The Good Girl to Goddess Retreat

Annabelle Harding is a creative and compassionate facilitator with a deep belief in the power of group experiences to unlock personal and collective transformation and expansion. With a background in Psychology and a role as Learning Designer at The School of Life, she specialises in crafting emotionally rich, psychologically grounded learning programmes that support people to reflect, connect, and grow. Annabelle has written and designed content on more than 60 human skills for leadership teams and corporate clients around the world - spanning topics such as emotional intelligence, self-awareness, resilience, and creativity. She has facilitated impactful sessions for individuals and groups alike, blending psychological insight with intuitive warmth to create spaces where people feel safe enough to be challenged, moved, and changed. As part of her commitment to holistic development, Annabelle is also a trainee yoga teacher, currently expanding her practice into somatics, meditation, and embodied learning. She brings this grounded, body-aware lens into her design and facilitation, inviting people not just to understand themselves - but to feel and inhabit their experience more fully. A passionate writer herself, Annabelle sees writing as a therapeutic and meaning-making practice, one that weaves deeply into her work, helping people access their inner wisdom and unlock their most authentic selves.

I am Chris Bookless AKA Conscious Cook. I am a real foodie at heart with a passion for cooking authentic, healthy and healing food. Diet and nutrition are of great importance to me, as is sharing my story of how healthy, conscious living changed my life and how it can change yours too. Nutritious food does not need to be boring - it should be fun, exciting and packed full of flavour, leaving you feeling nourished in mind, body and soul. Living in Turkey as a child exposed me to a rich and exciting food culture. Travelling the country, meeting and sharing food with locals in their open-hearted, casual approach has been a major influence on the ethos of my food and cooking style. I cherish food as a positive and ceremonial element of life that can put smiles on faces and bring people together. I have always been a passionate home cook which led me into naturally being a self-taught chef. Along the way to expand my horizons, I have had experience working with amazing food entrepreneur Jimmys POP-UP, vegan organic cafe Mother in Hackney wick and London Fields Brewery. I have also worked within the creative industry for the past 15 years as a DJ, music producer, label and events manager, freelance graphic designer and creative director, as well as owning a fashion label LESS Clothing. Eating well has always been a central aspect to life with my family being foodies but when I suffered serious gut problems 4 years ago, I was pushed to entirely re-evaluate my diet and lifestyle. During this period I learned a lot about nutrition and how you can make the tastiest food with very few ingredients and little budget. I now live a dairy-free, gluten-free and refined sugar-free diet which has made me highly inventive, concentrating on whole foods and an endless array of herbs and spices. 6 years ago my lifestyle change led me into a spiritual journey, exploring energy healing, sound and other modalities of holistic healing, which enhanced my view on food and nutrition, realising that our view on food needs to be shifted towards a more conscious one. Where we buy our food, where it comes from, understanding food is energy and vibration made by the elements. Food is a life force for our bodies so we should think about our food and eating choices, and we should always give gratitude. My mission is to use food as my healing modality, combining energy practices and wellbeing to create a more educated future for ourselves and our planet. I have a true passion for cooking vegan food with veggies always taking centre stage on my menus. It is my mission to provide a tasty conscious food experience that is free from dairy, gluten and refined sugar, using superfoods, spices, seasonal whole foods and organic produce - leaving diners feeling nurtured and educated in every sense. My unfolding venture as Conscious Cook allows me to give people an exciting take on healthy food and wellbeing - whether I’m providing Conscious Catering, supper clubs or teaching my Conscious Cookshops. Food has and always will be a complete way of life for me, so I’m excited to share my trademark, flavoursome and healing food with you all!

Josie has been working with women for over 11 years through energy healing, sound and womb work. She launched her practice in 2014 whilst living between Ibiza and London - a moment of full devotion to her path in service to the awakening of humanity. Since then she has shared her sessions with thousands of women around the world. Known for her healing hands and compassionate presence, Josie creates sacred spaces where deep shifts can unfold - emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. She believes that these natural, powerful tools - energy, sound and ceremony - are a key part of our collective healing and remembering. Over the years her work has been featured in British Vogue, i-D, Tatler, Elle, The Telegraph, Mr Porter, and Pioneer. In addition to her practice, she has released two albums of soul songs - New Earth (2020) and Great Mother (2023) - available on all major streaming platforms. Josie currently lives in the mountains of Ibiza with her family where she offers sessions and retreats.

"What matters to me is your right to feel safe in body, intimacy and sex. And in turn, safe in your relationship with the world and those around you. What matters to me is that you shine in the fullest, creative expression of YOU beyond the designs and limitations of fears, resistance and trauma. I believe we deserve to know & trust, our bodies, touch & intimacy. To know our sex as our creative limitless potential." Michelle has shared her work with many, for 23 years, specialising in Sexual Trauma & Intimacy as a Tantric educator, trauma body worker and counsellor for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Her passion stems from her own journey of discovering the medicine in the poison as she set it upon herself to reclaim her body, her breath, her sexuality and sensuality and express that in new, life enriching ways. Michelle very much believes that our mind can only take us so far into any release of body trauma and healing of our sexuality. The discovery of who we authentically are is not hidden in our thoughts but in the sensuality and home of our body. Her touch has been described by many as her gift to others. Her gentle, authentically honest & calming approach, a comforting breath of fresh air.

A decade ago, I was working in a job that didn’t inspire me, I was exhausted from always doing things for other people and neglecting myself, I had no idea what the word “self-love” even meant, and I made almost no time for myself. At one point I was so unhappy, I considered taking my own life. That was my turning point – things needed to change. I could feel a truth inside of me, something much more fundamental and authentic than the life I was living, and I set out to find it by making incremental changes every day and trying countless personal development tools. Today, I am lucky enough to wake up to work that lights me up, I have healthy boundaries in my relationships, and I feel more joy, authenticity and creativity than ever before. My self-critical, mean voice has been lowered to a whisper and a small, still voice helps to guide me every day. Talk about making a 180-degree shift! This trajectory from the “good girl” that I was – living a life according to someone else’s goals, dreams and desires – to the “goddess” that I can now embody did not happen overnight, and the practices that I share in the GGTG program were developed over many years. I am excited to share them with you. Almost every woman in modern society has a good girl inside who is putting others’ feelings and desires ahead of her own, taking responsibility for other people’s happiness, using a self-critical voice in her head to motivate her, and striving to achieve her best, yet feeling that she constantly falls short. Instead of living a life that makes you feel anxious and exhausted, why not shift into one that fills you with peace, joy and creativity? By adopting just a few of the daily practices, mindset shifts and relationship tools that I describe in the course, you will see changes in your life almost overnight. Join me on a journey to heal your good girl and channel your goddess – I can’t wait to get started! ‍