Special report · Women, wellness & culture

The room where women come back to themselves.

Two days on Florida’s Gulf Coast. One intimate circle. A retreat built around wellness, longevity, style, movement, mindset — and the radical luxury of paying attention to your own life.

DateSeptember 23–24, 2026
PlaceLongboat Key, Florida
SettingPrivate beachfront residence
Women sharing a BE YOU retreat experience
23—24SEPT · 2026

An invitation to reset, rise and radiate. Photograph: BE YOU Motivate

THE RADIATE ISSUELONGBOAT KEY · FLORIDA6 MIN READ

What happens when you put remarkable women in one room and give them permission — real permission — to focus on themselves?

The answer, according to BE YOU Motivate, is not escape. It is return. Return to the body after months of moving on autopilot. Return to a voice that has been quiet beneath work, family, expectation and noise. Return to the version of oneself that does not need to be invented, only heard.

On September 23 and 24, that idea will take physical form at an extraordinary private beachfront residence on Longboat Key. The barrier island, suspended between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, is an apt setting for RADIATE — the final chapter in BE YOU’s Becoming You Series™. The two-day gathering is conceived as both culmination and beginning: a place where the work of change becomes a way of living.

“This is not about becoming someone new. It is about becoming you.”— The philosophy behind the Becoming You Series™

A retreat designed for the middle of real life

The language of reinvention can be exhausting. It often asks women to become more efficient, more youthful, more productive — more everything. BE YOU takes a different position. Its vision is to help women live with purpose, clarity and confidence while being fully and unapologetically themselves.

That distinction matters. RADIATE is not presented as a performance of wellness or a weekend of fleeting inspiration. It is a carefully held pause: room for movement and stillness; expert guidance and candid conversation; beauty and depth; celebration and the kind of reflection that rarely survives a crowded calendar.

The experience

Six ways
back to you.

01

Wellness

Space to slow the nervous system, listen inward and replace constant output with deliberate restoration.

02

Longevity

A practical conversation about the habits that help women feel stronger, clearer and more vital over time.

03

Beauty & style

Not rules or reinvention, but a more intelligent way to make the outside reflect the woman you are becoming.

04

Movement

Yoga, breathwork and embodied practices designed to return attention to the body with curiosity, not judgment.

05

Mindset

Guided reflection, honest conversation and tools to create clarity for the next chapter.

06

Connection

A small, supportive circle where women can be witnessed without performing and friendship can arrive naturally.

A two-day arc

From arrival
to radiance.

The official program is intentionally intimate and experiential. Rather than racing through a checklist, each part is designed to build on the last.

Day one · Reset

Quiet the noise

Arrival, grounding, movement, reflection and the conversations that begin when nobody needs to rush.

Day one · Connect

Be seen, without performing

Shared experiences, beauty, style and meaningful exchange in a private setting made for genuine connection.

Day two · Rise

Build the next chapter

Mindset, confidence and longevity practices translated into choices that can return home with you.

Day two · Radiate

Celebrate the woman you are

A final act of integration: clarity, community and a more honest definition of what it means to thrive.

Editorial overview; the final schedule and activities are confirmed by BE YOU Motivate.

Birgit C. Muller, three-time Emmy Award-winning couture designer

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The special guest

The woman who dressed Hollywood now asks a deeper question: what does your style say about the life you want?

Birgit C. Muller — three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner, couture designer, producer and CEO & Director of SMSA News — brings a rare transatlantic eye to Longboat Key.

Born in Vienna, raised in Marbella and based in Beverly Hills, Muller has spent three decades at the meeting point of image, narrative and identity. Her work on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful earned consecutive Emmy Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

At RADIATE, her special session extends beyond clothes. It is a conversation about presence: how silhouette, color, confidence and self-knowledge can work together — not to create a costume, but to reveal a person.

“Style is never just decoration. Every choice carries an idea about who we are and who we want to become.”
Daytime Emmy winner
30+Years shaping image & story
4Major Hollywood studios
Couture designer Birgit C. Muller

Couture as self-knowledge

“The most powerful image is the one that feels true.”

From red carpets and television sets to an intimate room of women on the Gulf Coast, Muller’s work has always treated clothing as visual storytelling. Her RADIATE appearance places that expertise inside a larger conversation: how women can inhabit the next chapter of their lives with intention.

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The RADIATE retreat on Longboat Key, Florida

The setting

Privacy, salt air and a horizon wide enough to think again.

Longboat Key is not merely a backdrop. The private beachfront setting creates distance from daily routine while keeping the experience warm, residential and human. There are no convention halls here — only the Gulf, a carefully curated circle and the permission to be present.

Location
Longboat Key, Florida
Dates
Wednesday–Thursday, September 23–24
Format
Intimate, in-person, two-day retreat

In their own words

What women take home.

“The retreat exceeded my expectations — a wonderful experience combining community, connection, wellness and fun.”
Longboat Key retreat participant
“I loved all of the new friendships and connections. I loved trying new things, and every space felt thoughtfully used.”
Andrea F.
“I gained the most insight into me — and into the steps I can take to reassess and incorporate real change.”
Elizabeth C.

The BE YOU promise

There is no perfect time. There is only now.

BE YOU Motivate was created to help women reset, recharge and rise through world-class coaching, transformative wellness experiences and a supportive sisterhood.

Led by women including Kim Wise — a mother of four, former NFL cheerleader, certified yoga instructor and high-impact motivation coach — the community combines movement, practical strategy and mindset work. The aim is not an idealized life. It is a more joyful, purposeful and fully inhabited one.

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Discover your place in the room.

Official retreat informationBEYOUMOTIVATE.COM

Explore the complete experience, current availability and registration details directly with BE YOU Motivate.

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Essential information

Before you go

When and where is the retreat?

The RADIATE retreat takes place September 23–24, 2026, at a private beachfront residence on Longboat Key, Florida.

Who is this experience for?

It is designed for women who want a purposeful pause: time to reconnect with themselves, explore wellness and personal growth, and build meaningful connection with other women.

What is included in the experience?

The official program brings together yoga, breathwork, meditation, sound baths, mindset and confidence coaching, guided reflection, community, retreat gifts and shared experiences. Final activity details are confirmed by BE YOU Motivate.

Where can I find registration details?

Visit the official BE YOU Motivate retreat page for current availability, complete participation information and registration details.

September 23–24 · Longboat Key

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Leave a little more you.

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