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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.
Kate Kurdziej, Founder of Olivier Consultancy
Kate is based in Spain, and spends her days supporting female founders to design and deliver retreats that are both commercially successful and deeply aligned with the life they want to lead as well ahs hosting her own business strategy retreats.
With over 15 years’ experience in business operations and strategy, Kate helps retreat hosts create the structure behind a sell-out retreat, from offer design and pricing through to marketing timelines and sustainable delivery. Her work bridges the gap between a beautiful retreat concept and a retreat that fills with the right people, profitably and with ease.
As a working mother and the host of her own business retreats in Spain, Kate understands the desire for a business model that creates more space, not more pressure. Through her consultancy, she helps women build scaleable businesses that support freedom, calm growth, and a lifestyle-first definition of success.
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Prior to having her son Oliver in 2020, Kate made the decision to step away from a demanding career in finance and a workplace culture that no longer aligned with the life she wanted to build. As she entered motherhood, she knew she didn’t want to return to long, high-pressure hours that came at the expense of family time and personal wellbeing.
In September 2020, Kate founded Olivier Consultancy, initially supporting service-based business owners with the operational structure, systems, and boundaries needed to grow without burnout. Over time, her work evolved into a deeper focus on lifestyle-first business models, helping founders create businesses that support freedom, sustainability, and space.
As a business owner and lifelong travel lover, Kate has always been drawn to the idea that work can be expansive rather than restrictive. Her career and experiences have taken her across South Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, and the United States, and in 2021 she relocated from the UK to France with her husband and young son.
After navigating the realities of post-Brexit relocation and building a business internationally, Kate eventually found her home on the Mediterranean coast in Spain. It was here, surrounded by the rhythm of slower living and the power of in-person connection, that retreats became a natural extension of her work.
Speaker Topics
- The Strategy Behind a Sell-Out Retreat: What first-time retreat hosts need to know about pricing, positioning, timelines, and filling spaces without last-minute panic.
- From Burnout to Lifestyle-First Business Design: How to build a business model that creates more space, freedom, and calm, without sacrificing income or ambition.
- Moving abroad; Lessons from relocating abroad, redefining success, and designing work around family, wellbeing, and long-term fulfilment.
- Retreats as a Premium Business Model for Women Founders; Why retreats are becoming one of the most powerful ways to create impact, revenue, and community in a more sustainable way.
- Boundaries, Clients, and Sustainable Success; How service providers can protect their time, enforce stronger client boundaries, and grow without emotional burnout.
Podcast Features
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Episode: Season 5, Episode 182: Sun, Sea & Strategy: How One Mom Packed Up Her Family, Moved to Spain, and Built a Business That Finally Fits Her Life
Date: October 2026
Episode: Is AI Making Business Less Human? Why Connection Still Matters
Date: October 2026
Episode: Stop Being the Employee In Your Own Business
Date: August 2026
Episode: 55: Freedom, Family, and the Business That Made Both Possible
Date: July 2026
Episode: When the Dream Move Isn’t Quite Right: Kate Kurdziej on Starting Over
Date: July 2026
Episode: The Ultimate Guide to International Retreats and Legal Compliance
Date: May 2026
In this episode, Holly Porter interviews Kate Kurdziej, a business strategist specialising in retreats. They discuss how retreat hosts can confidently fill their retreats, legal considerations, and the importance of strategic planning for international retreats.
Episode: 40: Strategy, Energy and Selling Out with Kate Kurdziej
Date: April 2026
Kate joined Nicoline Huizinga to discuss strategy, energy and what it actually takes to launch and sell out a retreat.
Founders Future
Episode: From Corporate to Retreat Strategy
Date: February 2026
Kate shared her journey from corporate life to building a retreat strategy business, including the decisions and pivots that shaped Olivier Consultancy.
Episode: Personal Brand Story and Life-first Business
Date: December 2025
Kate joined Reme Mancera to discuss personal brand story, life-first business and what your story reveals about your version of success.
Episode: 18: Setting Boundaries, with Kate Kurdziej
Date: January 2025
Kate joined Kathy Soulsby to discuss boundaries, productivity and building a business that supports your life rather than consumes it.
Make it Happen by Being You with Ali Meehan
Episode: Setting Boundaries in Business – Take Back Control with Kate Kurdziej
Date: January 2025
Kate joined Ali Meehan to discuss setting boundaries in business, taking back control and creating healthier ways of working as a business owner.
Episode: Episode 29: Daily Happiness with Kate Kurdziej
Date: November 2024
Kate and Jacky shared their personal journeys of transitioning from corporate jobs to starting their own businesses, emphasising the importance of self-reflection, personal growth and finding happiness in everyday life.
Episode: Designing Your Life and Business with Purpose.
Date: September 2024
Kate Kurdziej joined Lucy Howell to discuss designing a life and business with more purpose, freedom and intention whilst raising a family.
Episode: S3 E21, “For a long time, I fought it”
Date: July 2024
Kate Kurdziej, founder of Olivier Consultancy, joined Caroline Marshall to discuss her journey from quitting her job whilst pregnant and starting her business whilst raising a baby.
Episode: Making Your Boring Offer Sexy
Date: April 2023
Kate joined Jemma Broadstock to discuss offer positioning, messaging and how to make a seemingly “boring” offer more desirable.
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