Reset & Rise: RightBrains Women's Leadership Retreat

Don't just finish the year. Lead the next one with intention.

For more than a decade, RightBrains has worked to close the gender gap in digital and technology careers, through the Digital Talent Programme, the Digital Leadership Programme, coaching, mentoring, and a professional community of women building serious careers in tech.

Reset & Rise is a premium two-day women's leadership retreat for women who are ready to step away from the demands of everyday life, think strategically about what comes next, and intentionally design the next chapter of their leadership and life.

Through a carefully curated blend of leadership development, strategic reflection, wellbeing and meaningful connection, you'll leave with renewed clarity, greater confidence, practical direction, and a personal roadmap for 2027.

Leave 2026 lighter. Enter 2027 clearer. 

The RightBrains Women's Leadership Retreat

Thursday, 26 November to Saturday, 28 November 2026 | New Eden, Friesland, The Netherlands

Claim Your Place

Early bird pricing available until 20 September 2026.

Leadership begins with leading yourself.

Most leadership programmes teach you how to lead others.

Very few create the space to step back and ask: Where am I going? Is the life I'm building still aligned with the woman and leader I'm becoming?

Throughout the year, you've been moving. Contributing. Leading. Delivering. Supporting others. Making decisions. Meeting expectations. But somewhere beneath the pace of everyday life, there may also be a quieter question waiting to be heard.

What do I want next?

Reset & Rise was created for that moment. Not as an escape from leadership. But as an investment in it. Because the quality of your leadership depends on the quality of the decisions you make.  And the quality of your decisions depends on whether you've created enough space to think clearly.

For two days, you'll step away from the demands of work and life into an intimate experience designed to help you reflect on the year behind you, reconnect with what matters most, and intentionally design the year ahead.

Is this retreat for you?

Every woman's next chapter begins from a different place. As you look towards 2027, you may recognise yourself in one of these three seasons: 

The Rising Leader. You're progressing in your career and know you're capable of more. You're looking for greater confidence, visibility and clarity about your next step.

The Crossroads Leader. You've built a successful career. Yet you're beginning to question whether your current path still reflects the woman you're becoming. You're ready to make your next move consciously - not by default.

The Reinventing Leader. You can feel one chapter coming to an end. Perhaps you're considering a new role. A different organisation. Starting a business. Returning to work. Or simply redefining success on your own terms. 

Different journeys. One shared desire: 

To lead the next chapter of your life with greater clarity, courage and intention.

Why Reset & Rise?

Leadership isn't built only in boardrooms. It is shaped in the quiet moments where we pause long enough to think clearly.

Reset & Rise creates something increasingly rare: Time, space... and perspective.

Over two immersive days, you'll have the opportunity to step away from your everyday responsibilities and invest in the leadership strategy that matters most: your own.

Rather than adding more information, another framework or another leadership model, this retreat helps you integrate everything you've already learned and translate it into clear decisions about where you want to go next.

Alongside practical leadership development, we've intentionally woven in wellbeing practices, guided reflection, nature, nourishing meals and restorative experiences as they create the conditions for better thinking, stronger decision-making and more sustainable leadership.

The Leadership Journey

The experience follows a deliberate journey: Release, Reset and Rise. Read more about the path and programme from Thursday to Saturday.

What you'll leave with

A Leadership Blueprint for 2027: A practical roadmap built around your priorities, values and vision.

1. Greater clarity

• Know what matters.
• Know where you're heading.
• Know what deserves your energy.

2. Greater confidence

• Trust yourself to make courageous decisions.
• Lead from intention rather than expectation.

3. Sustainable leadership practices

• Learn practical approaches for managing your energy, protecting your wellbeing and leading without burnout.

4. A powerful community

Leadership can feel lonely. It doesn't have to. You'll leave connected to a carefully curated circle of women who understand the challenges and possibilities of this stage of life.

Your setting:

NEW EDEN, Friesland, The Netherlands 

Ninety minutes from Amsterdam lies New Eden, a private retreat sanctuary surrounded by nature.

Purpose-built for transformational retreats, New Eden offers exactly what this experience requires: beautiful accommodation, exceptional food, quiet spaces for reflection, walking trails through nature... and a wood-fired sauna and warm communal areas designed for meaningful conversation.

For two days, every detail is taken care of so you can focus on the only thing that matters: Thinking clearly about your future.

The investment

Choose the experience that fits you. Early bird pricing is available until 20 September 2026.  

 Payment plans are available. Employer-sponsored leadership development is welcomed.

FAQs

Can my employer pay for this? 

Absolutely. Many organisations support leadership development through Learning & Development budgets. We can provide an invoice and supporting information for approval. 

Do I need to work in technology?

No. While many participants come through the RightBrains network, the retreat welcomes women from all industries and professions who are navigating growth, leadership or transition.

Will I know anyone?

Many participants attend on their own. The retreat has been intentionally designed to foster meaningful conversations and genuine connection from the moment you arrive.

Can I really justify two days away?

The women who most need to step back are the ones who never do. This is a deliberate investment, and you'll return more focused, not further behind.

What if I need to cancel?

Cancellations more than 60 days before the retreat receive a full refund, less a €100 administration fee. Between 30–60 days, 50% of your retreat fee will be refunded. Within 30 days, fees are non-refundable, although you are welcome to transfer your place to another participant nominated by you. If we are able to fill your place from our waiting list, we will refund your fee (less the administration fee). In the unlikely event that RightBrains cancels the retreat, you will receive a full refund of all amounts paid.

The beginning of an annual tradition 

Reset & Rise is the inaugural edition of the RightBrains Women's Leadership Retreat.

Each year, we will gather with a new annual theme, creating a dedicated moment to pause, reflect and intentionally design the year ahead.

Our vision is that this becomes an annual leadership ritual for women—a weekend set aside each year to invest in themselves, reconnect with what matters and lead the next chapter with intention.

Before 2027 asks anything of you, decide what you want from it. 

Give yourself two days to step away from the pace, honour the year you've lived and become intentional about the year ahead. 

Leave behind what no longer deserves your energy. Reconnect with what matters. Return with the clarity, confidence and courage to move forward on your terms.

Leave 2026 lighter. Enter 2027 clearer. 

26–28 November 2026 | New Eden, Friesland | Early Bird until 20 September.

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Meet your facilitator: Eslyn Olivia Barends.

Eslyn Olivia Barends is a leadership advisor, strategist and facilitator who supports leaders navigating pivotal moments of growth, change and reinvention. 

Her career spans leadership, technology, business development, social impact and women's empowerment. She holds an MBA from Henley Business School and has held roles at Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, where she worked within some of the world's most dynamic technology environments. 

Before returning to the corporate world, Eslyn co-founded and led DreamGirls Academy, a social-impact organisation dedicated to supporting young women in accessing education, opportunity and meaningful careers. 

Today, through Luminary Leadership and her collaboration with RightBrains, she brings more than a decade of experience across leadership development, coaching and women's empowerment to helping people consciously architect their next chapter, from the inside out. 

Her work integrates identity, self-leadership, emotional and nervous-system awareness, career ownership, strategic reflection and practical action. 

Session presenter: Patricia Woestenburg.

Patricia Woestenburg is the founder of HealthyLIJF and works as a holistic health mentor, NEI therapist and specialist in bio-energetic diagnostics and nutritional guidance. She supports women who carry a lot of responsibility and feel that their body, energy or health is no longer fully keeping up with the level they are living and working at.

Her work brings together body-based diagnostics, nutrition, hormonal wellbeing, nervous-system regulation and emotional release. Through the HealthyLIJF Reset Method, Patricia helps women understand the signals their body is giving and identify where their system may be losing energy.

At Rest & Rise, Patricia will guide a session on The Wellbeing Reset: Supporting the body behind your leadership: recovery, vitality, body signals and the physical and emotional load women often carry.