Have you been struggling to live your life from the inside out and

connecting with your deeper truth?

Dates:

November 5–10, 2026 - Deadline to Register: October 15, 2026

November 4–9, 2027 - Deadline to Register: October 14, 2026

Location: Algarve Coast, Portugal
Host: Traci Costa, President and CEO, ATHENA International
Maximum Participants: 7

ATHENA Rising is a transformational retreat designed and led by ATHENA CEO, Traci Costa, for leaders who sense something shifting within themselves and are ready to explore it with curiosity, courage, and meaning.

This is not about adding more noise, more pressure, or more information. It is about creating space to reconnect with who you are beneath expectations, roles, and the demands of everyday life, so you can move forward with greater alignment in how you live, lead, relate, and grow. If you’re ready to bolster your self-awareness through reflection and practical leadership insights to overcome imposter phenomenon and fragmentation that impacts your inner peace.

Through the integration of ATHENA leadership principles, behavioral insight, and reflective astrology, this intimate five-night experience supports you in understanding your natural wiring, communication patterns, growth edges, and emerging path. Rather than simply telling you more about yourself, ATHENA Rising helps you feel and understand the deeper truth of how you are built, and what becomes possible when you lead from that place.

What You Will Experience

• Deeper understanding of your natural wiring and behavioral patterns

• Insight into how you lead, relate, respond, and grow under pressure

• Astrology as a reflective tool for meaning, timing, and self-understanding

• Reconnection with the part of yourself beneath productivity and expectation

• Clarity around what is changing in your identity, leadership, or next chapter

• Trust, resilience, and impact built from the inside out

• Intimate access and guidance in a small circle of no more than seven participants

• An opportunity to develop a radically strong sense of self and unapologetically claim your life's purpose, in partnership with your own courage and commitment.

What Is Included

• 5 nights’ accommodation on the Algarve coast

• Leadership and reflective sessions with Traci Costa

• Behavioral insights (Predictive Index)

• Astrology integration for self-awareness and alignment

• 2 curated half-day local excursions

• Private beach or hiking time for restoration and reflection

• Optional meditation

• Once on sight, all breakfasts, lunches, and dinners

• Assortment of beverages

• Group transportation from Faro Airport to Villa

• Transportation during the retreat

• Group transportation to Faro Airport from Villa

What Is Not Included

• Airfare to Faro (recommended airport)

• Travel insurance

• Personal shopping and optional add-ons

Conference Continuation Bonus

As a retreat participant, you will receive:

• $300 discount on the 2027 ATHENA Conference registration fee

• A special VIP experience exclusively for retreat registrants at the conference, including access to a private ATHENA Retreat gathering

The retreat is the immersion. The conference is the continuation.

Who This Is For

Leaders, founders, executives in transition, and high-capacity professionals at an inflection point who are open to leadership development that includes reflective and intuitive dimensions.

If you are seeking greater alignment in how you live, lead, relate, and grow, this is your invitation to boldly step into who you came here to be.

Pricing

Single Retreat (5 nights) $3,499

Two-Retreat Immersion $6,499

Two-retreat guests receive $500 off the 2027 ATHENA Conference registration and VIP Alumni access.

All prices per participant. Limited to 7 participants per retreat. Applications and reservations accepted now.