Real people, real results: More than just weight loss.
Your success is an ongoing journey that continues even after your wellness retreat stay ends. During your stay you’ll achieve incredible results, and you’ll be armed with tools and a personalized plan to continue your success at home.
Check out some of our featured success stories to see how our personalized integrative and holistic health and wellness program has completely changed people’s lives. Our guests are able to enjoy lasting and sustainable changes to their health and wellbeing because our retreat is designed to address the underlying causes of their health concerns, and our boutique size ensures that our team can address each persons unique goals. We have hundreds of similar success stories like these, and hope that we can add yours too!
Paula’s Story
Paula arrived at VeraVia for a two-week stay struggling with common post-menopause symptoms including weight gain, hormone imbalance, fatigue, and high blood pressure. As a busy executive Paula battled the negative health effects of a high stress job and frequent travel, which included a more than ten-year battle with acid reflux and dependency on medication that only suppressed her symptoms.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Paula started the program dependent on acid reflux medications and other prescriptions that failed to combat her post-menopause health. Upon completing the program, Paula successfully ended her medication use and remains symptom free. She also replaced using food for stress management with healthier positive techniques. Using the tools she learned at VeraVia, she was able to completely change her life at home and continues to make progress every day! Since her stay, Paula achieved:
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“VeraVia was truly a life changing experience for me! I learned more in the two weeks I was there than I had reading and listening to all the diet and health information out there for years prior. The key for me was how personal the program is designed to be and how dedicated each and every staff member was to instilling confidence in me. I had so much love and support from the very first day. I simply felt compelled (and still do) to succeed at making the kind of changes that will allow me to live my best and healthiest life. I would go back in a heartbeat!” – Paula
Dean’s Story
Dean arrived at VeraVia for a one week stay, after years of suffering from the collective burnout effects of a highly stressful career. As a Chief Creative Executive, Dean battled the negative health effects of a high stress job and demanding work deadlines, which included constant stomach and digestion issues, heartburn and lead to nicotine dependence. After experiencing the remarkable results in his first week, Dean extended his stay for a second week to solidify his progress towards true wellbeing.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Dean started the program feeling out of balance, searching for the motivation and discipline to refocus on his health. Upon completion of the program, Dean re-prioritized the role of food in his life and committed himself to the reintroduction, and consistent consumption of high quality foods. As he connected with healthy ways to build stress-resiliency he also tapered off smoking, gained physical strength, and eliminated acid reflux. At the end of his stay, Dean felt like a new person with renewed vitality and refreshed mindset! In just two weeks, Dean achieved:
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“VeraVia exceeded my expectations! I had a transformation that has changed my life. When they talk about the components they deliver, it really is a complete package, and something I can take with me in my daily life. I think about them in my daily life like I think of my family and friends. I know they want the best for me and there’s nothing better than that!” – Dean
Mary Lou’s Story
After years of suffering from chronic pain and Lupus flare ups that impacted Mary Lou’s daily lifestyle and interrupted her sleep, she arrived at VeraVia intending to stay for one week. Once an active retiree, Mary Lou had many friends and activities she enjoyed that became restricted due to her intense chronic pain. To her delight as she felt the momentum of her progress at VeraVia, she extended her initial stay for a second week. This solidified her new found awareness of fitness, nutrition and behavioral wellness.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Mary Lou’s priority in coming to VeraVia was to decrease her chronic pain level. She felt physically limited by her constant pain and struggled with basic walking. When she arrived at VeraVia, she was using a cane to walk and she was unable to participate on the hikes. By the end of her stay she was able to hike for 3 hours every morning and participate in all other fitness classes! Upon completing the program, Mary Lou felt like a new person with renewed energy and sense of well-being. Pain free, and fearless she continues to make progress with a new sense of hope. In just two weeks, Mary Lou achieved:
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“My new healthy life is because of VeraVia. It was hard work but it paid off… I am proud… I am kinder to my body than before. I understand my relationships better. I feel very good and energized! No pain, sleep well. I am healthy again and I get lots of comments from the gym and friends about how proud they are and that inspires me a lot!” – Mary Lou
Rebecca’s Story
Rebecca arrived at VeraVia for a four-week stay following years of failed fad diets, uninspiring exercise regimes with zero results, and insulin dependency to manage her Type II diabetes. Her pre-existing conditions also included high cholesterol, high blood sugar, poor cardiovascular efficiency, overweight, frequent sore joints and muscle pain, and poor posture and balance.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Rebecca started our program dependent on 55 units of insulin daily and in poor health. Ending the program, Rebecca was successfully weaned off insulin through care coordination with VeraVia and her primary doctor, officially no longer insulin dependent after just three and a half weeks! In just four weeks at VeraVia, Rebecca achieved:
“The compassion and knowledge of the VeraVia team was so encouraging during my stay. They created a personalized plan that accomplished goals I never thought possible, including ending my years of insulin dependency! Most importantly, I felt listened to and left VeraVia with the physical and mental strength to continue lifelong wellness. When I got back home all my friends thought I had plastic surgery to look so good!” – Rebecca
Eric’s Story
Eric arrived at VeraVia for a four day VeraVia Express stay after years of suffering from the burnout effects of a highly stressful career. As a successful Los Angeles advertising executive, Eric battled the negative health effects of a high stress job and demanding work deadlines, which included constantly feeling tired, body aches, stomach / digestion issues, heartburn, and depression. Here’s a guy that was super successful, but his personal life was suffering and it was taking a toll on his personal relationships.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Eric started the program feeling run down physically and mentally, had struggled for years with digestion issues, and felt hopeless. Upon completing the program, Eric felt like a new person with renewed energy and sense of well-being. In just four days, Eric:
“I feel like a new person after my four day stay at VeraVia! I have more energy, I feel fit and healthy, and my stomach feels better than it has in years. I feel more confident in my ability to manage my stress and through the individual consultations I learned how to buy and prepare healthy meals in a short amount of time. My stay at VeraVia greatly exceeded all my expectations and was just the type of reboot I needed to get my motivation back and enjoy life again! – Eric
Mattie’s Story
As a vibrant and active young woman, Mattie had been “on a diet” for as long as she could remember and was not seeing the results she desired from dieting or her fitness efforts. She also struggled with self-limiting beliefs and self-criticism. Embraced by the supportive relationships of family and friends, Mattie wanted to do something to change her life, and made a commitment to a month long stay VeraVia.
REMARKABLE RESULTS
Upon completing the program, Mattie increased mindfulness skills and recognized her automatic selflimiting beliefs and cognitive distortions that resulted in selfcriticism and sabotaged her in the past. By becoming aware of patterns of behavior that resulted in unhealthy weight gain, she is now able to successfully implement her fitness and nutrition tools. Additionally, Mattie had eliminated fruit from her diet at a very young age due to allergy syndrome. By completion of the program, to her delight, she was able to reintroduce and consume fruit with no adverse reactions!
“I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to take a month to join the VeraVia
program and put all of my focus on ME. Prior to coming, I was overweight and truly unhappy with myself and my life. But with the encouragement and support of the VeraVia staff, I was able to achieve my goals of starting to live a happier, healthier lifestyle. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of VeraVia, whether while taking a run, cooking a meal, or taking a time out when the stresses of the day begin to get overwhelming, and each time, I am reminded that I am truly blessed to have had this experience.” – Mattie
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