Abundance, SoulCare, Feminine Leadership and Wealth Embodiment in the Ultra-Luxury Setting of Paris Retreats

@MartaHobbs is a dynamic entrepreneur, mentor, and advocate for women in leadership, renowned for her innovative approach to blending luxury with spirituality resulting in deep personal transformation. With over two decades of experience in entrepreneurship, Marta’s journey has been shaped by her own challenges as a female leader in male-dominated spaces. Feeling isolated and frustrated, disconnected from her feminine side as a Founder and COO of a large business, she recognized the need for a supportive community where women could thrive both professionally and personally – integrating all parts of who we are.

Marta’s unique methodology, a guided meditation journey she calls “SoulCare,” focuses on reconnecting women to the essence of their true selves – their Soul – reminding them that they are not what they DO, but who they ARE. Nurturing the feminine energy within busy, high-achieving women, Marta helps them to slow down and soften, to open and receive, to reconnect with their intuition, joy, inner peace and to remember that childlike energy of play and imagination – coming back to their wildest dreams and biggest desires. Remembering their identity as the Soul and not the Human-Being part of who they are taps these women into the limitless version of themselves – expanding, releasing and activating their true abundance and therefore completely stretching what they think is possible for them. Marta’s luxury retreats, held in prestigious locations like the Four Seasons George V and Dior in Paris, offer an immersive experience that combines spirituality, personal development, and the celebration of beauty as well as unmatched levels of luxury, elegance and abundance. These retreats are designed not just to pamper but to provide an intensive transformative space where women can reconnect to their hearts, calibrate to their limitlessness, free from the blindspots and blocks which stop them from receiving, as well as embody true wealth beyond material success. The result – collapsing timelines in manifesting a life they simply love living. Activating true abundance, self-worth and self-love are the greatest gifts of these extraordinary events. 

Marta’s work has resonated with countless women around the world, empowering them to lead with balance, authenticity, and a renewed sense of purpose. Through her retreats and coaching, she continues to inspire women to embrace their full potential and live a life of abundance and their wildest dreams come true. That’s certainly been the case in her own life, which she openly writes about in her best-selling memoir “Unraveling.”

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Marta, we haven’t spoken with you in almost two years. Can you tell us what’s been going on in your world since our last meeting?

It’s been a beautiful time of growth and expansion and manifesting even MORE! When we last spoke, I had just published my book and launched my partnership with the Four Seasons New York Downtown, seeing SoulCare clients in a one-to-one setting in the gorgeous spa there. That collaboration has since expanded to quarterly visits in NYC as well as several other Four Seasons locations like Paris, South of France, Miami and other properties in the Caribbean and USA that are in the works. I am honored not only to be there for the guests of these high-end hotels but also to provide wellness expertise and support to the staff. 

I have also grown my offerings to include three-day luxury retreats for women which I call “Meet Me in Paris,” as well as intimate half-day “SoulCare Series,” where women in leadership come together not to network but to connect – hear a valuable talk, meditate together, share a meal and open-hearted conversations about what it means to be a woman leading at a certain level. I am really taking the time to create everything I myself was seeking when I was leading a company of 500+ employees generating $2.5 billion in revenue – working all the time while raising two babies. All of the experiences I curate for women these days are things the younger me was desperately longing for. It truly is a work of passion and the desires of my own heart – to be a safe space of connection for strong, successful and powerful women doing big things. I want to support and gather us together. There is tremendous power in sisterhood and collectively we can do so much more than as individuals.

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SoulCare.

It all started with SoulCare™, which was a way for me to heal my own burnout, stress, over-working, and childhood trauma. This was a decade-long journey into healing, self-discovery, spiritual awakening and then unbecoming – as I took the time to free myself from the constraints and restraints I felt were placed on me as a woman, an immigrant teen, a kid who grew up under communism, a female business leader, a wife, a mother, a daughter, and a woman entrepreneur. I was so tired of the world constantly telling me how to be a woman! So, I shed all of it – I let go of everything that was holding me back and took my time re-creating a life I absolutely loved living. I became super intentional and very focused on becoming the type of person I wanted to be – taking radical responsibility and full control of how I showed up in life. This changed everything. And life in turn, began to shift completely. This is what I want to model and be the evidence of for other women – that we have this power within us. And SoulCare connects you to that power.

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When you say that life began to shift completely, can you talk about that a little more? How did you experience that and what happened?

It was like suddenly a lightbulb went off – I started to see that I had been focusing on the externals – my company, my career, what kid of a mother I was, what kid of a daughter or wife – I was assessing my “success” in life based on how I performed those roles and how people reacted to and received me in those jobs. But I was completely neglecting my inner experience of life and how I was feeling in all of those dynamics. The journey inward and the reconnecting to my heart and my soul reminded me of my true identity – the limitless God/Universe/Source that flows through and within me. And once I understood that this was the truth of my essence – I started to see how we all limit ourselves and what we are capable of.

Seeking validation from others in order to feel loved – when we are love itself.

Pushing and striving for success in order to accomplish something of importance to feel like we matter – when we are the Divine itself having a human experience.

Comparing, competing and constantly chasing something to feel that we are worthy – when we are priceless, sacred and inherently worthy.

Longing for and seeking a community to foster a sense of belonging – when we can cultivate that belonging within and bring it everywhere we go.

All of it is a limited way of seeking some kind of a feeling – and it puts control of our lives into the hands of others or into circumstances of our environment. It is victim-based, completely disempowering and driven by self-sabotage. Once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it and I decided I was done with that. I was actually quite angry that this was the set up for us women! I allowed that anger to fuel me, to propel me towards making changes and different choices.

What started to drive me in life was joy, pleasure, desire and play. I got in touch with what I wanted just because it felt good. The more I played and chose what to do out of pure desire – the more the Universe delivered. It was as if suddenly I started to see just how much MORE was possible – and crazy, amazing things started falling into my lap. Dream clients. Incredible partnerships. Exclusive invitations to events I had once fantasized about. VIP treatment in the establishments I frequented and behind the scenes access. The right people showed up at the right time in just the right places. Synchronicities ran my life and magic was everywhere. The more I said yes, the more came to me. The more I let the excited feeling drive my decisions the more there was to celebrate and be thankful for. I opened. I softened. I learned to receive – and that is how most of us stop the very thing we are trying to manifest from coming – we block it or resist it by attempting to control it – how or when it comes and what it looks like. 

I started to be really intentional about every little thing I allowed into my life – choosing people, experiences, places deliberately and letting go of others – completely raising my own standards for the kind of life I wanted to create. Saying yes to luxury. Saying yes to beauty. Saying yes to elegance and opulence – like I didn’t need anyone’s permission and not apologizing for it! Honoring my own desires and high standards without needing to justify or over-explain any of it opened up a whole new level of abundance. I knew what I wanted and I knew I was worthy of it all – because I remembered who I was. This is the message I want to share with every woman I meet – I want to activate that remembrance in her. And that is what the “Meet Me in Paris” luxury retreats are all about. 

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Can you give our readers a little bit of a preview for what’s to expect at these retreats? 

The idea was born out of my own experience of moving to Paris a decade ago and (eventually – not right away!) deciding that I belonged in the most fabulous of places and putting myself there to experiment. Designer shops, famous restaurants, the most elegant hotels, the most beautiful of places. There was such a tension within me at first! Although I wanted to frequent those spots, I noticed how hard it was for me to feel like I belonged there. I noticed how small I became all of a sudden when walking into Dior. I realized how uncomfortable I was spending money over a certain amount on myself while it was effortless to do so for someone else. I realized how my energy completely shifted when walking into places filled with celebrities and beautiful, stylish people. I got super curious about that. I studied it. I studied myself by observing, contemplating and then rewriting the old stories.

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Abundance.

We stay at the best hotel in Paris and are treated like royalty. Everything is planned, carefully prepared and arranged so all you have to do is show up – you’re whisked off the plane upon landing and the VIP treatment starts with your private greeter meeting you at the door of your aircraft skipping all the lines, escorting you into your VIP black car to the Four Seasons George V. We begin by spending a full day at Dior! They have a gorgeous museum which we tour. We savor lunch at their Michelin-rated restaurant “Monsieur” with a gorgeous glass of champagne – celebrating us! Celebrating life! We have a private VIP shopping experience at the flagship store – and this is where the transformation truly begins – simply trying on a Dior gown without needing to purchase it – deciding that perhaps it is for you, too! I’ve seen this shift in women so many times now – it touches me deeply each time watching them see themselves with new eyes! It’s incredible. We finish the day with a moment of rest back at the hotel and delicious dinner with a million-dollar view.

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The second day is extremely powerful as it begins with a luxury high-end photo shoot in Paris on location. I have my favorite makeup artist, my favorite photographer, and we have our favorite spots in the city that we love visiting and shooting. Seeing the women look at photos of themselves in these stunning places in their gorgeous outfits never gets old! “Wait, who is that?” – is the look on their faces. That’s you! And that’s how we see you. We see you this way. Can you begin to see yourself like that? Something really deep begins to shift here because this is the second day of living this way – they start to believe it. They start to embody it. They stop being uncomfortable and nervous and they let go and love it! This is my favorite moment. And Paris – what a backdrop for the photos!!! 

That afternoon, we enjoy high-tea at the Ritz Paris, which is a royal and stunning experience by itself. We stroll back to the hotel for a little self-care – massage or facial in the spa – and then rest and relaxation – allowing it all to integrate.

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The last day starts with a SoulCare meditation and a fun surprise tour of the city. This is the first trip to Paris for many of the women who come – I want them to see the sights and sounds and all the touristy spots! We laugh, giggle, explore and take all the cheesy photos! By then it’s beautiful to see the bonds that form between the women, dropping a lot of their protective outer layers that they come with. They come alive in such beautiful childlike ways. They reconnect to their innocence, to the energy of play, pleasure, and desire and they start talking about what they want to create next and who they are becoming. There’s such a change in noticing beauty everywhere, recognizing how much abundance is already present, taking it all in slowly and truly enjoying it – joie de vivre! At one point, it all clicks for them – all the beauty around is simply a mirror of the beauty within. That is when self-worth and self-love become more than just concepts. They start to make the identity shift and I know they are well on their way. Each woman leaves changed. Each one meets the next version of herself, catching a glimpse of her own magnificence. We finish day three with lunch at one of my favorite spots in the city and a late afternoon check out, which completes our time together.

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Leadership & Wealth Embodiment.

I love talking about expanding women’s ideas of what is possible – activating their abundance by sharing the abundance present in my own life. I know there is always more because I believe we are always evolving, changing and growing. So many times I have reached places I couldn’t dream about or visualize because I didn’t know they existed. 

I bring women into ultra-luxurious places and share the extraordinary experiences in my life not to show off – but to show them what’s possible! To dare them to dream even bigger because what is possible for me – is certainly possible for them – if they desire more and if they believe it is attainable. I want to make it accessible. It’s not for everyone – but it is for those women who KNOW they are meant for bigger things and aren’t ashamed of that. Those who are ready to dive right into the wealthy, luxury environments they crave and see what happens – how they block and limit themselves, how uncomfortable they sometimes feel, to work through that live in-person with me – and then, embody the abundance we live together and become the woman who lives and breathes it. It is pure magic.

Women react to me in one of two ways. They are either completely intimidated – because they can’t relate to someone who’s generated billions and so all kinds of triggers come up that get projected. Or they are completely intrigued and wildly curious. “How? What? Tell me more!” I’m here for these women! I love working with those who understand that we are here to learn from each other, to cheer each other on, to open doors for one another as we trailblaze and pave new paths forward. I want to share what I have learned. I want to transmit the wisdom I have gained. It took a lot of pain to get here – and it doesn’t have to be that way for us all if we have mentors who have walked a few steps ahead. The business I now run isn’t driven by a need to pay my bills or make money – it is out of a deep knowing that this is my purpose in life. This is my legacy to the women who come after me.

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What I love teaching on are two things: leadership as a woman and wealth embodiment. 

There is a difference between getting rich quick and what I call “wealth embodiment.” The mature way of not just making money but hanging on to it, making it work for you, making it last. It is about a regulated nervous system, truly understanding luxury, maintaining high standards, patience and trust, boundaries and alignment, freedom and authenticity, gratitude and celebration, self expression and the truth of who you are – integrity. It is the long game of wealth and not needing to prove to anyone just how wealthy you are externally – because you carry that knowing within. And it all starts and ends with SoulCare for me – tapping into our limitless self, that space within that is our true wealth.

I also love teaching on leadership as a woman sharing what I have learned on my own leadership journey over several decades. A lot of what it takes to be successful as an entrepreneur is in the masculine energy and very often we get stuck there, repressing the feminine energy of who we are to get things done. We can be so incredibly excellent at that, but when it becomes only about executing, achieving, striving, and succeeding – pushing to get the results – it often leads to burnout and exhaustion because we’re repressing our feminine side. It is the balance of the two that is where the magic happens – combining all the doing with receiving, allowing, slowing down, being still, trusting our intuition and letting the soul lead. It is living and leading completely connected to the heart and trusting that we are being guided, held and supported. 

Along with energetics I often talk about identity work of leadership and not getting lost in our pursuit of success or job titles or careers – we are not what we do. Our identity is in who we are and we get to express that through the work we choose to get involved in. And again, that circles back to SoulCare and tapping into the core of our essence and the true self. I see women lose themselves in their jobs, in their relationships, in motherhood – and I run along their side reminding them that there is more to who they are – because for a while I forgot that very thing about myself. 

Mentorship is truly one of the biggest gifts we can offer one another. I love mentoring women and I am extremely blessed to be surrounded and supported by some of the best mentors these days.

If you’re looking to reach the next level, put yourself in places where that’s already the reality for people. 

It’s the quickest way to expand and grow versus learning about it as a concept or talking about it online courses – experience and embody it in real life instead. Live it with me for three days and see what magic will unfold. Meet me in Paris this fall! I can’t wait to welcome you.

Photography Rachel Calvo Photos

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