Gena Chieco - May 26th to June 1st 2025 — Simple Life in Provence

Bienvenue! Welcome!

Join us this coming spring for a unique retreat in the south of Provence with the great Life & Executive Coach, Gena Chieco! A week of exploring, discovering, and tasting Provence. You will visit the historic towns and typical markets, take a tour of our gorgeous islands and much more. You will participate in daily intimate workshops with Gena and a small group focused on the journey inward to embrace your true self and shed that which no longer serves you, including journaling, breathwork, guided visualizations, and group reflections. We will make sure that your experience in Provence will be one you remember forever!

ABOUT GENA

I am a Life & Executive Coach who loves inspiring clients to step into their best lives.

In my first career as a lawyer, I had the privilege of working for the Obama Administration, followed by working for a Los Angeles cleantech startup as General Counsel.

In what I would later come to appreciate as a midlife awakening, I left the startup in 2018 for a travel sabbatical, simultaneously embarking on the greatest adventure, the inner journey home to my true self.

I completed Martha Beck’s coach training program and embraced that I have always been a coach in spirit. I derive tremendous joy and purpose in helping clients access their full potential.

I launched my coaching business in 2019. As a Founding Guide (coach) for Chief, a women’s membership organization focused on leadership, I have extensive experience leading group coaching workshops. I also have a thriving private practice in which I coach clients 1:1. With over 1000 hours of coaching experience, I am currently completing my ICF PCC certification.

I had the immense pleasure and privilege of participating in a transformative Lisa Congdon art retreat at Simple Life in Provence in September 2022, and fell I love with the Michaud family, the Simple Life in Provence magical retreat experience, and Hyères. You walk away with friendships and memories to last a lifetime. It is a dream come true to return to host a spring retreat at Simple Life in Provence!

You will explore Provence with Gena, as well as your local hosts and guides Maria and Mathieu.

Activities will include:

• Participate in coaching workshops with Gena in order to Restore, Reclaim, & Reignite

• Enjoy daily delicious meals prepared with fresh products and care by chef Mathieu and Maria

• Take strolls around unbeaten paths in the beautiful nature of Provence through the hills overlooking the old town

• Visit the littoral, the islands, and its breath-taking creeks

• We will take you through the alleys of the historic center of Hyères, this magic city where numerous writers and painters have come to find inspiration since the dawn of time. Artists such as Edith Warton, RL Stevenson, Noailles, Picasso, and Jean Cocteau amongst others, contributed in their time to shaping the rich art heritage of Hyères

• Visit our coloured markets, discover and taste Provençal specialties