women’s leadership retreats in Scotland and Sri Lanka
The Feminine Edge is a luxury women’s leadership retreat for founders, entrepreneurs and visionary women, with immersive retreat experiences in Scotland and Sri Lanka.
SOME STRATEGIES ARE BUILT IN BOARDROOMS.
This one is built on the edge of the Atlantic.Â
And in the shade of a Sri Lankan palm.
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Why Women's Leadership Retreats and Women's Wellness Retreats Create Powerful Breakthroughs
Two retreats.
Two landscapes.
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These are not conferences. Not courses. Not another day staring at a screen.
The Feminine Edge Retreats are immersive, intimate experiences designed for the leader who is ready to step entirely out of her life – and return to it transformed.
Small groups. Extraordinary locations. Deep strategy woven into deep rest.
You'll leave with a clear vision, a bold plan, and something harder to name but impossible to miss...
A reconnection to the powerful, wise woman who lives within and is so often drowned out and neglected by the noise of day to day life.
I call her The Wildly Awakened Woman. And this is how you meet her.
Two entirely different
journeys back to yourself.
Why are retreats so powerful?
This isn’t just time away from your life and business or career.
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It’s a full-body, soul-aligned recalibration.
In a matter of days, you will:
✨ Reconnect with your purpose and gain crystal-clear clarity on your next chapter.
✨ Unlock the energy of limitless possibility and remove the blocks that have been holding you back.
✨ Design a strategy that feels expansive and exciting - one that aligns your personal desires and professional ambitions.
✨ Increase your confidence and create the impact you dream of, knowing you are fully supported on this journey.
✨ Immerse yourself in beauty, nature, and luxury, allowing your mind and body to relax, reset and recharge.
You’ll leave feeling lighter, stronger,
and completely aligned with
your highest vision.
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What can you expect from the experience?Â
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✦ An intimate group of 8 women maximum who will quickly become your soul sisters
✦ Soulful & strategic sessions where we explore your deepest desires and everything holding you back from having it already through group coaching with MelÂ
✦ Private, intimate 1:1 coaching sessions with Mel where you can quickly move through barriers and resistance you may be facing
✦ Comprehensive pre-retreat preparation process to help you begin to create shifts long before you get on the plane
✦ Pre and post retreat 1:1 and group sessions so you can get to know Mel and the rest of your retreat community, ensuring you arrive ready & relaxed to meet your new friends Â
✦ Delicious, locally sourced, extraordinary food through meals onsite and also some outings to lovely local restaurants
✦ Luxury accommodation with your own private room is of course included throughout the retreat and you will also have plenty of down time to enjoy the space and place with no packed agenda
✦ A personalised 6-month strategy and roadmap focusing on your personal and professional life - you will know exactly what to prioritise through our work together
✦ A community of women who will change how you see yourself and be your cheerleaders in life and business
Ready to come home to yourself?
A short conversation is where it starts. Let's talk about whether a Feminine Edge retreat is your next right step.
Book a call with Mel
Women's Retreat in Scotland for Founders and Entrepreneurs
The Rewilding is a luxury women's retreat in Scotland located in the Outer Hebrides, designed for founders and entrepreneurs seeking clarity, strategy, creativity and renewal in one of the most extraordinary retreat landscapes in the UK.
The Rewilding
SCOTLAND
A Summer Solstice
Strategy Retreat Experience
For the woman who needs to
remember her own wild nature.
Isle of South Uist, Outer Hebrides
4 Days & 4 nights
Capped at 8 women
15–19 June 2026
Luxury Women's Retreat in Sri Lanka for Founders and Entrepreneurs
The Renaissance is a luxury women's retreat in Sri Lanka designed for founders, entrepreneurs and visionary women seeking creativity, renewal and strategic clarity in one of the world's most inspiring tropical retreat destinations.
The Renaissance
SRI LANKA
A Luxury Retreat &
Coaching Experience
For the woman who is ready to be replenished, reinspired, and reborn.
West Coast, Sri Lanka
5 Days 6 Nights
Capped at 6 women
25–31 October 2026
Why do you need a retreat?
These retreats exist because the breakthroughs I've witnessed in extraordinary places have never once happened at a desk.Â
Nature does what no strategy session alone can,
it returns you to the unlimited wisdom that lives within.Â
Beautiful experiences fade. This one is designed not to.
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Because woven into every moment, every conversation, every session, every walk along the shore is a simple methodology built to create change that lasts long after you leave the island.
Three pillars. One profound shift.
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This isn't a retreat where you learn new things and return to the same life.
These retreats are designed to help you connect deeply with your fullest expression and know exactly what steps to take to make that your reality.Â
IDENTITY
Undone, rebuilt, reborn
You'll reconnect with who you are beneath the role and release the version of yourself that got you here but can't take you further.
We name what you actually want.
Not what you think you should.
ENERGY
From performance to presence.
The gap between how you show up and how you want to feel, we close it.
Gently.
Completely.
Without burning everything down to do it.
STRATEGY
Personalised, Conscious Architecture
Your strategy is built around your life, not borrowed from someone else's blueprint.
Vision first.
Values always.
Then the structures that set you free.
Business Coaching Retreat for Female Founders and Entrepreneurs
The Feminine Edge women's leadership retreat is led by Mel, an experienced business strategist and coach who has spent over 25 years helping founders and entrepreneurs build aligned, profitable businesses and sustainable leadership practices.
Hi, I'm your host, Mel.
MEL IS NOT A RETREAT HOST WHO HAPPENS TO DO SOME STRATEGY ON THE SIDE...
She is one of the most experienced strategic advisors working with founders in the UK today.
With 27 years as a coach, 11 years building her own successful business, and a track record of managing multi-million pound budgets across global organisations and industries.
What makes Mel different is the dual lens she brings to every woman she works with:
The commercial rigour of a seasoned business strategist, and the deep experience of someone who has lived everything she teaches.
A speaker on international stages, a 3 x published author, and a coach & adviser certified in high performance, intuition, business strategy, digital marketing & copywriting.
Mel’s lived experience as a leader & founder, along with her passion and gift for seeing you at your highest potential, is truly unique.
With an equal focus on your numbers and your nervous system, she is at home both barefoot on the beach and in the boardroom.
Previous retreaters have secured ÂŁ50,000 contracts during the retreat itself.
Others have returned home with ideas for new products and services that have added multiple zeros to their revenue.
This is what happens when the right thinking meets the right environment.Â
You finally give yourself permission to think that big.Â
The Rewilding
SCOTLANDÂ
15–19 June 2026
The Renaissance
SRI LANKA
25–31 October 2026
You don't need to choose...
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Feeling FOMO? Not sure which one to choose? We gotcha!
The Rewilding and The Renaissance are designed to work as a complete cycle - wild Scottish wisdom in June, Sri Lankan creative renaissance in October.
Scotland reconnects you with your wild nature and ancient wisdom.Â
Sri Lanka restores your creative power and sets you ablaze for the year ahead.Â
Together they form a complete journey.
Stillness and fire, wisdom and creation, the wild woman and the mother.
When you book both you save £1,000.
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The women who transform most deeply are the ones who say yes to the conversation first.
This is your invitation. Take it.
