Transform
Courses & Retreats for Women Reinventing Life After 50
SILVER AWAKENING®'s TRANSFORM pathway gives women over 50 two ways to step into the SILVER SAGE® life stage: live-streaming instructor-led online courses through SILVER LEARNING, and intimate in-person retreats at the SILVER SAGE VILLA in Sayulita, Mexico. Both are designed to support healing, reinvention, and purpose-driven becoming.
Instructor-Led
Transformative Courses
A holistic curriculum of streaming courses and self-paced video courses designed to embrace and guide women through the Silver Sage season of life
Enlightening
In-Person Retreats
Our in-person retreats and pilgrimages serve as immersive experiences that extend the teachings of our educational courses.
What Does Transformation Really Mean After 50?
There comes a moment — sometimes quietly, sometimes in the aftermath of upheaval — when something inside you begins to ask: What if there's more? Transformation after 50 isn't about starting over. It's about moving forward with everything you've already learned, healed, and survived. It's about stepping fully into the SILVER SAGE stage of life: a developmental time of becoming defined by wisdom, purpose, and authentic self-expression. At SILVER AWAKENING, transformation takes two forms — learning that meets you where you are, and experiences that take you somewhere new.
SILVER LEARNING:
Instructor-Led Transformative Online Courses
SILVER LEARNING is SILVER AWAKENING's online education pathway — a curated set of live-streaming, instructor-led courses for women navigating the SILVER SAGE season of life. Every course is designed around a specific transition or theme: healing after betrayal, reclaiming your voice, divorce after 50, embodying the SILVER SAGE archetype, or rediscovering creative purpose.
Courses run in cohorts over 4–11 weeks, giving you structure and accountability alongside a community of women walking a similar path. All courses are live-streamed and instructor-led, with cohort-based enrollment each semester.
A Sacred Unfolding: Healing After Betrayal:
A structured healing journey for women processing the aftermath of betrayal — in a relationship, a friendship, a family dynamic, or a workplace. Guided by the SILVER SAGE framework, this course supports emotional integration, forgiveness as a personal practice, and rebuilding trust in yourself and others.
Rewriting Your Story: Reclaiming Your Voice
A transformative course for women ready to release the narratives that have defined them and write a new chapter on their own terms. Covers identity, voice, creativity, and the courage to name what you truly want — even now, especially now.
Silver Divorce: A Compassionate Journey
A focused course for women navigating gray divorce — the unique emotional, financial, and identity challenges of ending a marriage after 50. Combines emotional support with practical perspective in a compassionate, cohort-based setting.
SILVER SAGE: The Embodiment Program
A deep dive into the SILVER SAGE life-stage archetype. This course is for women who want to move beyond understanding the concept and begin living it — embodying inner wisdom, releasing old roles, and stepping into purpose and authentic becoming
Believe in You: The Creative Path to Your Becoming
A 4-week course for women reconnecting with their creative selves as a vehicle for transformation. Explores how creativity, self-belief, and intentional action converge in the SILVER SAGE stage of life.
SILVER GATHERINGS:
In-Person Retreats at the SILVER SAGE VILLA
SILVER GATHERINGS bring women 50+ together for intimate, immersive retreats that offer time to learn, reconnect with themselves and explore what comes next. Held at the SILVER SAGE VILLA in Sayulita, Mexico, these in-person experiences bring the teachings of SILVER LEARNING, SILVER WELLNESS and SILVER BEAUTY into a setting where women can put them into practice together.
High above the Pacific coast on Monte Calvario, the villa welcomes up to eight women in four private ocean-view suites. An open-air palapa on the third floor provides space for retreat sessions, with panoramic views of the ocean, jungle and mountains. There is room to breathe here, away from the demands and routines that so often take priority over our own needs.
Guests enjoy a private heated saltwater pool, meals prepared by a full-time chef and time to rest, reflect and connect. Sayulita’s vibrant beach town is six blocks away, a quick jaunt in the villa golf carts. The villa is approximately 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta International Airport and airport transfers are included in every retreat.
Depending on the retreat, activities may include yoga, meditation, sound baths, cacao & drum ceremonies, group sharing circles and workshops guided by our Silver Mentors and Silver Instructors. Each gathering offers opportunities to explore new perspectives and practices in the company of other women 50+. You can deepen what you’ve discovered through our online courses or join us with no previous course experience. As SILVER GATHERINGS expands to additional locations around the world, Sayulita will remain our home.
Who Are These Experiences For?
TRANSFORM is for women over 50 who are:
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Ready to stop waiting for the right moment and start moving toward what they actually want
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Processing a major transition — divorce, career shift, loss, retirement, empty nest, estrangement, or menopause
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Seeking structure and community alongside their personal work, not just content to consume alone
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Drawn to learning experiences that honor both the intellectual and emotional dimensions of growth
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Looking for something built specifically for this stage of life, not a generic wellness program
Whether you begin with a course, a retreat, or both, SILVER AWAKENING's TRANSFORM pathway is designed to meet you where you are and take you further than you expected.
Silver Gatherings FAQ
What is the difference between SILVER LEARNING and SILVER GATHERINGS?
SILVER LEARNING is SILVER AWAKENING's live-streaming online course program — instructor-led cohort courses you take from anywhere in the world. SILVER GATHERINGS are intimate in-person retreats held at the SILVER SAGE VILLA in Sayulita, Mexico, and at select international locations. Both are rooted in the SILVER SAGE framework. Many women do both.
Are the online courses live or self-paced?
All SILVER LEARNING courses are live-streaming and instructor-led, running in cohorts over a set number of weeks. This structure gives you community and accountability alongside the curriculum — not just video content to watch alone.
How many women attend each retreat?
SILVER GATHERINGS retreats at the SILVER SAGE VILLA accommodate up to eight women, keeping the experience intimate, unhurried, and deeply connected. Smaller groups are intentional — the depth of the work requires real space for each woman.
Where are the retreats held?
Our signature retreat location is the SILVER SAGE VILLA in Sayulita, Mexico — a private ocean-view villa perched above the Pacific coast, 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta International Airport. SILVER AWAKENING is expanding SILVER GATHERINGS to additional retreat locations around the world.
Do I need to complete a course before attending a retreat?
No. SILVER GATHERINGS retreats are designed to stand alone and welcome women joining their first SILVER AWAKENING experience. Retreats extend the teachings of SILVER LEARNING for those who have taken a course, but prior course completion is not required.
What topics do the courses cover?
Current course topics include healing after betrayal, reclaiming your voice and identity, navigating gray divorce, embodying the SILVER SAGE life-stage archetype, emotional intelligence, childhood trauma, releasing old roles, and creative self-development. New courses are added each semester.
Begin Your Transformation
The SILVER SAGE stage of life is not a destination — it is a becoming. SILVER AWAKENING's TRANSFORM pathway gives you the learning, the community, and the experiences to meet it fully.