What if a few days away could change much more than a few days?

Imagine waking up without immediately thinking about what everybody else needs from you.

Imagine having nowhere to rush to. No work demands. No endless list. No decisions to make for everyone else.

Just space.

Space to breathe. To sleep. To move your body. To eat gorgeous food. To laugh. To think. And, perhaps for the first time in quite a while, to hear yourself again.

Welcome to the Devon Menopause Retreat.

A small, intimate retreat in the beautiful Devon countryside for women who are ready to stop simply getting through this stage of life and start thinking about how they actually want to live it.

Because menopause can change more than your hormones.

It can change your confidence. Your energy. Your body. Your relationships. Your work. Even your sense of who you are.

And somewhere amongst looking after your career, your family, your home and everyone who relies on you, you can quietly disappear from your own priority list.

This retreat is your opportunity to put yourself back on it.

This isn't about "fixing" you

You don't need fixing.

And this isn't a bootcamp, a detox or three days of being told all the things you should be doing.

It's a chance to step away from everyday life and understand what's happening to you — physically and emotionally — while discovering small, realistic changes that can make life feel significantly better.

Small hinges swing big doors.

Over our time together, we'll explore the things that can genuinely support you through menopause and beyond.

We'll talk about food, movement, hydration and the everyday choices that support your body.

There'll be menopause-informed yoga, mindfulness and practical techniques to help calm an overloaded mind.

We'll use coaching, conversation and journalling to explore what's happening beneath the surface too — confidence, boundaries, priorities and the things you may have been putting off thinking about.

You'll have one-to-one coaching as well as supportive group sessions.

And there'll be plenty of time when absolutely nothing is expected of you.

Walk.

Read.

Sit outside.

Have a long conversation.

Get into the hot tub.

Or simply be still.

This is a retreat, after all.

But you'll come home with more than lovely memories

This is where the retreat becomes different.

I don't want you to leave Devon feeling wonderful on Sunday and find yourself back in exactly the same patterns by Wednesday.

During our time together, you'll be introduced to The Menopause Plan — a practical framework to help you understand what you need and decide what you want to change.

We'll look honestly at where you are now.

What's working.

What's draining you.

What you've perhaps tolerated for too long.

And what you want the next chapter of your life to look like.

Not somebody else's version of it.

Yours.

You'll leave with practical techniques you can use at home, a recipe booklet full of ideas to take with you, a follow-up call already booked and, most importantly, a plan.

Because feeling better isn't about changing everything overnight.

It's about knowing which small changes matter to you — and having the confidence to make them.

You'll be looked after, too

For these few days, you don't have to be the person making everything happen.

We'll look after you.

You'll be nurtured, supported and very well fed, with all meals included and thoughtfully created with menopause and midlife wellbeing in mind.

There'll be beautiful countryside, nourishing food, movement, conversation, laughter, quiet moments and space to breathe.

And you'll share it with a small group of women who understand that this stage of life can be challenging — but also that it can be the beginning of something rather brilliant.

Why retreat with me?

I'm a qualified, certified Menopause Coach and an affiliate of the British Menopause Society.

So yes, this will be a beautiful few days away.

But it isn't just a beautiful few days away.

Everything we do has a purpose: helping you understand yourself better, feel more confident about the choices available to you and give you practical tools you can continue using when you go home.

My role isn't to tell you how your life should look.

It's to give you the knowledge, support and space to work out what you want it to look like.

And why now?

Because there will always be a reason to put yourself off.

Work is busy.

Someone needs you.

There's something else the money could be spent on.

Maybe you'll do something for yourself when life calms down.

But what if this isn't the part of your life you simply have to get through?

What if it's the point where you get to choose what comes next?

You are one of the most important resources in your life — and often in the lives of everyone around you.

You deserve some of that care, attention and energy too.

Come to Devon.

Take a few days away from everything that usually comes first.

Rest. Learn. Laugh. Think.

And go home feeling clearer, steadier and more confident about what comes next.

Not a new you.

You — with a little more space, a little more knowledge, and a much clearer idea of what you want.

"I always leave feeling clearer, more empowered and more confident in myself. Lucy has an incredible gift for helping you recognise strengths you either hadn't seen in yourself or hadn't fully believed in."

— Carly

This retreat is for you if…

On paper, life might look pretty good.

You've built a career. You've looked after people. You've coped with difficult things. You're capable, independent and usually the person who gets on with it.

But lately, you might not feel quite like you.

Maybe your confidence has taken a knock.

Your energy isn't what it was. Your brain feels too full. You're more anxious, tired or overwhelmed than you'd like to admit.

Perhaps you've spent so long taking care of everyone and everything else that you're not entirely sure what you need anymore.

And there's a little voice somewhere inside you saying:

There has to be more to the next part of my life than just carrying on like this.

If that sounds familiar, this retreat was created with you in mind.

It's for you if you want to…

Feel like yourself again — clearer, calmer, more confident and more in control.
Understand what's happening in your body and discover practical ways to support yourself through menopause and midlife.
Get your energy back and learn small, realistic changes that work in an actual busy life.
Step away from being the responsible one for a few days and allow somebody else to look after you.
Have proper time to think about what you want — not what your work, partner, children, family or everyone else needs from you.
Reconnect with your body with movement, nourishing food, rest and time outdoors rather than punishing it for changing.
Meet other women who get it, without having to explain yourself or pretend everything is fine.
Laugh and enjoy yourself. Because this isn't three days of serious self-improvement. There will be good food, conversation, countryside, a hot tub and plenty of fun too.
Come home with something tangible — not just feeling refreshed, but knowing what you want to do differently and where to begin.

You don't have to be at breaking point to need a retreat.

In fact, I'd rather you weren't.

You don't need to wait until you're completely exhausted, you've lost all your confidence or life has become unmanageable before deciding that you deserve some attention too.

Sometimes you simply need to get out of your normal environment for long enough to hear yourself think.

Three days where you don't have to hold everything together.

Three days to rest.

Three days to understand yourself a little better.

Three days to remember what you enjoy.

And three days to start asking a question we don't ask ourselves nearly enough:

What do I want now?

If you've read this far and something inside you is thinking God, I need this…

Maybe you do.

What your days in Devon will actually feel like

This isn't the kind of retreat where you'll be rushing from one activity to the next with a timetable in your hand.

There'll be structure, of course.

But there'll also be space.

Because when was the last time you had enough of that?

Mornings that don't start with an alarm and an inbox

You'll wake up in the Devon countryside with nowhere you need to rush to.

No commute. No school run. No emails demanding an immediate answer.

We'll start the day gently — perhaps with yoga or some time outside — before sitting down to a delicious breakfast that somebody else has prepared.

And you won't have to clear it away.

Already sounding good?

We'll use the mornings for some of our coaching and menopause sessions, when you're rested and have the headspace to really think.

Not lectures.

Conversations.

Practical, useful information about your body, your wellbeing and the things that can help you feel better — alongside the bigger conversations about confidence, priorities, boundaries and what you want from this stage of your life.

There'll be notebooks, cups of tea and probably quite a lot of laughter too.

Afternoons with room to breathe

After lunch, things slow down.

We might walk through the countryside, spend time reflecting or come together for a group session.

You'll also have time that is completely yours.

And you don't have to use it productively.

Read your book.

Have a nap.

Sit outside with a cup of tea.

Talk to another woman who's somehow gone from stranger to someone you've told half your life story to.

Get into the hot tub.

Stare at the view.

Do absolutely nothing.

Nobody is going to ask what you've achieved.

That's rather the point.

Evenings around the table

There's something rather special about a group of women sitting around a table together when nobody has to cook, organise the evening or rush off somewhere afterwards.

We'll eat beautiful, nourishing food.

We'll talk.

We'll laugh.

We'll share as much or as little as we want to.

And as the retreat unfolds, something lovely tends to happen.

You start to exhale.

The shoulders drop.

The mind quietens.

The conversations get deeper.

The things that felt enormously complicated at home can start to look a little clearer when you've had enough distance from them.

And you remember that looking after yourself can actually feel good.

Not selfish.

Not indulgent.

Not another thing you ought to be doing better.

Just good.

And somewhere amongst all of that…

We'll start thinking about what happens when you go home.

Because I don't want you to leave with a notebook full of lovely intentions that disappears into a drawer on Monday morning.

You'll use The Menopause Plan to identify the changes that could make the biggest difference to your life.

Not twenty new habits.

Not an impossible morning routine.

Not a completely reinvented version of yourself.

A few things that matter.

You might realise you need to protect your sleep.

Move differently.

Eat differently.

Ask for help.

Put a boundary somewhere there hasn't been one before.

Stop saying yes automatically.

Make space for something you've missed.

Or finally give yourself permission to want something different.

Your plan will be personal to you.

And because you'll have a follow-up call after the retreat, you won't be left to figure out how to make it all work once real life starts again.

You'll arrive as a guest. You'll leave feeling like you've had a proper reset.

Hopefully you'll leave rested.

Definitely well fed.

Probably with a few new friends.

But more importantly, I want you to leave feeling more like yourself.

Clearer about what your body needs.

More confident about the choices available to you.

More connected to what you want.

And with a plan that feels exciting and achievable rather than overwhelming.

You may even find yourself wondering why on earth you waited so long to give yourself a few days like these.

This isn't about escaping your life.

It's about stepping out of it for long enough to decide how you want to step back in.

Everything is taken care of

Once you arrive, I want you to be able to switch off.

No wondering where you're going to eat.

No organising.

No trying to fit everything in.

No looking after everybody else.

For these few days, we're looking after you.

Your Devon Retreat includes:

🌿 Your stay in the beautiful Devon countryside

A few precious days away from normal life, surrounded by nature and with the space to properly slow down.

This isn't a huge, anonymous retreat.

It's intentionally small, so you'll be known, supported and have the opportunity to form genuine connections with the women you're sharing it with.

🍽️ All your meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included, along with drinks and snacks throughout your stay.

The food will be delicious, nourishing and created with menopause and midlife wellbeing in mind.

And one of the loveliest things?

You just get to sit down and eat it.

No shopping. No planning. No cooking. No clearing up afterwards.

🧘 Menopause-informed yoga and movement

Gentle, supportive sessions designed to help you reconnect with your body rather than push it harder.

You don't need to be bendy.

You don't need to be "good at yoga".

And nobody is checking whether you can touch your toes.

💬 Group coaching

These are the conversations we rarely give ourselves enough time to have.

We'll explore confidence, wellbeing, boundaries, priorities, identity and what you want from the next chapter of your life.

You'll have the benefit of my coaching, but also something incredibly powerful: hearing other women say things you've been quietly thinking yourself.

🧠 Practical menopause support

We'll look at the everyday things that can make a real difference to how you feel — including food, movement, hydration, sleep, stress and managing an overloaded mind.

This isn't about giving you another enormous list of things you "should" be doing.

It's about understanding your options and working out what could actually help you.

🌬️ Mindfulness and tools for calmer days

Simple, practical techniques you can use when your mind is racing, anxiety creeps in or everything simply feels a bit too much.

Things you can genuinely take home and use in real life.

✍️ Your own time to reflect

We'll use journalling and guided reflection to help you step away from the noise and think about where you are now — and where you want to go next.

Sometimes the answers are already there.

We just haven't been quiet for long enough to hear them.

🫧 Hot tub, countryside and proper downtime

Yes, this is about making meaningful changes.

But it's also a retreat.

So there is absolutely time for soaking in the hot tub, walking, reading, chatting, laughing, napping or sitting somewhere beautiful doing very little indeed.

Rest is part of the plan.

📖 Your introduction to The Menopause Plan

During the retreat, you'll begin creating your own practical framework for what happens next.

You'll identify the areas that matter most to you and the small changes that could have the biggest impact once you're back home.

So instead of leaving thinking "I really must look after myself better", you'll leave knowing what that actually looks like for you.

🍋 Your recipe booklet to take home

You'll leave with recipes and inspiration from the retreat, so some of what you've enjoyed in Devon can become part of everyday life too.

📞 A follow-up coaching call

Because coming home is often the difficult bit.

Good intentions meet emails, washing, work, family and a diary that's already too full.

So your retreat doesn't simply end when you leave Devon.

We'll have a follow-up call to see how you're getting on, what's working, where you've got stuck and what might need adjusting.

You won't be sent home with a notebook and a cheery "good luck".

We'll make sure the changes you've chosen have a chance to become part of your life.

What you're really taking home

Yes, you're paying for the accommodation, food, yoga, coaching, workshops and everything else that's included.

But that's not really why you come.

You come for the chance to stop.

To be looked after.

To understand yourself better.

To remember what it feels like to have some energy left for you.

To have conversations you've been putting off having with yourself.

And to go home knowing what you want to do next.

A few days in Devon.

But hopefully, the beginning of changes you'll feel for much longer.

Your Devon Retreat at a glance

You've read this far.

Maybe you've already started imagining yourself here.

So here are the practical bits.

📍 Where

Beautiful rural Devon

Countryside. Fresh air. Space to breathe. And enough distance from everyday life to properly switch off.

📅 Choose the dates that work for you

The Devon Retreat runs on several dates, so you can choose the one that fits best with your life.

You'll see all currently available retreat dates when you book.

Because finding time for yourself can be difficult enough — I don't want finding the right weekend to be another reason you put it off.

💚 Just 7 women

This matters.

There will never be more than seven women on each retreat.

No big groups. No getting lost in the crowd. No feeling like you're on a corporate away day with matching water bottles.

Keeping the retreat small means I have time for you.

It means conversations can be honest, coaching can be personal and there's space for everyone to be heard.

And it creates the kind of atmosphere where seven women who arrive not knowing one another can very quickly find themselves talking, laughing and saying:

"Oh my goodness, I thought that was just me."

🏡 Choose how you'd like to stay

There are different accommodation options available, with prices varying depending on the option you choose.

Most are designed for you to have your own private space — somewhere to close the door, exhale and enjoy a little time completely to yourself.

But perhaps you've been reading this thinking:

“I'd love to do it… but I'd really rather come with someone.”

You can.

One of our accommodation options sleeps two, so you can come with a friend and share the experience together.

Maybe there's someone in your life who could do with a few days like this just as much as you could.

The friend you keep saying you need to spend more time with.

The one you have the brilliant conversations with but never quite manage to organise that weekend away.

Or the person you immediately thought of when you started reading this page.

Send her the link.

This could be the thing you actually stop talking about doing and finally book.

And if you're coming on your own?

Please don't let that stop you.

You won't be the only one.

With a maximum of just seven women, this is deliberately designed to feel small, warm and welcoming. There are no established groups you're expected to somehow fit into and no pressure to be sociable every minute of the day.

Come alone and enjoy having your own space.

Come with a friend and share it.

Either way, these few days are yours.

You'll see all the available accommodation options and prices when you choose your retreat dates, including the option that can be shared by two guests.

Whichever you choose, the retreat experience remains the same — all the coaching, sessions, food, activities, support and follow-up are included.

💷 Make it work for you

You don't have to pay for your retreat all at once.

Payment plans are available, allowing you to spread the cost in the run-up to your stay.

You'll be able to see your accommodation choices, prices and payment options before you confirm your booking.

No surprises.

Just choose the combination that works best for you.

Everything else is taken care of

Once you've booked, you can start looking forward to being the person who isn't organising everything for once.

Your retreat includes your accommodation, all meals, drinks and snacks, menopause-informed yoga and movement, group coaching, one-to-one coaching with me, menopause and wellbeing sessions, mindfulness, guided reflection, your introduction to The Menopause Plan, your take-home recipe booklet, downtime and your post-retreat follow-up coaching call.

And yes…

there's a hot tub.