Nourished Thread: A Retreat on Food, Feelings, and the Stories We Inherit

Food is more than just nourishment — it’s memory. It’s emotion. It’s medicine.

The Nourished Thread is a one-day immersive retreat designed to explore the stories we've inherited about food, how those patterns have shaped our emotional landscape, and how we can rewrite them with compassion and clarity.

Set in the vibrant outdoor classroom of The Kitchen House & Garden in Tampa, Florida, this experience invites mothers and daughters (or any women in intergenerational connection) to slow down, cook with joy, and reflect with intention. With vegetables under our fingers and stories on our tongues, we’ll tend to the roots of how we feed ourselves — and one another.

🌱 What You’ll Experience:

• Hands-on garden-to-table cooking experiences designed to put more plants on your plate

• Guided conversations and gentle psychological practices around food, feelings, and generational patterns

• Science-backed tools for intuitive eating, gut-brain health, and mental wellness

• Sacred moments of connection through movement, ritual, and shared meals

• A deepened understanding of where your food beliefs came from — and where they can go

Theme: Cultivating Curiosity, One Bite at a Time

🧑‍🍳 Meet Your Facilitators

✨ Kelly Daubach – Lead Facilitator & Venue Coordinator

Registered Dietitian, Certified Coach, Reiki Practitioner, and founder of ANU Wellness, Kelly designs immersive healing retreats rooted in emotional wellbeing, nature, and spiritual reconnection. She’s passionate about building conscious tourism and soul-centered healing experiences in Central Florida. As the sacred space holder for The Nourished Thread, Kelly curates the emotional frequency of transformation while guiding participants back to the wisdom of their bodies and stories.

🧠 Dr. Shainna Ali – Psychologist & Self-Love Expert

Licensed mental health counselor, educator, and host of the Mental Wellness Practice Podcast, Dr. Shainna is a leading voice in emotional intelligence, self-love, and mental health awareness. She brings compassionate, research-backed guidance to help women and girls explore emotional patterns passed down through generations—and how to heal them. Her work centers on cultivating healthy relationships with self and others.

🥕 Allison Hollister, RDN – Wellness Dietitian & Culinary Medicine Specialist

Allison’s philosophy is simple yet profound: every bite we take is an opportunity to nourish. With deep experience in corporate wellness and culinary medicine, she brings a joyful, science-informed approach to healing the relationship with food. Through interactive cooking, nutritional storytelling, and plant-forward practices, she empowers participants to embrace food not as fear or fixation — but as love, balance, and freedom.

📍 The Venue: The Kitchen House & Garden

Nestled in the heart of Orlando, The Kitchen House is an urban garden and teaching kitchen designed to reconnect people to food, land, and each other. With rows of vibrant herbs, healing plants, and an open-air kitchen pavilion, this space is both grounding and inspiring — the perfect backdrop for reimagining how we nourish body and soul.

💡 You’ll Leave With:

• A renewed connection to your food lineage and emotional inheritance

• Practical tools for intuitive and joyful nourishment

• Shared memories with your mother, daughter, or chosen sister

• A custom “Nourished Thread” ritual journal

• Recipes and rituals to carry forward into daily life