A 2 ½ day retreat and training workshop in personal and professional resilience for clinicians and healthcare paraprofessionals.

Are you seeking reflection and renewal in your professional and personal life? If so, please join us for an incredibly enriching experience! This retreat and training workshop will draw on the award-winning discovery model methods of the Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (RISHI), offering nourishment and self-care for healthcare professionals. In community, we will explore the meaning of our work and create opportunities for healing in this challenging time in healthcare.

Led by Evangeline Andarsio, MD, RISHI Director to:

• Awaken the experience of respite and peace.
• Explore using reflection, experiential exercises, symbolism, narrative, journaling, generous listening, and small group sharing.
• Enhance compassion and resiliency using self-care tools.
• Experience the compassionate support of a professional community.
• Learn to bring a Finding Meaning Group to your healthcare community.

The epidemic of burnout and compassion fatigue during the professional life cycle of clinicians and healthcare paraprofessionals has stimulated the development of new approaches to prevention and recovery. Research suggests that the capacity to find personal meaning in your work is highly correlated with professional and personal resiliency and the experience of deep satisfaction in service work. Most clinicians and healthcare workers live far more meaningful lives than they realize. Experiencing the meaning already present in our daily work does not require us to change what we do but to see familiar things in new ways. Often it requires us to transcend our training and bring the perspective of the heart into the center of our professional work.

The award-winning discovery model methods of RISHI’s educational programs offer participants the opportunity to discover the power of meaning to transform their experience of their daily work, revitalize their commitment and reinvigorate their service intention.

Using reflection, poetry, symbolism, narrative, art, journaling, generous listening, and small group sharing we will enable workshop participants to revisit their original calling, discover the personal meaning hidden in their daily routine, and learn self-help methods to reclaim and sustain their passion for their profession. Come prepared to remember why you chose your work and recover the deep satisfaction of being in healthcare.

RISHI‘s Tending the Flame retreat and training workshop enables participants to develop an authentic and supportive professional community, take personal ownership of the meaning and values which are inherent in the lineage and practice of each health profession, refresh their calling and service intention and learn effective self-care tools to enhance resiliency in their professional and personal lives.

CME CATEGORY 1 approval: information forthcoming.

Who Should Apply

• Residency directors or medical educators in search of well-tested innovative self-care methods for enhancing professional and personal resiliency.
• Educators spearheading Physician and/or Nurse Well-Being Programs, or Well-Being Committees in hospitals, healthcare systems, group practices, or other healthcare organizations and educators in Veterinarian Well-Being Programs or Committees in veterinary health systems.
• Residents or Fellows involved in Resident or Fellow Well-Being Programs or Clinician Well-Being Committees.
• Clinicians and healthcare workers looking for a retreat experience in community to bolster resiliency and well-being should only register for the retreat experience

How to Apply

Submit your application online by Monday, March 23rd, 2026. All applications will be reviewed, and you will be notified of your acceptance to the workshop within two weeks of submitting your application.

Complete the application using the link below:

2026 Tending the Flame Retreat & Training Workshop Application

Financial Information

Registration Fee: Due within 30 days of the acceptance of application.

• $1500 (Friday & Saturday Retreat Only)
• $1800 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Retreat & Training Workshop)

Graduate Program Learners: Due within 30 days of the acceptance of application.

• $975 (Friday & Saturday Retreat Only)

Note: Registration fee includes breakfast and lunch, daily.  Lodging and evening meals are the responsibility of the participants. 

Cancellation & Refund Policy: 

• 60 days or greater to the first day of Workshop = full registration fee refunded, less $100 administrative fee.
• 59 – 31 days or greater to the first day of Workshop = 50% of registration fee refunded, less $100 administrative fee.
• 30 days or less prior to the first day of Workshop = forfeit of full registration fee (100%).

Note: Registration fee includes breakfast and lunch, daily.  Lodging and evening meals are the responsibility of the participants.

For questions regarding registration, payments, travel, hotel or other customer service issues, contact Becky Johnson at 326-222-3579 or rjohnson@purehealthcare.org.

Faculty

Evangeline C. Andarsio, MD, Director of RISHI, Clinical Professor of OB-GYN at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Director of the Global Healer’s Art curriculum for medical and veterinary medicine students.

Donald Friedman, MD, facilitates Case Based Learning classes for 1st and 2nd year medical students and has been a facilitator for The Healer’s Art for 18 years and former Course Director for 5 years at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Please Note: Professional video recordings of Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, Founding Director of the Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness and the Healer’s Art, will be shared with the participants offering her teachings on various topics.  Dr. Remen is the bestselling author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather’s Blessings.

CME Accreditation

DISCLOSURE POLICY: The Remen Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Pure Healthcare® has implemented a process where everyone who is in a position to influence the content of the educational activity must disclose to learners any relevant financial relationship. Having an interest or affiliation with a corporate organization does not necessarily prevent the speaker from participating in the proposed CME activity. It is a policy of the CME Committee to resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the presentation.

DISCLOSURE INFORMATION: The speakers, presenters and planning committee members for this educational activity disclose no relevant financial relationship with commercial interests.

CME CATEGORY 1 APPROVAL: Information Forthcoming.

Continuing Education for Nurses

BRN CE APPROVAL: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 10064, Contact Hours Forthcoming.

California BRN continuing education credits are accepted by most state nursing boards; please verify with your state agency if you are outside of California.

Disabilities Statement

As an organization accredited for continuing medical education (CME), Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine fully complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act rules and regulations. For participants in need of accommodation, written requests should be submitted at least one month in advance.

Hotel, Travel, and Meal Information

Lodging: The retreat will be held at the Home2 Suites by Hilton Dayton-Centerville. The address is 5161 Cornerstone North Boulevard, Centerville, Ohio 45440.

We highly recommend staying at Home2 Suites by Hilton Dayton-Centerville as they provide an exceptional room rate on beautiful and peaceful grounds. The event venue is onsite and is easily accessible from all areas of the property.

Rooms booked no later than Tuesday, March 24, 2026, are guaranteed the RISHI block room rate of $169 +tax per night. 

After your application has been accepted you will receive a link for reservations with the RISHI rates.

Additional lodging: We will provide alternative accommodation near the event upon request.

Travel: Participants fly in from all over the country to attend RISHI Retreats & Workshops.  If you are arriving by plane and will be renting a car or using a taxi service or Uber, consider the following airport:

Dayton International Airport

25.1 miles from Dayton Internation Airport to Retreat and Training Workshop location at Home2 Suites, 5161 Cornerstone North Boulevard, Centerville, Ohio 45440.

For your information when scheduling your fights if needed:

RETREAT ONLY – begins Friday, April 24^th at 9:30am and ends on Saturday, April 25^th at 5:30 pm.

RETREAT & TRAINING WORKSHOP – begin April 24^th at 9:30am and end on Sunday, April 26^th at 12:30 pm.

Meals: Breakfast and lunch are provided as part of registration fee.

• Evening meals and lodging are the responsibility of the participants.

Note: If you have a special diet or dietary need, please make sure you include your need on the application.

Questions?

For more course information surrounding physicians and residents, nurses and nurse residents please contact RISHI’s Director, Evangeline C. Andarsio, M.D., at eandarsio@purehealthcare.org or 937.245.7450 ext. 2.

For questions regarding registration, payments, travel, hotel or other customer service issues, contact Becky Johnson at 326-222-3579 or rjohnson@purehealthcare.org.