We bring together a curated group limited to 12 high integrity leaders, selected by application to preserve depth, belonging and a highly supportive enviornment.
You’ve carried a lot.
The vision. The team. The responsibilities.
You've learned to compartmentalize really well.
And yet—something in you starts to question the pace, the pressure and the cost of operating like that.
You’ve likely outgrown your current version of success.
This retreat is an opportunity to reconnect with yourself beyond the pressure, pursuit of success and the roles you're required to play.
To redefine what serves you and what truly matters.
To step into radical honesty—with yourself, with others, and with the deeper intelligence that moves through all of us.
To give yourself space for deeper self-inquiry and reconnect with inspiration, joy and aliveness.
Why this retreat
Who is this for?
✔️ You’ve built success—but it doesn’t feel as fulfilling as it once did
✔️ You’re in a moment of transition (an exit, divorce, personal loss, identity shift)
✔️ You're an investor operating in high-stakes environments, wanting to pause from the noise and become more intentional about how you invest, lead, and contribute.
✔️ You’ve taken on more than you can hold—and it’s showing up in your leadership, your boundaries, and your ability to feel steady in the role.
✔️ You've done traditional coaching or leadership development but feel like something was missing. You want to explore what’s beyond the usual personal development approaches.
✔️ You're tired of productivity hacks, mindset tricks, and surface-level improvement.
A transformational experience designed for leaders who carry weight, responsibility, and influence
Why this retreat
“We co—created this experience for the leaders I often work with. Playing the game well—they have built, led, and achieved; but feel disconnected from ease and joy.
We help them remember who they are and renew their sense of what truly matters.”
— Vanya Sofia
We have designed a powerful process to catalyze inner shifts and outer results:
✔️ Decisions are clear and easy. You're connected to your inner compass
✔️ Relationships deepen. Including the one with yourself
✔️ Leadership becomes an expression of who you truly are—not a role you play
✔️ Increased capacity to navigate uncertainty with confidence and trust
✔️ Success no longer feels like an endless pursuit—it becomes aligned service
✔️ Renewed energy and aliveness you didn't know was there
What you walk
away with
What you walk away with
Meet the Facilitators
Ellie is the founder and director of the Arts & Therapy Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a psychologist and expressive arts therapist with degrees from Switzerland and London; Art Therapy Honorary Tutor at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia, and facilitator of workshops, retreats, teacher trainings, and therapeutic groups.
She brings more than 25 years of experience working with individuals and groups and specializes in a wide range of psychological and therapy methods, such as healing developmental trauma, holistic counseling, family therapy, self-awareness groups, creative therapies, family constellations and more.
In addition to her work with individuals, she travels all over Europe, China, and the USA as a keynote speaker and group work facilitator. She’s been working with adults, children, and couples in individual and group settings since 2004.
Elitsa Velikova
is an Executive Coach for tech Founders, CEOs, and leaders in the startup ecosystem. She works with companies from Seed stage and beyond, as well as top VC firms, coaching their partners and supporting their portfolio companies.
Vanya helps founders and executives navigate the complex realities of leadership, growth, and personal transformation. Her approach combines executive coaching, somatic and integral coaching and other transformational modalities, blending strategic leadership development with deep personal growth.
Additionally her practice is enhanced by insights gained from experiences living and studying in the Thai Buddhist tradition in Thailand, practicing and teaching holotropic breathwork and working with plant medicine.
Vanya Sofia
Trusted by leaders from:
I experienced a new awareness of a pattern that was negatively impacting my relationships and was able to release it instantaneously. This was a profound transformation
I really enjoyed my experience at the event with Elitsa. I was impressed by her deep knowledge and wisdom, coupled with her gentle approach, which made exploring deep topics feel safe and transformative for each of the participants.
The retreat helped me uncover patterns that have shaped my life and relationships—and how to break free. I felt a profound shift in how I relate to myself. I left feeling grounded, at peace, and more able to nurture myself with compassion. What stood out most was the practical insight into subconscious dynamics I hadn’t fully understood before.
Vanya and Elitsa created a space of deep safety and connection. Even as we explored vulnerabilities, I never felt alone. Their presence, clarity, and intuitive guidance made it possible to access truths that were hard to name but ready to be seen. I’m forever changed and would join them again in a heartbeat.
CEO and Cofounder, Supermind
Cofounder, Questionbase.ai
Yana Tornoe
Chad Olin
Head of Expansion, Founders Institute
Janet Todorova
The impact in their own words:
Over 5 days, we’ll move through a focused arc that supports tangible, lasting transformation delivered through guided facilitation, embodied experiences, systemic work and radical self inquiry.
A few of the topics we’ll dive into:
✔️ Identity and core self. How to be who you truly are in the world.
✔️ Success, achievement, purpose and service. The complexity of leadership.
✔️ Endings (death), beginnings (rebirth) and the in-between (void). Our capacity to navigate those spaces - including post exit and closing the business.
✔️ Internal patterns and coping mechanisms, hidden dynamics impacting your life, work and relationships.
What to Expect
Awareness
Integration
Embodiment
Identify the patterns, roles, and coping strategies that are shaping how you live and lead—and what’s ready to shift.
Start aligning new insights with how you relate, make decisions, and show up. You see what’s possible and how to sustain it.
By the end, you’ll anchor the shift. You’ll leave with a felt sense of clarity, confidence, and alignment that stays with you.
Our 3—step process
✔️ Individual support for each participant with both Eli and Vanya
✔️ Spaciousness for rest, reflection, and realignment
✔️ Growth not just through your own process, but witnessing others
✔️ Movement, breath and meditation practices
✔️ Nature activities and amazing food
And some more...
The world doesn’t need more high performing, burned out, disconnected leaders. It needs integrated, whole, and deeply present ones.
Why do this work
with others?
As social beings shaped in relationship—we transform most in relationship, in community, where we are witnessed, mirrored, challenged, and supported.
You can gain insight alone or in 1:1 work. You can journal, listen to podcasts, read books. But there's more to be unlocked with others—especially those who understand the unique journey you're on.
✔️ You can create aligned relationships and partnerships only through real presence, vulnerability and a shared experience rooted in trust.
✔️ You see yourself in others and vice versa. You gain perspective and build compassion.
✔️ You grow not just through your own process, but witnessing others
✔️ More breakthroughs and leaps in a group vs 1:1
Why do this work with others?
Retreat Details
Dates: 12- 17 August, 2025 - 5 nights.
Location: Mallorca, Spain
Cost: $3600 (Early-bird); $4200 (Regular)
Includes beautiful accommodations, farm to table, organic food, group work, nature activities, airport transfers. Doesn’t include airfare.
Why Join?
You've likely...done the work. Built the company. Achieved the milestones. Played the role.
Yet,
✔️ Work has become a coping mechanism, a distraction, a chore, an energy drain.
✔️ Emotionally you feel exhausted or numb. You’ve pushed and suppressed for so long that you’ve lost your sense of aliveness.
✔️ Relationships—whether with your co-founder, romantic partner, family, or even yourself—feel disconnected, distant or strained.
✔️ At crossroads. Maybe you’ve exited your company, closed a chapter, or facing a major life change like divorce, personal loss or loss of your sense of self.
When was the last time you did something for yourself? Truly?
Location and Logistics
FAQs:
What is the itinerary and schedule?
Is this a safe space to open up?
Is this group therapy?
Can I bring my co-founder(s)?
What if I already do coaching or therapy?
How does payment work?
To reserve your spot, you can either pay in full or hold your place with a $500 deposit.
If you choose the deposit option, the remaining balance is due by June 15. This helps us plan intentionally and ensure each spot is confirmed with care.
Early bird rate: $3600 (available through May 15)
Bring your co-founder rate: $3300 per person
Regular $4200 (after May 15th)
Deposit: $500 per person (non-refundable, but transferable to another approved participant or future offering)
If you need a payment plan, reach out—we’re happy to explore what’s possible.
This experience qualifies as a professional development expense and can be written off as a coaching or business-related investment.
Are you ready?
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Early-bird ends May 15th
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