By: Zach Miller

Today’s busy world makes it hard to pause, yet Alison Pothier, a seasoned executive coach and intuitive energy practitioner, believes that stepping back is essential for real transformation.  Founder of Inside Out Retreats, Alison designs and hosts destination retreats for private and professional individuals hungering for “reconnection with their self, nature and those of like-heart,” she explains.  Together with her husband, Jules Williams, a seasoned intuitive coach and energy practitioner, the couple will be hosting a transformational retreat in May 2025 at the Ballynahinch Castle in Connemara, Ireland, helping participants “step back to inspire their steps forward.”

Space for Reflection and Insight

“The land, with its ancient memories and deep roots, reconnects us to our true nature.  We select places and spaces that will hold and inspire participants as they evolve their inner landscapes to come home to themselves,” Alison shares.  She and Jules guide intimate groups through profound and restorative journeys anchored in nature.  Designed to be uplifting as they are insightful, their retreats foster ease, space, and time for reflection to promote personal expansion. 

“In recent times, holistic retreats have become as experientially jam-packed as life itself,” Alison explains, noting how easy it is to overlook our basic human need for rest and rejuvenation.  “We have become avoidant of feeling, but we need to feel to reconnect with ourselves, our world, and one another.  Jules and I believe that time and space are key ingredients for healing, clarity, reconnection, and renewal and the powerful assimilation of these,” she adds.  Their intuitively guided retreats are framed by a gentle but deeply insightful process tailored to the individual participants and their intentions.  

Removed from daily pressures, participants gain space for much-needed personal insight as they recover a sense of self, clarity of direction, renewed purpose, and evolutionary expansion. Whether this helps them make decisions, build healthier relationships, or return to their lives with a renewed focus, each retreat is designed with the individual in mind.

From Wall Street to Wellness

Alison’s journey from a high-level investment banking executive to an executive coach and wellness business owner is a personal and professional transformation story.  Previously a Managing Director and COO for UBS Futures & Options and Global Head of eTrading for JPMorgan Futures & Options, Alison understands the personal and professional pressures of leadership and their hunger for personal alignment and authentic contribution.  Believing that self-actualization is a leadership quality, Alison combines her corporate experience with her vast experience in transformational personal development to deliver programs that guide individuals and professionals through transformational change. 

The Connemara Retreat: A Time to Reconnect

The upcoming retreat in Connemara will offer participants a space to focus on their personal growth and expansion through intuitively guided experiences combined with much-needed inspirational time in nature.  Alison’s approach emphasizes that personal and professional growth are interconnected journeys.  In the serene landscapes of Ireland, guests will be able to step away from distractions, reconnect with themselves and their inner compass, and gain insights into their path forward.

Customized Offsites for Executive Teams

Alison also facilitates tailored experiences for private groups and executive teams.  Whether to enhance team cohesion and self-awareness or inspire new ideas, improved relationships, and meaningful collaborations, Alison and her husband help groups step away from their environments and forge paths to better outcomes and inspired results.  Alison’s approach combines her professional insights with her intuition to help teams gain clarity and build stronger bonds, which can be transformational for the individual, the group, and the cultures they lead.

Accepting Personal and Professional Renewal

More than a breakaway, Inside Out Retreats offers an opportunity to restore a stronger sense of self, alignment to purpose, and motivation to create personal and professional transformation. Her approach, which she describes as working “from the inside out,” helps people make meaningful, sustainable, welcomed change.

Published by Charlie N.