WEGroup Global

05/04/2026

Happy Easter!

03/04/2026

The mastermind is one of the most effective tools available for solving a business or personal challenge fast. When the room is right and the time is held properly, eight minutes of structured peer input can move something that has been stuck for months.

The format has been used by some of the most effective leaders and communities in the world, across industries and generations.

Neuroscience explains why the format works at a biological level. When you help someone solve a real problem, the brain releases dopamine, the reward signal tied to motivation and learning. Being trusted with another person's challenge triggers oxytocin simultaneously, the hormone most associated with bonding, cooperation and trust. Serotonin builds as confidence follows contribution. This is why people leave a well-run mastermind session feeling different about the people in the room, not just the problem they brought in.
What determines the outcome is who is in the room and how the time is held.

Our team has run over 50 mastermind sessions over the past few years. We have watched people walk into a room as strangers and walk out as business partners, collaborators and friends they will keep for the rest of their lives. That shift happens in hours, sometimes less. It does not happen because of the format. It happens because the format creates the conditions for something that most professional environments never allow: the experience of being genuinely helped by someone who has nothing to gain from helping you, and of genuinely helping someone you met this morning.

We also train facilitators, because a mastermind session is only as good as the person holding the time and the room.

Want us to host a free session and show you how to facilitate effective mastermind sessions for your community, your teams or your clients? Drop a comment or send us a message.

When did you last sit in one? Tell us where and what shifted.

01/04/2026

Chicago has a certain energy you can’t replicate.

A city where business, culture, and architecture come together in a way that naturally brings people closer, sharper, and more aligned.

This is why it works so well for leadership retreats, offsites, and high-level gatherings.

And this June, we’re bringing it to life with two experiences in Chicago.

If you’ve been thinking about your next destination, this might be it.

Read more in our latest article here: https://hubs.li/Q049bv1g0

Chicago is not a city you simply visit. It is a city you feel. From the moment you arrive, there is an unmistakable sense of movement, ambition, and possibility. It is bold without trying too hard, historic without feeling stuck in the past, and energetic in a way that quietly pushes you to think bi...

30/03/2026

77% of adults aged 35 to 54 say they want to return to a time before the internet and smartphones. 63% of 18 to 34 year olds said the same. The Global Wellness Institute named Analog Wellness the number-one global wellness trend for 2025.

A Harvard physician named it popcorn brain: a brain so conditioned by rapid digital stimulation that slower activities feel intolerable. A 2022 Munich study found 10 minutes of TikTok caused a 40% drop in memory accuracy.

Australia became the first country to ban social media for children under 16 in December 2025. 4.7 million accounts were removed in the first weeks. France passed a similar bill with 116 votes to 23. Denmark, Spain, Malaysia and Germany are following.

A 29-year-old Stanford graduate sold $789,000 worth of Bluetooth rotary phones in 2025, because people want to take calls without looking at a screen. YONDR has now locked 20 million phones at concerts, schools and corporate events across 27 countries.

Adrian Zecha founded Aman Resorts in 1988 on the idea that the most valuable thing you can offer a person is space, quiet and the absence of noise. He just opened a 24-room farm retreat in rural Japan at 93. His philosophy unchanged.

Holt-Lunstad's research found that strong social bonds increase survival odds by 50%. Four days in an unusual environment away from screens produces a 47% improvement in creative problem-solving.
The world is not rejecting technology. It is rejecting what technology did to attention, to presence and to the quality of being somewhere with another person.

Read the full article: https://hubs.ly/Q048S4rf0

When was the last time you had a phone-free weekend?

26/03/2026

Look at this image: people running on an ocean shore with surfboards, laughing. Neurologically, quite a lot is happening.

Physical activity releases dopamine through the brain's mesolimbic reward system. It elevates BDNF, the protein that drives the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus, the region handling memory, learning and spatial awareness. Research in the Journal of Neuroscience found that voluntary exercise increases both BDNF and dopamine at a measurable neurochemical level.

When people move and play together in a new environment, oxytocin and dopamine fire at the same time. A 2024 study in Biomedicines confirmed they amplify each other through a feedback loop. Shared laughter reduces cortisol and releases endorphins. It is a neurobiological signal to the nervous system that the people around you are safe and that you can think clearly.

The Lancet published a major review in 2025 confirming that regular aerobic activity delays dementia onset, slows brain ageing and suppresses neuroinflammation. Over 55 million people live with dementia right now. Physical inactivity is a modifiable risk factor.

Now add what Robin Dunbar found. Humans evolved in tribes of 150. Inside that, tighter circles of 50 friends, 15 close friends and 5 who anchor you. Each ring is maintained by face-to-face contact. Remote work degrades those circles one ring at a time, slowly, until the trust is gone.

Gallup puts the annual cost of that disconnection at $8.9 trillion. One in five employees feels lonely at work every day.

Group chat is fifteen years old. The human brain is 200,000.

The people on that shoreline are not being unproductive. Their brains are doing the best work those brains will do all week.

Full article on the blog; Link in the first comment.

Which stat surprised you most?

24/03/2026

There is a particular kind of tired that sets in after years of building something at full pace. You carry it so long it starts to feel normal. You only recognise it once it's gone.

After years of the corporate grind, multiple businesses and having just watched a startup she cofounded sell for AU$67 million, our founder and CEO, Belinda Bradford, got on a surfboard. No plan. Just waves. She ended up on a surf break in Australia, where she met Serena Adams, one of the world's best female surf coaches, who was already running surf trips for women.

Belinda watched what happened in those groups and recognised something immediately. Women who had never surfed before were paddling into the ocean, visibly terrified, and coming back to shore as different people. The thing that changed them had nothing to do with technique. They had done something genuinely hard, together, in a place that had absolutely no interest in their business or their title or even how much money they had in the bank. That is a specific kind of experience. She knew organisations spent extraordinary amounts of money trying to replicate it in conference rooms, and it almost never worked.

Surf Getaways was born. It became Woman Explore, because the women who came for the waves kept wanting more: adventures that took their breath away, cultures that shifted how they saw everything, the life they had quietly stopped asking for.

Then founders started showing up. And corporate teams. And industry networks that wanted a gathering people would actually travel for.

We are not just Belinda. We are a team of over 50 retreat creators, more than 1,000 alumni and hospitality partners, access to over 8,000 venues worldwide, and a network of experienced vendors and suppliers who can secure VIP access to any concert, performance or show on the planet.

Today, we become WEGroup Global.

Introduce yourself in the comments and tell us about the chapter you're living in 2026. We read everyone. And yes, BIG thank you, for being on this journey with us!

Read our full story here: https://www.wegroup-global.com/post/how-this-all-started-the-story-behind-wegroup-global

12/03/2026

“The boys think it’s a surf trip.”

Bless them.

Technically… they’re not wrong.

There will be surfing.

But there will also be a luxury stay at a 5-star resort tucked away in the Byron rainforest, long beach walks at sunset, delicious breakfasts, farm-to-table lunches and a beautiful welcome dinner.

Add in ocean swims, sauna sessions, breathwork, salty hair and a group of incredible women laughing far too loudly every single minute.

It’s four days in Byron Bay doing life properly.

Guided surf sessions with the legendary Serena Adams and other epic female surf coaches.

Golden sunsets.

Zero responsibilities.

Luxury room.

And the kind of girls-trip energy that makes you come home glowing.

Whether you're 14, 40 or 84…

The girls are going surfing. 🏄‍♀️🏄‍♀️🏄🏿‍♀️🏄‍♀️🏄🏼‍♀️

Bring a friend and use code TOGETHER for AUD $1000 off.
Click here to book: https://www.womanexplore.com/join-a-retreat/byron-bay-surf-retreat-jun-2026

📍 June 19–22
📍 Byron Bay

Tag the friend you’d disappear to Byron with 👀

10/03/2026

Less than 2 weeks to go until Reignite Your Impact in New York with Cathy Derksen.

Here is a closer look at the space where the conversations, ideas, and celebrations will unfold.

Kimpton Theta New York – Times Square sits right in the middle of Manhattan, surrounded by the energy of Broadway and the lights of Times Square. Inside, it offers beautiful gathering spaces, warm corners for meaningful conversations, and a rooftop overlooking the city that never stops inspiring big thinking. The kind of place where authors meet, ideas expand, and new chapters begin.

And honestly…

Is there a better place to celebrate your bestselling book cover lighting up a massive billboard in Times Square than right here?

New York has always been a city where stories come alive.
Yours might be next. One spot left for you. Click the link in bio to book and change the course of your career and life.

📍 March 22–25 | New York City

08/03/2026

Celebrating Women Today! Women who lead, build and inspire.

Some break barriers.
Some build businesses.
Some help others find their voice, courage and next chapter.

And while we highlight just a few, they represent something much bigger. Across the WE journey there are now more than 1,000 retreat alumni and over 50 retreat creators and facilitators who continue to inspire one another through leadership, collaboration and shared experiences.

From pioneering explorers, entrepreneurs, storytellers, surf coaches and communications leaders, each of these women has followed a path shaped by courage, curiosity and connection.

Swipe to meet some of the women who inspire us.

And tell us in the comments:
Which woman has inspired your journey?

04/03/2026

New York has a pulse you can feel the moment you land.

It moves fast. It asks more of you. It dares you to think bigger than you planned to. There is an undeniable energy here that pulls you forward and commands: "Be Bold! Go further!"

This is exactly why Cathy Derksen is hosting her third retreat with us in New York.

Because this city does not let you hide.

It invites you to own your voice, refine your story, and step into a bigger arena with clarity and confidence. In a place built on ambition and reinvention, something shifts when you gather in person with other women who are ready to be seen.

This retreat is designed to help authors to be bolder, think bigger and share their story with the world on a bigger scale, and understand what comes next once you do.

Hurry up, we have only 2 spots left.

If you are a writer or an aspiring writer, New York has been calling you; this may be your moment to answer.

Join Cathy Derksen, Author, Speaker here:
https://www.womanexplore.com/join-a-retreat/cathy-derksen
And let the enitre wold to see you!