The Empowered Life Retreat
Gran Canaria | October 19th–23rd, 2026
An intimate, transformational retreat for people who are ready to step away from the noise, reconnect with what they really want, and think bigger about their life, work, money and future.
Finca Nido del Cuervo, Mogán, Gran Canaria
Just 12 places available.
Join Me In Gran Canaria!A few days to step away, think bigger and reconnect with what you want next
The Empowered Life Retreat is an intimate retreat in Gran Canaria for people who are ready to step away from everyday life and create the space to think more expansively about their life, work, money and future.
With just 12 places available, this is a deliberately small and personal experience. Over the course of the retreat, we’ll combine powerful workshops and masterminding with thoughtful conversations, beautiful surroundings, shared meals, wellness activities, local experiences and plenty of time to reflect.
You may come with a specific decision you want to make, an idea you want to explore or a change you’ve been thinking about for some time. Or you may simply have the sense that you’re ready for something more, even if you haven’t yet worked out exactly what that looks like.
You don’t need to arrive with the answers. The point is to give yourself the space, environment and conversations that can help those answers become clearer.
 Some experiences stay with you long after they end
When life is full, it can be surprisingly difficult to give the bigger questions our attention. We deal with what is immediately in front of us, make the decisions that need to be made and keep moving. Meanwhile, the ideas, ambitions and changes we’ve been thinking about stay somewhere in the background.
Sometimes what we need isn’t more information or another strategy. We need to get out of our normal environment for long enough to see things differently.
That is what this retreat is designed to give you.
In the mountains of Gran Canaria, away from the usual demands of home and work, you’ll have time to look at your life as a whole. We’ll explore your work, money, wellbeing, ambitions and the direction you want to take next, while leaving plenty of room for the conversations, ideas and insights we can’t plan in advance.
You don’t need to come because something is wrong. You may already have a life that is successful, full and meaningful. You can appreciate everything you have created and still wonder what else might be possible.
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What You’ll Experience
Bigger thinking and fresh perspective
You’ll have time to step back from the details of everyday life and look at the bigger picture. We’ll explore what is working, what may have run its course, what you want more of and where you may be limiting your choices because of what feels practical, familiar or expected.
Through workshops, guided reflection and conversation, you’ll have the opportunity to explore ideas and possibilities that can be difficult to see when you’re immersed in normal life. The aim is to leave with a stronger sense of what matters to you now, greater confidence in yourself and a clearer idea of what you want to do next.
Work, direction and decision-making
Your work is a significant part of your life, but it shouldn’t be considered separately from the life you actually want to live.
You may want to grow what you’ve already built, change the way you work, explore a new idea or consider a completely different direction. You may simply know that the way you are working now isn’t how you want to work forever.
We’ll create space to explore those questions properly, talk through ideas, hear different perspectives and begin turning your thinking into clearer priorities and practical next steps.
Money, values and confidence
Money affects far more than our bank balance. It influences the choices we make, the opportunities we consider, the risks we are prepared to take and sometimes even what we believe we are allowed to want.
We’ll look at your relationship with money in a grounded and honest way, connecting your financial decisions with your values, ambitions and real-life circumstances. This isn’t about pursuing somebody else’s definition of wealth or success. It’s about understanding your own patterns more deeply and making financial choices with greater confidence and intention.
Rest, movement and enjoyment
This isn’t five days of sitting in a room talking about personal development. The space around the sessions is an important part of the experience too.
There will be gentle yoga, nourishing food, relaxed shared meals and carefully chosen local experiences, alongside time to journal, read, walk, talk or simply do nothing for a while. The retreat will have enough structure to create meaningful progress, but enough breathing room for you to absorb what is coming up and enjoy where you are.
Meaningful conversations and connection
With up to 12 participants, you’ll be part of a small group of thoughtful, growth-minded people bringing different experiences, perspectives and ideas to the week.
Some of the most valuable moments may happen outside the formal sessions. A conversation over dinner can change how you see something. Someone can ask a question you hadn’t thought to ask yourself. Hearing another person speak honestly about their own experience can help you understand something about your own.
You’ll have space to contribute, think things through out loud, listen and be listened to. There is no expectation to arrive with everything figured out. You can simply come as you are.
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Why This Retreat?
There are plenty of retreats where you can escape everyday life for a few days. I want this one to help you return to it differently.
The Empowered Life Retreat brings together personal growth, professional development, money, wellbeing and meaningful human connection because those parts of our lives don’t exist independently of one another. The way you feel about yourself influences the decisions you make. Your relationship with money affects the possibilities you consider. Your work influences your wellbeing, and your vision for your life shapes what success actually means to you.
The retreat is intentionally limited to 12 people because the quality of the group matters. A smaller group creates the trust and space for honest conversations, deeper masterminding and genuine connection. You’ll have room to contribute, be heard and get to know the people around you without disappearing into a crowded room.
It is also intentionally spacious. Meaningful shifts don’t only happen during workshops. Sometimes the important moment comes afterwards, during a conversation over dinner, while you’re sitting quietly with something we discussed earlier or when somebody offers a perspective you hadn’t considered.
You may arrive with a decision you want to make or an ambition you’re ready to explore. Or you may simply know that you want something more from the next chapter of your life without being able to define exactly what that is yet.
You don’t need to know what will shift before you arrive. You just need to be willing to create the space to find out.
Your Time in Gran Canaria
The retreat officially begins on Monday, October 19th with our Welcome Dinner. You can arrive during the day, settle into your accommodation and meet the rest of the group that evening. If you would prefer a little more time to settle in, you also have the option to arrive on Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday, October 20th through Thursday, October 22nd are our core retreat days. We’ll combine workshops, masterminding, guided reflection and group conversations with wellness activities, shared meals and local experiences. The days will have structure without feeling crammed, giving you time to engage fully with the sessions and enough space afterwards for ideas and conversations to develop.
On Friday, October 23rd, we’ll have breakfast followed by a final masterminding and planning session. This is our opportunity to bring together the insights and decisions from the week and think about how you want to take them forward when you return home. You can depart after this session or stay longer depending on your travel plans.
If you’d like to extend your time in Gran Canaria, you have the option to stay until Sunday, October 25th, with Friday afternoon and Saturday available for relaxation, reflection and your own activities.
Your Home for the Retreat
Finca Nido del Cuervo, Mogán
The Empowered Life Retreat takes place at Finca Nido del Cuervo, a peaceful hillside finca in the mountains of Mogán, Gran Canaria. I chose the setting because I wanted us somewhere that genuinely felt removed from normal life, with beautiful surroundings and enough space to both come together and spend time alone.
The finca becomes part of the retreat experience. Think slow mornings overlooking the mountains, long conversations over shared meals, quiet moments with a coffee on the terrace and time to simply enjoy being somewhere different. It is an environment that invites you to slow down and gives your thoughts room to wander.
Accommodation is spread across four fully furnished villas, creating a relaxed balance of privacy and togetherness. Participants will stay in comfortable private or twin-share bedrooms, with shared living areas, terraces and outdoor spaces throughout the finca.
A limited number of twin rooms are available for friends attending together or participants who are happy to share. There is plenty of space to gather as a group and equally plenty of opportunity to find somewhere quiet to journal, read, reflect or simply take in the mountain surroundings.
Once your place is reserved, I’ll share the full accommodation details with you personally so that your stay feels comfortable, relaxed and well suited to your retreat experience.
Reserve your place in Gran Canaria
The retreat investment is ÂŁ1,500 per person.
 Payment plans are available.
FEATURED IN:
I’m Sarah McCalden. My work sits at the intersection of money, mindset, wellbeing, and personal growth. I support thoughtful, capable people to think more expansively about their lives, their work, and the decisions that shape their financial future.
My own path to this work wasn’t straightforward. Earlier in life I experienced addiction and the deep sense of unworthiness that can come with it. Rebuilding my life required changing how I saw myself, how I made decisions, and what I believed was possible. That process eventually led me into the world of personal development, where I studied and trained in success and mindset work that continues to influence how I guide others today.
Over the years I’ve worked with individuals and small groups who are often already doing well on the outside but know something deeper needs attention. The most valuable work rarely happens through more information or strategy. It happens when people are given the space to slow down, reflect honestly, and reconnect with what they truly want.
That’s the kind of space I hold on this retreat.
I’ll guide the sessions and create a structure that supports thoughtful conversations and fresh insight and renewed perspective, while leaving plenty of room for reflection, quiet thinking, and decisions to settle naturally.
The people who come to my work are often experienced, intelligent, and carrying a lot of responsibility. My role is not to tell you what to do, but to help you hear yourself more clearly and move forward with greater confidence, self-trust and momentum. If that kind of space feels valuable to you, you’ll feel at home here.
Questions You May Have
The Empowered Life Retreat is an intimate personal and professional growth retreat for a maximum of 12 participants in Gran Canaria. It combines facilitated workshops, masterminding, meaningful conversations, reflection, wellbeing and local experiences, giving you the opportunity to step away from everyday life and think more deeply about what you want next. Email me: [email protected]Â or you can WhatsApp.
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Give Yourself the Space to Think About What Comes Next
There will always be reasons to wait. Work gets busy, other people need us and it is easy to convince ourselves that we’ll make time for the bigger questions later.
But sometimes there comes a point when you realise you don’t want another year to pass with the same ideas, questions or ambitions sitting quietly in the background.
You may want to think bigger about your work, feel differently about money, explore a change or simply ask yourself what you want the next few years of your life to look like. The Empowered Life Retreat gives you the space to do that somewhere beautiful, surrounded by a small group of people who are equally interested in growth, possibility and living more intentionally.
My intention is that you leave Gran Canaria having had a wonderful few days, but also with something much more valuable: a stronger connection to what you want and greater confidence about where you go from here.
The Empowered Life Retreat, Gran Canaria
October 19th–23rd, 2026
ÂŁ1,500 per person | Payment plans available
12 places available