18/07/2026
Women's Residential Retreat | Ukraine 🇺🇦
Earlier this month, Nadiya had the privilege of facilitating a five-day residential retreat in the Carpathian Mountains for 22 Ukrainian women supporting their communities through the ongoing realities of war.
The participants included therapists, psychologists, artists, journalists, human rights advocates, volunteers, and community leaders working alongside children, families, veterans, and people living with profound loss.
Those who care for others also need places where they can pause, breathe, and be cared for.
Together with an experienced team of Ukrainian and Finnish facilitators, we created a trauma-informed space where professional knowledge, embodied practices, creativity, movement, nature, and genuine human connection came together to support rest, reflection, and mutual learning.
Beyond the programme itself, something equally valuable emerged: a community of women sharing experience, exchanging ideas, supporting one another, and remembering that none of us has to carry this work alone.
We are deeply grateful to every participant for your trust, courage, generosity, and wisdom. Thank you to our facilitators, volunteers, supporters, and donors who made it possible to offer this retreat free of charge.
We believe that caring for those who care for others is not a luxury—it is an essential part of sustaining resilient communities.
We are already preparing our next retreats and collaborations.
If you would like to support or collaborate with Nadiya, we would love to hear from you. Together, we can continue creating spaces where care, resilience, and hope can grow.
