CLOSER

Led by Dr Martha Tara Lee

16–18 October 2026
Forest City Golf Hotel
Jalan Persiaran Golf 5, Forest City Golf Resort, 81550 Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia

Many couples do not fall out of love. They become very good at managing a shared life.

Work, routines, responsibilities and the care of others can gradually take up the space once held by curiosity, desire, unhurried touch and meaningful conversation. Even strong relationships can begin to feel more functional than intimate.

CLOSER is a weekend away from routine—a chance to make time for the relationship itself. To communicate more honestly, touch more intentionally, and remember what helps you feel close.

Set amid calm greenery, this retreat is for couples who want to reconnect emotionally, physically and sexually. It is created primarily for couples who have been together for five years or longer, and who feel their relationship deserves focused attention.

With no more than six couples, there is time to learn, reflect and ask what is on your mind.

What this weekend can help you with

CLOSER is designed to help you:

• Feel closer after a period in which life has felt busy, familiar or overly practical.
• Speak more openly about intimacy, desires, boundaries and the things that are difficult to raise.
• Better understand your own needs and how your partner experiences closeness, touch and pleasure.
• Respond to differences in desire or confidence with more care and less pressure.
• Feel less alone or stuck with sexual concerns that may be affecting your relationship.
• Leave with a clearer sense of what to continue, discuss and make time for together.

Themes we will explore

Over the weekend, Dr Martha will guide couples through conversations and experiences around:

• Communication, consent and the confidence to ask for what you need.
• Attention, distraction and making room for connection in everyday life.
• Touch, desire, pleasure and sexual connection.
• What happens when stress, defensiveness or overwhelm gets in the way.
• Changing bodies, changing circumstances and common sexual concerns.
• Curiosity, playfulness and the choices available to you as a couple.

Every day includes a full hour for participants’ questions. The detailed programme will be shared with confirmed participants.

Weekend rhythm

Friday, 16 October — from 6pm
Arrive, settle in and meet the group over a welcome cocktail and dinner. We begin by stepping out of day-to-day mode and into the weekend together, with time to raise what is on your mind.

Saturday, 17 October — 9am to 5pm
A full day of guided work, conversation and partner experiences. Lunch and dinner will be shared together, with time to continue conversations more informally. The day closes with a private couple exercise for the evening.

Sunday, 18 October — 9am to 5pm
A final day to bring the weekend together, reflect on what has emerged, and consider how you will carry that connection into everyday life.

Investment

S$2,588 per couple

Your retreat fee includes:

• Three days of facilitation with Dr Martha Tara Lee.
• Friday welcome cocktail and dinner.
• Saturday lunch and dinner.
• Sunday lunch.
• A curated welcome gift for each couple.
• The option of one complimentary 60-minute virtual couples session with Dr Martha after the retreat, should you wish to use it; available until 18 November 2026.

Accommodation, breakfast, travel and additional alcoholic beverages are not included. Each couple books and pays for its own room directly with Forest City Golf Hotel, and may choose the room category that suits its preferences and budget.