Authentic Leadership & Communication

Athens, Greece

Transformational training for soul-based professionals

October 20 - 25, 2025

Join the Magical Leadership Journey to Athens

It's time to start the change you are longing for.

Become inspired by the wisdom of classical Greece to return to your essence. Join us to harvest new insights in the beautiful nature and feel how you can take inspired leadership.

From her deep connection with healing wisdom from ancient civilizations,

Hélène van Oudheusden carefully brings you in touch with your infinite communication & leadership potential.

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Awaken your Inner Heroes in Greece's Embrace

6-Day Training

In the oldest sanctuary of Greece

Being a leader, it is important that you pay attention to your own growth processes.

After all, people are looking at you for direction, to make decisions and to inspire their personal or professional development.

Inner growth towards authentic leadership
When you give attention to your inner growth processes, you will get to know yourself on deeper levels. You will discover recurring triggers and blind spots and know how to transform them. Your uniqueness grows and you will develop yourself as an authentic leader. This provides you with focus and clarity so that you can become a beacon of light for yourself and for colleagues.

Discover your personal Hero's Journey
Walking your journey towards authenticity is called The Hero's Journey (Joseph Campbell). As a leader, as a hero, you set out to discover new worlds where you will find new talents.

Step by step you will find out what you really stand for by encountering trials on this path that test your courage and by meeting people who will help you. When you discover the treasure of your new talent or pass a crucial trial, you will share your new insights, at home and at work. This way you can lead in a fulfilling and inspiring way.

Let your soul and personality co-operate
The ancient Greeks assumed that we have a soul and a personality. Our soul is naturally wise, gentle and forgiving. Our personality is, as it were, the coat we chose in this life to work out soul processes. For balance in your leadership, it is essential that you know how to let your soul and personality become friends in order to grow together.

Content

We will walk our inner leadership journey in a small, safe group. You will learn how to live your purpose as a leader from your core, firmly grounded.

A few topics we will be studying:

What is your purpose, soul mission, as a leader?
How do you become aware of signals that indicate it is time for change?
What is a healing movement for your leadership?
How can you deal with opposing forces in a nourishing way?
What insights can you receive from a specific, recurring dream that you cannot quite put your finger on yet?
Which soul desires require your attention in the coming year?

In the Leadership Retreat we explore the deeper layers of our personal processes. You learn how to distinguish between soul's desires and personality themes.

We work with inspiring energy tools, the power of Greek mythology in your leadership story, dream research and the direction of your soul's desires. This way you can take on your leadership role from integrity and purity and create space to offer aligned leadership. First to yourself and then to your team, organization or class.

A special location

We are staying in a beautiful private villa in the Greek countryside, near the Aegean Sea, next to the oldest sanctuary in Greece: the Amfiareion (circa 400 BC).

Amfiarios, the healer, prophet and leader from ancient Greece inspired residents to travel to the Amfiareion for healing, advice and wisdom. This sanctuary, dedicated to several Gods and Goddesses, is still a source of gentle wisdom from ancient civilizations. We work in and around this special temple where we are inspired on deep levels in the growth of our inner leadership.

Feel what you essentially stand for and bring the compassionate change in your organization that only you can initiate.

Join us to strengthen your leadership and communication skills
Register now, there are only a few rooms available.

Who is the retreat for?

This retreat is for conscious women and men who want to actively work on their blockages and take leadership in their lives and work from the core.

You:

Feel that you have 'something to do yourself' with challenging situations in your life
Are willing to look within to take control of your life and work (again)
Know that only you can initiate change by transcending your blockages and limiting patterns
Desire to come across as confident at work
Also want to look at your shadow sides (your shadow includes the parts of yourself that you are not so happy with and your hidden talents)
Have a can-do mentality and travel independently
Are looking forward to new contacts with fellow growers, warm people who want to develop just like you
Are open to a touch of magic

Is the retreat only for managers?

You do not have to be in a leadership position to sign up. This retreat teaches you how to listen to the signals of your core, to the whispers of your soul, so that you can take leadership of your life and start inspired change.

Who is the leadership retreat not for?

This retreat is not for you if you are looking for a wellness week. It is passionate work on your inner growth with sufficient space for integration and relaxation. In order to work as purely as possible, we drink little caffeine and no alcohol during the training week (until the last evening ;).

What does the retreat offer you?

Hélène van Oudheusden takes you on an inner journey in which you experience how you shape your leadership in balance between your soul desires and your personality.

Enjoy the many gifts you will receive before, during and after this special retreat.

Coming home to your own strength in a serene environment
Insight into the natural cycle of change processes
Recognizing your personal signals for change
Discovering your unique gift to the world
Decisiveness and courage to step forward in difficult situations
Inspiration for personal growth from the wisdom of ancient civilizations
Leadership skills for inspired relationships, privately and at work
New perspectives and solutions for (recurring) challenges
New deep connections in a warm community
Personal Leadership Certificate 2025

Would you like to follow the training as a Management Development Program? Contact Hélène van Oudheusden for consultation.

Asklepios & Hygeia

For whom

The Leadership Retreat is a transformational training for conscious women and men who actively wish to release inner obstacles and take charge of their lives from inside. You have some experience with inner work, for example through counseling sessions, meditation, visualization, journaling or yoga.

Participants are passionate professionals who have the desire and commitment to make the world a better place. You are also cordially invited to join if you want to participate as an individual.

Do you recognize this?

You are dealing with 'challenging' colleagues, needing new direction in your work, experiencing personal struggles or lacking support for your ideas. Or you tend to adapt to how things are at work instead of taking action to create positive change.

What is holding you back from stepping forward and taking charge?

How can you let go of inner obstacles and patterns that cost you energy?

In Greece, in a beautiful location near the first sanctuary for healing, you are welcome to explore what hinders you from standing in your leadership energy.

You:

Feel that you are able to rewrite the script of challenging situations in your life
Are willing to look within to take control of your life and work
Know that only you can initiate the change you need
Also want to look at your shadow sides (your shadow includes the parts of yourself that you are not so happy with as well as your hidden talents)
Are open to a touch of magic in meditation and visualization
Have a can-do mentality and travel independently
Are looking forward to enjoying new contacts with like-minded people

Is the training only for managers?

You don't have to be in a leadership position to sign up. Inner leadership precedes leading others. You learn to listen to the signals from your core, to the whispers of your soul guiding you.

Who is the training not for?

The Leadership Retreat is not for you if you are looking for a wellness week. It is intensive work on your inner growth with enough space for integration and relaxation. In order to work as purely as possible, we drink little caffeine and no alcohol during the training week (until the last evening ;).

This is what the program offers you

Hélène van Oudheusden takes you on an inner journey in which you experience how you shape your leadership, balancing your soul desires and your personality.

Come home to your personal leadership power
Connect inner parts to become your own guide
Recognize and act on signals for change
Discover new perspectives and solutions for (recurring) challenges
Connect your personal and professional intuition
Find decisiveness and courage to step forward when a situation triggers you
Connect with a community of like-minded people
Personal Leadership Certificate 2025

Would you like to follow the training as a Management Development Program? Contact Hélène van Oudheusden to schedule an introductory meeting.

Asklepios & Hygeia

About Hélène van Oudheusden

To the outside world, everything was going well in my life. A job in television, a lease car, lots of travelling, social contacts and smart enough to find my way. And yet I wasn't happy. I tried to convince myself that I should be content but my body knew better and a burnout forced me to stand still and let go of everything in the year 2000.

I started my inner journey to who I was in essence and what I deeply longed for. Connecting with my core was confronting, enlightening and above all liberating. I am still happy every day that I have the courage to face shadow parts and make crucial decisions in my private and personal life.

Was it easy? No, certainly not, loneliness and sadness are part of personal growth.

Was it inspiring? Absolutely, for myself and in my coaching. 'I have been there' and I understand what you are going through.

The result is that I feel free, creative and fearless in my leadership. With a healthy balance of male and female energy. I know how walking your own path will lead you to a sense of fulfillment you could not have imagined. So beautiful, loving and filled with inner peace. I sincerely wish you that same sacred space!

My home is in The Hague, The Netherlands and in Greece where I organize retreats on personal development in mythological settings.

Ancient wisdom and state of the art principles from systemic work, shamanism and mythology form the foundation of teachings. From lightness and with humor I guide you on your way.

Author of Empower Yourself at Work and Teaching Refugee Children.

Information & Registration

Monday 20 - Saturday 25 October 2025

Location: Private villa in Kalamos, Athens (Greece)

Group size: 6 - 10 participants

Trainer: Hélène van Oudheusden

Investment in yourself

€3,477 per person for the entire course.
If there is no employer and you pay for the training yourself, you will receive a 15% discount.

VAT free. The training is deductible as professional education.

Included:

Introductory online call with Hélène van Oudheusden
Preparatory leadership assignments
All leadership training & two individual coaching calls with Hélène van Oudheusden
Five nights in the private villa based on a luxury double room
Five breakfasts and four lunches (excluding drinks)
Water, tea and coffee during the day
Entrance to the Amfiareion Sanctuary with guided tour
Transfers from and to Athens International Airport
Book Empower Yourself at Work by Hélène van Oudheusden
Pre en post retreat support

Single room supplement € 247,= (on request)

Not included:

Your flight to/from Athens
Vocational textbook authentic leadership
Diners
Additional activities/treatments outside the program
Compulsory travel/cancellation insurance

Register now

There are only six rooms so book early to ensure your spot.

Follow your Bliss

- Joseph Campbell

Program
Day 1: Arrival at the retreat center & welcome session

Day 2: Training I am at home
Meeting your inner parts forming your compass for growth and transformation.

Biological lunch with local delicacies and organic products & Free time

Sharing circle and intervision in nature about empowerment, compassion and allowing yourself to be vulnerable.

Day 3: Training Follow your bliss
Creating your safe space, the power of mythology in transformation and starting your leadership adventure with the Hero's Journey of Joseph Campbell.

Biological lunch with local delicacies and organic products & Free time

Vision Quest with an inspiring theme.

Day 4: Integration day
Space to contemplate new insights and transformations. You investigate what stays with you from the previous days and what you would like to explore further in the following days.

Deepen your new insights and your contacts in the warm community with walks in Greece's beautiful autumn nature. You can also visit the Akropolis in Athens or enjoy a lunch at Evia, the island opposite our retreat. These excursions are not included in the program, but please inform us if you are interested and we will reserve you a spot.

Day 5: Training Meet Your Inner Heroes
Which inner parts are most active in you and which are waiting for your attention? Discover what new knowledge awaits you for your personal leadership growth.

Biological lunch with local delicacies and organic products & Free time

One-on-one sharing about feelings surrounding imperfection and balancing your newfound talents.

Day 6: Training Create Your New Story
In a magical place we visit the sanctuary/source of wisdom where you will start your new leadership story.

Surprise session in beautiful Greek nature

Closing organic lunch

Departure or extension

Four weeks after your return
Online group call to share your experiences and work through your new insights

Practical aspects
1. You can submit your personal learning question during the intake call, we can take this into account in the preparation of the program.
2. You will receive a preparatory tailor-made assignment.
3. On day 1 we work from 16:00 to 18:00, on the training days from 9:30 to 13:30 and from 15:30 to 17:30.
4. Since we will be working on deeper layers, it is advised to regularly practice mindfulness exercises prior to the retreat.
5. Depending on the background of the participants, the retreat is given bilingually, in Dutch and English.
6. The program is subject to change.
FAQ's

1. Will I feel at home in the group?

Do you find it difficult to travel alone and to be part of a new group?

We understand you and will make sure that you will feel at home quickly. We train in a small group of like-minded, gentle participants who are open to helping each other.

During the training you have the freedom to join the group or to be alone if you feel the need. Feel free!

2. How do I know if this is the right time to join?

Now is the right time, because you are reading this text... There is always doubt, because that is the back side of the desire for change. Doubt could be trying to keep you in the old situation.

There will always be reasons to want to postpone your personal growth. No vacation days, no childcare at home, little financial space. It is about making an inner decision to start NOW to free yourself from the limiting pattern that you have been walking around with for so long. You are so welcome to join us.

3. Can I participate with my team on another date?

Yes you can, please contact us for a tailor-made training for your team.

4. How long does the transfer take?

Your transfer (included in your retreat ticket) will take you in around 50 minutes from the airport to Villa Amfiario.

5. Can I pay in installments?

You can choose to pay in one go or in two installments. There is a small surcharge for payment in two installments.
Deductible

The Educational Leadership & Authentic Communicating Retreat is deductible for entrepreneurs and organizations as educational training.

About the Amfiareion Sanctuary

In ancient Greece, leaders, merchants, artists, mothers, fathers, athletes and kings traveled to a temple for wisdom and healing.

The Amfiareion is the oldest Greek sanctuary (400 BC) where healer, prophet and leader Amfiarios was asked for help and healing. In this temple the God Asclepius (father) and the Goddess Hygeia (daughter) were also worshipped. Visitors slept in the abatons, the dream quarters at the temple. The next day they told their dreams to the priest(ess), who interpreted the dream and knew which remedy or advice suited the visitor's request for help.

We work next to and in the sanctuary with inspiring working methods to find answers to your questions and with which you can firmly establish your leadership.

Enjoy the serene silence in this unknown part of Greece where you only hear the sound of the sacred river, the trees and the many birds.

Would you like to schedule a meeting?

Enter your details here, Hélène van Oudheusden will contact you within two days.

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What participants say

Hélène is fantastic. She creates a relaxed, pleasant atmosphere and is passionate.

Hélène jumps into the unexpected, is a nice person to travel with and is an example in inner leadership. First because she organizes this trip but she also dares to think outside the box and has a fascinating personal story of her development as an inner leader.

Everything she says is a testament to taking inner leadership. Wow.

Mariette Werle, Soest

Hélène helps you to cross the threshold with her warm way of guidance.

I now dare to really look at my inner parts and hear my silent wishes. Hélène gave me the tools to walk my own leadership journey.

Caroline de Bruin, Dordrecht

In new situations, often what is needed is a new story that can help supply a map for the new journey and a toehold when that journey feels like climbing up a steep and dangerous mountain.

— Carol S. Pearson

Photo Eleonora Pouwels Pure Photography