The Next Chapter
Seven days to pause, reconnect and explore what’s possible. No pressure to have all the answers. Just space to explore the questions.
What if your next chapter started with a pause?
You’ve worked hard to get where you are. You’ve built a career, taken on responsibility and navigated expectations that others may not fully see.
But have you had the space to ask yourself what you want next?
Not what you’re expected to do. Not what makes sense on paper. But what would make your career, leadership and life feel more meaningful to you now?
The Next Chapter is an intimate retreat for 6–8 women of colour, bringing together coaching, reflection, connection and rest in beautiful Tobago — with private coaching before and after to help turn insights into action.
This isn’t about escaping your life. It’s about creating space to imagine how you want to live it.
Five elements, woven together
The Next Chapter brings together five elements to help you reconnect with yourself and consider what comes next.
Leadership & career
Explore your ambitions, confidence, leadership identity and the decisions shaping your future.
Reflection & possibility
Step back from your current circumstances and give yourself permission to imagine what your next chapter could look and feel like.
Rest & wellbeing
Slow down, restore your energy and make room for yourself. Rest is part of the work. Not something you have to earn.
Connection & community
Share honest conversations and build lasting relationships with women of colour navigating their own questions about work, leadership and life.
The Tobago experience
Enjoy the island’s natural beauty, culture, food and relaxed pace, with time for discovery and simply being.
Before, during & after
The Next Chapter is designed as a guided journey, not just a week away. Here’s how it’s shaping up.
Before Tobago: Prepare
Two private virtual coaching sessions to take stock of where you are, explore what matters most and identify the questions you’d like to bring with you.
In Tobago: Pause, envision & choose
The week is planned around a gentle arc, with each guided day building on the last:
Guided sessions will be balanced with rest, culture, connection and downtime. The flow may evolve as plans are finalized, and registered participants will receive a detailed itinerary.
After you return: Keep the momentum
Two follow-up coaching sessions, about one and three months later, to help you put your insights into practice, celebrate progress and adjust as life unfolds.
Real change doesn’t happen in one week. It’s what you do with what you discover that matters.
The Next Chapter may be for you if…
You don’t need to be at a crossroads to deserve a pause.
Sometimes, pausing to reflect is simply a way of being intentional about the life you’re creating.
Why a retreat for women of colour?
There’s something powerful about being in a room where you don’t have to explain every part of your experience.
Where you can speak openly about ambition, visibility, confidence and the complexities of navigating leadership as a woman of colour.
Where you can acknowledge the expectations you’ve carried, celebrate how far you’ve come and explore what you want without having to justify it.
The Next Chapter creates room for those conversations.
Jennifer Purcell
After more than 30 years working in public service leadership, I now coach women of colour as they navigate career decisions, leadership challenges and new possibilities.
In my coaching conversations, I often meet women who’ve worked hard, achieved a great deal and spent years meeting the expectations of others. But when I ask what they want next, the answer isn’t always clear.
Not because they lack ambition or direction. Sometimes, they’ve simply had little time to pause, reflect and consider what they want for themselves.
I created The Next Chapter to offer that opportunity: a chance to step away from the demands of everyday life, have meaningful conversations, reconnect with what matters and begin imagining what’s possible — without having to figure it all out alone.
And Tobago feels like a natural place to bring this vision to life. My family is from Trinidad, and I’ve visited often over the years. I’m looking forward to sharing the beauty and warmth of its sister island, Tobago, with the women who join me.
For me, The Next Chapter brings together two things I believe deeply in: the power of meaningful coaching conversations and what becomes possible when we give ourselves space to think differently.
Your next chapter starts here
The Next Chapter is taking shape, and I’d love you to be part of the conversation.
Join the interest list to receive updates, get an early look at retreat details and be among the first to hear when registration opens.
Accommodation, pricing and other practical arrangements are still being finalized. And if there are things you’d love to experience or considerations that would help you participate, I’d welcome your thoughts.
Your next chapter deserves some space.