It is an opportunity to step away from every day routines to experience a time of rest and renewal.

You don’t have to worry about deadlines and schedules, cooking and cleaning. It is just time for you to be calm, peaceful and nurtured.

These retreats are for female participants.

All ages are welcome, you just have to be ready to embrace time without clock watching and days without a schedule of activities.

Reading. Swimming. Bird watching. Walking. Contemplating. Nature bathing. Writing. Journalling.

That sort of thing.

You book.

You arrive.

You choose how to fill your time.

We sort the rest.

It happens in person at the venue booked for your chosen retreat.

Prices vary and are clearly explained in the advert and at booking.

Retreats vary from 12 to 48 hours.

Clients tell me that they immediately feel safe and at ease.

Everyone belongs.

I am warm, smiley, calm and sincere.

What you see is what you get.

Having previously been a teacher, senior leader and safeguarding lead for over 20 years, there is little that surprises me. I care deeply about people and concerns from all walks of life.

I am a very good listener and I ask very good questions as a result.

I’m not a silent partner; the balance is probably that you talk 80% and I talk around 20% of the time.

Perhaps you can tell me!

I am settled into my me-ness.

I am completely comfortable with silence, tears, questions, emotion, confusion. Whatever you bring is welcome. I brought it all before you did.

I’ve been called an ‘old soul’. I think there is much wisdom in nature, literature, spirituality and the ancient ways of living and being. I always keep them close.

I value contemplation, imagination, storytelling, paradox and metaphor.

I know that my clients trust me deeply and immediately - they comment on this because it is a rare experience. They often stay in touch out of choice long after sessions have ended.

I have an accredited PGCert in Coaching and Mentoring Practice (Level 7) from Oxford Brookes University.

I have served as a Designated Safeguarding Lead in Education and have all the relevant qualifications.

BA (Hons) Anthropology & English

NPQH - National Professional Qualification for Headship

I coach potential Ordinands in the Church of England.

I offer coaching, mentoring and spiritual companionship with Christilience.org

I am Outreach and Access Team Manager at St John’s College, Oxford University.

If so, please just ask.