THE.EX Community · Purpose Planning

You spent the entire year surviving. How much longer can you carry the weight?

Before the holiday rush consumes whatever energy you have left, step into a space designed exclusively for your restoration.

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Limited to 25 selected women and 25 selected men.

The Reality Check

Does this sound like your normal?

You have played by the rules, built the career, and provided for the family, but the reality behind closed doors looks entirely different:

The Seasonal Dread

Instead of joy, you feel the crushing pressure of Thanksgiving and Christmas: the anxiety of spending, hosting, and creating “perfect” experiences for everyone else.

The Caretaker Exhaustion

You are simultaneously managing the emotional and physical needs of your children, your spouse, and your aging parents. You are the default safety net for everyone, but no one is catching you.

Relational Isolation

You have a wide network of colleagues and acquaintances, but severely lack a circle of true friends where you can safely fall apart without judgment or losing status.

The Spiritual Disconnect

You are doing all the “right” things, but you feel spiritually dry, quietly wondering why God feels distant while you silently drown in your daily schedule.

The Shift

You were never designed to heal in isolation.

For too long, high-achievers have been told to just “pray it away,” hustle harder, or hide their struggles behind a smile. But masking your exhaustion only deepens the burnout.

True restoration requires two things you cannot manufacture on your own: an authentic, unfiltered connection with God, and a deeply supportive community that allows you to drop the performance. You do not need another networking event or a superficial retreat. You need a safe, clinical, and spiritual environment to unpack the generational baggage and the daily stress you have been carrying alone.

The Invitation

Welcome to THE.EX Community.

Join a heavily curated, 50-person cohort this December 10–12. We are stripping away the fluff to create a secure space for honest conversation, spiritual renewal, and tactical life mapping. We will help you stop surviving your schedule and build a concrete, purposeful plan to get more connected and less isolated in 2027.

Not quite ready to apply?

Take our free 2-minute “Weight of the Season” Assessment to objectively measure the hidden stress you are carrying right now.

What Happens in the Room

Inspiration fades. A plan carries you. Purpose Planning is three days of faith-driven, guided work that turns what God has placed in you into a plan you can live.

Two distinct yet connected journeys run side by side. Men build The Blueprint through MAN.EX. Women prepare The Birthing Plan through GAL.EX. Every attendee works through six sessions in a personal Purpose Planner and leaves with a written commitment, an accountability partner, and a year-long plan. You don’t register. You apply, and then you’re chosen.

Women’s Experience

GAL.EX

The Birthing Plan

What God placed in you is ready to be born. Prepare to carry it well and bring it into the world.

Conceive
Carry
Deliver
25 selected women
Men’s Experience

MAN.EX

The Blueprint

Every man is building something. Draw up the plan before you pour the concrete.

Foundation
Framework
Build
25 selected men
The Journey

Three days. Six sessions. One plan.

Each session builds on the last, and every one is captured in your Purpose Planner so the work comes home with you.

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Your Purpose Foundation

Who God created you to be: your core values, your gifts, and the legacy you are called to leave.

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Aligning Values with Vision

Connect what you believe to where you’re going, and translate faith into direction.

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Overcoming Internal Barriers

Name the fears, doubts, and limiting beliefs in the way, and begin to move past them.

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Building Your Action Blueprint

Turn vision into clear goals and practical next steps you can sustain.

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Integration & Reflection

Pause, process, and bring honest questions into a guided conversation.

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Goal Setting

Set your goals for the year ahead and seal them with a written, signed commitment and an accountability partner.

What You Take Home

Your Purpose Planner

Every selected attendee receives a printed Purpose Planner designed for their track: The Blueprint for MAN.EX and The Birthing Plan for GAL.EX.

Your Commitment

A personal commitment statement and three scriptures to stand on.

Your Accountability

An accountability partner chosen during the experience to walk with you.

Your Follow-Through

A four-month progress tracker and a year-long commitment to keep you moving.

How Selection Works

A thoughtful process, not a first-come-first-served ticket.

We review every application individually. This isn’t about exclusion. It’s about making sure every person in the room is ready and intentional about being there.

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Submit Your Application

Tell us who you are and why this experience resonates with you. It takes less than 5 minutes.

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Applications Are Reviewed

Our team reviews each application with care and prayer, looking for alignment, readiness, and genuine hunger for growth.

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Selected Attendees Get Next Steps

If selected, you’ll receive full event details, payment instructions, lodging info, and available add-ons.

25 women · 25 men · Details shared after selection
Elevate Your Experience

Optional add-ons

Selected attendees will have the option to enhance their experience. Details and availability shared after selection.

Physical Activity

Move, release, and reset together. A guided group activity to recharge body and mind between sessions. Limited spots.

Intimate Counseling Group

A safe, guided small-group session for deeper healing and personal breakthrough.

Hotel Stay

Stay at our partner hotel and keep the full experience seamless.

Catered Meals

Curated meals throughout the experience so you can stay focused on what matters.

Details and pricing shared after selection
The Heart Behind THE.EX

Built by someone who needed it first.

THE.EX was born from a simple conviction: purpose is not something you find. It’s something you become. After years of searching for an experience that combined real faith, real community, and real transformation in one room, the founder realized it didn’t exist yet. So she built it.

Purpose Planning is the next step. Our first gathering showed what happens when the right people are in the right room. This time, every attendee leaves with a written plan and the accountability to carry it out.

Shanique S. Francis
Founder, THE.EX Community
Voices of Purpose

Hear from our community.

Real stories from people who were in the room.

Avana

THE.EX 2026 Attendee

JV

THE.EX 2026 Attendee

Nyki

THE.EX 2026 Attendee
Coming Soon

THE.EX App

The plan doesn’t end when the experience does. The THE.EX App is your gateway to a private community where the journey of becoming continues: exclusive content, ongoing connection, and support for the year ahead.

Questions

Frequently Asked

Purpose Planning is THE.EX’s three-day, faith-driven experience. Through six guided sessions, small-group conversation, and a personal Purpose Planner, attendees leave with a written plan for living out their God-given purpose over the next year.
They are the two tracks. MAN.EX: The Blueprint helps men lay a solid foundation and build a strategic plan for their lives. GAL.EX: The Birthing Plan helps women prepare for, carry, and deliver what God has placed in them. Both follow the same six sessions and come together for shared moments.
· . The exact venue address is shared with selected attendees after confirmation.
Yes. Purpose Planning is a new experience built to take you further, from inspiration to a written, accountable plan. Returning attendees are welcome to apply.
You submit a short application. Our team reviews every one individually, looking for alignment, readiness, and genuine intention. Not everyone will be selected, by design, to preserve the depth and intimacy of the experience.
If selected, you’ll receive a confirmation with full event details, payment instructions, hotel booking information, and available add-ons. All details are shared after selection.
Lodging and meals are not included in the base experience but are available as optional add-ons through our partner hotel. Details and pricing are shared after you’re selected.
Intimate, warm, and intentional. This is a room of 25, not 250. Expect real conversations, guided sessions rooted in faith, quiet time to write and reflect, and a community that sees you.
THE.EX
Purpose Planning
Bloom · Build · Become
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Not everyone will be selected.

This experience is intentionally limited to preserve depth, connection, and growth.

GAL.EX — The Birthing Plan  ·  MAN.EX — The Blueprint
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Application

Apply to Attend

Tell us a little about yourself and which THE.EX experience you are registering for. Space is intentionally limited to keep the weekend personal, focused, and transformational.

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Submitting this application does not guarantee selection. Selected attendees will receive next steps after review.

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