It’s time to take action with your business
Starting with a Healthy Business Retreat where you get to combine the two most important things in your business. Planning for your business, the practical side of running it and healthy nutritious food.
What could be better?
We will also be including time out when you can relax in the beautiful house we are staying at, or you can walk in the surrounding countryside.
All this amazing business planning and retreating will clearly require a good input of food.
Claire, from Claire Stone Nutrition will be making sure that your brain and body get exactly what they need on this retreat. This doesn’t mean you will be eating the healthiest, most boring foods. Far from it; chocolate and wine will also be on the menu. What Claire will show you is how to prepare meals which seem ‘normal’ but are actually super charged to give you and your brain all the power it needs to retreat like a Queen.
And as this was not enough to push your business forward
Magdalena, your house host and Creative Business Strategist ( Magdalena Marsden ) will be on hand to guide you through the mystical world of SEO, website traffic and social media strategies and will show you how best to leverage what you already have.
This is a unique combination of business planning and retreat giving you time out that will make a difference to your business.
The Healthy Business Retreat
The practical details!
Date: 29 September 2015 – 1 October 2015 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Time: 12 noon start on Tuesday with finishing time around 3.30pm on Thursday
Cost: £297 for shared twin room with shared bathroom (early bird price – book before 31 August 2015, normal price £397)
£447 for single room with private bathroom (early bird price – book before 31 August 2015, normal price £497)
Where: Pillowell, near Lydney, Gloucestershire with good links to motorways and public transport. Close to Cardiff, Bristol and about 2,5 hrs from London
Group Size: small group of no more than 8 participants
Who is this for? This retreat is for business women owners only or women thinking of starting their own businesses
£297
Twin Room with shared bathroom
£447
Single room with en-suite
Here is what's included:
- Accommodation (for 2 nights)
- All meals made with delicious healthy food (all dietary requirements are catered for, just let us know)
- 3 days of business masterminding, training and working on your business
- ‘Hands on’ healthy food workshops
- A very practical goodie bag to take home with you with healthy food ideas & other treats
- Access to our private Healthy Business Retreat Facebook group for further support
- Pre–retreat work to set you on the right path before we get started
- Weekly healthy food planner which you can personalise with Claire during the retreat
- One to One session with Claire to get you back on track with your food & health One to One session with Magdalena to get your social media strategy, seo or other practical business issues sorted 3 live session via Skype as a follow up mastermind with both Claire & Magdalena – for 3 months after the Healthy Business Retreat (1 session a month)
... and here is the big plan!
Day 1
12 noon – 1 pm
Arrivals & Welcome
1pm – 2 pm
Lunch & Introductions
Afternoon
Introduction
Healthy Session
Business Session
5-6pm
Food Demonstration & hands on cooking & food talk
6.30 – 7.30pm
Dinner
8-10pm
Work on your business, relax or book your complimentary session with Magdalena and Claire
Day 2
8-9 am
Breakfast
Food talk & hands on food workshop
Morning
Business & Health Session – these sessions will be a mixture of targeted business training, health and working on your own business
12 noon – 1 pm
Food talk & food hands on workshop
1pm – 2 pm
Lunch
Afternoon
Business & Health Session – these sessions will be a mixture of targeted business training, health and working on your own business
5-6pm
Food Demonstration & hands on cooking & food talk
6.30 – 7.30pm
Dinner
8-10pm
Work on your business, relax or book your complimentary session with Magdalena and Claire
Day 2
8-9 am
Breakfast
Food talk & hands on food workshop
Morning
Business & Health Session – these sessions will be a mixture of targeted business training, health and working on your own business
12 noon – 1 pm
Food talk & food hands on workshop
1pm – 2 pm
Lunch
Afternoon session
Official ‘Goodbyes’ at 3 pm
After 3pm
Stay a little, relax, have another cup of tea or book your complimentary session with Magdalena and Claire
A quick note!
This is just a rough plan – our idea of how the Healthy Business Retreat could look like.
The final content will be completely down to you!
Well, nearly… (we are still not going to eat processed hamburgers…)
We will tailor made the sessions based on what you would like to do and what you need to focus on your business and healthy eating right now.
How are we going to do that?
Once you reserve your space, you will receive a short questionnaire to help you (and us!) identify the key areas to concentrate. You will also have the opportunity to meet everyone before the retreat virtually on our private Healthy Business Retreat Facebook Group and chat to us there.
It’s also worth mentioning, that everything is optional, so if you don’t fancy joining us for a particular session and would rather work on your own or go for a walk, that’s absolutely fine.
Meet the team!
Magdalena Marsden
Business Mentor
Magdalena Marsden is creative person who spends her time between bread baking and working with business owners who need help with practical side of running their businesses. She is the founder of Cocoa & Heart and Handmade Kent. Ask her about SEO and website traffic and she will talk for hours…
Claire Stone
Nutritionist
Claire Stone, from Claire Stone Nutrition might be a nutritionist, but she is no food dictator. She likes chocolate (a lot) and her work recharges your body and revitalises your mind without you having to quit all the food you love.
What people said about the last retreat...
Taking time out to focus on my new business, in the company of likeminded women, with healthy food to boot, was the perfect combination.
The results since the retreat also speak for themselves, I have secured a new client on a 6 month project, got clarity on my website offering and feel altogether more confident in creating a successful business
- Secluded location
- Comfortable bedrooms (single or twin some with en-suite, one private room with en-suite)
- Shared steam shower and Jacuzzi bath with built in massage jets and radio
- Large lounge & kitchen for all to enjoy
- Patio Garden & private back garden
- Wifi signal can be a little temperamental
Comfortable detached cottage with private garden and secluded location.
Ground floor: Living room with French doors and laminate floor. Dining room/kitchen/conservatory with tiled floor. Games room with double sofa bed. 1 double (5ft) bedroom with en-suite wet room and toilet. Separate toilet. Open tread stairs to first floor: 4 bedrooms: 1 double (5ft) with additional single and en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet, 2 twin, 1 single. Bathroom/sauna with shower over Jacuzzi bath and toilet.
Multi-fuel burners in living room and games room included. Oil central heating (partially underfloor), electricity, bed linen and towels included. Seven TVs (1 satellite, 6 Freeview). DVD. Playstation 3. Wii. Electric range. Microwave. Washing machine. Tumble dryer. Dishwasher. Freezer. Fridge/freezer. Wi-fi. Large, enclosed, lawned garden with patio, terrace, sitting-out area and furniture. Barbecue. Ample parking. Cycle store. Games room with games consoles and piano. No smoking. NB: Sloping banks, 6 steps and water fountain in garden.
Situated within the Forest of Dean, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this detached holiday cottage offers comfortable accommodation.
There are numerous attractions locally such as Mallards Pike Lake, Go Ape Tree Top Adventure, The Sculpture Trail, Puzzlewood, Perrygrove Railway, Dean Forest Railway and Dean Heritage Centre.
Shop 1 mile, pub ¼ mile and restaurant 3 miles.
Our retreat house is based in Pillowell, near Lydney, Gloucestershire
You will need to make your arrangements to travel to the house. There is ample parking at the property and we are happy to pick you up from the nearest train or bus station (Lydney).
We will provide you will detailed travel directions on receiving your booking.
Have a question? See if we have the answer!
I can't make this time, are you planning another date?
Yes, we are already planning regular retreats and if you would like to be the first one to know, just join my business tips & ideas newsletter here and you will be the first one to know when the next retreat is planned.
P.S. you will also get ‘How to be a social media PRO’ guide as a thank you.
The next Healthy Business Retreat (after our September one) will take place in February 2016 with further dates planned for June and September.
What was the previous retreat like?
Oh, yes! And what a great question!
You can find Claire’s brilliant write up about the first Healthy Business Retreat on her blog just here.
Fancy making one of the many recipes that were inspired by the retreat? Try this easy Crispbread recipe on Cocoa & Heart’s website.
You can also track us down by following the hashtag #healthybizretreat on twitter.
And finally if you are into reading papers, we were even featured in Bristol Post on 2 April 2015 (and we are getting the pdf to show you soon!)
Who do I contact, if I have more questions?
I’m always happy to answer any of your questions and you are welcome to e-mail me just here:
hello(at) magdalenamarsden (dot) co (dot) uk
or complete the contact form bellow
Healthy Business Retreat