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Immersive leadership experiences, personalized memberships and wellbeing adventures — rooted in nature, guided by wisdom, and backed by science
CONSCIOUS WORKING
Where Work Evolves. Where You Grow.
Being in natural environments restores attention and improves focus leading to clearer thinking, better decision-making, and more creative collaboration.*
Spending time in nature—whether through team meetings in green spaces, walking breaks, retreats, or simply enjoying views of greenery—has been shown to lower cortisol levels and ease mental fatigue. Reduced stress fosters better emotional regulation, patience, and empathy, all of which are essential for maintaining team harmony and clear communication. 2008 study, Berman, Kaplan, and Jonides
Mindful physical practices help you work smarter and longer by improving mental clarity, reducing stress, and boosting energy. Integrating even short mindful movement sessions during the day can make a big difference in productivity. Contemplating mindfulness at work: An integrative review. Journal of Management, 42(1), 114–142.
Mindfulness isn’t just a personal wellness tool—it can transform the way we work together. This review shows that mindful practices, from yoga to simple mindful movement, do more than calm the mind. They sharpen focus, steady emotions, and strengthen thinking skills, making it easier to excel at tasks and connect with others. Along the way, they nurture physical vitality, fueling the energy and resilience that keep teams thriving. Contemplating mindfulness at work: An integrative review. Journal of Management, 42(1), 114–142.
Adopting an adventure mindset can profoundly impact every aspect of your life. It enhances your creativity, boosts your resilience, and fosters a sense of fulfillment. Professionally, it can lead to innovative thinking and greater problem-solving abilities. Personally, it cultivates a richer, more vibrant existence, filled with memorable experiences and meaningful connections.
In essence, an adventure mindset transforms the way we approach life. It shifts our focus from what we have to what we can experience, from fear of the unknown to excitement for what lies ahead. By embracing this mindset, we unlock a world of possibility, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and making each day an adventure worth living.
*Source: Attention Restoration Theory by Kaplan & Kapla
Are you ready to unlock your potential?
We support conscious leaders and businesses through pivotal transitions–helping you create meaningful impact and lead with clarity and purpose.
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Whether you're designing the future of your business, re-igniting your team’s synergy, evolving your leadership style, or seeking to reconnect with your inner compass, our offerings are designed to meet you at a threshold of growth.
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Choose from immersive corporate experiences, expansive wellbeing adventures or accelerate your impact with The Growth Project, our high-end leadership membership. All are held and guided by Gret Batchelar and Laura Riordan, Ph.D.—trusted coaches and facilitators of transformation.
Are you ready to grow?
We shape your leadership evolution, craft individualized and team-based strategies, and nurture your growth into aligned, impactful and conscious success.
Whether you’re planning your team’s upcoming offsite, craving an adventure, or preparing your own next chapter, we’re here to guide you toward aligned, conscious success.
You’ll work directly with Gret and Laura—two experienced leadership guides who bring deep expertise, compassion, and clarity to every experience.
Together they lead:
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Corporate Experiences in Portugal and beyond
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The Growth Project: an exclusive membership for professionals in transition
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Wellbeing Adventures for individuals open to the unknown
Discover Your Experience
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​Corporate Experiences
Tailored offsites for teams and organizations who want to align performance with wellbeing. Includes strategic workshops, holistic practices, and values-based team building.
COMING SOON
Our Core Principles
We merge ancient wisdom with modern science to deliver holistic experiences that produce proven results. All our offerings rest on these five principles:
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Natural Setting
An essential element for holding space, expanding perspectives, and nourishing growth.
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Holistic Wellbeing
Promotes health & wellness through mindful physical practices, intentional mental fitness and the cornerstones of self-care.
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Dynamic Relationships
During the live training phase our team is on the ground with your leaders, implementing your tailored wellbeing toolbox, hosting workshops, live events and ensuring the program is implemented to the best of your team's abilities.
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Positive Engagement
Encourages enrollment, motivation, gratitude, and appreciation to build resilient individuals and high-performing teams that sustains growth.
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Adventure Mindset
Approaching life with curiosity, resilience, openness to uncertainty, and a willingness to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth.
Who we are
We have decades of experience in corporate life – Gret as Vice President for a fashion conglomerate and Tom as former BBC, then Partner at an international communications firm. We have been on the forefront of success, & burnout, dealing with all the pressures that come with running departments and budgets as well as managing and developing teams to their best potential. Working conditions have been turned on their head and a hybrid world is placing new demands on employees and employers alike. Yet challenges can be opportunities as new techniques and fresh engagement can empower people to feel, think and perform better despite disruptions. Wellbeing is no longer a bolt on - it's not a duty of care, but a culture of care. It's a strategy that feeds the evolution and performance of any business when the right measures are implemented and embraced by all.
Gret Batchelar
Managing Partner & CEO
Gret understands the pressures of business leaders in the c-suite because she was one, running a $400m budget across Europe in her last VP role in fashion. Stress and burnout changed everything. In response, she focused on her holistic wellbeing, developed her own wellbeing rituals and practices, changing how she thought, felt, and noting what had to happen next – taking that offer to others. Her executive experience has provided unique insights around how to help leaders find new purpose, resolve and resilience, using simple tools that embed a mindful, more present approach to leading, connection and fulfillment. Inspired by a blend of ancient and modern ideas and evidenced based processes, Gret founded and grew Conscious Working with strategic tools that shape new behaviours for leaders and senior teams, changing perspectives, potential and performance for individuals, team and companies. She continues to expand her knowledge and is a certified Low Tox Coach, 325 RYT Yoga Instructor in power, Yin and Kula Flow, Meditation Facilitator and Mindfulness Teacher.
Tom Batchelar
Managing Partner & Communications Director
Tom Batchelar, originally a senior producer at Bloomberg and the BBC, has been advising businesses, from multinationals to start-ups, for two decades at Brunswick Group, Instinctif Partners and as an independent. As a senior communications advisor, he has expertise in strategic advice, messaging narrative and content development, creative stakeholder programmes, and thought leadership campaigns. He has worked with National Grid, Thomson Reuters, Inmarsat, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, SITA UK, Cordant Group, Specsavers, Made.com and Griffith Foods amongst many others. Tom is also an experienced media and presentation trainer.
Laura Riordan, Ph.D.
Transitions Coach & Retreat Host
Laura Riordan, Ph.D. is a transitions coach and expert guide to clients who feel stuck, disillusioned, or simply unclear how to get their big ideas out into the world. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and 20+ years of experience working with executives, entrepreneurs and individual contributors.
Work we've done
As head of the Field and Operations team at Michael Kors Europe, I believe a mindful team is a productive team. Gret created an introductory wellbeing programme that educated my team on the fundamentals of wellbeing and why it matters at work – as well as in daily life. She introduced a toolkit for my busy team and shared tactics to implement them easily. I believe wellness gives my team the energy we need to be the best leaders in our field and we look forward to continuing to work with Gret and Conscious Working.
CHRIS AMPLO, DVP, MICHAEL KORS EMEA
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