Retreat to the English Riviera Transform how you think. So, you can transform who you are.
Space to think. Permission to be. Courage to change.
Our retreats exist to give you the space and time to think. Through guided workshops and one-to-one coaching, we help you realise what you're capable of.
Our Retreats
A 3 day immersive retreat in Dartmouth, Devon. Work with two coaches and an artist to unlock your human potential. Leave with a new found sense of purpose.
CREATIVE INNOVATION: FIND THE FUTURE YOU
This 3-day retreat explores a different kind of creativity: the human capacity to respond intuitively, tolerate ambiguity, experiment without knowing the outcome and give personal meaning to what you create.
Throughout you will work through a series of playful mark-making, colour and self-observation exercises, supported by an artist and 2 coaches.
· an opportunity to let go
· embrace your intuition
· tune into your responses
· gain clarity on your next steps
The emphasis is not on artistic ability.
The process is about curiosity, experimentation and discovering what happens if we use creativity to find our way forward.
The three-part journey
Day 1 — Loosen up and let go
Day 2 — Tune into your future potential
Day 3 — Make your plan for the future
Stay at Dart Marina Hotel in Dartmouth
We all carry stories. Or maybe it's a novel you keep starting, poems scribbled in the margins of your week, or a memory you've never found the words for. This retreat gives you 3 days to let it out.
Set in Rural Devon, Just 3 Days to Write is guided workshop for people who want to write more, write better, and remember why. Whether you’ve got writer’s block, you're working on a manuscript or haven't written since school, you'll find the time, space, and coaches to progress.
What to expect
Day One: Find the story you most want to tell.
Day Two: Go Deeper. Craft (voice, character, the details that make a scene come alive) help open the channels for experimenting new approaches.
Day Three: Carry It Forward. See your work through fresh eyes. We close with a plan to keep the momentum going once you're home. The retreat becomes a beginning rather than a break.
Guided workshop over 3 days led by a published author and 2 coaches, dedicated writing time, one-to-one coaching, feedback, all meals, and a small group of no more than 12 writers so everyone is heard.
It's for: anyone who wants to write, at any stage. No experience is required, just curiosity and a willingness to create.
Intensive coaching on the move, along the coastal paths and countryside of the English Riviera. Walking side by side loosens thinking in a way that sitting across a table rarely does. Gentle pace with the sea and the Devon landscape as the setting. Work 1:1 with your ICF coach as you walk.
The 3-Day Walk & Talk Retreat
A premium, 1:1 immersive breakthrough experience designed exclusively for you.
Step away from your daily life and utilise the expansive South Devon coastline as an opportunity to reset where you want life to take you. Over three days, we will work together to unlock what is holding you back so you can gain clarity on what you need to live the life you want to.
Pre-Retreat: A comprehensive virtual 1-hour coaching session before you arrive.
Intensive 1:1 Talking & walking time: 4-hours per day of dedicated intensive coaching each day.
Post-Retreat Integration: A structured, ongoing accountability framework including 2 follow-up coaching sessions over the subsequent month.
Arrange to speak with Sarah so that a bespoke retreat can be designed specifically for you.
Who We Are
Sarah Mackintosh
“If it hadn't been for Sarah I would not have made as much progress and would not have as much confidence in my business as I currently have.”
Angie Boyd Shearer MBE
Kanthi Ford
“It is a life altering experience to be trained and developed by Kanthi Ford.”
John King
Riviera Retreats
Riviera Retreats was founded by Kanthi Ford and Sarah Mackintosh.
Sarah is an ICF Professional Certified Coach with over 35 years' experience spanning mental health nursing and human resource management.
Kanthi is Managing Director of KFV Consulting, a global culture change strategist, leadership coach and international communications expert.
We work as thinking partners rather than advisers. Everything discussed is confidential, and the space is deliberately non-judgemental. It is somewhere you can say the thing that's actually keeping you awake, and work out what to do about it.
Most of what holds you back isn't a lack of capability. It's the doubts and self-limiting beliefs that quietly narrow what feels possible. Our work is to surface those, give you the tools to move past them, and give you the confidence to act.
The retreats run across the English Riviera, at locations from Dartmouth to Brixham. The Devon coast and landscape aren't just a backdrop, the calm they create is part of how the work happens.
Space to think. Permission to be. Courage to change.
Let's Work Together
Ready to set your purpose in life? Join us on a Riviera Retreat and we’ll work with you to give you exactly what you need to take control of your life.