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Lifestyle Retreat

24 - 26 NOVEMBER  2023

An intimate, immersive experience to kickstart (or restart) your low carb keto health journey.

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24 - 26 NOVEMBER  2023
novotel resort, barossa valley

Join us over 3 incredible days as we support you to reclaim vibrant health.

Experience a full weekend of low carb and keto knowledge-sharing through a unique series of educational sessions, engaging discussions and live coaching led by our doctor, dietician and health coach. 

Experience what it's like to manage your weight with our holistic, nutrition and lifestyle-first approach to health and wellbeing.

With attendance capped at 25 people, this retreat offers a unique opportunity for a select group of people to come together, share their experiences and insights, and learn from experts (and one another) in a personalised and intimate setting.

Nurture your mind and body connection


You’ll have opportunities to nurture your mind and body connection with guided exercises, indulge in delicious food, and hear inspiring real life stories from our community. Walk away with valuable insights and resources to help you optimise your low carb health journey. 

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3-DAY EXPERIENCE

Our Intentionally Curated Itinerary

WHEN YOU JOIN US AT THIS RETREAT, YOU ARE LAYING AN IMPORTANT FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY, BALANCED LOW CARB LIFE. BUT WHAT EXACTLY CAN YOU EXPECT?

FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day One


Arrive at our gorgeous accommodation in the picturesque Barossa Valley Wine Region, a place known for rejuvenation and just an hour’s drive from Adelaide. This evening is all about setting the scene for a brilliant two days ahead, soaking up our beautiful surrounds and enjoying a relaxed conversation over mouth-watering canapes and drinks (including a complimentary low carb cocktail).

Tomorrow, the real work begins!

INCLUDES
  • 2 X MIND BODY SESSIONS
  • 2 X DIETITIAN SESSIONS
  • 2 X DOCTOR SESSIONS
  • 2 X LIFESTYLE COACHING SESSIONS
 SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day Two


Ready to go deep? Today we’ll hear a doctor answer the questions “how did we get here?” and “what medical preparations and monitoring are recommended?” We’ll also set the record straight on macronutrients and how to calculate your macro needs. Switching focus, we’ll be digging into behaviour change, goal setting and your “why”, giving you the breakthroughs you need for sustainable change. Two curated mind-body sessions are also on the agenda. In the evening, we’re coming together for a delicious dietitian-approved meal where we’ll also hear from our community on their experiences.

INCLUDES
  • 2 X MIND BODY SESSIONS
  • 2 X DIETITIAN SESSIONS
  • 1 X DOCTOR SESSIONS
  • 1 X LIFESTYLE COACHING SESSIONS
 SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day Three


We ease into our final day by understanding practical ways to live the low carb lifestyle and how to troubleshoot, followed by insights from our doctor on what diseases can benefit from a low carb diet. To set you off home with a deeper understanding of how to stay on track, you’ll get some useful tools for establishing your new lifestyle routine. We'll take a break from all the learning and sharing to go deeper into ourselves with some expansive guided mind-body sessions. After a delicious afternoon tea, it’s time to wrap up our time together, with a final opportunity to ask questions of our expert team and seek any additional support you need.

Note: the itinerary is subject to change as we confirm details and adjust to reflect the needs of the people who choose to join us.

FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day One

Arrive at our gorgeous accommodation in the picturesque Barossa Valley Wine Region, a place known for rejuvenation and just an hour’s drive from Adelaide. This evening is all about setting the scene for a brilliant two days ahead, soaking up our beautiful surrounds and enjoying a relaxed conversation over mouth-watering canapes and drinks (including a complimentary low carb cocktail).

Tomorrow, the real work begins!

SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day Two

Ready to go deep? Today we’ll hear a doctor answer the questions “how did we get here?” and “what medical preparations and monitoring are recommended?” We’ll also set the record straight on macronutrients and how to calculate your macro needs. Switching focus, we’ll be digging into behavior change, goal setting, and your “why”, giving you the breakthroughs you need for sustainable change. Two curated mind-body sessions are also on the agenda. In the evening, we’re coming together for a delicious dietitian-approved meal where we’ll also hear from our community on their experiences.

INCLUDES
  • 2 X MIND BODY SESSIONS
  • 2 X DIETITIAN SESSIONS
  • 2 X DOCTOR SESSIONS
  • 2 X LIFESTYLE COACHING SESSIONS
SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2023

Day Three

We ease into our final day by understanding practical ways to live the low carb lifestyle and how to troubleshoot, followed by insights from our doctor on what diseases can benefit from a low carb diet. To set you off home with a deeper understanding of how to stay on track, you’ll get some useful tools for establishing your new lifestyle routine. We'll take a break from all the learning and sharing to go deeper into ourselves with some expansive guided mind-body sessions. After a delicious afternoon tea, it’s time to wrap up our time together, with a final opportunity to ask questions of our expert team and seek any additional support you need.

INCLUDES
  • 2 X MIND BODY SESSIONS
  • 2 X DIETITIAN SESSIONS
  • 1 X DOCTOR SESSIONS
  • 1 X LIFESTYLE COACHING SESSIONS

Note: the itinerary is subject to change as we confirm details and adjust to reflect the needs of the people who choose to join us.

What's Included

This experience is the ultimate blend of education, coaching, connection, relaxation, and good energy.

Healthy Meals and Refreshments
  • Friday: canapes and welcome drinks
  • Saturday: morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner 
  • Sunday: morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea
9x Education and Coaching Sessions
  • GP and dietitian 
  • Health and lifestyle coaching sessions 
4x Guided Mind & Body Exercises
  • Hypnotherapy (with Master NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist Corrine Allison)
  • Sound healing 
  • Movement activity 
  • Guided meditation
3 Days Access to Doctor, Dietician & Coach
  • Dedicated Q&A 
  • Concierge session
  • Opportunities to ask for clarity, strategies and suggestions
Bonus
Resources
  • Coaching resources
  • Nutrition resources
  • Medical resources
Connections & Friendships
  • Meet and connect with new people who are also on their health journeys
  • Build long lasting deep friendships

TRANSFORM YOUR HEALTH TODAY

Ready for uninterrupted time away from everyday commitments?

 

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The Lifestyle Retreat is for you if you...

  • Want to improve your health and well-being, naturally 
  • Want to lose weight in a way that is sustainable
  • Have a chronic disease that can be improved with lifestyle changes, e.g. type 2 diabetes, heart disease or an autoimmune disease
  • Want to learn how to have the best chance of preventing heart disease, diabetes, cancer and autoimmune diseases
  • Would love to sample some delicious chef-prepared low carb meals
  • Want real-time coaching
  • Enjoy spending time with like-minded people who are passionate about improving their health

Meet Your Hosts

Running this retreat is our doctor, dietitian and lifestyle coach. Their collective mission is to demystify low carb nutrition and support people to reclaim their wellness, lose weight and manage chronic health conditions with lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor for 40+ years. After discovering low carb nutrition medicine, she knew that this was the way she wanted to practice medicine – to help people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine, using the latest scientifically-backed strategies. 

In a world where information (both good and dubious) is just a Google search away, Laureen provides clinically driven nutrition insights you can trust to be balanced, credible, and reliable. And she wraps it all up with a genuine desire to keep you in the driver’s seat of your own health. 

Nicole has been an Accredited Practising Dietitian for over 20 years. As a low carb specialist, she also coaches, trains and mentors dietitians nationally and is in demand as a speaker on the benefits of low carb nutrition and how to practically implement this lifestyle. 


With a contagious enthusiasm for good food and the science of nutrition, Nicole brings a fresh approach you won’t find anywhere else. She focuses on targeted low carb nutrition strategies designed to suit your medical history and fit into your lifestyle.

Jody is a Neuroleadership Institute Brain-Based Trained Coach who has dedicated 15+ years coaching and consulting within the health industry. 

As an expert facilitator of mindset and behaviour change, Jody empowers people to embrace sustainable, healthy lifestyles to prevent and treat disease and foster well-being and thriving. Using evidence-based questioning, conversational and goal setting skills, you’ll feel supported to make sustainable, healthy behaviour change, consistent with your personal strengths and goals.

RECLAIM YOUR HEALTH

The Lifestyle Retreat harnesses your interest in naturally reclaiming your health and sends you off with something even better:
a roadmap

Bringing together low carb experts, deeply personal insights, and a whole lot of positive energy to walk you through every single aspect of the low carb lifestyle — from starting out, through to lifelong habits.
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You will finally stop
wondering...

 

  • What does a low carb/keto lifestyle look like?

  • Is it safe for my medical condition?

  • What kind of health monitoring/testing is recommended?

  • What does the science *really* say?

  • What is my ideal macronutrient formula?
  • How can I take the guesswork out of tracking my carbs?

  • How do ketones, insulin, and hunger hormones work?

  • How can I stay on track (while actually living my life)?

You will finally stop
wondering... 

  • What does a low carb/keto lifestyle look like?
  • Is it safe for my medical condition?
  • What kind of health monitoring/testing is recommended?
  • What does the science *really* say?
  • What is my ideal macronutrient formula?
  • How can I take the guesswork out of tracking my carbs?
  • How do ketones, insulin, and hunger hormones work?
  • How can I stay on track (while actually living my life)?

You will walk away knowing that you...
 

 

  • Can confidently walk into a supermarket, read labels and know exactly what you should be fuelling your body with

  • Have a plan to reclaim your health that is rooted in evidence-based medicine instead of what a “wellness influencer” tells you

  • Know exactly where to start - and how to keep making progress, step by step - so that you can make this a lifestyle
  • Have strategies for bouncing back from setbacks like binges and weight stalls

  • Don’t have to be a perfect health robot to see health and weight improvements

  • Are part of a community filled with supportive people, just like you

  • Have new healthy habits to set you up for life

You will walk away knowing that you...  

  • Can confidently walk into a supermarket, read labels and know exactly what you should be fuelling your body with
  • Have a plan to reclaim your health that is rooted in evidence-based medicine instead of what a “wellness influencer” tells you
  • Know exactly where to start - and how to keep making progress, step by step - so that you can make this a lifestyle
  • Have strategies for bouncing back from setbacks like binges and weight stalls
  • Don’t have to be a perfect health robot to see health and weight improvements
  • Are part of a community filled with supportive people, just like you
  • Have new healthy habits to set you up for life

Specifically, you'll know how to:

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Read labels (even the
sneaky ones)
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Calculate your personal
macronutrient formula
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Track carbs, protein, and
fat
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Avoid shopping aisle
pitfalls
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Plan meals and make
healthy substitutes
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Manage weight stalls
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Conquer binges
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Reset after a wobbly
moment
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Exchange destructive
habits for healthier ones
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Talk to your medical team
 about the low carb
lifestyle
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Establish your new
lifestyle routine for
success
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This isn’t “just another conference”

This isn’t “just another conference”

Ever feel super disappointed in those events where you take a few notes, feel a temporary spike in motivation, then go right back to your daily grind without any change?
Yeah, us too.

This retreat is different. Every minute of our enriching and purposeful getaway together is designed to propel you forward, for good.

Nothing compares to coming together with other people in a safe space to share, learn and grow. The Lifestyle Retreat is a chance to unplug, create lifelong lifestyle changes, make mindset shifts and receive fresh perspectives.

We get there by giving you all the information you need, working through guided exercises, and capitalising on the camaraderie of an intentionally intimate, judgement-free group

Let’s just be clear on one thing: if we’re not enjoying it, then we’re doing it wrong.

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What Our
Patients Say

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I feel phenomenally different and I’m not going back.

 

I was in the keto space on my own for 6 years doing what I thought was keto. I thought I knew about keto but I actually had a poor understanding of health. I had lost some weight on my own and then it started slowly creeping back on. I thought ‘what am I doing wrong; I'm back here again.’ Now, I feel phenomenally different and I’m not going back.

What Our
Patients Say

 

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Their help has been priceless, I highly recommend!

Nicole is easy to talk to, makes things simple to follow, has great ideas and recipes and above all completely understands the stress of a busy working mum life and adjusts accordingly. Her help has been priceless, I highly recommend!

 

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I feel phenomenally different and I’m not going back.

I was in the keto space on my own for 6 years doing what I thought was keto. I thought I knew about keto but I actually had a poor understanding of health. I had lost some weight on my own and then it started slowly creeping back on. I thought ‘what am I doing wrong; I'm back here again.’ Now, I feel phenomenally different and I’m not going back.

 

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This is creating a healthy legacy for my children. My kids are seeing me modelling a healthy lifestyle.

I saw what my future looked like when I saw my parents and their health conditions and I knew I had to break that cycle for myself and my kids. This is creating a healthy legacy for my children. My kids are seeing me modelling a healthy lifestyle.

 

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So happy to finally find a clinic and healthcare team who aim for disease prevention, and not just writing a prescription.

Amazed at the time spent explaining the evidence, and ensuring I understood my treatment path, to aid me in lifestyle modification to decrease my risk of disease in later life.

 

NOTE:
WE’D LOVE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT OUR PATIENTS’ CLINICAL RESULTS, BUT AUSTRALIA’S MEDICAL ADVERTISING GUIDELINES ARE PRETTY STRICT (AS THEY SHOULD BE). YOU’LL HEAR LOTS OF REAL RESULTS FROM REAL PATIENTS AT THE RETREAT.

Bookings are now open.

Places will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

  PROGRAM INCLUDES:

 

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Meals and refreshments
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Education and live coaching sessions
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Guided mind and body exercises
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Access to our doctor, dietician, and coach
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Bonus resources
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Connection and community
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Payment plan available
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“I was a bit embarrassed to contact them at first after having done this for so many years and failing. I was thinking ‘I'm just not trying hard enough.’ Thank goodness I contacted them. I'm in the right place and my entire life has changed.”

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

You Might Be Wondering...

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

You Might Be Wondering...

There’s one more thing we should talk about….

There’s one more thing we should talk about….

Acknowledging that you have things to learn and need support doesn’t mean you've failed. It makes you incredibly brave.

 

Fact is, no one is going to take control of your health for you. Self-advocacy and health literacy are two of the most powerful (and empowering) gifts you can give yourself.

And sure, it probably feels a bit exciting, sort of unnerving and kind of terrifying. So, let’s step back for a moment.

 

Because in reality, living a low carb lifestyle and basking in all the truly magnificent benefits it can bring to your health and wellness, is all just a series of small steps.

Let’s suppose that you join us on the 8th September. Before the sun sets on the first day, you’ve met a doctor, a dietitian and a lifestyle and health coach. You've started connecting with other attendees over a (dietitian approved) Mojito and canapes and you realise that all the stuff you’ve been struggling with is the same stuff everyone else is struggling with. Over the weekend, all your questions are answered and the lightbulb moments don’t stop. And while you’re soaking up all the learning, you’re also taking time to recharge your mind and body with guided healing and wellness activities.

 
Then suddenly, it all starts coming together. You know how to make this a lifestyle, not a diet. 

 

You’ve never felt so in tune with your body and what it needs from you. And the best bit - you’ve got a plan. You know exactly what you need to do when you get home, and for every day that follows.

It all starts with a click of a button.

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LOW CARB KETO HEALTH.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRIVACY POLICY.
WEBSITE DESIGN BY I KNOW A GAL.