Arrive at Almería Airport (LEI) and catch your 3:30 PM transfer to the retreat venue, a 30-minute journey. Settle into your comfortable room, take some time to relax, and get ready to meet Tiffany, Carol, and your fellow writers. Join an orientation tour to explore the bright studio, peaceful gardens, inviting terraces, and the refreshing pool. Over a fabulous welcoming dinner, enjoy a relaxed conversation about the week ahead while savoring local Spanish flavors and a glass of regional wine.

Wake up to a lovely breakfast and gather your thoughts for a week devoted to thought leadership and the development of books and talks shaped within a strong women’s community.

Tiffany and Carol will open the day by guiding you toward the heartbeat and purpose of your story while you plan your goals for the week. Step outside the roles and expectations that usually define you and claim the space to examine what you want to say and why it matters. Through collaborative exercises, connect with the group and test ideas aloud. You'll feel yourself beginning to shape a shared language around truth-telling and self-discovery.

Writing time follows, woven with individual coaching sessions led by Tiffany and Carol. Choose to co-write with the group or settle into solo work in the room or any space that calls to you.

Gather over a refreshing lunch, then return to the workshop space ready to sharpen your message. The afternoon centers on reviewing your hook and positioning so your work stands with authority. Through further collaborative exercises, examine what makes your story unique and bring that out on the page and on the stage. Shape the through line of your book or talk, clarify your audience, and strengthen the way you introduce your work so it resonates beyond the room.

As the day settles, carve out time to continue writing, revising, or reflecting on the conversations that surfaced. Meet again for drinks before dinner, then close the evening with dinner and local wines.

Step into the morning with breakfast and a sense of momentum, then travel together for a half-day trip to Almería, where sunlit streets and layered history sharpen your awareness as a writer.

Walk through the historic La Alcazaba on a guided visit, moving through its walls and passageways while considering the women kept inside these walls and the ways in which lessons from your education, upbringing, industry, or society might be showing up in your life story and keeping you small. Notice where inherited expectations have shaped your voice, your ambition, or the scale of your thinking.

As you move through the fortress, reflect on small ways you might break out of that or claim a bolder life story and how that might connect to your writing project. You will learn to name the patterns that feed writer’s block or imposter syndrome and trace how they echo in your voice on the page or in the way you speak about your ideas.

Enjoy a wonderful lunch and drinks at one of the city’s most charming local establishments, creating space for deeper conversation.

The afternoon unfolds through guided exercises led by Tiffany and Carol, each one designed to strengthen the architecture of your memoir, book, or talk. Engage in a community-building experience that activates the collective wisdom, networks, and resources in the room to move your story and your project forward with the help of this supportive community.

As the light shifts, continue drafting, refining, or mapping the next phase of your work. Carry the day into dinner and local wine, holding a clearer vision of the story you are ready to claim and share with the world.

Ease into the morning with breakfast at the venue, and head to the workshop space for a focused morning taught by Tiffany and Carol.

Learn to map out the structure of your book or talk and share in small groups to get feedback that strengthens your direction. Present any issues you may have to the group, and move through diagnosing and brainstorming solutions together in small groups.

Later in the morning, move into writing time and 1:1 coaching sessions with Tiffany and Carol, with the option of co-writing with the group or solo writing in the room or any space that supports your focus. Pause for lunch at the venue and give yourself room to absorb what is taking shape.

In the afternoon, you will learn key elements that make your story stronger by strengthening your scene and setting through specific detail. You will gain confidence in sharing your story and pitching it in the future through guided practice within a supportive group environment.

As the day settles, continue refining your pages or rehearsing in a way that feels right for you, and share dinner with local wine in a space that honors women supporting one another’s work.

Fuel your creative energy with a vibrant breakfast, then set out to explore the striking wilds of Cabo de Gata Natural Park. This protected UNESCO Geopark reveals a rich tapestry of inspiration in soft, earthy tones; rugged cliffs, rolling hills, and flowering shrubs compose an ever-changing palette of color and light that will fuel your storytelling.

Throughout the morning, Tiffany and Carol guide you into the questions that matter. What are some things you can do to step into a bolder version of yourself? When you return home, where in your life will your voice be clearer, bolder, or more honest?

Transform the story that has held you back into active work on the page, grounded in keen observation and honest reflection. Embrace the freedom to write the boldest version of your story, unrestrained by past roles or expectations. Bring your ideas to life with Tiffany and Carol as you build a plan and a supportive circle to help carry your book or talk into the world.

Pause for lunch in San José at a brilliant local restaurant, savoring the authentic flavors and vibrant rhythms of this charming small town.

Having returned to the venue for the afternoon session, feel free to share parts of your writing and the places you got stuck in a curated pair activity, speaking openly within a circle of women who understand the courage it takes to put lived experience on the page.

From there, you will receive support on whatever you need to move your project forward. Tiffany and Carol will offer clear editorial guidance and strategic insight, helping you shape the arc of your book or perhaps strengthen the foundation of a future talk.

Gather over breakfast as morning light settles across the landscape, then move into the workshop space for the morning session led by Tiffany and Carol.

The first part of the day is all about your platform and visibility. Map out a mini-plan for stepping into the spotlight, defining where your work belongs and how it will be seen. Come in with an idea and develop it together, refining its direction while building a plan and support network designed to launch it into the world. Afterwards, enjoy some focused writing time and 1:1 coaching sessions. You may choose co-writing with the group or solo writing in the room or in any space that supports your concentration.

Pause midday for lunch at the venue, giving yourself space to absorb the clarity forming around your project.

In the afternoon, take part in a craft talk on preparing to pitch your talk, book, or project. Tiffany and Carol will explain what it means to put yourself out there with steadiness and intention. Learn techniques for shaping your message so it carries authority and resonance. Then, with small exercises, you will start to work out how to do that yourself!

After some time to rest, gather for conversation and questions with Tiffany and Carol over drinks, deepening insight through shared experience. As evening arrives, come together for dinner with local wine, sharing stories and lines from the day and settling into a deeper sense of your own voice.

Savor breakfast together on the final morning, then gather in the workshop space with Tiffany and Carol for a focused session that brings your work into clear voice and public form.

The morning opens with practicing pitches. Tiffany and Carol will guide a gentle, small group practice sharing a short version of your idea or story, with encouraging feedback that helps you speak about your work in a way that feels natural and true to you. As you articulate your memoir, book, or talk aloud, you step further outside the roles at home and the expectations that once kept your voice contained.

Move into writing time and 1:1 coaching sessions, with the option for co-writing with the group or solo writing in the room or in any space that supports your focus.

Enjoy a refreshing lunch before focusing on developing a clear action plan and setting meaningful goals in preparation for the first post-retreat call and beyond. Tiffany and Carol will guide you through this process, helping you establish practical steps aligned with your vision. You will also be paired with "accountability partners" to support and motivate you!

Take a moment to celebrate your progress and acknowledge how far you’ve come throughout the retreat. Honor your growth, courage, and the creative breakthroughs you’ve made!

Finally, come together for a warm and joyful farewell dinner, paired with aromatic local wines.

Enjoy a light breakfast, bid farewell to Tiffany, Carol, and your group, and board the 10:00 AM transfer to Almería Airport (LEI). You'll reach your destination at around 10:3 AM