Building Resilience for First Responders and Public Safety Professionals

Shift Wellness Retreats & Multi-Day Workshops

Shift Wellness Retreats & multi-day workshops provide first responders, public safety professionals, leaders, peer support, individuals, departments, and their families with the proactive tools they need to sustain mental and physical well-being—throughout their entire careers. Our retreats and multi-day workshops go beyond crisis management, focusing on prevention, resilience, wellness, and long-term performance.

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A Foundation Built on Trust

For more than a decade, Shift Wellness has helped police, fire, EMS, dispatchers, and corrections professionals manage stress, recover from traumatic experiences, and avoid burnout. We understand the culture, the risks, and the weight of the job because our programs were built in partnership with first responders, clinicians, and leaders who know the job from the inside.

All curriculum is collaboratively designed by our team of culturally competent clinicians and subject matter experts. We have a distinctive view of the career and family life of public safety professionals – from new recruit training and wellness visits, to peer support services, counseling, crisis support, department training, long-term treatment and more. We will work with you to design a program that best meets your needs.

“The wellness retreats put on by Shift Wellness are a pause button on life. It’s not just a pause—because when you push the pause button, it’s literally unplugging from the drama and trauma that we experience every day as first responders… It is tribal healing. Finding a tribe for me has been a piece that makes me better at everything I do.”

Patrick McCurdy
Retired Sergeant/Deputy & Public Safety Advocate

“Everything about the experience is intended to set you apart and away from your regular life. People quickly check in and feel connected to the earth… and at the same time, really intense work gets done. We love the retreat experience because a lot happens in a very short amount of time.”

Dr. Stephen Odom
CEO & Founder

Why Shift Wellness?

Culturally Competent Programs Exclusively for First Responders & Families

Evidence-Based Outcomes

Trusted & Vetted

Our Programs

First Responder Trauma & Resilience Retreats

Designed by experts in treating traumatic stress injuries, this intensive, multi-day workshop provides insight, healing, education, and support for law enforcement, fire, EMS, and corrections. These retreats bring together peers who understand the unique challenges of public safety. Topics include:

Addressing occupational trauma exposure and critical incident stress
Held at our Eagle Creek Retreat Center in Idyllwild, CA
Build family and relationship resilience
Learn sleep, nutrition, and physical readiness skills
Build a plan to utilize healthy practices

Peer Support Team Retreat

Peer supporters help others through traumatic events. But, who helps them recover? When chronic stress accumulates, peer support team members can take time to balance and decompress at a Shift Wellness Retreat.

3 days, 2 nights
Held at our Eagle Creek Retreat Center in Idyllwild, California
Develop stress reduction skills
Improve mental performance through mitigation techniques

Create a healthy go-forward plan for yourself, family, and team

Stress Management and Burnout Prevention

Proactive workshops and retreats for individuals and departments focused on:

Recognizing early signs of burnout
Building resilience against compassion fatigue
Creating sustainable coping strategies

Department-level strategies for reducing stigma and turnover

Spouse and Family Programs

Families serve too. Our retreats help spouses and loved ones begin a new path of self-care, with the education, tools, and community they need to understand the culture, support their responder, and build healthier family systems.

4 days, 3 nights
Specially designed for public safety spouses or significant others
Held at our Eagle Creek Retreat Center in Idyllwild, California
Evidence-based modalities to improve resiliency for a more fulfilled life
Holistic, wellness-oriented approach

Wellness & Team Building

Experiencing stress and witnessing traumatic events can have a lasting impact with symptoms that linger for months or even years if not properly addressed. Whether you are a first responder, professional staff, or hold a leadership role, you may find that you tend to push down feelings and carry on as usual, even though you may be struggling to process high levels of stress, fear, guilt, and grief.

3 days, 2 nights
Held at our Eagle Creek Retreat Center in Idyllwild, California
Specially designed to identify healthy skills for stress reduction
Learn mental health mitigation techniques to improve overall wellness

Fire Chief Wellness & Resilience Workshop

Between difficult decisions and the impact of influence, Fire Chiefs can feel like they are all alone. The best support system is often with fellow Chiefs who are walking the same path. Together, Chiefs at our retreats can take the time to focus on personal and organizational resilience, while balancing an assertiveness that fosters trust at all levels of an organization.

Exclusively for Fire Chiefs (Other command staff should attend our Command Staff Resilience Retreat.)

Police Chief/Sheriff Wellness & Resilience Workshop

It can be lonely at the top. Often, the best support system is with fellow Police Chiefs or Sheriffs who face the same pressures. Together, Chiefs and other leaders can take the time to focus on personal and organizational resilience, while balancing assertiveness that fosters trust.

Exclusively for Police Chiefs or Sheriffs (Other command staff should attend our Command Staff Resilience Retreat.)

Command Staff Resilience Retreat

This retreat brings together professionals in various leadership roles. Together, these individuals can take the time to focus on personal and organizational resilience, while balancing assertiveness that fosters trust at all levels of their organizations. Along with other leaders, participants will strengthen skills for competent and compassionate leadership

3 days, 2 nights
Held at our Eagle Creek Retreat Center in Idyllwild, California
Learn how to improve work-life balance
Create a healthier workplace.

Shift Wellness Retreats & Workshops at Eagle Creek

Our programs are hosted at Eagle Creek, our private retreat center in Southern California. Nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains of Idyllwild, California, our privately owned retreat center is the ideal setting to decompress, reflect, and recharge. Tucked among majestic pines, hiking trails and natural wildlife habitats, our modern—yet rustic—retreat center can accommodate a variety of groups, and is a convenient 2-hour drive from Orange County or an hour from the Palm Springs airport.

We also offer flexibility to host a retreat or workshop at other locations based on the needs of the department.

What to Expect from Shift Wellness Retreats & Workshops

Will my department find out?

No. Retreats are confidential.

Will I be locked down?

No. You’ll have freedom to explore our campus, the surrounding village, and local hiking trails.

What’s included?

Each visit includes lodging, meals, workshops and activities.

What happens in a retreat?

Expect days filled with a mix of education, group work, individual sessions, and experiential therapies, balanced with downtime to connect with peers, reflect, and recharge.

Does it actually work?

Even just a few days away from the grind provides real tools, actionable tips, and meaningful results for first responders and their families.

Outcomes Matter

Return-to-Work Rates:

Shift Wellness Retreat participants return to duty healthier and more resilient.

Departmental ROI:

Departments save hundreds of thousands of dollars by preserving trained officers and firefighters instead of replacing them.

Life Impact:

Participants report better sleep, restored family relationships, reduced substance use, and renewed purpose.

Built on Experience, Backed by Trust

Shift Wellness is part of the FR Health network alongside First Responder Wellness and The Counseling Team International (TCTI). Together, we offer a full continuum of care you can trust—from peer support and crisis response to residential treatment and preventive retreats.

Our mission is simple: Serving those who serve.

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Take the Next Step

Whether you’re a first responder, a family member, or a department leader, Shift Wellness Retreats offers a proven path forward to a healthier future. Confidential. Culturally competent. Built for the realities of public safety. Call us today to learn more about upcoming retreats.

Or, fill out our confidential inquiry form to connect with a program coordinator within 24 hours.