Small Business Consultant

Step into my world of retreats

Step into my world of retreats

Come On In
Star Star Star Star Star
Finalist – Best Business Retreat
The UK Retreat Awards 2026

Kate Kurdziej is an award-winning business consultant, retreat strategist and host of sold-out business retreats in Spain, shortlisted for Best Business Retreat at the UK Retreat Awards 2026.

Hi, I'm Kate

I’ve been in business since 2020, but my relationship with clarity and freedom started long before that.

Travel is in my blood, having studied in China, worked in South Korea, volunteered in Morocco and slicing my knee open in Thailand by falling off a moped in my 20s…

Fast forward to 2019 when I was managing a wealth management practice in England. I felt trapped, like my wings were clipped, and I was ready for a new adventure.

Little did I know that my new adventure would be welcoming my son into the world during the early days of Covid-19.

International Retreat Association Founding Member

In 2021, my husband and I left the UK with our (then) 18-month-old son because I realised something uncomfortable: a big mortgage and waiting for retirement was not the life I wanted to look back on.

I was built for more, and new a life abroad was the right decision.

We moved to France first, as I speak fluent French, but two years later and after some deep reflection, we did something braver.

We realised our life-long dream was no longer the right fit, so packed up our lives again and moved to sunny Spain, to a place we barely knew, because something about it felt alive.

The Mediterranean was calling us, and we answered.

Now I live on the northern Costa Blanca, one hour from Valencia.

I swim in the sea, play padel pretty poorly, drink freshly squeezed orange juice while my son plays on the beach, and meet friends for tapas in whitewashed market squares.

My ethos is simple; You only live once, so work out what your dream life looks like and make that happen one step at a time.

Every decision you make should move you closer to that goal.

That belief sits underneath everything I do for my clients.

As Seen In:

Stylist magazine in white text.
Tech roundup in white text.
The Times in white uppercase font.
We are tech women in white font.
Business gamechanger magazine in white font.

My Sun, Sea & Strategy Business Retreats

I host business retreats in Spain for founders who need space, perspective and deep thinking away from the noise of their day-to-day business.

This is where my award-winning business consultancy comes in.

These are not “take a notebook and manifest” weekends.

They are small group, strategic, high-level experiences designed to help service based business owners:

  • step back from the busy
  • see their business more clearly
  • and make better, braver decisions

I work with female founders who are ready to scale with more simplicity, better structure and greater profitability, without burning themselves out or losing the soul of what they have built.

Transformational, life-changing and next-level are just some of the words used to describe my business retreats.

‘More breakthroughs in 4 days than in 7 years of business’ ranks as one of my favourite reflections.

Because when you get people out of their inbox and into the right environment, something shifts.

My own retreats consistently receive 10 out of 10 feedback, with 80% of guests choosing to return.

Find out when the next business retreat is
And my love of retreats does not stop there.

Strategic support for impactful, profitable retreats

Behind the scenes, I’m the secret-weapon strategist and creative partner for coaches, consultants and wellness practioners who want to run exceptional in-person experiences of their own.

I help you design a retreat that fits your brand, fills with the right people, and feels financially and energetically sustainable to deliver.

From positioning and pricing to legals and launch strategy, I bring the same level of thoughtfulness and clarity that goes into my own retreats to yours.

I help you to create a retreat that reflects the depth of your work, elevates your reputation, and becomes a natural extension of your business.

I have supported industry-leading coaches behind the scenes as they planned, marketed and delivered retreats around the world.

I have watched bookings open and fill with pay-in-full clients because the whole experience was strategic and aligned from the start.

Whether you are dreaming about your first retreat or ready to refine a signature experience, my role is to bring strategy, structure and calm to the process so you can focus on what you do best: holding space and creating transformation.

Design your retreat with me
Generalitat Valenciana logo

Professional by design. Personal by nature.
Every retreat and every strategy project is built on careful planning, integrity and attention to detail.

Kate operates as a registered travel agency in the Comunitat Valenciana, Spain, meaning retreat packages are protected by the required financial guarantee and insurance, while every consultancy service is underpinned by the same meticulous standards and expertise.

  • There are things I wanted from my business in 2020 that I don’t particularly want anymore- and I think that’s a good thing. When I started my business, I had a five-month-old baby and had just left a career in wealth management after reaching the point where I knew I couldn’t keep living and working the way I had been. So naturally, what I wanted from my business then was shaped by the woman I was then. Six years later, quite a lot has changed. The business has grown. I’ve grown. My family is at a different stage. I live in Spain now. I know much more about the kind of work I enjoy, what I’m good at and, perhaps more importantly, what I absolutely cannot be bothered doing any more. So why would I assume that the goals I chose in 2020 should still be the ones I’m working towards now? I think we’re very good at reviewing whether our businesses are hitting their targets. We’re less good at reviewing whether we still actually want the targets. More revenue. A bigger team. More offers. More clients. A certain turnover figure. Maybe you still want all of those things. But maybe your definition of a successful business has changed. Perhaps you want fewer moving parts. More profit rather than more revenue. A smaller team. Less delivery. More time with your family. More travel. Or simply a business that takes up considerably less space in your head when you’re not working. Changing your mind doesn’t mean the original goal was wrong. It means your business needs to evolve alongside the person running it. What did you want from your business when you started that you’re not actually interested in anymore?
  • Another fab week on retreat with the one and only @thequietmarketer 🇪🇸✈️🍾🌊💖🙌 #businessretreats #businessrereatspain
  • It's not a time-management problem if there is just too much business for one person to hold. I speak to a lot of established business owners who are convinced they need to become more organised. A better diary. More time blocking. A new project-management system. Perhaps another VA to finally get on top of everything. And sometimes those things genuinely help. But there comes a point where we have to stop trying to make the founder more efficient and look at what the business is actually asking her to hold. How many offers are you delivering? How much client work still needs you personally? How many decisions come back to you? How often does your team need your input before something can move forward? How many things are technically delegated but still require you to check, approve or fix them? Because you can organise your diary beautifully and still have too much in it. And I think this matters particularly for women whose businesses are doing well. When the clients are there and the revenue is healthy, it’s very easy to assume you're the problem because you somehow can’t keep on top of the business you created. Maybe you don’t need to get better at managing everything- maybe there are just things you shouldn’t be managing anymore. That’s a business-design conversation, not a question of "productivity". Save this for the next time you find yourself downloading another productivity app.
  • Your business doesn’t need to be struggling for you to want something about it to change. In fact, Sun, Sea & Strategy is specifically for women whose businesses are already working. You have clients. You’re making consistent money. You’ve probably been doing this for a few years, and there may be a team, contractors or associates involved now too. From the outside, there might not appear to be a problem at all. But you’ve started wondering whether the version of the business you’ve built is still the version you want to keep running. Maybe too much still depends on you. Maybe you’ve grown into a role you don’t particularly enjoy. Maybe there are offers, clients or ways of working that made perfect sense three years ago but don’t anymore. Or perhaps nothing is obviously wrong- you just know you don’t want to automatically spend the next five years building more of the same. That’s the point at which Sun, Sea & Strategy becomes useful. You don’t need me to teach you how to start a business. And you don’t need to arrive in Spain knowing exactly what needs to change. You need a functioning business that we can properly examine, a willingness to be honest about what is and isn’t working anymore, and enough space away from the day-to-day to decide what you actually want next. Sometimes that means growth. Sometimes it means simplifying, changing your team, improving profitability, reducing delivery or getting yourself out of parts of the business you no longer want to be responsible for. The point isn’t to build a bigger business. It’s to make better decisions about the one you actually want to run. The next Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. If you’ve built a successful service business and you’re starting to question what the next version should look like, join the waitlist through the link in my bio.
  • My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
@kate_kurdziej
@kate_kurdziej
•
Follow
There are things I wanted from my business in 2020 that I don’t particularly want anymore- and I think that’s a good thing. When I started my business, I had a five-month-old baby and had just left a career in wealth management after reaching the point where I knew I couldn’t keep living and working the way I had been. So naturally, what I wanted from my business then was shaped by the woman I was then. Six years later, quite a lot has changed. The business has grown. I’ve grown. My family is at a different stage. I live in Spain now. I know much more about the kind of work I enjoy, what I’m good at and, perhaps more importantly, what I absolutely cannot be bothered doing any more. So why would I assume that the goals I chose in 2020 should still be the ones I’m working towards now? I think we’re very good at reviewing whether our businesses are hitting their targets. We’re less good at reviewing whether we still actually want the targets. More revenue. A bigger team. More offers. More clients. A certain turnover figure. Maybe you still want all of those things. But maybe your definition of a successful business has changed. Perhaps you want fewer moving parts. More profit rather than more revenue. A smaller team. Less delivery. More time with your family. More travel. Or simply a business that takes up considerably less space in your head when you’re not working. Changing your mind doesn’t mean the original goal was wrong. It means your business needs to evolve alongside the person running it. What did you want from your business when you started that you’re not actually interested in anymore?
21 hours ago
View on Instagram |
1/5
@kate_kurdziej
@kate_kurdziej
•
Follow
Another fab week on retreat with the one and only @thequietmarketer 🇪🇸✈️🍾🌊💖🙌 #businessretreats #businessrereatspain
2 days ago
View on Instagram |
2/5
It's not a time-management problem if there is just too much business for one person to hold. I speak to a lot of established business owners who are convinced they need to become more organised. A better diary. More time blocking. A new project-management system. Perhaps another VA to finally get on top of everything. And sometimes those things genuinely help. But there comes a point where we have to stop trying to make the founder more efficient and look at what the business is actually asking her to hold. How many offers are you delivering? How much client work still needs you personally? How many decisions come back to you? How often does your team need your input before something can move forward? How many things are technically delegated but still require you to check, approve or fix them? Because you can organise your diary beautifully and still have too much in it. And I think this matters particularly for women whose businesses are doing well. When the clients are there and the revenue is healthy, it’s very easy to assume you're the problem because you somehow can’t keep on top of the business you created. Maybe you don’t need to get better at managing everything- maybe there are just things you shouldn’t be managing anymore. That’s a business-design conversation, not a question of "productivity". Save this for the next time you find yourself downloading another productivity app.
It's not a time-management problem if there is just too much business for one person to hold. I speak to a lot of established business owners who are convinced they need to become more organised. A better diary. More time blocking. A new project-management system. Perhaps another VA to finally get on top of everything. And sometimes those things genuinely help. But there comes a point where we have to stop trying to make the founder more efficient and look at what the business is actually asking her to hold. How many offers are you delivering? How much client work still needs you personally? How many decisions come back to you? How often does your team need your input before something can move forward? How many things are technically delegated but still require you to check, approve or fix them? Because you can organise your diary beautifully and still have too much in it. And I think this matters particularly for women whose businesses are doing well. When the clients are there and the revenue is healthy, it’s very easy to assume you're the problem because you somehow can’t keep on top of the business you created. Maybe you don’t need to get better at managing everything- maybe there are just things you shouldn’t be managing anymore. That’s a business-design conversation, not a question of "productivity". Save this for the next time you find yourself downloading another productivity app.
It's not a time-management problem if there is just too much business for one person to hold. I speak to a lot of established business owners who are convinced they need to become more organised. A better diary. More time blocking. A new project-management system. Perhaps another VA to finally get on top of everything. And sometimes those things genuinely help. But there comes a point where we have to stop trying to make the founder more efficient and look at what the business is actually asking her to hold. How many offers are you delivering? How much client work still needs you personally? How many decisions come back to you? How often does your team need your input before something can move forward? How many things are technically delegated but still require you to check, approve or fix them? Because you can organise your diary beautifully and still have too much in it. And I think this matters particularly for women whose businesses are doing well. When the clients are there and the revenue is healthy, it’s very easy to assume you're the problem because you somehow can’t keep on top of the business you created. Maybe you don’t need to get better at managing everything- maybe there are just things you shouldn’t be managing anymore. That’s a business-design conversation, not a question of "productivity". Save this for the next time you find yourself downloading another productivity app.
@kate_kurdziej
@kate_kurdziej
•
Follow
It's not a time-management problem if there is just too much business for one person to hold. I speak to a lot of established business owners who are convinced they need to become more organised. A better diary. More time blocking. A new project-management system. Perhaps another VA to finally get on top of everything. And sometimes those things genuinely help. But there comes a point where we have to stop trying to make the founder more efficient and look at what the business is actually asking her to hold. How many offers are you delivering? How much client work still needs you personally? How many decisions come back to you? How often does your team need your input before something can move forward? How many things are technically delegated but still require you to check, approve or fix them? Because you can organise your diary beautifully and still have too much in it. And I think this matters particularly for women whose businesses are doing well. When the clients are there and the revenue is healthy, it’s very easy to assume you're the problem because you somehow can’t keep on top of the business you created. Maybe you don’t need to get better at managing everything- maybe there are just things you shouldn’t be managing anymore. That’s a business-design conversation, not a question of "productivity". Save this for the next time you find yourself downloading another productivity app.
2 days ago
View on Instagram |
3/5
@kate_kurdziej
@kate_kurdziej
•
Follow
Your business doesn’t need to be struggling for you to want something about it to change. In fact, Sun, Sea & Strategy is specifically for women whose businesses are already working. You have clients. You’re making consistent money. You’ve probably been doing this for a few years, and there may be a team, contractors or associates involved now too. From the outside, there might not appear to be a problem at all. But you’ve started wondering whether the version of the business you’ve built is still the version you want to keep running. Maybe too much still depends on you. Maybe you’ve grown into a role you don’t particularly enjoy. Maybe there are offers, clients or ways of working that made perfect sense three years ago but don’t anymore. Or perhaps nothing is obviously wrong- you just know you don’t want to automatically spend the next five years building more of the same. That’s the point at which Sun, Sea & Strategy becomes useful. You don’t need me to teach you how to start a business. And you don’t need to arrive in Spain knowing exactly what needs to change. You need a functioning business that we can properly examine, a willingness to be honest about what is and isn’t working anymore, and enough space away from the day-to-day to decide what you actually want next. Sometimes that means growth. Sometimes it means simplifying, changing your team, improving profitability, reducing delivery or getting yourself out of parts of the business you no longer want to be responsible for. The point isn’t to build a bigger business. It’s to make better decisions about the one you actually want to run. The next Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. If you’ve built a successful service business and you’re starting to question what the next version should look like, join the waitlist through the link in my bio.
3 days ago
View on Instagram |
4/5
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
@kate_kurdziej
@kate_kurdziej
•
Follow
My business retreat starts six months before anyone gets on a plane to Spain. Because I don’t particularly want seven women arriving at the villa on day one and spending the first morning trying to work out what they actually want help with. Sun, Sea & Strategy includes what I call the CEO Runway. In the six months before the retreat, we have three group calls alongside structured CEO reflection work and a detailed pre-retreat questionnaire. It gives you time to start noticing things. What’s working really well? What keeps irritating you? Where are you spending far too much time? What decisions have you been putting off? What parts of the business have you simply carried on with because that’s how you’ve always done them? And perhaps the bigger question- what do you actually want from the next version of this business? By the time we arrive in Spain, you’ve already started thinking. I know more about what’s happening in your business, you’ve had time to notice the things that get lost when you’re busy running it, and we can use our time together to go considerably deeper. Because I don’t think the value of a business retreat should be measured solely by what happens during the four nights you’re there. The work starts before you arrive- and continues after you leave. The current Sun, Sea & Strategy retreat is sold out, but future dates are coming. Join the waitlist through the link in my bio if you’d like to experience it yourself- or join Behind the Retreat if you’re interested in the thinking that goes into creating retreats this way.
4 days ago
View on Instagram |
5/5