HEY YOU, MOTHER...
You’re the one who holds it all… but who’s holding you?
Welcome to Burnout to Brilliance: Mothers Retreat
You’ve been running on empty for so long that “fine” has become your default setting...quietly managing the mental load, keeping the peace, nurturing everyone else’s needs while your own slowly slip to the bottom of the list. Somewhere along the way, you stopped feeling like you. The spark dulled. The joy thinned. The exhaustion became bone-deep.
This retreat is your turning point. Three days where the noise drops, the pressure melts, and the woman beneath the mother finally gets to breathe. A space where you are cared for, nourished, and gently guided back to your clarity, your power, your softness… your brilliance. Because you’re not meant to just survive motherhood, you’re meant to feel alive in it.
Dates & Bookings
Upcoming Dates:
1-3 October 2026
Mandurah, WA
OUR PHILOSOPHY
When a mother rises, everything changes...
Our philosophy is simple: you deserve a space where the pressure drops, your nervous system resets, and your brilliance returns. We create experiences that dissolve overwhelm, soothe the body, and bring you back into connection with your intuition, joy, and aliveness.
When you’re running on empty – juggling the mental load, absorbing everyone’s emotions, and quietly holding everything together – life starts to feel heavy, flat, and unsustainable.
Through restorative practices, grounded conversations, deep rest, and practical tools you can actually use at home, we help you move from burnout to clarity… from resentment to rejuvenation… from survival mode to a life that feels spacious, energised, and true. This retreat isn’t about escaping your life; it’s about remembering the woman inside the mother, and giving her the nourishment she needs to lead with confidence, ease, and light again.
What to Expect
Turn off your phone, step into the bush, you're here to remember what life is all about...
This retreat is for you if…
You’re craving more than just a break…you’re craving life.
You miss the version of you that was silly, sensual, and fully expressed.
You’re ready to shake off the dust of routine and feel deeply connected…to your body, to nature, to your people.
You want a weekend of firelight, barefoot dancing, belly laughs, creative play, and shared magic.
You know exactly which sister-friend you want beside you when it all comes alive again.
Come alive with pleasure and purpose as you dance, play, journal, laugh, take a sauna or simply enjoy the beauty of the 15 acre property.
LIVE A LIFE BY DESIGN
Rewild your joy. Reclaim your aliveness. Reignite your wonder.
Live workshops for embodied reconnection, nervous system repair, and playful liberation.
🌿Daily rituals
Barefoot movement, nature connection, spontaneous expression.
💬 Soul-sister circle
Heart-open sharing, story-weaving, truth-speaking without masks.
✨ Creativity & rewilding
Intuitive crafting, messy beauty, laughter that wakes your cells.
🔥 Firelight revelry
Singing, truth-telling, star-gazing with women who feel like home.
🧘♀️ Embodied expression
Movement, breath, play, improvisation - action that awakens and surprises you.
🍓 Incredible food
Nourishing, colourful, wholesome farm to table meals.
🌿 Growth & transformation
New tools to take home to continue your journey of becoming.
🛏️ Science backed
Everything we do is designed to maximise your personal growth journey.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
You Get This and Much More...
2 nights beautiful private accommodation: Either your own king or queen room or share with a friend
Soul-stirring welcome ceremony to set the tone for magic
Intimate and nurturing setting with strictly limited numbers
Expert facilitators and mentors who understand the journey
Delicious, wholesome farm to table meals: Daily breakfast, lunch & dinner (2 x breakfast, 2 x dinner, 1 x lunch, afternoon teas, snacks...catering to various dietary requirements
Ceremony under the stars to remember your place in the bigger story and reconnect with your deeper purpose
Nature-Based Play & Improv to spark joy, spontaneity, and creative confidence.
Workshops, meditation, yoga and other activities to develop new skills and more self-awareness
Fire Circle Night for release, reflection, and the ancient medicine of women gathered around flame.
Breakthrough sessions that shift the needle (PRICELESS!)
Use of property facilities including sauna
Sunrise Activation to greet the day with clarity, intention, and embodied presence.
Priceless connections with your new soul-driven bestie mums
Bush immersions and grounding practices to calm the nervous system and awaken inner steadiness.
Vocal expression to unlock creativity and emotional wisdom.
Optional extra discounted $90/hour professional body massage
Why THIS MATTERS?
Burnout to Brilliance is more than a retreat; it's a transformational experience, an opportunity to re-find
Because caring for others is just one expression of your wild, beautiful self. Because routine can dull your sparkle, and joy wakes it back up. Because you deserve to feel playful, sensual, curious, and creatively alive again. Because this isn’t about slowing down and resting more - it’s about waking up.
Join us to embark on a journey of self-discovery, empowerment and connection.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
We see mothers as the emotional heartbeat of their families... and when a mother feels supported, connected and alive, the whole home shifts.
In these spaces, mothers can exhale, be witnessed, and return to the version of themselves that feels clear, powerful and deeply present.
Testimonials
What our clients say
According to survey results, a whopping 100% of our retreat participants have rated their experience as ‘AMAZING’. Here is what some of our participants have had to say:
"Seeing the transformation in my daughter was amazing. The support both she and I received during the retreat was incredible, and I cannot recommend the experience enough if you’re interested in connecting with your daughter more, and see her blossom in a loving supportive environment, while you are yourself lovingly challenged to look deep within and release things that may be holding you back."
"What a weekend! So much connection, fun, suport and amazing information that I have immediately put into practice. I can’t stop telling every mum about it. I look forward to continuing my connections with my daughter and sharing our new found bond and information we have learnt together. I would highly recommend this experience to any mum and daughter. We did not want the experience to end. The accommodation was fabulous, the activities were super fun and engaging and the food!!! Omg!! Having your own private chef was a real treat but the quality and variation and taste was amazing! The whole experience was priceless."
"The retreat gave my daughter and I a deeper shared understanding of each other and has opened up a space for greater communication. Since coming home the strategies we learnt have made a difference to us both and the rest of the family."
"Seeing the transformation in my daughter was amazing. The support both she and I received during the retreat was incredible, and I cannot recommend the experience enough if you’re interested in connecting with your daughter more, and see her blossom in a loving supportive environment, while you are yourself lovingly challenged to look deep within and release things that may be holding you back."
"What a weekend! So much connection, fun, suport and amazing information that I have immediately put into practice. I can’t stop telling every mum about it. I look forward to continuing my connections with my daughter and sharing our new found bond and information we have learnt together. I would highly recommend this experience to any mum and daughter. We did not want the experience to end. The accommodation was fabulous, the activities were super fun and engaging and the food!!! Omg!! Having your own private chef was a real treat but the quality and variation and taste was amazing! The whole experience was priceless."
"The retreat gave my daughter and I a deeper shared understanding of each other and has opened up a space for greater communication. Since coming home the strategies we learnt have made a difference to us both and the rest of the family."
"Seeing the transformation in my daughter was amazing. The support both she and I received during the retreat was incredible, and I cannot recommend the experience enough if you’re interested in connecting with your daughter more, and see her blossom in a loving supportive environment, while you are yourself lovingly challenged to look deep within and release things that may be holding you back."
PICTURE GALLERY
What if you felt energised, grounded, and clear again? Yes… it’s possible.
Because you can’t pour from an empty cup… and yours deserves a refill.
Meet your host
Hi, I'm Daniela.
On paper, my life was perfect.
Fit and athletic.
A loving husband.
Four vibrant, beautiful children.
A wildly successful career as a state-wide news editor.
Multiple properties.
Travelling the world with kids.
Everything looked enviable.
But inside… I was numb.
Constantly chasing adrenaline — the next trip, the next project, the next high… just to feel something.
I grew up in a cult.
I was the “good girl,” the one who did everything she should.
A life built by conditioning, not by design.
I felt like I was living someone else’s story.
My nervous system was overloaded from years of ignoring my body and pushing past its limits, believing: “The more I do, the more worthy I become.”
Ten years ago, the pressure cracked.
I kissed another man on an overseas trip.
And in that single moment — messy, human, unplanned — the life I knew fell apart.
I left my marriage.
I pulled away from friends.
I stepped into a darkness
I wasn’t prepared for. But for the first time, I allowed myself to feel — excruciating and freeing all at once.
Slowly, I found myself surrounded by people who accepted my “ugly” parts. People who dared me to dream, to express, to stop performing and start living.
Through that, I discovered something life-altering: Transformation happens when we gather in rawness… when we witness each other… when we’re allowed to be imperfect and real.
✨ Who I am now
A mum of four (including three teens!), a trauma-informed counsellor, somatic coach and lifelong adventurer.
Over the past decade, I’ve guided dozens of families and hosted close to a dozen retreats, helping parents and young people reconnect in ways that last long after the weekend ends.
I’ve mentored women and men in corporate and community settings, supported refugees and survivors of family and domestic violence, and counselled teenagers struggling within mainstream schooling.
As a 43-year-old single mother of four, I’ve lived every version of myself — the warrior, the overwhelmed woman, the brave one, the soft one, the rebuilder.
I’ve learned that real strength isn’t perfection… it’s honesty, feeling, repair, and allowing ourselves to be fully human.
Burnout to Brilliance: A Retreat for Mothers was created from everything my own journey and work has taught me.
I’m so grateful you’re here.
YOUR ACCOMMODATION
Set into 15 acres of bush just an hour south of Perth...
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.
For new participants, a call with Maja is essential before your place is confirmed.
For new participants, a call with Maja is essential before your place is confirmed.
* Contact to pay in full.
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