A week of professional & personal development supported by the Algarve’s wild, earthy and flowing elements
Experiences of Coach-the-Coach Retreat 2025
Gorgeous beaches are just a few minutes walk away
Do you want to master your Soul-based Coaching craft and claim your (brand) voice?
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At our next Coach-the-Coach retreat in Portugal, you can do just that. In an environment with people who fully have your back: coaching peers who wish for you to succeed.
Claiming your voice and therefore the voice of your brand is an essential part of your professional development.
Your potential clients need to recognise your voice. And we all know what becomes possible when we are soul-aligned. We begin to communicate with clarity, resonance and passion.
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Join us at our 2026 Coach-the-Coach retreat!Â
The retreat is a multi-layered experience where you:Â
Deepen and solidify your coaching skills, whether through pure Soul-based Coaching (or Clean Language) or by weaving it with your other tools and modalities into your own unique style.
AND equally…
… receive coaching... practice embodiment and ritual… co-create workshops… all for you to become the confident coach you long to be and to help you amplify YOUR brand voice so you can attract the right clients and grow a sustainable business that brings you joy without overextending yourself.
You’ll have a full week to focus on what’s calling you most—whether that’s upleveling your coaching skills or nurturing your business.
And all the while, you’re held in sisterhood and by a team with a beautiful mix of magic to pour from.
Each day offers spacious time to integrate new insights, through a sea swim, a soulful walk, a heartfelt conversation, or simply relaxing by the pool.
Become a Master at your craft
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Soul-based Coaching is not just a skill, it is a craft. To become a master in this beautiful craft, we need practice and what is better than practice with direct feed-back from the Trainer Team!Â
Imagine for a moment that you are coaching someone while an Academy trainer, Annemiek or Wren, is sitting next to you, cheering you on, whispering little cues that make a huge difference in your coaching. Direct feedback, on the spot in a very supportive manner, this is what you can expect when you join the Coach-the-Coach retreat.Â
Some of us were lucky to experience this in our CtC retreat in Portugal 2025 or the Immersion in Utrecht and we all agreed this multifaceted learning helped us tremendously to deepen our skills and become more confident as a coach.
Through coaching, rituals and embodiment practice, you will:
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Bring your Soul-Based Coaching Skills to the next Level: Coach and receive live feedback on your coaching technique, deepening your confidence in your professional skills.Â
Claim your (brand) voice: Retreat from the noise of what other people are saying about how to express yourself in your business. Instead tune into your own (brand) voice and become intimately familiar with it, so you can begin to communicate from there.
Give yourself the gift: Choose uninterrupted time to focus on this vital piece of your entrepreneurial journey, which can be challenging to explore and embody on your own - but exciting and empowering in collaboration with others.
Feel supported: Enjoy the support of our experienced soulful team and of your coaching sisters and become empowered through the combination of 1:1 peer coaching, embodiment practices and ritual.
Boost your business: We will co-create workshops on topics we decide on together, about topics like; how can we cooperate, marketing, boost your profile online or anything else you need to boost your business.
Slow Down & Relax: This week has enough space for you to relax and to slow down, so you can integrate what you learn. Go for a long walk along the beach, hang by the pool, explore the area, take a nap or stroll to a nearby beach cafe for a coffee and some local delicacies such as Pastel de Nata.
Soften, Connect and Grow: Deepen connections within our like-hearted community of soulful practitioners and enjoy unwinding together.
Leave Inspired: Depart this soulful week feeling nourished, enriched, and ready to bring yourself fully into the world.
Coaching in person, supported by the wild Portuguese elements
Our home away from home in Portugal
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We are returning for the second time to a magnificent spacious villa in a little village called GalĂ©, only a 10 minute walk from several beaches.Â
The villa will be our home during the retreat, where we’ll live and do coaching exchanges, workshops, The Non Linear Movement Method®, temple practices and hang out together.
The villa has a big pool, a large cosy living room and a kitchen where we’ll eat breakfast and you can choose to prepare your lunch. There is room for 8 participants to stay in shared accommodation in the villa. This year we also offer the option to stay in a private room in an apartment, 10 minutes walk from the villa.Â
Nearby you can find restaurants, cafes and supermarkets.
Portugal is very hospitable and easy to get around only speaking English.
Your guides
We are excited to bring this retreat to you! We, Annemiek and Wren, are of course part of the Academy trainer team and we both love guiding women's temples in the tradition of Chameli Ardagh's Awakening Women.Â
For the third time, we are very happy to co-create this retreat with Corinne Konrad Calder, Mirjam van Ruth (who you may have met as assistants in Invoke), who also have wide experience in guiding groups and individuals in embodiment and change work.
Between us, we have a beautiful mix of magic to pour from and support you in a nourishing deep dive.
Who is this for?
This retreat is for women, who are participants/alumni of:
 🌿 Activate the Power of Soul-based Change (previously The Feminine in Coaching)
🌿 Invoke Your Client’s Magic, the SBC Certification program
🌿 or have had prior Clean Language training - contact Annemiek to check if this is a good fit for you
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- regardless of where you are on your journey -
(meaning you do not have to work as a coach right now, or be fluent in Clean, but you can and you may!)
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When you would like to immerse yourself in Soul-based Coaching, develop your skills, and nourish yourself in this field of Yin and in connection time with our community, you are welcome!
What awaits you this nourishing week?
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If you like, you can start the day joining us for a grounding or activating activity. Afterwards we have a joint breakfast in the villa.
In the mornings, Annemiek will teach and we will have coaching exchanges, with Annemiek & Wren listening in and supervising.Â
You can have lunch in one of the restaurants nearby, or you can prepare your own lunch in the villa (there is a supermarket nearby).Â
The afternoons will have time that you can spend to your liking. Go to the beach, for a walk, for a coffee. Catch up with each other. Of course you can also continue coaching or work on your business. But also, growth requires downtime, and this is spacious YOU time.Â
In the late afternoon we will meet each other again in the villa, refreshed. Some days we will have a one hour workshop on a topic of the group's choice, related to boosting your business. These workshops are co-creations. Some days, we will practise The Non Linear Movement Method® to support you in processing and integrating your learning, helping you activate new energetic layers for your dreams.Â
We finish the day’s program with a sharing circle to transition into the evening.
We'll have dinner together, either at the villa or outside in a local restaurant.
After dinner, you can choose to hang out together, sit by the ocean, or retreat and enjoy your private time.
(* subject to changes where needed to make the flow meet the moment)
The are only 8 seats left in the retreat - book yours now
Practical Information
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The retreat is held in English.
Dates & TimesÂ
We come together: Saturday, May 9th - Saturday, May 16th, 2026
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Schedule
- Saturday, May 9th: arrival from 2 pm, the program starts at 4.30 pm
- Sunday - Friday: full retreat program days
- Saturday, May 16th: check out at 10 am
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Including:
- The luscious 7-day retreat program
- Seven nights with accommodation in shared double rooms in our villa or one of our two private rooms (which will be in the villa or in a shared apartment near the villa)
- Daily breakfast
- Two catered dinners at the villa
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Excluding:
- Flights & transfer
- Lunches
- Dinner for 5 nights
- Travel insurance
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How to get there
The village is called Galé, just outside Albufeira, in Portugal's stunning Algarve coast.
You can fly to Faro, Algarve airport (45 min by car from the villa).
Or fly to Lisbon international airport. From there you can go by train, rent a car (2,5 hours drive to villa) or take a domestic flight to Faro.
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And check out the cancellation policy and T&C below.
Book your place with Early Bird Pricing
(available for the 3 first sign ups!)
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Coach-the-Coach Retreat
Algarve, Portugal
9th - 16th May, 2026
Private Room
1 person in single room
Including:
7 nights accommodation
Luscious 7-day retreat program
Daily breakfast and 2 catered dinners
Your Investment
€3100
€2845
1 spaces available
Book my place with a private room!Shared Room
1 person in shared twin room
Including:
7 nights accommodation
Luscious 7-day retreat program
Daily breakfast and 2 catered dinners
Your Investment
€2649
€2450
7 spaces available
Book my place with a shared room!
Email us if you want to pay in instalments
We do not charge extra for payment plans, because they place extra burden on people with less access to resources. We are however a small organisation and it makes a big difference for our financial well-being to receive payment in full, so that we can meet our financial obligations when they arise. So we kindly ask you to pay in full when you are able to.
Our cancellation policy
(please read carefully)
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The number of participants is limited to 10 people. Your registration is binding.
In case of written cancellation between now until February 8th, 2026, we will refund 50% of the retreat fee.
Because of the obligations towards the retreat venue and other necessary arrangements, there are no refunds after February 9th, 2026 (although you can arrange from someone else to take your place.)
Disclaimer:
You need your own travel insurance.
The retreat will go ahead with six or more participants. Book now, so everyone knows that yes, we will be seeing each other in Portugal in May!
We recommend waiting to make your travel arrangements until we have confirmed the retreat can happen.
Check the full Terms & Conditions here.
Do you have any questions about the Retreat? Reach out to us with an email.
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