THE paros RETREAT

October 15 to 22, 2025

A seven day immersive destination retreat for women

on the Greek island of Paros

at Villa Santhia, where the garden melts into the sea

  • JOIN US . . .

    Dana Childers & Liz Goldman, for a one-of-a-kind, wonder-and-growth filled week at Santhia, an exquisite villa set inside a garden that melts into the sea on the stunning Southeastern Coast of Paros, Greece. The island of Paros is thought to be the most authentic of the Cyclades, and provides us a magical retreat backdrop of charming whitewashed villages, delicious seaside tavernas, golden beaches, hidden coves and inspiring cultural and historical sites.

  • YOUR WEEK . . .

    at Villa Santhia will focus on transformational group coaching and writing + creativity sessions, and will also include meditation and hiking, delicious chef prepared meals, ample time for rest and relaxation, and a curated smattering of onsite & offsite activities. Your company will include a group of warm and wonderful women who will feel like family by the end of the week, and your two retreat leaders and coaches, Liz & Dana. Time will slow down on the island of Paros, giving your spirit the chance to rest, reset, create and expand.

  • SAY YES IF . . .

    You are at a transition point in your life. You want to breathe some fresh air into your work. There's a particular area of your life you'd like to focus on changing or growing. You'd like to get back in touch with your creativity. You are burnt out and ready for a reset. You want to leverage experienced coaches in a focused setting to break new ground. You are excited to explore how the magic of place, community & creativity can open you up to new possibilities for your life. You feel called to experience the particular joy & wonder of a women's retreat. A trip to a stunning Greek island is on your bucket list.

About our Location


Villa Santhia is set along the Southeastern coast of the Greek island of Paros, part of the Cyclades island group located in the center of the Aegean Sea. Paros is a charming island known for its diverse landscape, including golden sand beaches, idyllic coves, verdant mountains and picturesque villages. Santhia itself is enchanting in its authenticity and simple elegance, boasting pleasing geometrical forms and generously proportioned spaces, and guests report that it is both a joy to behold and a delight to spend time in. For most Greek villas, the pool and terraces that fan out around it would be the main highlights, but Santhia has much more up its sleeve, not least its garden gate access to an lovely sandy beach. The Villa offers a perfect blend of contemporary luxury and sophisticated design, indoor/outdoor living, and communal spaces and private ones alike. The Villa offers an embarrassment of riches when it comes to al fresco experiences, and is also set close to several enchanting towns and villages, hiking trails, and some of the finest golden beaches on Paros. Thanks to the relatively limited distances involved — the island measures less than 25km from north to south — it will be easy and fun to explore as a group.

Note: All photos of Santhia generously provided by The Thinking Traveller

FAQs

  • The best way to know if Fiore Retreats is for you is to schedule an enrollment call with Dana & Liz to talk through the ways in which it aligns with what you’re wanting to create next in your life. Our Retreats are for any woman who is willing to interrupt her everyday life to dedicate a full week away from home to focus solely on herself and her own desire & joy. Perhaps you are going through a big life transition — an empty nest, a career change, a divorce, or a renewed focus on a creative pursuit. Perhaps you are wanting to change something in your life professionally or personally, and would benefit from some support & encouragement. Perhaps you are needing to find clarity in an area of your life. Or you want to scale an existing project or business. Maybe you just want to experience a meaningful reset for the sake of your own wellbeing. And maybe you have no idea what you want the rest of your life to beabout. All of these are great starting points at a Fiore Retreat. Prior to enrollment, we will help you determine your area of focus during the Retreat, although truth be told, you will return home having focused on many elements of your life, and having come alive in many unexpected and unplanned ways.

  • Sometimes prospective attendees are concerned that they won’t fit in with the group and want us to know that they don’t consider themselves joiners and/or they don’t love being around groups of women, especially women they don’t know. Rest assured that we design our Retreats in such a way that everyone feels welcome, comfortable and known, and that our groups become very bonded over the course of our week together. From the start, we build intimacy, safety and unconditional positive regard into our collective experience. In terms of size, our groups range from a minimum of 6 to a maximum of 8. We prefer to keep our Retreats small so we can provide a high level of engagement with each participant and with the group as a whole.

  • We provide you a pick up date and time to meet at the Paros Airport, and we take care of all transportation from there so you can relax and be a passenger for any outings we do from Villa Santhia.

    We will also return you to the Paros Airport at the conclusion of the Retreat.

    You do not need to rent your own car while in Greece unless you choose to travel on your own either before or after the Retreat.

  • Absolutely. Our Retreats don’t require you to have any previous experience with coaching or personal/ professional growth work. We do ask you to come open to your own growth and willing to receive loving feedback and support throughout the Retreat. In addition, you will have an experience of our coaching during our enrollment call, and will arrive in Greece with a good sense of what it’s like to work with us as your coaches.

  • On the Retreat, you will be guided through several sessions of Untamed Writing, a form of community writing Dana leads on a weekly basis back in Los Angeles. This form of writing is for everyone, writers and non-writers alike, and is all about dropping into your unconscious and letting your true self emerge on the page. There is absolutely no way of getting this kind of writing wrong, as it’s not about writing artfully, it’s just about writing what’s coming to you and through you in your own natural voice. Together with our coaching content, the writing you do on the Retreat will provide you a deep sense of clarity, self awareness and awe, both for yourself and for your fellow Retreat participants.

  • Every Retreat Day is different and carefully curated. On any given day, you can expect to eat very well, to experience blocks of coaching and self reflection, to express yourself creatively, to be challenged, to have fun, to rest and relax, and to do something new and unexpected, whether at Villa Santhia or in neighboring villages on the island of Paros.

  • All meals are included, and center around fresh, seasonal, local organic foods. A private chef will be preparing most of our breakfasts, lunches and dinners at Villa Santhia. Breakfast will include fresh fruit, eggs, local bread & pastries and coffee and tea. We can accommodate dietary restrictions if you let us know about them in advance.

  • General Information

    The cost of the Retreat is $6,250 per person for a private room with en suite bath.

    Please Note: If you would like to attend with a close friend or family member with whom you’d like to share a room, the cost of the Retreat is $5,250 per person.

    In either case, the Retreat price excludes air travel to and from Italy, and includes lodging and all meals, coaching and writing workshop sessions as well as all other onsite activities and offsite excursions. Each participant will enjoy her own private bedroom with en suite bathroom.

    Payment Information

    Once we have completed an enrollment call and you are ready to reserve your spot, we will provide you payment details.

    Please note that your payment is non-refundable due to the nature of our own booking deadlines & requirements. We recommend that you purchase travel insurance to protect your investment in the event of your own change of plans, and can advise you how to do so.

about us


We both wear various hats in our lives and have walked many paths, all of which inform our work together. Dana is a mother to 3 young adult children, a former lawyer, a producer of several TEDxWomen’s conferences, a writer & a coach. Liz is a mother to 2 young adult children, a former licensed clinical social worker and therapist, a writer & a coach.

We bring to our Retreats our beliefs in creativity & playfulness alongside rigor, a practice of framing powerful questions paired with listening & deep presence, the joy of simple pleasures, the thrill of new adventures and the permission to design lives with authenticity and in alignment with one’s values.

We love supporting women in taking up more space in their lives; in getting beyond their old ideas about themselves and their well worn narratives; and in breaking free of anything that holds them back from living an inspired life. We know firsthand that embracing change, redefining success for ourselves and claiming deeper wisdom and fulfillment takes strength, courage, curiosity and love.

At this stage of our own development, we have both endeavored to do this in every area of our lives — in our relationships with ourselves, our children, our work and with significant others. We feel privileged to see our lives as a continuous journey of ripening.