September 18–20, 2026 ◆ 15 Women Only ◆ A Weekend You Will Never Forget
Simply…Woman Retreat
Your Second Act
There is a woman inside you who has been waiting.
Patient. Certain. Ready.
This weekend, she stops waiting. She arrives.
Hosted by Crystal Andrus Morissette ◆ With Her Daughters, Madelaine & Julia
Something is about to change.
And you already know it.
That quiet pull you've been feeling — toward more clarity, more aliveness, more of yourself — it's not restlessness. It's readiness.
For the first time in seven years, I'm opening the doors of the Simply…Woman Retreat Center and welcoming women back into my home. And for the very first time ever, my daughters Madelaine and Julia are coming home to stand beside me.
Together we've created three days filled with transformational teachings, sacred ceremony, live music, movement, beauty, exquisite food, and the kind of Simply…Woman magic that women have crossed oceans for. Every detail chosen with intention. Every moment designed to help you reconnect with your Real Self — the woman who has been waiting, patiently and faithfully, for her moment.
Not because you're lost. Because you are so ready.
There are only 15 seats. When they're gone, this weekend is closed. I don't say that to pressure you. I say it because I've watched too many women say "maybe next time" — and spend another year waiting for a life that was right there, waiting for them.
Early bird pricing ends July 18. Only 15 women. When they're gone, they're gone.
She Belongs Here.
You Belong Here.
She might be stepping into her Second Act, her Third, her Fourth — it doesn't matter. What matters is that she is done waiting. She is ready to live the next chapter with more clarity, more joy, and more of herself than she has ever dared to claim.
She walks into rooms differently. She no longer wonders if she belongs there. She knows she does. Her presence speaks before she says a word.
She stops postponing her life. The trip. The dream. The business. The adventure. What once felt like "someday" suddenly feels like now — because now is all there is.
She looks in the mirror and sees a woman she admires. Not because she is younger. Because she is fully expressed, deeply alive, and unapologetically herself.
She surrounds herself with extraordinary women who celebrate her wins, witness her growth, and remind her that she was never meant to do life alone.
She becomes magnetic. Not because she tries harder. Because she finally stops hiding her brilliance, her wisdom, her beauty, and her joy.
By Sunday evening, she knows her Second Act will be her most beautiful chapter yet — not because someone promised it, but because she can finally see it for herself.
She is here to be seen. To connect. To remember.
This weekend, she comes home to herself.
A Mother. Her Daughters.
Their Greatest Gift to You.
For over twenty years, Crystal hosted her retreats alone — in the 200-year-old historic home where she raised her daughters. This weekend, for the very first time, Madelaine and Julia come home — and together, the three of them open those doors for you. This combination will never exist anywhere else on earth.
Founder · Lead Guide
Crystal
Transformational teacher, bestselling author, and the woman whose clients travel the world to spend time in her presence. 30 years. 45+ countries. One weekend. Yours.
Nourishment & Vitality
Madelaine
Fitness & nutrition expert and entrepreneur. Devoted mommy to little Freya Bloom — Crystal's granddaughter. She makes every woman feel not like a guest, but like she has always belonged here.
Celebrity Makeup Artist
Julia
Met Gala. SNL. Kim Kardashian's "Glam Masters." Paris Fashion Week. Avril Lavigne world tours. This weekend, all of that talent comes home — entirely for you.
Three women. Three generations of wisdom, beauty, and love.
All of it — for you.
Three Days. One Beautiful Unfolding.
Every moment has been thoughtfully curated to create a complete arc — from arrival, to transformation, to becoming. You will not leave the same woman who walked in.
The Welcome Home Gathering
Friday evening has one purpose: to exhale.
You arrive not as an attendee at a conference, but as a guest welcomed home. Mocktails are poured. Tea is warm. The Retreat Center glows with candlelight, music, and the kind of feminine atmosphere that immediately tells your nervous system: you can let go now. You are safe here.
Nothing is forced. Nothing is performative. Just women beginning to gather — some who flew across oceans to be here, some who drove a few hours, all arriving carrying something they're ready to put down. The evening closes with a magical movement meditation designed to help you leave the outside world at the door and step fully into the magic of the weekend ahead.
The Awakening
Saturday was always the reason women crossed oceans to be here for just one day. Through live music by Natalie Hughes, meditation, powerful conversation, and Crystal's signature Your Body Knows™ truth-telling circle, you'll reconnect with the wisdom, clarity, and courage already living within you.
This is where masks come off, walls come down, and women remember who they truly are. Between transformational experiences, you'll gather for a beautiful homemade lunch at Crystal's house, lovingly prepared by Madelaine. By the end of the day, you will feel lighter, clearer, and more connected to yourself than you have in years — perhaps ever.
The Bonfire Burning Ceremony
Some transformations can only happen in firelight — surrounded by women who witness you, held by the night sky above Crystal's historic home.
Together, in the warm glow of a bonfire, you will release everything you have been carrying that is no longer yours to carry. This is the ancient, primal, deeply human act of choosing who you are becoming over the story that has kept you small.
Into the fire they go. Into the light you emerge.
The Claiming
Sunday brings you back to the Retreat Center — but by now, something has shifted. You're standing taller, feeling lighter, and seeing yourself differently. That is not a coincidence. That is the weekend working.
You'll spend the morning with Crystal and Julia — laughing, learning, and becoming camera-ready as she teaches you step by step how to enhance your natural beauty in a way that feels radiant, fresh, and completely you. This is a celebrity makeup artist who has worked the Met Gala, Paris Fashion Week, and world stages. Today, her full attention is yours.
Then comes the celebration: the photoshoot. Headshots. Group photos. Laughter. Confidence. This isn't about looking perfect — it's about capturing the woman who emerged this weekend. Stronger. Clearer. More radiant. More fully herself. The woman who is ready to claim her next chapter. You will end this weekend with something most women never have: a photograph of herself she actually loves.
Stay Together
Seven or eight women can stay together in a charming country home close to Crystal's — set up with care by Crystal and Aaron so you arrive to something warm, ready, and already feeling like yours.
This is not a hotel. It is a retreat within the retreat — a cozy sanctuary where the sisterhood continues long after the sessions end. Late-night conversations, morning coffee with new friends, the kind of ease that only comes when you stop performing and just are. Think of it as the world's most meaningful grown-up pajama party.
- A charming country home, just minutes away
- Set up by Crystal & Aaron — you just arrive
- Transportation between locations provided
- Private and shared room options
- Morning and evening sisterhood experiences
Tudor Pines rooms range from $150–$275/night (2-night minimum), with options for single, double, and up to 4-person occupancy. Once you reserve your place with your $500 deposit, Crystal and Aaron will personally reach out to help you choose the right room and complete your booking — you won't need to figure out a thing on your own.
Your Only Job Is to Arrive.
We have taken care of everything else.
You Will Not Leave the Same Woman Who Arrived.
This is not a promise about what we will give you. It is a description of what you will remember about yourself.
Renewed Clarity
A clear, personal vision for who you are becoming and what your next chapter holds
Real Sisterhood
Friendships forged in authenticity — women who truly saw you and chose to walk forward together
Emotional Freedom
Release from the stories and fears that have quietly kept you playing small
Reconnection to Self
A deeper, more tender relationship with the woman you actually are
Beautiful Images
Photos of yourself — taken by a celebrity MUA — that you will actually love and want to share with the world
Your Second Act
A vision, an intention, and the courage to step fully into the next chapter of your extraordinary life
The Simply…Woman Safe Haven
This is not a hotel ballroom. This is a house built on a legacy of women's courage. Nearly 200 years ago, Margaret Hunter Ianson fought to secure ownership of this home and pass it to her daughter — at a time when women had few rights and little control over their futures.
Today, Crystal carries on that legacy, having raised her daughters here, written her books here, and built the Simply…Woman movement within these walls.
For one unforgettable weekend, you'll step into a place where generations of women have risen, healed, and reclaimed their lives. Some houses are more than homes — they are living proof of what happens when women choose themselves.
There is nowhere else on earth quite like it. And for one weekend, it is yours.
✈ Easy to Reach
One hour east of Toronto Pearson Airport — two or three turns and you're here. Women fly in from around the world. The drive couldn't be simpler.
Reserve My PlaceTwenty Years of Lives Changed.
These are the words of women who gathered, remembered themselves, and have never been the same.
"If you have a small inkling that you should go — GO. A day filled with love, faith, and empowerment. At one point I felt like time stood still. It was that magical."
— Stella Mirkovich
"The energy was electric, inspirational, and contagious. The food, the chapel, her home — it's as though you stepped into a fairytale. I would recommend it to anyone who needs the push off the edge."
— Anto Mannarino
"I arrived not knowing what to expect and left saying it was the best day of my life. Crystal has a gift that is beyond description — this retreat will change you."
— Jennifer McLean
"If you knew the truth of who you really are, you'd be in awe of yourself."
— Crystal Andrus Morissette
Led by Crystal.
Held by Her Family.
A rare convergence of wisdom, nurturing, creativity, music, and love — passed between generations, offered to you.
Crystal Andrus
Morissette
"I have spent my life in service of one truth: women are more powerful, more beautiful, and more capable than they have ever been told."
International bestselling author of six books. Founder of Simply…Woman and The S.W.A.T. Institute. Featured on Oprah.com. For more than 30 years and in 45+ countries, Crystal has helped women reclaim their power, find their voice, and create lives they love. Her private coaching runs $400 an hour — and she is booked.
For over two decades, women traveled from around the world to spend a single day in Crystal's presence at her home. Many described it as a before and an after — the day they remembered who they were.
Today, Crystal is living her own Second Act. Following a recent cancer diagnosis and hysterectomy, she has emerged with a renewed sense of purpose, passion, and gratitude for life. This retreat is the first time she has opened her doors for an entire weekend — and this time, her daughters stand beside her to welcome you home.
Nourishment, Vitality & Homecoming
Madelaine Dantas DeGroot
She grew up in this home. Now she returns to welcome you into it — and the feeling she creates is something you will never forget.
The moment you walk through the door of Crystal's home and find Madelaine there, something shifts. There is a warmth to her that is completely unselfconscious — the kind that makes you feel not like a guest in someone else's home, but like you have always belonged there.
A thriving expert and entrepreneur in fitness and nutrition, devoted mom to little Freya Bloom — Crystal's granddaughter — Madelaine embodies what it looks like to be a woman who is grounded, nourished, and fully alive.
At the retreat, Madelaine lovingly prepares and coordinates the Saturday lunch: a home-cooked meal laid out on white linen at Crystal's table, for the women who have just spent a morning remembering who they are. When she feeds you, she means it. You will feel it.
Celebrity Makeup Artist & Beauty Educator
Julia Dantas
She took the global beauty world by storm at 21. This weekend, all of that talent comes home — for you.
Crystal's youngest is a firecracker. Julia is a celebrity makeup artist and global educator whose work has lit up some of the biggest stages in the world: she helped glam Lizzo for the Met Gala and Saturday Night Live, competed on Kim Kardashian's TV show "Glam Masters", dazzled Paris Fashion Week, and toured the world with Avril Lavigne as her personal makeup artist.
At the retreat, Julia brings that extraordinary gift home — leading a beauty and confidence experience designed specifically for women in their second act. Not about looking younger. About finally, fully, luminously looking like yourself. Her mature-skin makeup masterclass has moved women to tears — not because of the makeup, but because of what they see when they look in the mirror.
Following her session, women step into a photoshoot — an opportunity to see yourself through completely new eyes, and capture the woman you are becoming. When a celebrity makeup artist is in your corner, something shifts. That something is exactly what this weekend is for.
Crystal's Husband & the Heart Behind the Scenes
Aaron Morissette
The man who makes it all possible — and the warm voice that answers when you call.
Aaron is the quiet force that holds everything together. From logistics to last-minute details, he works behind the scenes to make sure every single aspect of your weekend is seamless — so you never have to think about a thing except being fully here.
He is also the warm, kind voice on the other end of the phone when you have a question, a hesitation, or just need a little reassurance before you arrive. Women always comment on how genuinely wonderful he is. Crystal will tell you: she couldn't do any of this without him. He is Crystal's greatest champion — and for the weekend, he is yours too.
Live Music & Soulful Expression
Natalie Hughes
Music opens the doors that words cannot. Natalie's voice is the key.
Acclaimed musician Natalie Hughes joins the retreat on Saturday to bring the transformational power of live music to the experience. Music has always been at the heart of Simply…Woman gatherings — the language that bypasses the mind and speaks directly to the soul.
Through movement, song, and joyful expression, Natalie creates moments where women remember that joy is not something they have to earn. Joy is their birthright. And this weekend, they claim it.
Your Second Act Is Waiting.
Spaces are intentionally small — no more than 15 women. Your deposit is all that is required today. You have time to pay the balance — we will create a plan that works for you. We never want budget to be the reason you don't say yes to yourself.
⏳ Lowest Rate Ends July 18
The price increases after July 18 — and again as we get closer to September. Reserve today and lock in the lowest rate available.
This retreat is limited to no more than 15 women. It is not a conference. It is not a crowd. Every woman in the room was meant to be there — including you. Once these seats are filled, registration closes.
One day. The kind you'll be talking about for years.
- Healthy continental breakfast with fruit, yogurt, gluten-free options, coffee & tea
- Live music with Natalie Hughes
- Magnificent transformational morning with Crystal
- Home-cooked lunch at Crystal's 200-year-old farmhouse prepared by Madelaine
- Tour the rooms & hear the story of Margaret Hunter Ianson
- Your Body Knows™ truth-telling circle in the afternoon
- Bonfire Burning Ceremony in Crystal's garden at dusk
- A lovely gift bag to bring home
Your $300 deposit holds your seat. That's all you need today — we'll work out a comfortable payment plan for the balance together.
Friday to Sunday — the full journey. Three days that change everything.
- Friday Welcome Gathering — arrival, mocktails, connection, movement meditation & intention setting
- Everything in A Day to Remember
- Sunday with Julia Dantas — celebrity makeup artist to Avril Lavigne
- Beauty & Confidence Masterclass — mature-skin technique taught step by step
- Professional photoshoot — see yourself through completely new eyes
- Three professionally edited photos delivered within weeks, ready to share with the world
- Closing circle & group photos with your sisters and Crystal
- An incredible gift bag filled with beautiful products
Your $500 deposit holds your seat. That's all you need today — we'll work out a comfortable payment plan for the balance together.
The whole weekend — and you wake up inside it, too. The most complete experience.
- Everything in Your Second Act (at today's rate of $1,797)
- 2 nights in a charming country home near Crystal's
- Set up by Crystal & Aaron — you simply arrive
- Share the experience with 7–8 women
- Transportation between all locations included
- Wake up in sisterhood. Go to sleep in it, too.
Your $500 deposit holds your seat. Once you're in, we'll personally reach out to help you choose and book your room at Tudor Pines — so you'll know exactly what to expect before you pay a penny more.
Questions? Email info@swatinstitute.com — or call us. We would love to connect.
Everything You're Wondering About
15 Women. One Weekend.
This Particular Magic Won't Wait.
The women who feel the pull toward this weekend — and say yes — are the ones who look back and call it the turning point. The women who hesitate are the ones who wonder what might have been.
Your Story Isn't Over.
It's Just Getting Good.
Women have flown from the United Kingdom. From Australia. From across North America. They crossed oceans for a single day at Crystal's home — and every one of them said it changed them forever.
Now imagine what a whole weekend can do. With Crystal's daughters alongside her. With a celebrity makeup artist, a photoshoot, music, fire, food made with love, and sisters you haven't met yet who will feel like family by Sunday morning.
Somewhere inside you, there is a woman who has been waiting — quietly, patiently, faithfully — for permission to become everything she still is.
This is her invitation. And it closes July 18.
Yes — I'm Ready for My Second ActWith love, Crystal
