Shelley J Whitehead

The Couples Connection Process

3-day private couples ‘retreat’ experience

Experience a profound journey that sets you and your partner up for deeper trust, lasting connection and a love that feels truly alive.

Shelley J Whitehead - Relationship Coach

Are you ready to cultivate a profoundly deep connection?

So many couples believe that if they share great chemistry and deep love, the rest will naturally fall into place. The truth is, lasting connection is a living thing and it needs tending.

Every couple, no matter how close, will face moments of disconnection. A small trigger, a repeated argument, a familiar pattern that leaves you both feeling alone. When left untended, even the smallest conflict can erode closeness.

The Couples Connection Process is a 3-day non-residential private couples retreat experience that gives you the skills to build and sustain deep connection, especially in those moments of conflict or compromise. It is also one of the most powerful gifts you can give your relationship at any stage — including in the early days — setting you up with resilience and understanding that will carry you for years to come.

What this journey gives you

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A depth of connection that sets the stage for a magical relationship

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The experience of truly seeing, hearing and understanding one another

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The ability to return to connection quickly after conflict

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A profound understanding of the art of co-regulation, so you can stay grounded together even when emotions rise

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A greater sense of self-awareness and a deeper capacity for empathy

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An understanding of ‘survival dances’, how every couple does them and how to step out of the cycle

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The skill of fully embodied attuned listening (a practice that goes far deeper than ‘active listening’)

What makes the process unique

A skillfully held presence

You’ll be taken through a process informed by whole-body communication, bringing out what often lies beneath words and bringing awareness to blind spots you may never have seen before.

Embodied connection

This is not a conversation about your relationship. It is a fully embodied experience of being in your relationship in a new way.

Crafted space design

The environment itself is part of the work. The way you sit, the closeness between you, the rhythm of the room — everything is designed to create safety, resonance and deeper intimacy.

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What your journey includes

A THREE DAY EXPERIENCE

Across one full day and two half days, you will be led step by step through a carefully held journey. Each stage balances depth with spaciousness, giving time for integration, reflection and rest. This rhythm ensures the work feels profound yet sustainable, allowing you to stay present with one another without overwhelm.

A PERSONALISED PLAN

No two couples are the same. From your very first call, the process is shaped around your unique story, challenges and hopes. The flow of each day adapts to what arises in the room, ensuring you receive exactly what your relationship needs. What you leave with is not just insight, but a living map to help you keep growing together.

WORKBOOK & JOURNALS

You will each receive a dedicated workbook with prompts and practices to deepen your experience. Alongside this, your personal journal will help you capture reflections and breakthroughs as they unfold, as something you can return to whenever you want to reconnect with the insights and skills you’ve gained.
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of the experience

Day 1: Unearth the beauty of your future longings together and uncover the ‘survival dances’ that disconnect you.

Day 2: Learn the skill of attuned listening and begin navigating ‘difficult neighbourhoods’ with safety and care.

Day 3: Experience a powerful journey into vulnerability, integrate your discoveries and practise how to weave this connection into everyday life.

Each day is supported by guided exercises and reflective practices that help you embody your learning and carry it forward.

Shelley J Whitehead - Relationship Coach
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Discovery Call

Begin with your free Discovery Call. Meet together with me, ask your questions and feel whether this process is the right path for your relationship.

Couples’ voices
J & S

New York

“It was the most profound experience that reconnected us in ways we didn’t think possible.”

H & D

London

“We left with a new level of trust and the skills to keep building on it every day.”

Frequently

asked questions

Is this couples retreat residential?

This is a non-residential couples retreat. Each day is carefully designed to balance depth with spaciousness, so you’ll have time to return to your own space in the evenings for rest and reflection. If you’d like to hold the retreat in a residential setting of your choice, this can be arranged and tailored for you at additional cost.

Who is this for?

The Couples Connection Process is for any couple longing for a closer, more resilient bond. This non-residential couples retreat can help if you’re in crisis, newly committed, engaged or many years in and ready to rediscover or deepen closeness.

Why in-person, not online?

Connection is more than words. Your body language, your energy and the space between you carry as much meaning as what you say. Having a guide in the room provides the safety and regulation needed to reach the deepest levels of this work. The process depends on physical presence and the full-body awareness that only happens when we are in the same space together.

Where can this be done?

I can host the retreat in my own North London space or travel to you. The environment is carefully set up to support connection and can be arranged in a place of your choice or at one of my hand-selected luxury residential locations.

How is it run?

The process takes place over three days: one full day followed by two half days. You will be led step by step, with time built in for reflection, integration and rest.

What is the cost of the Couples Connection Process?

The Couples Connection Process is £5,500, if held in my North London space. This includes your personal journals, refreshments and bespoke facilitation tailored to your relationship. This excludes any additional costs associated with the choice to have the retreat outside of my North London space (e.g. flights, venue hire).

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Book a Discovery Call

Meet together with me, ask your questions and feel whether this process is the right path for your relationship.

Shelley J Whitehead - Relationship Coach