Books, Courses, Coaching and Retreats
Bonjour et Bienvenue! I’m Margaretha Montagu.
My life’s work is to help others through major life changes and transitions while still living purposeful, impactful and fulfilling lives. We go through the same life changes again and again until we learn the lessons each life transition offers us. I understand how challenging life transitions can be, both personally and professionally. I know what it feels like—the uncertainty, the insecurity, the overthinking, while still yearning to live a purposeful, meaningful and rewarding life. In the last 30 years, I have been through 22 life transitions, sometimes more than one at a time. It hasn’t gotten any easier, but I got better at coping with it, and at learning the life lessons faster with the steadfast support of my horses. I want to share what I have discovered with you, to help you cope better with major life changes while making a difference to other people’s lives as well.
What is a major life change? A career change, starting/selling a business, moving to a different country, a divorce, the loss of a loved one, an empty nest, a debilitating illness, pre-retirement and retirement wanting to leave a legacy – any substantial change – planned or unplanned – in your circumstances.
I am a retired medical doctor with more than 20 years of experience helping patients avoid the mental and physical damage stress can cause. I have been leading retreats, coaching and creating online courses for more than a decade. I am the published author of 6 books and I started blogging in 2015.
If you feel overwhelmed, uncertain and exhausted and yearn to live a more purposeful, impactful and meaningful life, safe in the knowledge that you can handle stressful life transitions, if you are working towards becoming the very best version of yourself, then I can help.
Retreats: Come and walk part of the epic Camino de Santiago de Compostela here in the southwest of France to rediscover who you are, where you are going now and how you can live a more purposeful life. Find out more.
Courses: Even if you are wrestling with a life transition, you are still the awesome, intelligent, resourceful and generous person you have always been, but your life purpose might need an update to enable you to start your next chapter. Find out more.
Books: This collection offers insights, techniques, and personal stories that will deepen your understanding, inviting you to embark on a journey of self-awareness, self-discovery, making an impact and leaving a legacy. Find out more.
Do you feel mentally and physically drained by the never-ending and ever-increasing demands that going through this life transition is making of you?
I know exactly how you feel.
.I have been through more life transitions than I care to count while feeling overwhelmed by the possibility that I might lose my sight, for the last 30 years.
Coping with this fear, with the seemingly insurmountable challenges I have to face, sometimes daily, has taught me more than I learned during a decade of medical training and two decades of experience in medical practice.
As my sight continued to deteriorate over the years, I eventually had to give up medical practice. At the pinnacle of my career, I had to learn not only how to manage my fear, apprehension and doubt, but also how to live a rewarding, meaningful and fulfilling life despite it.
Over the last 10+ years, I have had the privilege of helping dozens of people, many have become friends for life, and return year after year, to reconnect with nature and recharge their batteries before or during life transitions in one of the most breathtakingly beautiful corners of France, in the foothills of the mighty Pyrenées mountains.
“Margaretha herself was the best thing about the retreat. Quietly kind, supportive, informative, insightful, and fun! She and I, and my one fellow guest at Esprit Meraki, formed such a unique and special bond and I think we will be friends for life!” Review from Julia D., testimonial verified by Bookretreats.com
You get one life. Make it rewarding, meaningful, purposeful and fulfilling by investing in yourself.
Going through a difficult life transition and want to live a more purposeful life? then I look forward to hearing from you.
Send me an email – I reply to each one personally.
Dr M Montagu MBChB MRCGP NLP Master Coach Cert, Life Transitions Coach Cert, Counselling Cert, Med Hypnotherapy Dip, EAGALA Cert II
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