Bonjour from the sunblessed southwest of France, and welcome to my Structured and Strategic Mentorship (SSM) page featuring my Post-Crisis Reconstruction Protocols™
Let me tell you first what SSM is:
- It is not only a collection of DIY online courses that you pay for and are then left to your own devices to work through. Each of these courses comes with the option of structured strategic mentorship to help you stay focused on the content and get from where you are now to where you want to be with loads of support and the minimum fuss.
- It’s an enriched form of coaching, counselling and coursework — a multidimensional approach designed for those navigating profound personal or professional transitions. It isn’t about quick fixes or surface-level strategies. It’s a transformative process that helps you redefine your identity, realign your values, and rebuild your life with purpose after a major upheaval.
- I created each of these courses to help me get through a difficult time in my own life, each one has been refined over the years by my personal and extensive professional experience, but also by the clients who have taken these courses in the past – that is why you will find a huge selection of authentic testimonials for each course, to help you decide which course is for you.
- I wrote the course content MYSELF. Yes, I used AI to make sure I give you the most value in the shortest possible time – for example, I asked AI to review each section and check that I have included everything you may need, and to improve my writing where needed, as English is not my first language.
- You’ll find several case studies in each course. I firmly believe in the power of storytelling to make new concepts stick. These stories often have their origin in real life, but I have adjusted them to protect the identity of the client, once again using AI.
- The average completion rate for online courses is 3-15%. 3-15%!!! I don’t want that to happen to my courses, not after I spent hours and hours and hours perfecting each course, that’s why I now offer structured, strategic mentoring to help you not only finish the course, but implement the changes you need to make to transform your life.
If you are an introvert and just want to get on with the course without having to interact, or if you want to keep costs down, the course is designed to keep you focused as is, and you can always add mentoring if you feel you need it later.
Going through a Major Life Change? Coping with a Life Crisis? Facing a paralysing Life Challenge?
Rewrite Your Story, Reinvent Yourself, Reconstruct Your Future with Structured Strategic Mentoring by Dr Margaretha Montagu

That’s me. I’m a medical doctor with many years of experience helping clients manage stress to avoid developing a variety of debilitating physical and mental diseases. I am also a horse woman, and living with horses, 24/7, has taught me a lot over the last 2 decades. I have learned that horses can heal us and make our lives easier, in just about every way we can imagine, especially when we are going through a major life change or life transition.
My little herd of Friesians and Falabellas have steadfastly stood by me while I went through one life-shattering crisis after another. Always by my side to help me pick up the pieces and support me while I desperately try to rebuild my life, ravaged by yet another drastically life-altering major life change.
As long as I’m not too stingy with the carrots, of course.
If you would like more information about any of the courses, or about SSM, email me at openlockeddoors@gmail.com.
Why does it make sense to do an online course enriched with SSM?

- It’s convenient: One of the biggest advantages of an online retreat is that you can join the retreat from the comfort of your own home, wearing whatever you like, whenever you like, without the need to travel or take time off from work.
- It’s easily accessible: Online retreats provide access to teachers and training that may be difficult to access in person, especially if is located far away – in the sun-drenched south of France, in my case! This can be particularly useful for people living in remote areas or with limited mobility.
- It offers flexibility: Online retreats often offer greater flexibility in terms of pacing. You can choose to complete the retreat at your own pace and in your own time, and access it at 3 a.m. if you want!
- It’s MUCH less expensive: Online retreats can be more affordable than in-person retreats since there are no travel or accommodation expenses. This can make retreats more accessible to people who might not otherwise be able to afford them.
- Privacy: Some people may prefer the privacy and anonymity of an online retreat, as it allows them to focus solely on their personal practice without any external distractions or pressures.
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Post-Crisis Reconstruction Protocols™ Collection

Ready to Turn Your Quake Into a Life Quest? This isn’t about “getting over it” and“moving on.” It’s about getting into it—and through it—and emerging stronger, wiser, and finally aligned with who you’re meant to be. Get immediate access

Road Map to Resilience Protocol: From Burnout to Brilliance: – use effective coping mechanisms, boundary-setting strategies, and self-care practices to prevent and recover from burnout, restoring balance in your personal and professional life during or after a life transition. Get immediate access

The Purpose Pursuit Protocol – if you want to discover your life purpose, this course will provide you with the clarity, motivation and direction you need to manifest your next chapter – in both your personal and professional life. Get immediate access

The Purpose Pivot Protocol – drawing inspiration from the Camino de Santiago, this transformative course guides you through a proven framework to recalibrate your authentic purpose and create a meaningful and fulfilling second act. Get immediate access

The Compassionate Insight-giving Guide to Getting Over the Loss of Your Horse – an Online Course – find support, guidance, and practical tools to navigate the complex emotions and challenges associated with the loss of a heart horse. Get immediate access

The Harness the Healing Power of Your Horses – Become a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Create Substantial and Sustainable Income with Your Horses- an Online Teacher Training and Create a Closer Connection to Your Horse Get immediate access

Write Your Way to Serenity: A Guided Journaling Retreat Inspired by Horses for anyone interested in increasing their emotional, physical and social resilience by starting a journal, but does not have much time to invest and is looking for a simple, low-cost, easy-to-implement strategy that gives tangible and lasting results. Get immediate access
Structured Strategic Mentoring
All these online courses are available in hybrid format. A hybrid online course combines in-person mentoring with online learning. This means you can work through the retreat material at your own pace; in your own time, and add one or more one-on-one online mentoring sessions to the course.
If you would like to find out more about Structured Strategic Mentoring, send me an email at openlockeddoors@gmail.com, and I’ll talk you through it.
This small collection of courses is designed specifically for you if you are going through a huge life change, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. A voluntary life change is often preceded by a life crisis, ending in burnout, so my course Road Map to Resilience Protocol: From Burnout to Breakthrough is about avoiding or recovering from it. The two life purpose courses , The Purpose Pursuit Protocol and The Purpose Pivot Protocol for people over 50 is about figuring out your life purpose: what you want to do after your big life change, because knowing this can shorten the change and make it easier to cope with.
For horse owners, I have created 2 courses: A Compassionate Insight-giving Guide to Getting Over the Loss of Your Horse after I lost my soulmare Belle de la Babinière, and Harness the Healing Power of Your Horses – Become a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and Create Substantial and Sustainable Income with Your Horses for horse owners who want to learn how to teach mindfulness meditation with their horse.

“I am an experienced medical doctor – MBChB, MRCGP, NLP master pract cert, Transformational Life Coach (dip.) Life Story Coach (cert.) Counselling (cert.) Med Hypnotherapy (dip.) and EAGALA (cert.) I may have an impressive number of letters after my name, and more than three decades of professional experience, but what qualifies me to excel at what I do is my intuitive understanding of my clients’ difficulties and my extensive personal experience of managing major life changes using strategies I developed over many years” Dr M Montagu