A 2-Day Couples Retreat
Stop surviving each other.
Start feeling safe again.
Most couples aren't failing from lack of love. They're stuck in survival. This retreat teaches you how to come back—through nervous system safety, repair, and real intimacy.
Sound familiar?
You love each other.
But you keep missing each other.
And lately it's felt like...
The hardest part?
You don't want to lose each other. You just don't know how to stop the cycle.
The truth beneath rupture
Rupture isn't the end. It's a nervous system moment—when your body says "This doesn't feel safe." When the body doesn't feel safe, love gets buried under survival. Protection over presence. Defense over softness. Distance over intimacy.
A different approach
You don't need more communication tips.
What most couples try:
- ✕"Talk nicer"
- ✕"Communicate better"
- ✕"Stop being so sensitive"
- ✕"Stop shutting down"
- ✕"Stop overreacting"
The real issue is underneath.
Your nervous system doesn't respond to logic. It responds to safety.
So if your body feels threatened, you will defend, attack, shut down, disconnect, go cold, go quiet, go numb, or go into control.
Not because you don't love your partner. But because your body is trying to protect you.
More Than Love teaches couples how to stop surviving each other...
and start feeling safe enough to be real again.
What you'll learn
In 2 days, everything changes.
This isn't about being perfect. This is about learning how to return.
Recognize survival vs personality
Learn to see when it's your nervous system responding, not your true self or your partner's character.
Understand what's beneath
Discover what's really happening beneath conflict, withdrawal, criticism, or emotional distance.
Identify your pattern
Name your relationship pattern—pursue/withdraw, critic/defend, shutdown/explosion—and learn to interrupt it.
Regulate during conflict
Learn to regulate your body during conflict so you stop saying things you don't mean.
Practice real repair
Master repair that actually restores connection—not just apologies, but true attunement.
Create emotional safety
Build the kind of emotional safety that deepens trust and allows intimacy to flourish.
The schedule
Two days. One transformation.
A carefully paced experience designed to create lasting change without overwhelm.
Friday
March 27, 2026
Arrival, Safety & Understanding the Pattern
Arrival & Registration
Opening Session
Welcome, intention setting, and creating safety
Morning Session
Understanding rupture, survival responses, and relationship patterns
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Nervous system education and guided partner practices. Identifying your unique relationship dynamic.
Drinks & Light Canapés
A relaxed, informal close to the day
Evening Free
Enjoy dinner together in the city or take private time to integrate
Saturday
March 28, 2026
Repair, Reconnection & Returning to Love
Arrival
Morning Refreshments
Morning Session
Regulation during conflict. Repair practices that restore trust and closeness. Embodied tools for real-life relationship moments.
Integration & Closing Ritual
Retreat Close
Deluxe Stay guests
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before Saturday's session
The venue
SOHO Luxury Hotel Auckland
An Art Deco-inspired boutique hotel where glamour meets comfort. Set alongside Mount Roskill/Puketāpapa, just 15 minutes from the CBD - the perfect escape for your relationship transformation.
Mount Roskill
15 min to CBD, 20 min from airport
Art Deco Luxury
Award-winning boutique hotel experience
On-Site Dining
Tiger Bar & Restaurant with Asian-fusion cuisine
Free Parking
Plenty of on-site parking available
Reserve your spot
Choose your experience
Limited to 20 couples to ensure an intimate, safe container for transformation.
Standard
- Full 2-day retreat access
- All teaching & somatic practices
- Partner exercises & repair tools
- Take-home connection plan
- Lunch & refreshments included
Deluxe Stay
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- Deluxe King Room at SOHO Hotel Auckland
- Breakfast included Saturday morning
- Wake up where you transform
- No Friday night commute
All prices are in New Zealand Dollars (NZD) and include GST. Secure payment via Stripe.
Your guides
Meet Darci & Brandon
Darci & Brandon Burke are transformation coaches, partners, and living proof that love deepens when safety is restored.
They didn't arrive here through theory or perfection—but through the fire. Through breakdowns, misattunement, survival patterns, and the slow, humbling work of learning how to feel safe in their own bodies and with each other again.
What they discovered changed everything:
most couples aren't failing because they don't love each other— they're stuck in nervous system survival.
Through years of personal healing, somatic work, and relational repair, Darci and Brandon learned how to create safety, regulate conflict, and rebuild connection from the inside out. Not by fixing each other—but by meeting themselves first.
Today, they guide couples who are committed to more than "getting by." Couples who want depth, honesty, intimacy, and real repair. Couples who know love isn't enough without safety—and are ready to build both.
Their work is grounded, embodied, and deeply human.
No performance. No bypassing. No surface-level tools.
Just the return to presence, truth, and the kind of connection that can hold real life.
Get to know us better before the retreat
Featured Podcast
Safe to Be Seen
Deep conversations about nervous system safety, relationships, and what it really takes to feel seen by your partner.
Listen on Apple PodcastsWhat's included
A complete immersive experience
You will not be put on the spot. You will not be forced to share. You will be guided—gently and powerfully—into a new way of relating.
Live Teaching
Expert-led nervous system education designed specifically for couples
Somatic Practices
Guided body-based exercises to create safety and connection
Partner Exercises
Structured activities to build attunement and trust together
Repair Tools
Practical techniques you can use in real life, not just the retreat room
Take-Home Rituals
A relationship ritual and connection plan to continue your growth
Safe Container
A grounded, sacred space that feels emotionally safe and non-performative
This retreat is different.
We're not teaching you how to "win" conflict. We're teaching you how to stay connected inside it. We're not trying to make you "better partners." We're helping you become safer partners.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Your next step
If you're ready to stop repeating the same cycle...
If you're ready to build a relationship that can hold real life...
If you want a marriage that feels safe enough for love to deepen again...
More Than Love is for you.
March 27-28, 2026
Limited to 20 couples