TRANSFORMATION FOR BOYS & MOTHERS
Mother-Son Retreats
Our Becoming Mother-Son Retreats are designed for mums and their sons to embark on an adventure together. These much-awaited retreats are a rare opportunity to bond deeply with your son while supporting his journey into healthy, grounded masculinity. With just the right mix of adventure, stories, and heart-to-heart time, your son will feel proud of who he is becoming, and you’ll both come away feeling connected and strong. Perfect for boys aged 8–14, this weekend is designed to nurture trust, build confidence, and give you tools for this important phase of life, all in a way that feels fun, safe, and real.
Dates & Bookings
Upcoming Dates
29 Sept-1 Oct 2025
Mandurah, WA
13-15 April 2026
Mid North Coast, NSW
7-9 October 2026
Mandurah, WA
He's not your little boy anymore...
Because he’s growing up faster than you imagined… and you don’t want to miss the moments that matter.
The cuddles come less often. The conversations are shorter. You catch glimpses of the man he’s becoming...and sometimes, it takes your breath away.
But between work deadlines, school runs, sports, and the ever-growing to-do list… real connection can quietly slip through the cracks.
This retreat is a circuit-breaker.
A weekend carved out of the rush.
A chance to step away from the busyness and into the relationship that matters most.
You’re not here to “fix” your son.
You’re here to meet him again...in the space between childhood and adolescence. To see him with fresh eyes. To be seen, not just as Mum the organiser or the driver or the disciplinarian, but as his safe place. His steady base. His home.
This retreat is designed for mothers and their sons aged 8–14, and it offers something rare: a deeply nurturing, lightly structured space where connection, courage, and presence can grow.
LIVE A LIFE BY DESIGN
What can your son expect?
🔥 Fire revelry
Gather around the flames for fire-making, bush cooking, and sharing damper and kangaroo stew under the stars.
🧘♀️ Embodied expression
Breathwork, play, qi gong, comedy improvisation, ball sports - actions that awaken and surprise.
Sharing & learning
Heart-open sharing, story-weaving, truth-speaking without masks around important topics including purpose, pleasure, porn & power.
Body & soul
Nourishing, colourful, wholesome farm to table meals, an on-site sauna, meditation and lots of inspiration to step up in health & wellness.
✨ Creativity & rewilding
Craft ancient tools, carve into stone, hike to the lake and soak in the healing power of nature with eco therapy.
🌿 Growth & transformation
New tools to take home to continue the journey of becoming a man.
🌿 Daily rituals
Barefoot movement, nature connection, spontaneous
silliness.
🛏️ Science backed
Everything we do is designed to maximise you and your son's personal growth journey.
What’s Included
In a beautiful natural setting, you’ll spend 3 days immersed in meaningful, memory-making experiences:
- Games that deepen trust and spark joy
- Bush adventures that build confidence, teamwork, and wonder
- Rituals of passage that honour this threshold stage of boyhood
- Hands-on creative sessions for storytelling, symbolism, and shared pride
- Separate mothers’ and boys’ spaces, each held with warmth and intention
- Peaceful moments and wildly fun moments, because both are sacred
You don’t need to be outdoorsy. You don’t need to be spiritual. You just need to show up, as you are, and say yes to connection.
This is for you if…
- You work hard and love hard, but sometimes feel stretched thin and emotionally distant
- You want to raise a son who’s emotionally intelligent, grounded, and kind, but don’t always know how
- You’re watching your boy change, and you want to honour that shift instead of letting it pass by
- You’ve done personal growth work, and you’re ready to apply it to your parenting in a soulful, embodied way
- You’re craving quality time without screens, pressure, or distraction
This isn’t a parenting workshop or a lecture.
It’s a shared experience...crafted to help you both come home to yourselves and each other.
What You’ll Take Home
- A stronger, more emotionally attuned bond with your son
- Tools to navigate the coming years with grace, courage, and clarity
- A sense of spaciousness and renewal, for both of you
- Stories you’ll tell for years, and a moment in time you’ll never forget
- A deep knowing: I showed up for this. And it mattered.
HELLO FROM US
Meet your hosts
Jo O'Dell
Jo is a father, men’s work facilitator, and space-holder devoted to reconnecting men and families with the sacred roots of life. As the founder of The Warrior’s Heart and Father-Hood, Jo creates transformational spaces for men and boys to reclaim emotional expression, grounded presence, and heart-led strength. Having worked with hundreds of men across Australia, Jo brings a deeply embodied approach to rites of passage, combining somatic release, cultural reverence, and sacred play. He has trained in ceremony, trauma-informed practice, and firekeeping, and was adopted into a Yolŋu family during his own spiritual pilgrimage — an experience that deepened his connection to land, lineage, and fatherhood.
Daniela Cooper
Daniela Cooper is a mum of four (including 3 teens!) who is a manager in the corporate world, a hobby farmer, dancer, surfer, yoga teacher and student of life. She is a qualified and trauma-informed counsellor and somatic-focused coach. She hosts for women and improvisation workshops around the world and has extensive experience mentoring both women and men in the workplace, helping them to find their passions and balance in life. She has worked with women and children experiencing distress including refugees, those who have experienced family and domestic violence and teenagers not coping with mainstream schooling. Her own transformation has taken her from stressed and anxious to becoming a deeply grounded, joyful and (mostly!) present mother.
Kieana Rose
Kieana Rose is a Rites of Passage mentor based in the South West of Western Australia. She is the founder of Wildly Liberated, a movement supporting girls and mothers through life’s big transitions. After a decade of solo motherhood and healing from PTSD, Kieana now holds the torch for the next generation, helping girls feel supported in their emotions, seen in their truth, and celebrated in their becoming through mentoring. Through retreats, school programs, and one-on-one mentoring, she guides women and girls back to their bodies, their voices, and their power. When she’s not holding space for her children, wiping mud off their faces, or embracing every mindfulness hack, you’ll find her by the ocean, hiking, writing poetry, or belly laughing in an improv comedy workshop.
Pricing
Pay your Deposit
One person
For one person in private king/queen room
(NOT available for mother-child retreats)
Two people
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