Two Women.
Same Age. Same Loss.
Completely Different Lives.

Dear Friend,

I want to tell you about two women I know.

They were both in their late forties when their marriages ended. One was widowed. One was divorced. Both were strong, intelligent, accomplished women who had built lives to be proud of.

Both told themselves the same thing: "I'll focus on myself for now. Love will come when the time is right."

My name is Rosemary Mupambwa. I was widowed at 38 with a broken heart and a life to rebuild from scratch.

For twenty-two years, I was the first woman in that story.

I was fine. I was strong. I was capable. I poured everything into my children, my work, my healing — and I told myself that was enough. That wanting love again at my age was indulgent. That my chapter of romance was simply behind me.

Then, at 58, something shifted. Not because a man appeared. Not because my circumstances changed. But because I finally — finally — walked into a room where someone helped me see what I had been carrying, and gave me the tools to put it down.

Two years later, at 60, love found me.

Not because I got lucky. Because I removed every invisible wall I had built between myself and love. And when I came out the other side, I was open in a way I hadn't been in over two decades.

Today, I have dedicated my life to helping other women do the same thing — in less time, with less suffering, and with a guide who has actually walked every step of the path.

That is what the Shifting Forward: Ready To Love Retreat is about.

I want to speak honestly to you for a moment — woman to woman.

If you are reading this letter, you have probably already tried things. Therapy. Self-help books. Maybe a dating app or two. Maybe even a weekend workshop that left you feeling briefly inspired before life returned to exactly what it was before.

And the reason none of it has created lasting change is not because you didn't try hard enough. It is because none of those things addressed the four invisible walls that are actually keeping love away from you.

Therapy talks about these walls. Books describe them. But neither one gives you the immersive, embodied, guided experience of actually breaking through them — in a room full of women doing the same thing, led by someone who has been on the other side.

That is what 7 days in Penticton does.

The retreat runs June 10–16, 2026 in the stunning Okanagan Valley in Penticton, British Columbia — one of the most naturally beautiful settings in Canada, surrounded by lakes, orchards, vineyards, and a stillness that makes deep work possible.

It is intentionally small. 15 to 20 women, maximum. Rosemary is deeply intentional about who is in that room — because transformation only happens in the right container.

I want to say something about the investment before you see the numbers.

The women who have been through this retreat have gone on to find love at 48, 52, 55, and 60. They have rebuilt their confidence, released weight they had been carrying for decades, and stepped into chapters of their lives they had quietly given up on.

Ask any one of them whether C$3,000 was a lot of money. Then ask them what they got for it.

This investment costs less than one year of weekly therapy sessions. Less than a solo trip to Europe. Less than what most women in this audience spend on things that do not change their lives.

The question was never whether you can afford it. The question is whether you believe you are worth it.

Rosemary does not simply sell spots at this retreat. She personally reviews every woman who applies — because she is deeply committed to the quality of the room she creates.

Here is exactly how it works:

P.S. — You didn't survive everything you've been through just to settle for a life without love. The women who will be in that room in June chose themselves — loudly, deliberately, without waiting for permission. There is one question left: will you be one of them?