room included in the retreat package.

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Retreat sessions in the Cove at Jack Oniel's, located at the Dream Inn - lunch on Wednesday, and breakfast and lunch provided on Thursday & Friday during the retreat.

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Are you ready to harness the transformative power of yoga to nurture your mind and invigorate your body?

Alisha's mission is to help people learn that yoga is more than just a physical practice — it’s a profound journey of self-discovery and healing.

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Take a stroll on the Boardwalk or on the beach, followed by an ocean view group dinner on the pier. We will add some fire to this dining experience at the FireFish Grill, where they specialize in fresh seafood, steaks & homemade pasta dishes!

Thursday Night Group Dinner at Laili in Santa Cruz

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Nestled in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz, Laili Restaurant offers an elegant dining experience that blends Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors. Inspired by the timeless story of Layla and Majnun, our menu features a beautiful fusion of spices, fresh herbs, and premium ingredients, creating a journey through the ancient Silk Road.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this retreat for?

Unplug & Reset is designed for accomplished women in leadership, including executives, founders, and professionals who are ready to pause, recalibrate, and lead from renewed energy and clarity.

What's included in the retreat price?

Your investment includes oceanfront accommodations, all meals, daily group coaching sessions, the Energy Leadership Index® Assessment, and wellness experiences guided by our expert facilitators.

What is the Energy Leadership Index® Assessment?

The Energy Leadership™ Index (E.L.I.) is a one-of-a-kind assessment that enables leaders to hold up mirrors to their perceptions, attitudes, behaviors, and overall leadership capabilities. The E.L.I. forms the initial launching point for awareness, helping give you a baseline for your current performance and situation. The realizations that you'll gain from the Energy Leadership assessment and debrief process will change the way you view your world.

Background: An Attitudinal Assessment

There are two main types of assessments: Personality and Attitudinal. Personality based assessments, such as Myers Briggs and D.I.S.C. are very valuable tools that pinpoint certain personality types so that people can have more of an understanding about what their strengths and weaknesses are. By understanding your personality and how it relates to what you do, you can adapt your behavior to "work with what you have," to function effectively.

The E.L.I. is an attitudinal assessment, which is based on an energy/action model. This assessment differs from personality assessments as it is not intended to label a person and have them work well within that label. Instead, it measures your level of energy based on your attitude, or perception and perspective of your world. Because attitude is subjective, it can be altered. By working with a coach using the E.L.I., you can alter your attitude and perspective, make a shift in your consciousness, and increase your energy and leadership effectiveness.

There are no limits as to the potential growth that you can achieve. Once you realize that your level of consciousness is directly related to your actions, you can move from functioning effectively, to functioning optimally.

As part of the Energy Leadership Index assessment and debrief process, you'll learn about the 7 levels of leadership and how much energy you currently have in the catabolic-suppressing range and in the anabolic-inspirational range. You'll be debriefed on the findings of the assessment, and coached on how to navigate yourself to higher performance.

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Why are there only 7 participants?

The experience is intentionally intimate to foster depth, trust, and powerful breakthroughs. Every voice is heard and every insight supported.

Why a weekday retreat?

Because true leaders know that rest is a strategy, holding this experience mid-week allows you to step away from routine and fully immerse without weekend distractions.

Do I need prior experience with yoga or mindfulness?

Not at all. The practices are gentle, accessible, and designed to support nervous system regulation and reflection--not performance.

How do I apply?

Click one of the buttons above to submit your application. Once received, Carol will schedule a brief pre-retreat conversation to ensure the group is aligned in energy and intention.

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UNPLUG & RESET

Here's the challenge:

Early Bird Pricing ends 12/31/25

The Unplug and Reset Experience

Oceanfront calm meets profound clarity, leadership growth, and renewal

Your experience includes:

A word from Carol...

Meet the team

Carol Urton - Certified Professional Coach & Faciltator

Alisha Slaughter - Wellness Coach

Danielle Ballensky - Executive Administrator

Danielle Ballensky - Executive Administrator

LET'S WORK ON YOUR TOMORROW...IN SANTA CRUZ, CA!

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Ocean View Room - May 6 & 7, All meals included

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Lodging

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Ocean Front Rooms

Ocean Front Rooms

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Ocean Front Rooms

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Intimate Meeting Space with Ocean View

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Yoga and wellness with Santa Cruz's own Alisha Slaughter

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Thursday Night Group Dinner at Laili in Santa Cruz

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

Explore the Boardwalk & Dinner at Firefish Grill on the Pier on Wednesday

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