WELCOME TO Wild HeartS
One adventure you’ll both remember forever
WILD HEARTS is a retreat for mums with kids aged 6-10 who want to swap busy routines for wild laughter, shared moments, and stories you’ll retell for years.
Not another activity… a return to each other.
Dates & Bookings
Upcoming Dates:
25-27 September 2026
Mandurah, WA
Only 4 spots remaining!
THIS IS YOUR INVITATION
Imagine This…
It’s morning. You and your child are walking side by side along a lakeside path, their small hand curled into yours. The air smells like rain on eucalyptus, and ahead, the rare thrombolites rise from the water like something out of a storybook.
Later, you’re sitting cross-legged on a picnic blanket, creating wild-crafted treasures together. Your child is glowing, holding up what you made side-by-side. That night, you’re both curled near the fire, swapping stories, cheeks flushed from the day’s adventure.
No screens. No deadlines. No “just a minute”s. Just you, your child, and the kind of time you both wish you had more often
Play, firelight, nature, and connection… everything childhood is meant to be.
Why You’re Here
Life moves fast. Between school runs, work, and keeping a household running, you get moments with your child — but they’re often rushed, distracted, or half-finished.
You’re here because you want more than just “getting through the week.” You want:
Moments that matter... the kind your child will tell their own kids about.
Shared adventure ... not just watching them play, but playing alongside them.
Nature time ... swapping concrete and screens for open skies and fresh air.
Connection ... knowing each other better, not just being around each other.
If you’ve been feeling like the years are speeding by, this is your chance to hit pause... and fill that pause with magic.
This is where presence becomes the greatest gift you’ll ever give them.
What to Expect
Over three days and two nights, you and your child will share experiences designed to bring you closer.
You’ll hike to natural wonders, make things with your hands, and try movement and play that get you both laughing. There’ll be time to sit around the fire, swap stories, and just be together without the rush.
There’s also space for you ... with one or two sacred mum-only circles where you can connect with other women while your child is happily occupied.
Accommodation is a spacious private room for each mother-child pair, meals are incredibly fresh and delicious, and everything is designed so you can relax, enjoy, and come home with more than you arrived with.
"Adventure and connection ... side by side."
WHAT IS INCLUDED
You Get This and Much More...
A retreat that brings back the magic, the softness, and the closeness you both crave...
🏡 Your Own Beautiful Room A private queen or king room in a peaceful natural setting — a quiet space where your body softens and truly rests. No mental load. No logistics. Just you, your child, and time that belongs to you both.
🍳 The Gather Chef Challenge Aprons on. Rules out. The most chaotic, hilarious, delicious hour of the retreat.
🌬️ Breathwork — For Both of You A playful, guided breathwork session to regulate, energise, and connect. The #1 thing retreat alumni say they still use every day.
🛀 Sound Bath Journey Lie side by side as the resonance of instruments washes over you both. No experience needed... just close your eyes, breathe, and let the sound do what words can't. Children find it magical. Mothers find it medicine.
🌊 Mud Fight Yes, really. Because sometimes the most connecting thing you can do is get completely, joyfully filthy together — and not care one bit.
🐾 Animal Encounters Up close, unhurried time with animals that opens something gentle in children — and in the mothers watching them.
🎨 Body Paint Creations Let go of neat and tidy. Cover each other in colour, laugh until your stomach hurts, and rediscover the joy of pure, uninhibited play.
🧖 Sauna & Ice Bath Regulation for your nervous system. Exhilaration for your spirit. And the quiet pride of doing something brave — side by side.
🍵 Tea Meditation Slow down together. A guided sensory ritual that teaches children (and their mothers) how to be fully present in a single moment.
📸 Professional Photo Session Candid, natural images of the two of you — captured in a moment when you're both completely, genuinely present. The kind of photos you'll frame.
🔥 Fire Circles & Outdoor Cooking Gather around the fire as the sun goes down. Stories, warmth, marshmallows, and the kind of slowness that reminds you both what life feels like without screens.
🌿 Wild Crafting Create something beautiful from nature — together. Keepsakes made by small hands and big hearts that will sit on a shelf long after you've come home.
🧘 Primal Movement & Body Connection Playful, energising movement for all ages. Shake off the week. Wake up your body. Move like nobody's watching — because nobody is.
👩 Mum-Only Sharing Circle Sacred time just for you. To be witnessed, to exhale, and to remember that you are more than what you give to others.
🍴 All Meals by a Professional Chef Everything made from scratch, with whole ingredients and real love. No prep. No cleanup. No decisions. Just sit down, be fed, and let someone take care of you for once.
📖 Storytelling & Connection Games Tales that spark curiosity, dissolve barriers, and remind you both that the most magical worlds are built together.
🌅 Welcome & Closing Circles Arrive as strangers. Leave as something more. The opening circle settles you in; the closing circle seals what happened between you — so you carry it home.
Valued At $4590
yours from $2990
Workshops & Facilitation
Experiences You'll Love
🌿 Rewild Your Senses
Step away from the noise and feel fully alive in nature’s rhythm.
🧘 Find Your Centre
Learn simple, powerful mindfulness tools to stay grounded no matter what life brings.
🔥 Ignite Your Playfulness
Remember how to be silly, spontaneous, and joyful alongside your child.
🪶 Parent with Presence
Gain practical, heart-led ways to communicate and connect in daily life.
🌟 Meet Your Village
Connect with like-minded mums who share your values and celebrate your journey.
🤝 Repair What Daily Life Erodes
Come home with your child knowing something shifted between you. Not fixed... deepened.
💞 Deepen Your Bond
Create shared moments with your child that will become treasured lifelong memories.
🌊 Flow with Ease
Discover embodied movement practices that melt tension and unlock vitality.
🌸Nourish Your Nervous System
Experience deep rest and regulation through nature immersion and gentle rituals.
👣 Step into Adventure Together
Explore wild landscapes side-by-side, building trust and confidence in each other.
☀️ Expert facilitators
WWC checked ✓
First aid certified ✓
1:4 ratio ✓
Insured ✓
Because these years are fleeting ... and this is your chance to slow them down.
WHy this?
Because their wild heart still needs yours...
At Wild Hearts, we believe these middle-childhood years are some of the most precious... and the most easily missed. Your child is still soft, curious, playful… but life gets busy, screens creep in, and the moments that used to be effortless start slipping through the cracks.
This retreat is built on a simple truth: your presence is the most powerful thing your child will ever receive. We create a world where time slows, nature leads, and connection becomes easy again - through firelight, stories, movement, creativity, and shared adventure.
This isn’t about perfect parenting. It’s about returning to the kind of togetherness that makes your child feel safe, seen, and adored… and helps you remember how much joy there is in mothering when you’re not rushed, stretched, or distracted.
At Wild Hearts, you and your child get to rediscover each other ... gently, playfully, wholeheartedly ... in a way that strengthens your bond for years to come.
Reconnect with the child who still reaches for your hand… before they stop.
Cherished memories...
We combine joy with intention: Every activity is designed to be fun and to deepen your relationship.
We honour nature as our guide: The outdoors isn’t just a setting; it’s an active part of the experience.
We create space for both of you: Connection together, and moments apart that make coming back together even sweeter.
Not another activity… a return to each other.
PICTURE GALLERY
Play, firelight, nature, and connection… everything childhood is meant to be
Strengthen your bond now: while their heart is still wide open to you.
HELLO FROM US
Meet your hosts
Daniela Cooper
Daniela is the founder of The Gather Project, a qualified counsellor, somatic
practitioner, equine assisted psychotherapist and mother of four.
Before dedicating her life to transformational work, Daniela spent over 20 years
leading high-performing teams in the corporate world, including as a state-wide
News Editor. While her career was built on leadership, strategy and delivering under
pressure, it also gave her a firsthand understanding of the relentless pace, invisible
mental load and constant expectations so many mothers quietly carry
Today, Daniela combines that real-world leadership experience with professional
training in counselling, nervous system regulation and somatic practice to create
retreats that are both deeply meaningful and thoughtfully designed. Her unique
approach blends evidence-informed psychology with creativity, play, nature and
genuine human connection, allowing families to experience lasting transformation
without losing the joy along the way.
Having navigated her own journey through burnout, divorce, single motherhood and
rebuilding life from the ground up, Daniela understands how easy it is for women to
lose themselves while caring for everyone else. Her greatest passion is creating
spaces where mothers and children can slow down, reconnect, celebrate one
another and build relationships that continue to flourish long after the retreat has
ended.
Kieana Copeland
Kieana Rose is a Rites of Passage mentor based in the South West of Western
Australia and the founder of Wildly Liberated, a movement supporting girls and
mothers through life's biggest transitions.
Following a decade of solo motherhood and her own healing journey through PTSD,
Kieana has dedicated her life to helping girls feel emotionally supported, deeply seen
and celebrated for exactly who they are as they grow into womanhood.
Through retreats, school programs and one-on-one mentoring, she gently guides
women and children back to their bodies, their voices and their inner wisdom. Her work
is grounded in compassion, emotional resilience and the belief that every girl
deserves to enter each new stage of life feeling confident, connected and supported.
When she's not with her children or holding space for families, you'll find her by the
ocean, hiking, writing poetry or sharing wholehearted laughter in an improv comedy
workshop.
Jo O'Dell
Jo is a father, men’s work facilitator, and space-holder devoted to reconnecting men and families with the sacred roots of life. As the founder of The Warrior’s Heart and Father-Hood, Jo creates transformational spaces for men and boys to reclaim emotional expression, grounded presence, and heart-led strength.
Having worked with hundreds of men across Australia, Jo brings a deeply embodied approach to rites of passage, combining somatic release, cultural reverence, and sacred play. He has trained in ceremony, trauma-informed practice, and firekeeping, and was adopted into a Yolŋu family during his own spiritual pilgrimage — an experience that deepened his connection to land, lineage, and fatherhood.
What your child wants most is not perfection...it’s presence.
When a mother softens, a child expands.
YOUR ACCOMMODATION
Set into 15 acres of bush on the coast in Mandurah
A hidden pocket of nature close enough to reach easily… yet far enough to feel like a true escape. Where the city noise disappears and the bush wraps around you like a deep exhale. Wake to birdsong, soft morning light, and the kind of stillness your nervous system has been craving.
Accommodation options are beautiful private bedrooms for those who want to be in the main house as well as exquisite glamping bell tents, for those wanting to be even closer to nature.
Book YOUR RETREAT
You're not paying for a weekend away. You're paying for the version of your relationship you've been missing. Get in quickly to secure your spot.
You are purchasing a retreat spot that admits 1 adult and 1 child to Wild Hearts Mother-Children Retreat from 25-27 September 2026.
$2,990
Pay In Full
$350
Payment Plan
$350 deposit + 12 fortnightly payments of $230
Sample Schedule
A Glimpse Into Your Weekend
Day 1
The Arrival
The day the world goes quiet.
The Welcome Circle : arrive, settle into your private room, and become part
of the group
Rewild Your Senses : the first wander through fifteen acres of bush
The Fire Kitchen : cook the evening meal together over open flame
Storytelling Games : tales that spark and connect across generations
The Fire Circle : stories, warmth, and the stars arriving
Rest
Day 2
The Heart of It
The big day
Primal Movement : playful, grounding movement to wake the body
Breakfast, slow and generous
The Mud Fight : glorious, messy, nothing-off-limits chaos, together
Fire & Ice Ritual: Breath, sauna and cold plunge
The Mothers' Circle : sacred women's time, while the children are held in an
adventure of their own
Sound journey: a deep reset
A long lunch
Wild Crafting : make a keepsake from the land, side by side
The Portraits : a professional photographer captures the two of you, candid and real, to keep forever
The Fire Circle : dinner, then the night sky
Rest
Day 3
The Return
What we carry home
A slow morning
Breakfast
The Tea Ceremony : a Japanese-inspired tea meditation, stillness and
warmth before the world speeds up again
The Paint War : colour everywhere, rules nowhere
The Closing Circle : sealing the memories and the bond before you leave
Home, hearts full
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faqs
Frequently asked questions
Can I take more than one child to a retreat?
We recommend attending with one child at a time to allow for deeper connection and more focused bonding. If you’re interested in bringing more than one child, please contact us to discuss options.
Can a mother figure take my child?
Yes. Absolutely! We think of Mother as a Verb, not a noun.
What if I come after arrival time or leave early? Is there flexibility to come and go?
Sorry, but no. You’re in for the whole deal. Once we’re on retreat, we’re there to stay – unless there’s some unforeseen emergency. Leaving disrupts the experience for you and others.
What do I need to bring?
Once you’re signed up, we’ll send you a full list. But the short version is: toiletries and clothes.
Is it true? No mobile phones?
Very true. And even if it sounds painful, it’s probably going to become a huge gift. We will have staff with cameras and promise to share the pictures. Just grab them and ask to have a picture taken.
Is this a spiritual retreat?
No specific faith or belief system is promoted. Our approach is grounded, heart-centered, and inclusive – drawing on mindfulness, ritual and modern psychology. The tone is gentle, respectful, and appropriate for a wide range of beliefs.
What if my child is nervous or shy?
That’s completely okay – and very common! Our facilitators create a safe, welcoming environment where every participant can move at their own pace. Many children leave feeling more confident and connected than they ever imagined.
What happens after the retreat?
You’ll leave with practical tools and shared language to continue the connection and growth at home. So far all of our groups have organised to stay in touch and support each other beyond the retreat – we encourage this! We also offer ongoing mentoring and programs to support you beyond your retreat experience.
Can I get a refund after I register?
We do not provide refunds if you decide not to come or cannot make it after you register. You may transfer registration to another family, provided they pass our application process. Please consider this risk and commitment before registering. By booking, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions.
What's the sleeping arrangement?
You and your child will share your own private room or premium glamping setup together, with either a twin or a queen/double bed, so you're close by the whole time.
Can you cater for allergies or dietary needs?
We cater for all dietary needs and allergies. We will ask you for details in the
registration process so our private onsite chef can plan around it
What if my child doesn't want to come?
That's really common, and honestly, it's often the sons who are most reluctant who end up getting the most out of it. Our team has a lot of experience helping mums navigate that conversation, we've got strategies that work, and we're happy to talk it through with you before you book. Reach out and we'll help you find the right way in.
Do the mentors spend one-on-one time with them, or is it all group-based?
It's a mix of both, whatever's needed. The retreat is built around group experiences, but our mentors also make space for one-on-one time as it's required, whether that's a quiet conversation, extra support settling in, or just a moment away from the group.
Still have questions?
We would love to chat. Send us an email to [email protected] or book a free chat below.
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