THE BeYOUtiful Possibilities
RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOP

Cultivating Mutual Respect & Healthy Relationships

Summary

Unmanaged conflict drains up to 30% of leadership capacity and
costs organizations thousands per employee each year.

The BeYOUtiful Possibilities Relational Intelligence Workshop gives your team
practical de-escalation tools and healthy behavioral frameworks to
resolve friction at the root, all with zero forced vulnerability.

The Hidden Cost of Workplace Conflict & Turnover

Unresolved employee conflict isn’t just a cultural issue; it’s a major drain on time, revenue, and organizational performance.

When interpersonal friction goes unmanaged, companies pay a heavy price across every tier of their workforce.

The Financial & Operational Impact

Conflict Burns Leadership Capacity

Instead of driving strategy, innovation, and business growth, managers and HR spend up to 30% of their working capacity refereeing internal disputes—wasting up to a day and a half of leadership output every single week.

Turnover Is a Preventable Tax

Over a quarter of team departures stem directly from toxic dynamics or unresolved friction. Replacing employees costs 30% of annual salary for entry-level roles up to 213%+ for executive positions, forcing organizations to absorb massive recruitment fees and lost team momentum.

The Invisible Loss Is Disengagement

Before employees quit, they check out. Internal tension leads to an average of $3,600/year in wasted wages per employee, lower work quality, missed deadlines, and strained customer relationships.

The Truth About Mediation

41% of people leave the organization permanently after forced mediation with a perceived antagonist because standard mediation requires both parties to sit in a room, outline their grievances, and "work it out." For an employee who feels psychologically or emotionally unsafe, being forced into vulnerability in front of their perceived antagonist feels like a trap rather than a resolution.

The Numbers at a Glance

DATA & RESEARCH SOURCES:

Pollack Peacebuilding Systems — The Real Cost of Workplace Conflict Research Report

CPP Global / The Myers-Briggs Company — Workplace Conflict and Human Capital Benchmark Study

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) & Gallup — Employee Retention and Cost of Turnover Reports

Harvard Business Review — The Price of Incivility Study (Porath & Pearson)

Why Communications Break Down

The underlying root causes of most human conflict

Communication is tricky for most people.

Philosophical Hermeneutics teaches us we cannot look at any object or concept neutrally. Our personal history, culture and language always shape what we see and hear.

The Complexity of Historical Experiences

Layer in the complexity of historical experiences that traumatize a person even a little bit and without realizing it people don’t listen with their ears, they listen with their triggers. They don’t hear words, they hear wounds. Honest feedback becomes an attack. The slightest bit of conflict feels dangerous.

Responses Are Shaped by Fear, Not Understanding.

One person is in a conversation, and the other may be in a battle from another time. No matter how gently one person speaks, pain speaks louder.

People Lack Self-Awareness

Most of the time people don’t even know why they respond to others the way they do! They just feel unsafe and they become unsafe to others. They can usually identify when they feel unsafe – they rarely realize when they are the one creating the unsafe environment for others.

What is an unsafe person?

Any person who causes emotional or psychological stress or physical harm. These interactions do not have to be intentional to be deemed unsafe.

Staying Safe is a Learned Skill

Most people have never been taught how to be a safe person or how to navigate safely around an unsafe person.

What Makes This Retreat Different

Every person who walks into this retreat arrives with their
own story, their own wounds, and their own quiet hopes and prayers.

And somehow, over the course of the weekend, a deeply personal encounter that
inspires to the depths of the heart awakens them to a knowing that they are beloved and worthy.

God is there
waiting with answers
for whispered prayers.

He alone knows what
each person is carrying before
they walk through the door.

This retreat
was built to let
Him work.

This is What Unfolds When a
Person Steps into this Retreat.

They leave knowing exactly who
they are, where their worth
comes from, and what their
life gets to look like now.

98% of people change
the people, not the problem.
We teach them how to
become a 2%er.

Clarity replaces confusion.
They begin to understand what was
always theirs to change, and what was
never theirs to carry in the first place.

The patterns that
have followed them from
relationship to relationship,
situation to situation, finally make
sense. Where they came from,
why they formed, and what it
takes to stop repeating them.

They leave with more than
a shifted perspective. They leave
with a personalized roadmap
to navigate their relationships,
their emotions, and whatever
life throws at them, long
after the retreat is over.

Something settles in them that
may never have settled before.
A deep knowing that they are a
precious child of God, worthy of
love, dignity, and respect.

They will encounter a love that is real,
personal, and impossible to talk
themselves out of afterward, a love
that can only come from God.
Not information about God's love,
a true and real experience with God.

The weight they have been carrying,
often for a lifetime, finally
has somewhere to go.
And they feel the
difference immediately.

This is What Unfolds When a
Person Steps into this Retreat.

They leave knowing exactly who
they are, where their worth
comes from, and what their
life gets to look like now.

98% of people change
the people, not the problem.
We teach them how to
become a 2%er.

Clarity replaces confusion.
They begin to understand what was
always theirs to change, and what was
never theirs to carry in the first place.

The patterns that
have followed them from
relationship to relationship,
situation to situation, finally make
sense. Where they came from,
why they formed, and what it
takes to stop repeating them.

Something settles in them that
may never have settled before.
A deep knowing that they are a
precious child of God, worthy of
love, dignity, and respect.

The weight they have been carrying,
often for a lifetime, finally
has somewhere to go.
And they feel the
difference immediately.

Meet the Facilitator

KARMEN BLANCO-HARTFIELD

Hosting highly acclaimed workshops for over 5 years
Over 30 years of corporate and educational leadership experience including event planning with 29 national awards for event excellence and impact.
2021 Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame inductee (highest recognition given by the state of Louisiana)
16 years as a presenter and keynote speaker
Published author: “Amazing Love,” “Your BeYOUtiful Life By Design” and “Intelligent Relationships By Design”
Recipient of lots of other awards and recognitions – but we won’t bore with all that unless you ask for it.

Trainings & Certifications

The Heart of Change
Trust Begins with Me
Courageous Conversations
Dealing with Difficult People
How to Change Things When Change is Hard
Avoiding Conflicts of Interests
Mindfulness Events
PRIDE Employee Resource Training: Understanding the Experience
Dealing with Overindulged Children
Diversity and Inclusion
Doing Business Right
Excellence in Leadership

Fair Dealings
Finance Matters – Global Budget Strategy
Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lafayette
Leadership in Action
Personal Coach for Professional Development
Protocol and Etiquette
Robbery Prevention
Stennis Center’s Women in Leadership Conference
Workplace Violence

What You Receive as the Host

When you bring BeYOUtiful Possibilities to your community,
here is exactly what you can expect:

✓ We come to you.
You arrange the venue and accommodations.
We provide all the programming and materials.

✓ Retreat Schedule:
The retreat starts with an evening half-day session, followed by 2 full days.

✓ Fully Facilitated:
Every session, teaching, prayer, and guided exercise is handled by us from start to finish.

✓ Supplies:
Every assessment, worksheet, and personal planning tool is bundled in a bound book
and provided for each participant along with a tote bag filled with all the retreat supplies.
You don't need to prepare, print, or organize a single thing.

✓ Marketing Support:
To help you fill the venue, we provide done-for-you marketing copywriting,
so you're never staring at a blank page, wondering how to explain this retreat to your community.

✓ Simplicity:
Your only responsibility is gathering your people and opening the door.

Here is how this works
from the moment you reach out.

STEP 1:

Schedule a
free inquiry call
to find out if this is the
right fit and talk through
the details together.

STEP 2:

Once you're ready, we send you everything you need, including
done-for-you marketing copywriting so you never have to figure out how to explain this on your own.

STEP 3:

We show up fully prepared
and deliver a life-changing
experience for the people
you lead. Your only job
is to open the door.

SCHEDULE YOUR INQUIRY CALL

Hear From The Healed

Your BeYOUtiful Life Awaits Your Arrival,
So Let's Get Goin'!

Click on the dots to pause & read

You are a Precious Child of God Worthy of Love, Dignity, and Respect.

The BeYOUtiful
Possibilities
Relational
Intelligence
Workshop

Cultivating Mutual
Respect and Healthy
Relationships

SCHEDULE YOUR INQUIRY CALL

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Unmanaged conflict drains up to
30% of leadership capacity and
costs organizations thousands
per employee each year.

The BeYOUtiful Possibilities
Relational Intelligence Workshop
gives your team practical
de-escalation tools and
healthy behavioral framework
to resolve friction at the root
all with zero forced vulnerability.

The Hidden Cost
of Workplace
Conflict & Turnover

Unresolved employee conflict isn’t just a cultural issue, it’s a major drain on time, revenue, and organizational performance. When interpersonal friction goes unmanaged, companies pay a heavy price across every tier of their workforce.

What Makes This
Retreat Different

Every person who walks into
this retreat arrives with their own story,
their own wounds, and their own
quiet hopes and prayers.

And somehow, over the course of the weekend, a deeply personal encounter that inspires to the depths of the heart awakens them to a knowing that they are beloved and worthy.

God is there
waiting with answers
for whispered prayers.

He alone knows what
each person is carrying before
they walk through the door.

This retreat
was built to let
Him work.

SCHEDULE YOUR INQUIRY CALL

This is What
Unfolds When a
Person Steps into

this Retreat.

They leave knowing exactly
who they are, where their
worth comes from,
and what their life gets
to look like now.

98% of people change
the people, not the problem.
We teach them how to
become a 2%er.

Clarity replaces confusion.
They begin to understand what was
always theirs to change, and what was
never theirs to carry in the first place.

The patterns that have followed
them from relationship to
relationship, situation to situation,
finally make sense. Where they came
from, why they formed, and what
it takes to stop repeating them.

They leave with more than a
shifted perspective. They leave
with a personalized roadmap to
navigate their relationships, their
emotions, and whatever life throws
at them, long after the retreat is over.

Something settles in them that
may never have settled before.
A deep knowing that they are a
precious child of God, worthy of
love, dignity, and respect.

They will encounter a love that is real,
personal, and impossible to talk

themselves out of afterward, a love

that can only come from God.
Not information about God's love,
a true and real experience with God.

The weight they have been carrying,
often for a lifetime, finally
has somewhere to go.
And they feel the
difference immediately.

Meet
Karmen
& Roxanne

Karmen Blanco-Hartfield knows she is the instrument, and God is the music. Before answering the call to serve Him full-time, she spent decades healing from a brutal attack on her life while working in corporate America and education. From national campaigns to high-stakes negotiations worth billions, she became the public face of major brands racking-up 29 national awards for impactful public affairs events. Then she said yes to something she couldn't quite explain, and God gave her a front-row seat to miracles.

Roxanne Latiolais came to those miracles as someone in desperate need of one. After years of carrying the weight of childhood abuse in silence, she whispered her truth and found that God had been waiting with open arms. Healing changed her life and revealed her purpose.

In 2021, they met at an event where Karmen handed Roxanne her book and told her what her soul needed to hear for her heart to sing. A year later, Roxanne told Karmen that what God had given her needed to be shared with the world. BeYOUtiful Possibilities was born from that conversation.

Karmen brings the Word, the wisdom, and the calling. Roxanne brings the clinical steadiness of a registered nurse, the sacred presence of a hospice nurse who has sat with people at the edge of life, and a testimony that can meet anyone where they are. Together, they teach the transformations they lived while delivering a gripping retreat that people attend over and over as they strive for each next transformative level.

What You
Receive as
the Host

When you bring BeYOUtiful Possibilities to your community, here is exactly what you can expect:

✓ We come to you.
You arrange the venue and
accommodations. We provide all
the programming and materials.

✓ Retreat Schedule:
The retreat starts with an
evening half-day session,
followed by 2 full days.

✓ Fully Facilitated:
Every session, teaching, prayer,
and guided exercise is handled
by us from start to finish.

✓ Supplies:
Every assessment, worksheet,
and personal planning tool is
bundled in a bound book and
provided for each participant along
with a tote bag filled with all the
retreat supplies. You don't need to
prepare, print, or organize
a single thing.

✓ Marketing Support:
To help you fill the venue,
we provide done-for-you
marketing copywriting, so you're
never staring at a blank page,
wondering how to explain this
retreat to your community.

✓ Simplicity:
Your only responsibility is
gathering your people
and opening the door.

Here is how this works
from the moment
you reach out.

STEP 1:

Schedule a
free inquiry call
to find out if this is the
right fit and talk through
the details together.

STEP 2:

Once you're ready, we send you everything you need, including
done-for-you marketing copywriting so you never have to figure out how to explain this on your own.

STEP 3:

We show up fully prepared
and deliver a life-changing
experience for the people
you lead. Your only job
is to open the door.

SCHEDULE YOUR INQUIRY CALL

Hear From
The Healed

Your BeYOUtiful Life
Awaits Your Arrival,
So Let's Get Goin'!

Click on the dots to pause & read

You are a Precious

Child of God

Worthy of Love,

Dignity, and Respect.