DPC Women’s Holistic Wellness Retreat
Empower. Recharge. Connect
Healing The Healers To Rediscover Joy In Personal and Professional Lives
You are not alone!
Are you a female-identifying DPC Physician struggling with:
People-pleasing?
Boundary setting?
Prioritizing your own mind, body, spirit health?
Personal safety concerns?
Distinguishing between true and false urgencies?
Sacrificing family time?
Burn-out?
Transforming the culture of self-sacrifice in medicine.
Building sustainable, burnout-proof practices through empowering wellness retreats.
Dates: Sept 4-7, 2025
Location: Culver, IN
Check-In: Thursday, September 4th at 5 pm - 7 pm
Check-Out: Sunday, September 7th at 9 am - 10 am
👉 Join us for an empowering 3-night retreat exclusively for female-identifying DPC doctors.
What to Expect:
🌿 Reimagine Your Practice
Get expert guidance to build or refine a thriving, sustainable DPC model
Learn how to align your work with your core values, family needs, and long-term goals
⚙️ Work Smarter, Not Harder
Discover tech and automation tools that maximize efficiency and preserve your presence with patients
Replace false urgency with systems that support clarity, intention, and care
🧠 Restore Your Inner Landscape
Experience evidence-based strategies to prevent and recover from burnout
Develop an empowering mindset around boundaries, capacity, and compassion
Engage in nourishing practices for mental, physical, and emotional renewal including daily yoga and mindfulness activities
👩⚕️ Build Community
Connect deeply with like-minded DPC women physicians
Share insights, challenges, and breakthroughs in a safe, supportive space
🌟 Led by Dr. Noemi Adame and her team at Culver Pediatrics Center.
Full Agenda coming soon!
Or do you just want to get away for a pampering weekend with other lady doctors?
All meals will be whole-foods, plant based.
Retreat will include WFPB cooking demos by Chef Chris
A Holistic Wellness Retreat
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Do I have to be a DPC doctor to attend?
While the retreat addresses issues specific to DPC physicians like personal safety for solo micro-practices, all female-identifying physicians are welcome to attend! This will be a weekend of empowerment, recharging, and connecting no matter what model of medicine you practice. This retreat is also perfect for the DPC-curious, to learn to establish boundaries and systems from the beginning to build a sustainable, burn-out proof practice.
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Why is the retreat just for female-identifying doctors?
A 2023 study concluded that female physicians experience burn out at a higher rate than male counterparts, due to multiple workplace and home factors. A 2022 study concluded that Female physicians spend more time working in their EHR portal messages because both staff and patients make more requests of female PCPs. A 2025 study found that female doctors spend more time on their notes and order entry than male docs, BUT receive more demeaning messages from patients. The consequences? A 2025 study suggested that female doctors may experience decreased longevity compared to women in other high earning industries. Because of the direct access nature of the DPC practice, as well as internal factors, these effects are more pronounced in female-identifying DPC physicians. This retreats provides practical tools to address these issues in a safe space for female-identifying physicians to build sustainable, burnout proof practices.
“Having A Female Doctor is Better For Your Health, But Not For Hers”—By Dr. Noemi Adame, Published on KevinMD
“Breaking The Burn Out Cycle: Insights From Dr. Adame.” Podcast Episode on SOMEDocs with Dr. Dana Corriel.
Takeaways:
Dr. Adame’s journey reflects the unique challenges faced by female physicians.
Lifestyle medicine is essential for both physician and patient health.
Female doctors often experience higher burnout rates due to systemic issues including more demands from staff and patients.
Setting boundaries is crucial for maintaining mental health in medicine.
Automation can help physicians focus on personalized patient care.
Dr. Adame emphasizes the importance of compassion for oneself.
Misconceptions about burnout often blame individual resilience rather than systemic problems.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Marina Capella
Marina Capella, MD, MEd is an integrative pediatrician in Salt Lake City, Utah. She went to top-notch schools like Stanford and Harvard to pursue her dream of serving her community as a pediatrician, only to become quickly disillusioned in the real world of medicine. After seven years of working in community health centers and pediatric urgent cares, she felt burned out and fed up with the lack of autonomy and daily chaos of an insurance-based system. In 2021 she launched Healing Arts Pediatrics, the first pediatric DPC in greater Salt Lake. Being a DPC pediatrician has rekindled the joy of being a pediatrician and ignited a passion for helping other pediatricians reclaim freedom and joy in medicine. She is originally from California (and will always be a Californian at heart) and now lives with her husband, house rabbits, and cat in Salt Lake City.
Session Title: Harnessing the Power of Self-Hypnosis for Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness
In this session, Dr. Capella will teach attendees how to harness the power of their mind and imagination -- through self-hypnosis techniques -- to achieve greater physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. She is certified in clinical hypnosis through the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and has taken multiple courses from the National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute (NPHTI) and other master hypnosis practitioners. She also loves incorporating healing touch and somatic therapies to help strengthen and heal the mind-body connection and will review some somatic self-treatment techniques for releasing accumulated stress and emotions.
Because as physicians, we cannot pour from an empty cup…..
Retreat Location
A beautiful home just south of Lake Maxinkuckee
Cost
$200 non-refundable registration fee
Save by sharing a room. invite a friend!
Early Bird Discount: Register before May 1st $200 off total cost
Total Cost Per Person:
SOLD OUT Grand Suite King/Single Occupancy/Massage Included: $2900
2 LEFT! En-Suite King/Single Occupancy $2700
2 LEFT! En-Suite King/Double Occupancy $2300
SOLD OUT Queen/Shared bathroom/Single Occupancy $2400
Bottom Bunk /Full Size Bed/Shared Bunk Room/Shared Bath $1900
Top Bunk/Twin Size/Shared Bunk Room /Shared Bath $1800
Cost includes:
Accommodations
All activities
All meals, drinks, and snacks
Swag Bag
Body Composition Analysis with Nurse Becca (Optional)
ADDED FEE:
Optional 30 Minute Relaxation Massage Session
Airport Transfers from Chicago Airports, South Bend, and Indianapolis
Full Agenda Coming Soon!
Will include:
Yoga
High-protein, high-fiber, anti-inflammatory meals and snacks
High-protein, high-fiber, anti-inflammatory cooking demos with Chef Chris
Deck Chats with DPC Women doctors just like you
Learning through Interactive Lectures, Sharing Circles, Q+A, Panel Discussions
Guest Speaker: Dr. Marina Capella from Healing Arts Pediatrics, co-founder of DPC Pediatrician
Mindfulness activities through the weekend including journaling, guided meditations, body scans, and nature walks
Inbody Body Composition Analysis with Nurse Becca (optional)
Massage Session (added fee, included for Grand King Suite occupants)
Sponsor Highlight: FunnelCakeMD
We are so excited to announce our partnership with FunnelCakeMD as a sponsor for the DPC Women's Retreat!
👋 Hey Docs — Stop piecing together 5+ systems to run your practice.
There’s a simpler, smarter way.
Funnel Cake MD is a HIPAA-compliant, all-in-one CRM + marketing automation platform built specifically for private practice physicians.
It gives you everything you need to manage your patient communication, online presence, and reputation—all in one place.
Here’s what’s included in your $97/month plan:
📞 Phone System – Dedicated business line with call tracking & voicemail
💬 Two-Way Texting – HIPAA-compliant SMS with automation & reminders
📧 Email Campaigns – Prebuilt & customizable email flows for patient outreach
🌐 Website + Funnel Builder – Modern, mobile-ready, and fully yours
🗣️ Smart Chat Widget – Captures leads & books appointments 24/7
⭐ Review Automation – Sends review requests via text & email
🧠 AI Review Replies – Save time and show patients you care
📱 Social Media Scheduler – Automate posts across platforms
📋 Forms, Surveys, Intake, & Lead Capture – Built-in, customizable, and branded to your practice
🎁 Limited-Time Offer:
BONUS 1: FREE AI Tools for 3 months
That includes AI chat, smart review replies, lead qualification, and more—no hidden fees, no contracts.
BONUS 2: $500 Set Up Fee WAIVED.
👉 View the demo + claim your offer:
https://funnelcakemd.ai/lead-form
Sponsor Highlight: SigmaMD
We are so excited to announce our partnership with SigmaMD as a sponsor for the DPC Women's Retreat!
SigmaMD perfectly complements our retreat objectives by utilizing technology and automation to enhance your capacity for tailored patient care. Physicians will Optimize their practice workflow and elevate patient care with SigmaMD, the All-in-One platform designed for Direct Care.
At Culver Pediatrics Center we are currently in the process of transitioning from Atlas to SigmaMD due to their robust self scheduling feature and app-based (instead of text based) collaborative inbox to streamline communications.
Switching EMR’s after five years of practice was not an easy decision to make, and certainly not a decision to be taken lightly. But as a team we felt this was necessary to improve our efficiency and quality of care we delivered
Sponsorship Packages Available
Sponsorships are essential to optimize the retreat experience so we can pamper these hard-working female-identifying doctors. We’re thankful to have ethical sources of support that align with the Culver Pediatrics Center values and mission. Click the link below to become a part of our story as a sponsor.
