Meeting Your Needs: A Guided Inquiry Around Fulfillment

Do you tell yourself, “I will be happier when…”?

If you’re waiting for something to fulfill you, if you have unmet needs or longings, or if you’re generally feeling restless or unsatisfied—this digital workshop is for you.

This soulful and practical workshop invites you to uncover what you need and how to get it. Quinn Corte will guide you through honest self-inquiry and a fun, hands-on exercise to unfurl all your layers of fulfillment and longing. This is an on-demand, self-guided, 90-minute video you can watch anytime.

Here are some questions we'll explore:

• What do you wish you needed, and what do you actually need?
• Are there needs you abandoned long ago because of certain circumstances and never returned to?
• What needs can’t be met right now, because of things outside of your control?
• What stories do you have about your unmet needs?
• What are you waiting on to fulfill you (i.e. a job, partner, move, or The Next Big Thing)?

The exercises in this video are designed to spark new insights and help you explore them through journaling. In addition to a fresh perspective and food for thought, you'll emerge with practical, self-defined next steps for feeling more fulfilled.

Note: The video above mentions a live group workshop, which has already passed. When you purchase this offering, you will receive a pre-recorded workshop to enjoy by yourself at your leisure.

Price: $44

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How to Purchase

1. Enter the price in the white box ($44 or more).

2. Click the "I want this!" button.

3. Pay and check out.

4. You'll receive an email with instructions to download the video workshop.

5. Enjoy!

What You'll Get

After purchasing, you'll receive two video options for enjoying the workshop, along with a PDF. 

1. The video recording of our live community gathering. This version offers beautiful shares and the energy of others doing the practice with you.

2. A more private experience. This version is just me and you, without the energy of others. The video runs 45 minutes, but plan to pause periodically to do the exercises at your own pace (about 90 minutes total).

3. The workshop slides. You'll also receive a PDF copy of the workshop's beautiful visuals and journal prompts to refer back to.

What You'll Need

1. A journal

2. A hefty stack of index cards or scratch paper

3. A pen

4. A device to play the video

5. Creature comforts

All material is created and copyrighted by Quinn Corte, 2021-2024. Purchase is valid for one person only. Sharing or reproducing in any format without permission is prohibited. 

In this workshop, you will make a card for each of your needs--from survival needs to soulful needs. 

About the Facilitator 

Quinn Corte (she/her) is Founder of The Retreat Space and the creator and facilitator of this workshop. 

You can learn more about her here. 

The Story of this Workshop

(video transcript)

Hi! I’m Quinn Corte, Founder of The Retreat Space, and I’m delighted to share a new workshop with you about getting your needs met. I’ll be guiding it live on Zoom for our community* or you can watch the workshop video on your own time, whenever you like.

The self-inquiry process I’m sharing in this workshop is actually something I created organically for myself, as I was grappling with certain unmet needs. The insights I had were so eye-opening that I want to share it with you and can’t wait to talk about what you uncover. This is a particularly useful exercise for those of you in the midst of big life transitions or decisions, and for those of you who are struggling to identify what you need or how to get it.

Here’s the thing about Needs. We are taught two conflicting, harmful narratives in our culture.

1. Need less: stay small, fit in, keep your head down, live simply, don’t over-consume, don’t rock the boat, don’t be too much or too loud or too needy. Also, you’re on your own. 

AND…

2. Need more: buy a lot of stuff, be ambitious, “have it all,” you’re never enough, “you’ll be happy someday when…” Once you acquire the mythical, perfect combination of things and people and status, you will “arrive” at fulfillment.

As a culture, we are stuck in between a scarcity and a consumerist mentality. This workshop will help us move away from this binary thinking and into a more nuanced and permission-giving space.

Because the truth is: we are not robots. We are complex human beings who need a lot, ranging from survival needs to soulful needs. AND those needs are both constantly changing and highly individual.

And while it is absolutely healthy and natural to need and depend on other people, a lot of us find ourselves waiting for a partner, job, move, or some Next Big Thing to swoop in and make it all better.

In this workshop you’ll get honest with yourself about what’s lacking in your life and gently ask why those needs aren’t getting met--whether its because of external circumstances, a particular season of life, a story you’re telling yourself about the worthiness of that need, or maybe you have expectations that something external will fill that need, when instead it's time to source those needs from within or from elsewhere.

So come explore with us! In this supportive and playful space, I’ll lead you through a guided, hands-on exercise designed to spark new insights from the comfort of your couch. I’ll also invite you to explore whatever comes up through journaling and optional group sharing (if you’re joining live*).

It’s my hope that you leave this workshop with tons of food for thought along with very practical and personally-defined next steps for getting what you need in your life right now.

I can’t wait to hear what comes up for you!

*The live group workshop has passed. When you purchase this offering, you will receive a pre-recorded workshop to enjoy by yourself at your leisure.