🌸 Blossom Women’s Retreats are safe and nurturing spaces, designed for women to rest, retreat, and recalibrate in the company of a small, intimate group of like-minded ladies.

Together, we share creative and educational workshops alongside quiet moments of reflection, exploration, and personal healing. This retreat is a gentle invitation to unwind, find clarity, and begin blossoming into your next chapter.

You’ll be guided by Samantha Jane and Jessie Buttons as we move through a day of nourishment, creativity, and connection at the beautiful Black Sheep Retreat on Morningside hill, overlooking the landscapes all around us.

🌸 Samantha Jane – Trauma-informed NLP Practitioner + Retreat Facilitator

Founder of Black Sheep Retreat (interactive accommodation)
Solo Mum to 2 beautiful children (ages 4 and 7)

Black Sheep Retreat was designed in 2023 as a safe, nurturing haven for families, friends, couples, and individuals to rest, heal, and rediscover themselves after life’s valley seasons. These retreats are not just getaways, they are spaces of rejuvenation, creativity, and purpose.

Alongside 17 years in the graphic design field, over 8 years in property investment and business ownership, Sam also brings valuable lived experience.

Her own experience of difficult relationships, prolonged conflict and significant personal challenges shaped her interest in trauma-informed approaches to healing, healthy boundary setting and personal growth.

Her journey through many healing modalities eventually led her to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) a turning point in her own personal growth. Experiencing the positive impact it had on her life, Sam felt called to train as an NLP Practitioner so she could support others with the same compassion, creativity and courage that helped her reclaim her voice, her mind and her life.

Now, she walks alongside others as they step out of survival mode and into possibility, gently shepherding new beginnings, one brave step at a time.

🌸 Jessie Buttons — The NZ Super Nanny
Parenting Coach & Author of The Nature of Children
Founder of The Super Nanny Parenting Membership
Mum to 2 beautiful children (ages 1 and 3)

Join Jess for an uplifting and practical session designed to empower you to feel your best — inside and out. Jess will share how to use essential oils to support your physical, emotional, and family wellbeing.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:

Use essential oils to support emotions, mood, sleep, immunity and digestion
Create a natural first aid kit using just 10 core oils
Reduce your family’s toxic exposure without overwhelm

Leave feeling nourished, inspired, and empowered in simple ways to bring balance and calm into your daily life.

SCHEDULE

🌸 We’ll begin with snacks and drinks.

Gentle introductions led by Samantha Jane — opening space for safe sharing, conversation, and connection.

She will touch on her own journey of healing and share tools and modalities which helped her to begin a new life and start again, from the ground up.

From there, we will ease into our Bloom Workshop with Jessie Buttons to discuss simple, natural options for healing and transformation using essential oils for everyday use.

Note: This event is a BYO (Bring Your Own) lunch event to create more affordable options for you.

In the afternoon, both Sam and Jess will guide our therapeutic Creative Workshop, where we are all invited to explore self-expression. Each creation made can be taken home as a reminder of your experience at Blossom Women’s Retreat.

We’ll close the day softly, with optional sharing and space to explore the interactive retreat setting in your own way.

✨ This gathering is limited to 12 women to ensure intimacy, safety, and care for everyone.

🌸 Together, Sam and Jess will come alongside you, while we share our journeys and connect with like-minded souls. We hope to inspire you all to trust your own inner wisdom and take small steps toward your healthiest and happiest self.

We can’t wait to welcome you into this space, to meet new faces, share gentle moments, and support you in your next steps toward healing, clarity, and wholeness!

Contact the host of Blossom Women's Retreat - Nov 2026