Ski Coaching Retreat: Rediscover Your Confidence on the Slopes
Hotel Flora: Macugnaga, Italy
24th February to 1st March 2026
Price Per Person: £1975
Early Bird Offfer: £1900 if deposit paid by 20th December 2025
Imagine…
Skiing on the slopes of the stunning Italian Alps, feeling calm, relaxed, and fully immersed in the joy of skiing.
Picture yourself enjoying the support of a like-minded group, and the satisfaction of overcoming your anxiety at last!
This retreat is not about how to ski - it’s about managing your mindset so you can love every moment on the slopes.
Louise Pode, International Ski Mindset Coach for Anxious Skiers and Dr Carol Porter, International Ski Coach, have teamed up to provide an immersive experience that combines expert ski mindset coaching with practical instruction in a fabulous Italian environment.
What You’ll Experience
- Supportive group environment: share experiences and encouragement with fellow skiers
- Empowering Ski Mindset coaching: practical techniques to manage anxiety, boost confidence, and enjoy skiing fully
- Daily coaching: in-person sessions each day on the slopes
- Delicious Italian cuisine, wine, laughter and comfortable hotel in one of Italy’s most charming ski villages, with breathtaking views of the Monte Rosa massif.
Meet your Ski Mindset Coach: Louise Pode MSc BSc(Hons) SRP
Louise understands skiing anxiety firsthand. Having overcome personal challenges, including hip replacements and a major ski accident, she now coaches skiers of all levels to rediscover their confidence and joy of skiing
With 25 years of executive coaching experience, Master Practitioner in NLP and Resilience coaching, and a background as a Chartered Physiotherapist, Louise brings a holistic approach to enabling her clients to build a toolkit of coping strategies to enable them to overcome their anxiety.
Louise is a Keynote Speaker and is author of How to Get THERE: Your personal coaching guide to take you to the next level.
Meet your Ski Coach: Dr Carol Porter
Snowsport England Level 4 and IVSI Coach Dr Carol Porter has skied since age 8 and taught skiing for over 20 years.
At present she mainly coaches children and women of all ages and abilities, taking a holistic approach and specialising in helping clients to grow in confidence as well as developing their technical skills.
With a PhD is in pedagogical philosophies (the study of teaching and learning), Dr Carol Porter has a wealth of experience teaching across the primary age-range, planning and delivering teacher CPD, and coaching two sports.
Included in Your Package:
- 5 nights half-board at Hotel Flora
- 4-day ski pass
- 4-day ski, boot, and pole hire (deduct €50 if not required)
- 4-day use of the village ski bus
- Transfers to and from Milan Malpensa Airport
- 3 x 1-hour online team Ski Mindset Coaching sessions prior to our trip so you are armed with great strategies before you arrive in resort
- Daily ski coaching on the pistes with Carol
- Plus daily Ski Mindset Coaching sessions in resort to build your tool kit of coping strategies. Louise will be with you every step of the way!
Not included: Flights to Milan Malpensa Airport and travel insurance
Rediscover the joy of skiing, connect with like-minded skiers, and return home confident, relaxed, and inspired.
