This Recharge Retreat day is an opportunity for you to step away from daily life with the headspace to focus on yourself and your needs
Are you a Healthcare professional feeling overwhelmed and stressed?
Do you find existing “wellbeing” offerings don’t actually serve you, are too generic or superficial, or you just don’t know where to begin?
Are you considering a longer retreat but don’t feel ready to commit to more than 1 day?
Have you have been on a longer retreat previously and want a “top up”?
Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity to rest, refocus and invest in yourself! Spaces are limited, so register today and take the first step towards a healthier, happier you.
Activities on offer to you at the retreat
This mini retreate will be run predominantly outdoors in a walled garden. Picnic style lunch provided (with shelter and toilets available).
Further details to be released soon. Exciting new line-up with mindfulness, burnout prevention and nature connection focus and mindful garden flower cutting workshop with a wonderful artist and Garden designer. You get to take away your own bunch of flowers.
Deep Relaxation Techniques
Let go of tension and find deep peace with practices like Forest Bathing and hiking.
Renewal and Reflection
Discover calming techniques and strategies for problem-solving and setting boundaries.
Mindful Nature Connection
Discover the healing power of the outdoors and develop a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
Mindfulness and Clarity
Gain a new perspective on your story and leave with a clear path towards more balance, wellbeing, and mindfulness.
Personal Growth Activities
Explore your story, set intentions for the future, and find a path towards greater balance and well-being.
Supportive
Community
Connect with other doctors in a safe and understanding space.
Mindful creativity
If you wish, you can try, sketching, painting and guided creative writing. The chance to put pen to paper for “fun” and without a specific task related purpose can have surprisingly enlightening results.
Storytelling
Storytelling workshops with Lalith Wijedoru provide a safe space for the sharing of stories as a group. This grounds the themes of the retreat conversations in the reality of the participants own experiences. No prior experience or knowledge required other than being a human.
Yoga & Sound Bathing
Laura and Maura @tranquilflowyoga expertly and gently combine yoga, breathing and relaxation techniques and sound to provide a deeply relaxing experience.
Nourishing Food
Savour a fully catered delicious and healthy vegetarian spread.
Leave this retreat feeling equipped with:
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A renewed sense of calm and clarity
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Practical tools for stress management and self-care
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A deeper understanding of yourself and your needs
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A clear path towards more balance and fulfilment in your caring role
Meet your retreat host
Jo Hacking
Retreat organiser. Founder & Director of About Wellbeing Ltd
Dr Jo Hacking is a certified Transformational Coach and runs her own coaching and wellbeing training business “About Wellbeing Ltd”. She also works as a Mental Health and Wellbeing advocate, retreat organiser, and an Education and Wellbeing Support worker for the WIltshire Wildlife Trust.
Jo has a medical background of over 25 years as a doctor, with 10 years as an NHS Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. She experienced a burnout and mental illness journey some years ago and learnt the power of accepting help, honest self-awareness and compassionate self-care. Her lived experiences – with the benefits of going through psychotherapy (provided through Practitionner Health) and coaching – inform her current work, but it is the importance of Nature – and the human experience of being a part of nature – which provides the dominant theme underpinning Jo’s value set.
She is an advocate of creating cultural change and increasing opportunities to support the benefits of nature connection for wellbeing. This has now become a full time occupation, such that she finally stepped away from clinical medicine in 2023.
She lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and various other animals.
Dr Katya Miles
Career Coach, Wellbeing Trainer, Specialist in Workplace Wellbeing, Former GP & Occupational Health Doctor
Katya is a GP and Occupational Health Doctor turned Wellbeing Trainer, Career Coach & Specialist in Workplace Wellbeing. She has worked at the Mayo Clinic, USA & in the UK as a GP for both civilians & the Armed Forces; as well as in Occupational Health.
Having navigated through Burnout she is passionate about helping healthcare professionals thrive at work. This passion drove her to establish the Working Well Doctor, where she uses her professional expertise and life experience to empower others to thrive at work with career coaching, workplace wellbeing and creative writing training.
We have the pleasure of her joining us with a Creative Writing workshop.
The details
What’s included
- Picnic style lunch
- All wellbeing activities
- Predominantly outdoors
- Take away your own bunch of flowers
- Small group (max 8 guests)
- CPD certificate
Dates & times
9 May 2025
09.00-17.00
Your investment
£175 all inclusive
Early bird discount £20
Use code EB20
(available until 31 January 2025)
About Wellbeing Retreats are suitable for CPD purposes
Retreats offer an immersive learning opportunity and safe environment for participants to:
- explore and address their individual well-being needs
- learn skills and strategies to apply in their onward personal and professional journey.
Each retreat will be delivered to a small group with a tailored range of coaching, workshops and wellbeing activities.
This retreat can be considered a business expense (for personal development) and a CPD certificate will be provided by About Wellbeing Ltd.
This CPD provision does not detract from the experience being a retreat in the traditional sense of the word!
Here’s what some of our attendees have to say about our Wellbeing Retreats
“A sanctuary of self care, allowing much needed me time, to truly consider what is important, whilst enjoying beautiful food, surroundings and activities. The perfect balance of “me” time and “us” time with a group of understanding peers.”
“An unexpected thing for me was definitely around creativity, which wasn’t something I was aware was missing from my life but felt like a really valuable thing to rediscover. I also really enjoyed learning more about birds and wildflowers..“
“This retreat carves out and protects a space for you to meaningfully review where you’re at and provides many suggestions on how you can move forward to where you want to be… thank you.”
