Bloom & Brain
A one day ADHD retreat for female founders with beautifully busy minds...
Bloom & Brain is a day designed specifically for female founders who are navigating business and life with ADHD; whether you've been diagnosed, suspect you might have it, or simply recognise yourself in the conversation.
Friday 18th September 2026​, 10am - 4pm
Millets Farm, Oxfordshire
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Earlybird tickets: £245 (save £50)
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This is a one day event designed for female founders, freelancers and business owners who have spent years feeling different, wondering why running a business seems harder than it should, or who've only recently discovered that ADHD might be part of their story.
​​What to expect from the day... ​
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Join us at Dahlia Beach in the Oxfordshire countryside for a day of inspiration, connection and honest conversation.
The day will include:​
🌸 Inspiring talks by expert guest speakers including Dr Judith Mohring (ADHD Ed), Amanda Perry (Brain First Business) and Adele Wimsett (Harmonise You)
🌸 Practical conversations about ADHD, business and midlife - lead by Andie, founder of Dahlia Beach
🌸 Networking with other female founders
🌸 A delicious seasonal lunch at our farm
🌸 A signed copy of Amanda's new book Brain First Business to take home
🌸 A moment to pick and arrange your own bouquet to take home
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There'll be no pressure to be anyone other than yourself.
Earlybird tickets onsale Friday, 8am
Created by a female founder, for female founders​
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Have you ever wondered why building a business feels exhilarating one day and completely overwhelming the next? Why you're full of ideas but struggle to switch off. Why everyone tells you how successful you are, yet you struggle to reply to emails and follow through on your ideas? Do you constantly feel like you're winging it and clinging on for dear life?
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I know that feeling because I've lived it.
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I launched Dahlia Beach in 2020 with no farming experience or horticultural qualifications. Since then, I've built a community of more than 200,000 followers by sharing the reality of building a business from scratch. I've always wanted to be a positive role model, so I've shared the highs alongside the lows: the mistakes, the self-doubt, the burnout, the chaos and the joy.
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Then this year, at the age of 45, I was diagnosed with ADHD.
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Suddenly, so many pieces of my life made sense. Since sharing my diagnosis, I've been overwhelmed by the number of women who have messaged to say, "I think this might be me too."
Bloom & Brain was born from those conversations.
Meet our Speakers
ADHD Expert & Founder of ADHD Ed
Dr Judith Mohring
Judith knows what it's like to be diagnosed with ADHD in midlife - because she was too. A consultant psychiatrist with 25 years' clinical experience, she now trains clinicians for the UK Adult ADHD Network, coaches senior professionals with ADHD and helps businesses understand neurodiversity at work. Her core belief: education can be as powerful as medication.
Founder & Author of Brain First Business
Amanda Perry
Amanda built, scaled and sold four businesses before working out that fighting her own brain was the fastest route to burnout. She's spent the years since figuring out why the standard business playbook fails ADHD founders - and what to do instead. Her Brain First method blends lived experience with neuroscience to build businesses that are profitable and sustainable.
Women’s Health Practitioner
Adele Wimsett
Adele works at the intersection almost nobody is covering properly: ADHD, perimenopause and the female nervous system. Diagnosed with ADHD in her forties, she found that understanding how hormonal shifts amplified her ADHD traits made everything finally make sense. She now helps women decode what their hormones are actually doing - and why the standard advice so often fails them.
