What you chase runs away.
RETURN
Lake Maggiore, Italy + Online · September – December 2026
What you chase runs away.
Lake Maggiore, Italy + Online · September – December 2026
9 Spaces Only
Do you want to be part of the founding cohort of RETURN?
Places are allocated after an initial Zoom conversation — a chance for us to get to know each other. If something on this page speaks to you — follow that, and book a conversation. Final participants will be informed on 30th June.
A relationship. A career. A version of yourself that no longer fits. The children have flown. A habit you finally broke. Something ended — and in that ending, a strange void appeared.
You have more clarity than ever on what you want. And yet somehow you find yourself running in circles — trying to "sort out" your life, one exhausting loop at a time.
You're functioning. You're capable. But somewhere underneath, you're running on empty. You've been trying to create something new — but it somehow won't stick.
What if it was never about you?
What if the container you were in was simply too small?
I'd like to invite you to return.is
This autumn I'm bringing together the founding cohort of RETURN — just 9 women. A 4-month arc that begins in Italy and continues online through the winter. These are the women who will help shape what this becomes.
September — Six nights in a private villa on Lake Maggiore
Gorgeous walks, lush gardens, long Mediterranean meals together. A programme that resets you physically, mentally and emotionally — without you needing to do anything other than show up.
Getting there is easier than you think — direct flights from London Gatwick to Milan Malpensa with EasyJet, typically under £120 return, and about an hour to Baveno. We coordinate arrivals so you share the onward journey. The community begins before you even arrive.
For one week you get to step out of the noise and back into yourself. Not to escape your life — but to find the clarity and lay the foundations for the next chapter of it. And when you return home, the scaffolding is already in place.
October, November, December — Online Integration
When you return home the scaffolding is already in place. You'll have a personal 1:1 call with me, three 90-minute group calls, an accountability partner, and small consistent integration pieces to work through between sessions — so the shift you made in Italy actually lands in your real life.
With health, nothing is everything.
Without health, everything is nothing.
The things that have been quietly draining you — your health, your home base, your finances, your sense of purpose — will have shifted. Not because you pushed harder, but because you finally stopped long enough to find your footing again.
And for once you won't close the year feeling like you need to finish that one last thing — or add it to next year's list.
9 Spaces Only
FOUNDING COHORT
£1,750
Full programme — Italy immersion + 3 months online
Or two instalments of £875 — first payment secures your place, second due 1st September.
Flights and transfers to Italy not included.
Final participants will be informed on 30th June.
A note on pricing: as a founding cohort member you are joining RETURN before the world knows about it. The full programme will be £4,000–£6,000. Your investment as a founder is £1,750 — the complete experience, nothing held back. In return I ask for your honest feedback and a testimonial at the end. That's the deal.
Your guide
I know this works because we cannot become ourselves by ourselves. When we put an intention into a shared space and do the work together — something shifts that no amount of solo effort ever quite reaches.
I've been walking barefoot for over 20 years. It's the one thing everyone knows about me, and one of the biggest factors that rebuilt me — from extremely fragile to strong. It taught me that the simplest things, done consistently and close to the earth, change everything.
Lake Maggiore has held me for years. It always felt like travelling back in time — a place that remembers something the rest of the world has forgotten. A place where poets wrote their poetry — and where you might find yourself writing your new chapter.
— Sabine
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