Living your leadership, through all of life’s transitions. Exhale first, growth is next.
Our Signature Retreat.
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The Elements.
This isn’t just time away and it isn’t just leadership work. It is a sacred return to your whole Self. Every element of Ebb & Haven has been carefully curated to nourish and stretch the whole of you.
We weave deep learning, leadership growth, an intentional daily rhythm, sensory experiences, community connection, and soulful exploration into each day you are with us. Our hope is that by the end of this experience, we have created a new container for you to hold your leadership along with all of the other roles you embody in a different way.
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The Flow.
Each day of Ebb & Haven is designed with care and intention, offering just enough structure to hold you, and just enough spaciousness to let you unfold. Together, the days create a rhythm of grounding, reflection, insight, and integration.
No one walks completely alone in their journey through mindset growth and change. Each day will allow shared learning and practices to enhance the way you show up, lead, and care for self and others.
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The Setting.
Set upon the ancestral lands of the Darkinjung people and nestled just outside of Sydney, Bells at Killcare is surrounded by the majestic and sacred Bouddi National Park. It is one of Australia’s most unique and luxurious retreats, blending coastal charm with a serene bushland setting.
The retreat is spread across lush, landscaped grounds, rich with native flora, flowing streams, a peaceful lake and many coastal bushwalks to explore. Bells at Kilcare offers an immersive experience in nature, a haven in every sense of the word.
2026 - New South Wales
Dates:
Monday 23 March through Friday 27 March
Arrive between 3 - 4pm on Monday, program commences at 5pm.
Check out by 11am Friday, program close at 1pm.
Program Rates and Details:
Early Bird Rate: $5,950 ex GST (Early Bird ends on 15 December)
Regular Rate: $6,850 ex GST (Regular Rate from 16 December to 16 January 2026)
Registration Closing Date: Friday 16 January 2026
Inclusions:
Intentionally designed daily workshops for shared development and meaningful growth.
Daily embodiment and mindfulness practices delivered by an exceptional guide (yoga, mindful walks, guided meditations, etc.).
One pre-retreat 30-minute coaching session to orient, and one post-retreat 60-minute coaching session to integrate the learning and experience.
Luxury accommodation at the Bells at Killcare resort.
All daily meals, including three-course dinners at the award-winning Wildflower Bar & Dining.
An online community and resources to keep the momentum and support going long after the retreat ends.
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Founder/Facilitator
Sheree Paterson is a leadership coach, guide, and companion in change, with over two decades of experience walking alongside leaders as they navigate growth, transition and the complexity of being human. A quietly confident presence, Sheree brings a grounded blend of deep expertise and soulful curiosity. Her career spans executive coaching, leadership development and systems thinking, but it’s her lived experience of personal transformation, caregiving and creating a life by the sea that now shapes her work in powerful new ways.
Ebb & Haven emerged from a question that has long called to her: Who are we, beneath the roles we play? And who are we becoming as life shifts around us? Sheree brings decades of experience, but shows up not as an expert, but as a companion in change, co-creating space for deep reflection and grounded insight. She offers frameworks, practices, and invitations drawn from research, real life and years of holding space for courageous growth. With her, nothing is forced. Everything is an offering. And everyone is invited to show up fully, held by community, grounded in wisdom, and open to what's next.
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Founder/Faciltator
Sara Boone Hartley helps leaders navigate complexity and change by anchoring in what matters most, their own inner wisdom. Her leadership coaching and program design and facilitation is rooted in being fully present, guided by connection and flexible structure. She does not believe in “fixing,” she believes in becoming. Clients describe her coaching as a calm, courageous space where their truth becomes visible, central and actionable.
Sara blends many years of executive-level experience along with her ICF certificate in executive coaching through Georgetown University, deep study in adult development theory, somatic awareness, and a deep reverence for the human story. She walks with leaders as guide, as they reframe challenges, reclaim agency, and remember who they are beneath the complexity and noise.
Whether working with nonprofit executives, business owners, public leaders, or changemakers at a crossroads, she supports transformation that is both tenacious and tender. Sara embraces the “messy grace” - a belief that our most authentic, sustainable growth emerges not from seeking perfection, but from sitting in the mess of it all with presence, reflection, and practice.
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Embodiment Facilitator
Anne Schoo is a guide of the soul, a nurturer of wholeness, and cultivator of embodied leadership. With over two decades of experience weaving ancient wisdom with modern psychological science, she walks beside others as they navigate life’s unfolding with grace, resilience, and authenticity. Her approach blends heart and intellect—drawing from yogic philosophy, mindfulness, Reiki, psychological insight, and the healing arts. Through nurturing practices, Anne gently invites each person to return to their essence, awakening self-awareness and deepening self-compassion.
As a retreat facilitator, Anne holds space with reverence and warmth, creating sanctuaries where women can rest, replenish, and reconnect with their wholeness. Her grounded presence is inclusive and infused with gentle humor and deep respect for the human journey.
Anne’s intention is that each person leaves with more than just memories—they carry living wisdom, embodied practices, and a sense of both soulful and community connection that continues to nourish their journey long after the retreat ends.
Retreat FAQ
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Ebb & Haven Retreat – Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
Develop somatic and emotional awareness
Learn to identify and regulate stress patterns through embodied practices, enhancing clarity and responsiveness in high-pressure leadership moments.
Strengthen inner leadership and self-trust
Cultivate deeper connection to intuition, values, and personal leadership narratives supporting grounded decision-making and authentic presence.
Build adaptive capacity in complex environments
Practice attunement to natural and relational rhythms, enhancing pacing, pattern recognition, and systems thinking in dynamic contexts.
Enhance relational intelligence and psychological safety
Engage in practices of deep listening, vulnerability, and shared humanity fostering cultures of trust, courageous conversation, and team cohesion.
Increase capacity to hold complexity and polarity
Explore developmental frameworks and engage in dialogue that supports navigating uncertainty, tension, and transformation in leadership.
Integrate insight into sustainable leadership practice
Translate personal reflection into actionable strategies through coaching, ritual, and rhythm, supporting long-term growth and wellbeing.
Model and embed restorative leadership rhythms
Experience and design practices that honour nourishment, pause, and reflection, reinforcing leadership cultures that value restoration alongside performance.
Co-create shared language and meaning
Use poetry, story, and ritual to anchor leadership identity and strengthen collective sensemaking within teams and organisations.
Leave with a personalised integration plan
Receive tailored coaching to embed retreat insights into real-world leadership contexts supporting strategic alignment and continued development.
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Yes! You can click through to a downloadable business case for your organisation to sponsor you. Feel free to contact us with any additional questions!
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Killcare Heights is situated on the spectacular NSW Bouddi Peninsula with many coastal bushwalks to explore. A quick 20-minute ferry trip from Sydney’s famous Palm Beach, or a 90-minute drive north from Sydney, when you arrive at Bells at Killcare, you’ll find it hard to believe that you’re so close to Australia’s largest and most cosmopolitan gateway city.
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Yes! The Bells at Killcare Menus are grounded in their core values of authenticity, simplicity and freshness, featuring seasonal dishes inspired by the produce grown and harvested in their famous kitchen gardens. In addition to this estate-grown produce, menus showcase as many local NSW producers, suppliers, winemakers and growers as possible.
Accommodations will be made for food allergies and special diets as much as is possible when requested. Contact us for any specifics and we can work with The Bells culinary staff to assure we meet your needs.
