Renewed energy
You'll let go of the tension and compromises you've been carrying. More grounded, centred, replenished.
A Coaching Walking Retreat
for People at a Crossroads
A journey to renewed energy, yourself, and greater clarity.
You've spent years in mission-driven work. Now you're questioning what comes next, professionally, personally, or both.
Crossroads is a hybrid coaching programme combining individual coaching with a walking retreat from Santiago de Compostela to Fisterra, in Spain, to slow down, reconnect, and find a clearer path forward.
Transformation happens through movement, honest conversations, and connection with nature.
Spring edition, 10–16 April 2027 · Santiago de Compostela → Fisterra (Spain)
This is for you if you are…
Dedicated to international development, humanitarian, human rights or public service work.
Navigating shifts in the sector, organisational restructuring, role changes, or uncertainty.
Reconsidering priorities, seeking a more meaningful path.
Closing one chapter, opening another.
Outcomes
What you'll walk away with
Trust in the unknown
You'll feel connected, more comfortable with not having all the answers, and confident that clarity will reveal itself.
A truer sense of self
You'll be more self-aware, with a clearer sense of who you are and who you are becoming, separate from your role, organisation, or sector.
A clearer path forward
You'll leave with a renewed sense of what matters and a direction to walk towards, at your own pace.
Spring edition, 10–16 April 2027 · Santiago de Compostela → Fisterra (Spain)Reserve your spot
Why walking
Move to think clearer
Walking calms the nervous system and makes reflection more honest and embodied.
Conversations to go deeper
Walking alongside others in similar situations can help you find your own way. The questions you bring get a truer answer.
Permission to slow down
Nature doesn't rush and doesn't judge. It asks nothing of you, so you can stop performing and face what is.
A change in landscape, a change within
A change in natural landscape impacts our inner landscape. What feels stuck indoors often loosens on the path.
Meet your coaches
Two people walking beside you
Maria Bardolet
ACC-ICF certified coach
20+ years in international cooperation, including INGOs such as Oxfam and UN agencies such as UNICEF. Working on social and sustainable impact projects while raising my three children. After going through my own burnout process and deep inner search, I learned to prioritise myself and lead from my own authenticity and integrity. I understand where you are because I walked that path too. Through creativity, nature and the body, I found my centre again. Today I support people and organisations to discover who they are and where they want to go, with more clarity and less burnout. Based in Spain, and a lifelong walker of Galician paths.
"Walk slow, don't rush. That place you have to reach is yourself." — José Ortega y Gasset
Laetitia Antonowicz
EMCC certified coach
30+ years professional experience supporting others to grow, reflect and develop as a teacher, consultant, trainer and facilitator, including 25+ years in international development across UN agencies, NGOs and donors in 50 countries. Life, work and leadership transition coach with an integrative approach drawing from nature-based coaching, leadership embodiment, physical intelligence and solution-focused coaching. Soulwalk leader, cycle tourer and horse whisperer.
"Traveling is a return to the essentials" — Tibetan proverb
We speak English, French, and Spanish. Don't let language be a barrier.
Our approach
Built from our own crossroads
We set up Crossroads because we've walked our own career and life crossroads, and know that the biggest inner shifts rarely happen at a desk. They happen when we step outside, move our bodies, and give ourselves space to think.
We wanted to create that space for others: a place where the walking, the nature, and the shared conversations can do the work that solo reflection alone rarely quite manages.
The journey
Walk, reflect, integrate
- 4Individual coaching sessions60 minutes each, remote and flexible, from January 2027.
- 2Group online meetingsOne before the walk, one after. Remote.
- 5Days walking13–21 km a day from Santiago de Compostela to Fisterra, with coaching exercises woven in before, during and after each day's walk.
- ½Day of reflectionAt the ocean in Fisterra, to make sense of it all.
- 6-10ParticipantsA small deliberately intimate group.
- 2Certified coachesWalking alongside you the whole way.
Step by step
Your journey begins the moment you imagine yourself walking
Crossroads is more than a one-week walk. It's a personal journey that begins the moment you decide to join, and continues long after you're back home.
Welcome call
We organise a 30-minute call to get to know you and your hopes for this coaching programme. From there, one of us will be assigned as your coach for the rest of your journey.
Setting out
From the moment you sign up, you'll receive gentle warm-up activities for mind, body, heart and spirit, straight to your inbox. Small, regular touches to help you arrive already in motion, not starting cold on day one.
Individual coaching
You have four 60-minute individual sessions, yours to place before and/or after the walk. Used before, they help you arrive with intention. Used after, they make sure what the walk brings up doesn't stay on the trail.
Group calls
Two online calls: one before the retreat to meet the group and answer last questions, and one about a month after to close the programme together.
Walking retreat
Five days moving through Galicia to the ocean, followed by a half-day of reflection and integration in Fisterra. Coaching exercises woven in before, during and after each day's walk, grounding, connection to yourself and nature, and meaningful conversation woven into the walking.
You don't need to arrive with answers. You don't even need to arrive with the right questions. Bring yourself, your presence, and your willingness to walk. That's enough to begin.
In her words
I find that nature becomes my ally: words and emotions flow differently; it acts as a mirror, helping me connect with and express what I'm going through; it even helps me find my own answers. It's as if every element we encounter along the way, the trees, the paths, the wind, the birds, the sounds, comes into service of the process alongside Maria.
How it works
Two parts, each in expert hands
Crossroads combines a transformational nature-based coaching programme with a walk on the Camino de Santiago, from Santiago de Compostela to Fisterra. We focus on what we do best, coaching and facilitation, and we make sure your trip is organised by experienced travel agents on the Camino.
The coaching experience
Maria & Laetitia
Two professional certified coaches: remote coaching before and after, and coaching and nature-based practices woven into every day of the walk.
The travel package
Tee Travel, Camino specialists
Camino specialists who take care of the route, accommodation, food, luggage transfer, insurance and phone assistance during the walk — so you can focus on walking and on yourself, not on logistics.
Programme details
The practical part
Everything you need to plan your week, in one place.
Dates
10–16 April 2027
Starts Saturday 10 April, 17:00 in Santiago de Compostela.
Ends Friday 16 April, 14:00 in Fisterra.
How to arrive
Train and plane options to arrive in Santiago de Compostela, directly or through Madrid.
Group size
6–10 participants
Kept small so the experience stays personal and intimate.
Where you stay
Hotels and rural guesthouses along the route, in twin rooms with private bathrooms. Your luggage travels ahead each day, so you only carry a light daypack while walking.
About 90 km from Santiago de Compostela to Fisterra
5 walking days · stages of 13–21 km
Santiago de Compostela
We start here, 17:00
Sat 10 Apr
Negreira
21 km
Sun 11 Apr
Maronas
19 km
Mon 12 Apr
Olveiroa
13 km
Tue 13 Apr
Cee
20 km
Wed 14 Apr
Fisterra
13 km
Thu 15 Apr
Friday 16 April is a non-walking day in Fisterra, devoted to reflection and integration. The programme ends at 14:00.
Standard price
€1,850per person
From 27 November 2026
Early bird
€1,650per person
Until 26 November 2026
All taxes included.
Payment in three instalments: €300 deposit when booking, €630 for the Coaching Experience by 31 December 2026, and €920 for the Travel Package by 10 February 2027. Discounts are deducted from the Coaching Experience payment. Payments are due immediately if you book after the relevant deadline.
€200 off when you book with a friend€200 off for planet-conscious travellers who don't fly to Spain
These two offers cannot be combined with each other or with the early bird price.
What is included
Coaching and travel, brought together in one programme.
- From the moment you sign up: warm-up activities for mind, body, heart and spirit, plus a 30-minute welcome call.
- Four 60-minute individual coaching sessions to use before and/or after the walking retreat.
- Group calls: two online calls, before and after the retreat.
- During the retreat: carefully curated group coaching, reflection activities and individual exercises, guided nature-based practices for mind, body, heart and spirit, and meaningful conversation woven into the walking.
- A final half-day in Fisterra to process the week's experience and integrate it into new intentions, ways of being, and action.
The travel package
From Santiago de Compostela to Fisterra, provided by Tee Travel
- The route and accommodation.
- Food: breakfasts and dinners.Buy your own lunch along the way.
- Luggage transfer between stages.
- Travel and cancellation insurance (details available upon request).
- Taxi contact service if you cannot continue walking for non-medical reasons (taxi cost paid separately).
- Remote phone assistance during the walk.
What's not included
- Transport to Santiago and back.
- Transport back from Fisterra to Santiago.
- Lunches and snacks.
- Taxis and transfers.
Ready to take the first step?
Spots are limited to keep the group small and intimate. Reserve yours, and we'll be in touch personally to confirm the details.
Reserve your spot with a €300 deposit
The €300 deposit is part of the total price, not an extra charge: it is deducted from your programme price of €1,850 (€1,650 early bird until 26 November 2026), all taxes included.
The remaining €630 for the Coaching Experience, less any applicable discount, is due by 31 December 2026. The €920 Travel Package is due directly to the travel agent by 10 February 2027. If you book after either date, that payment is due immediately. The deposit itself is non-refundable.
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Prefer to pay another way, or have a question first? Write to us and we'll sort it out personally.
FAQ
Questions people ask us
More answers live in the brochure. Have another question? Get in touch. We're always happy to talk it through.
Sustainability
Treading lightly
A retreat about slowing down and reconnecting with nature should also take care of it.
Less is more. We slow down, do with less, and leave no trace on the land after we walk.
Fly less. Travel to Spain without flying and we'll take €200 off.
Pack light. Most of what you need for the walk, you already own. We won't hand you a shopping list for one week.
Local, always. Tee Travel, the most sustainable agency on the Camino, and local providers along the route.
Digital by default. Your welcome pack and dossier arrive by email, not on paper.
Giving back. 2% of our revenue goes to Amigas da Terra (Friends of the Earth Galicia).
Still have questions?
We'd rather talk it through than leave you guessing. Reach out and one of us will get back to you personally.
The waiting list for the Autumn '27 edition is now open:
26 September to 2 October 2027.