THE LIBERATION CHAPTER
Untamed. Rewritten. Reclaimed.
Reimagine what becomes possible in the most powerful chapter of your life.
5–8 November 2026 • Private estate • Mijas Hills, Málaga
Science and soul. Body and wisdom. A new chapter that begins with you.
You may have spent decades building a career, caring for others, leading, achieving, and holding things together.
And now, something is shifting.
Perhaps you don't recognise yourself anymore.
Your energy is changing.
What once worked no longer does.
You may feel more sensitive, more questioning, and more awake to what no longer fits. Beneath the visible changes, something deeper may be asking for your attention.
Midlife is more than a hormonal transition.
It is a threshold.
What is The Liberation Chapter?
A journey that takes you towards a deeper listening and connection with the woman you are becoming.
Over four intimate days, you will bring what's changing in your body and life - physically, emotionally, relationally and existentially - into a profound transformational experience, supported by seasoned facilitators, a small circle of remarkable women, and by what your body and soul already know.
You will leave with clarity about what wants to come to life in the chapter ahead, practical tools and a renewed, embodied sense of self that serves as a bright inner compass.
This retreat is for you if you are looking for more than managing symptoms, if you sense that this season is asking for a deeper kind of transformation. If you feel the invitation to step into a profoundly new chapter, one that wants to become lived, embodied, real.
The Liberation Chapter opens a space for exactly that.
During these four days you will
Meet the change as a whole person:
Explore the cognitive, emotional, physiological and hormonal dimensions of midlife change, supported by current understanding of female physiological, nutritional and restorative lifestyle practice.
Recognise and shift old patterns:
Trace the inherited beliefs, cultural shaping, and embodied habits that quietly run the show, and shift towards what truly aligns with who you are becoming.
Come home to the body:
Restore a felt sense of groundedness, vitality and presence through daily somatic practice such as yoga, breathwork, grounding, movement and reflection.
Discover what wants to emerge, author what comes next:
Move from the woman you have been toward the essential you who is waiting to be lived - rooted in your body's deeper intelligence and inner wisdom.
The four-day arc through the elements
THURSDAY P.M. · FIRE
Facing: What this stage of life is asking of you
FRIDAY · EARTH
Unwinding: The patterns, stories and habits underneath
SATURDAY · AIR
Becoming: What wants to come alive next
SUNDAY A.M. · WATER
Integrating: Carrying it home
The practical shape
WHEN
Thursday–Sunday · 5–8 November 2026
Arrive after lunch Thursday · depart after lunch Sunday
WHERE
House of Inquiry · Mijas hills above Málaga, Spain
GROUP
Limited to 8–12 women
INCLUDES
Pre-retreat inquiry & journalling, a 60-min 1:1 exploration call before, the full four-day retreat inclusive of meals, and a 60-min 1:1 integration session afterwards. Accommodation is paid directly to the venue.
INVESTMENT INCL. VAT
€ 1.975 for the retreat inclusive of meals. Accommodation between €60 (shared) and €110 per night.
Curious whether The Liberation Chapter is for you?
Request an exploratory call — an unhurried space to sense whether this is for you. Not sure? That’s exactly what the conversation is for.
ABOUT US
Jacqueline van Paassen
Executive coach and doctoral researcher with more than two decades of international leadership experience.
Her work explores the relational and embodied dimensions of adult development, alongside in-depth studies of elite performance and female metabolism. Her years spent mentoring women leaders within international networks have paired academic depth with a grounded understanding of how women's bodies respond to pressure and change.
Jacqueline calls both North Yorkshire and Spain home, and feels most herself in rooms full of big hearts, bold ideas, and the courage to meet what has not yet been fully lived.
Katharina Sell, PhD
Executive coach and guide, Katharina walks alongside people at moments when the life they have built begins to call for something deeper.
Her work opens a space to connect with what is waiting to be trusted and lived, and to embark on a path that embodies our unique source of meaning, vitality and joy.
Her approach invites a deeper connection with the ways of knowing that open new possibilities when familiar answers no longer suffice.
Katharina lives in the rural beauty of Mallorca and loves having her feet on the ground, her eyes on the horizon, and sharing the beauty of life with others.