The Retreat Leaders Podcast

Shannon Jamail

shannon@mindbodycomplete.com

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Booking Overview

This podcast is for people building retreat businesses—venue owners and retreat entrepreneurs—covering how to attract guests and run retreats profitably. It’s especially useful for PR/partnership pitching because it emphasizes expert strategy (marketing, pricing, operations, guest experience) and the industry ecosystem.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 11.0k followers

Contact Information

shannon@mindbodycomplete.com

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Host

Shannon Jamail - Host of The Retreat Leaders Podcast and affiliated with Retreat Ranch. The show features strategy and behind-the-scenes insights from leaders in the retreat industry, focused on marketing, pricing,...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Retreat industry operators and founders (retreat leaders, venue owners, retreat center/network builders), plus experts who can teach strategy tied to running retreats profitably (marketing/visibility, operations/logistics, positioning), and subject-matter experts with a proven retreat offer (e.g., coaching/retreat framework).
Required Achievements:  
Founded and runs a retreat business or retreat center, Built a specialized retreat model or framework, Demonstrated ability to market/operate retreats with defined target audiences, Created collaborations/ecosystems connecting retreats, venues, and/or influencers

Recent Guest Discussions

Anna VanAgtmael - Venue Networks And Influencer-driven Retreat Ecosystems; Retreat Logistics; Venue Criteria And “retreat-ready” Standards; Specialization Vs Serving Everyone; Honest Marketing.

Dr. Kim Dang - Identity-based Reinvention For Building A Life And Retreat Business; Belief Systems; Comparison Trap; Reinvention Framework; Designing Retreats That Participants Truly Want.

Recent Topics

Retreats, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Operations

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Retreat Leaders Podcast
:

EP 274 Why Your Retreat Isn't Filling (Even Though You're Posting Every Day)

June 11, 2026

If you're posting every day and your retreat still isn't filling…You're not alone. But you are likely focusing on the wrong thing. In this episode of The Retreat Leaders Podcast, Shannon Jamail breaks down the real reasons your retreat isn't filling-even when you feel like you're "doing all the things" on social media. Posting is not a strategy Visibility takes time to build And most retreat leaders don't give it enough time Shannon walks through the biggest mistakes retreat leaders make wh...

EP 273 How Venue Networks & Influencers Are Changing the Industry with Anna VanAgtmael

June 04, 2026

If you've ever felt like hosting a retreat is way more complicated than it should be… You're not wrong. In this episode of The Retreat Leaders Podcast, Shannon Jamail sits down with returning guest Anna VanAgtmael to talk about what's broken in the retreat industry-and what she's building to fix it. Because right now: 👉 Retreat leaders have the audience but not the logistics 👉 Venues have the space but can't fill it consistently 👉 And everyone is trying to figure it out on their own Anna shar...

EP 272 Reinvention Isn't Optional: The Inner Work Behind Building the Life (and Retreat Business) You Actually Want with Dr. Kim Dang

May 28, 2026

If you've ever felt like: your dreams are "too big" you're "too much" or you know you're capable of more… but you're not living it yet This episode is for you. In this in-studio episode of The Retreat Leaders Podcast, Shannon Jamail sits down with Dr. Kim Dang, a mathematician, reinvention strategist, and founder who has rebuilt her life and career multiple times-from Yale professor to entrepreneur in the retreat and knowledge space. Dr. Kim flew in from New York to record this conversation...

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