An Immersive, Soulful Retreat For Creative Women

What's Included?

 • All workshops & creative sessions with Melody
 • A one hour one-on-one coaching session with Melody
• A very special group session with Angela
• Brand new life-transforming curriculum
• Daily nourishing snacks & drink bar
• A curated swag bag (think: magic in a tote)
• All art + project materials provided (really great ones) 
• Soulful surprises (the kind that make your eyes sparkle)
JUST BRING YOUR CREATIVE HANDS
AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL HEART

OK, Dear soul kindred, wild & tender wise woman, this part is for you:

I know you’ve been waiting for this. Quietly, patiently. Maybe even scrolling past retreats and workshops for years, whispering to yourself, “Someday…” But always putting something else first. Always tending to others, always waiting for the perfect timing. And yet… here you are. Still hearing the call. Still carrying that little ache that says, “I need this. I want this. I’m ready.”

T h i s    i s   y o u r   m o m e n t.

I know how easy it is to talk yourself out of things like this. To believe it’s too indulgent, too expensive, too far, too much. To convince yourself that now’s not the time. But sister—what if it is? What if this is the door you’ve been waiting to walk through? What if your soul has been circling this invitation for years, and it’s finally here?

This isn’t a massive, crowded event. It’s small, sacred, intentional. It’s for the women who feel the quiet nudge and say yes before fear steals the mic. The truth is—these spots will go quickly, because the right ones always find their way here. If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it. Not just to come—but to choose yourself. To stop delaying your healing, your joy, your remembering.

Come. Let us love you, hold space for you, create beside you. Let you love you—maybe for the first time in a long time. You have given so much. This is your soul’s time to receive.

You don’t have to earn it. You just have to say yes.

We’ll be waiting with open arms and messy paintbrushes.


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Where have I been, anyway?

After more than five years away from hosting the most epic and life transforming art retreats, I’m finally coming back—and I’m coming back an older and wiser woman, as we do after our most transformative years. I am grateful for these years, I am more me than ever. It's been a wild ride for all of us, I have missed you!

. . . and, you might’ve wondered where I went, why I got quiet, why the retreats stopped. But here’s the truth: I didn’t disappear. I descended.

I went into the wilderness of life, of loss, of deep remembering. And while I was there, I learned the kind of truths you can’t gather from books or stages. I was initiated into the kind of beauty that can only be born from ashes. And now, I’m ready—ohhhh, so so called—to gather again.

COCUCO was born from the idea that we don’t have to create in isolation anymore—that healing and artistry thrive in community, in co-creation, in sacred collaboration. It’s a return to what’s real. A gathering of the makers, the truth-speakers, the soul-tenders. And this first retreat is more than an event—it’s a threshold.

The ones who come will know they were called. The right souls always show up. I know you’re here because you’ve always wanted to come to one of my gatherings. I see you. And I’m so honored. These life-changing, beautiful retreats are my soul’s calling. Creating them and witnessing the transformation that unfolds—it’s the work I was born to do.

I am so grateful to be back in my purpose. And this one? It will be extra special. So if you’ve felt the ache to create again, to remember yourself in the company of kindreds, to return to the ritual of beauty-making—not just as a hobby, but as a spiritual path—this is your invitation.

Come sit in the circle. Come make art with your whole heart. Come be seen, be known, and begin again. Let’s make some magic. Let’s start this next chapter together. With so much love, melody freebird

What Exactly Is COCUCO?

Let me tell you what COCUCO really is—not just what we’re doing, but why it matters.

COCUCO stands for Collaborate, Curate, Co-Create—but it’s more than a name, it’s a soulmap. It’s the blueprint for how I want to spend the rest of my days.

I created COCUCO because after decades of creating in the commercial world, I knew it was time to create in communion. Time to gather the ones I love—the artists, the truth-tellers, the healers, the ones who have beauty stitched into their bones—and make something together that’s not just beautiful, but meaningful. This is for those of us who believe that art is a form of remembering. That soulwork and paintbrushes go hand in hand. That beauty can be a spiritual discipline. That gathering in creative, intentional ways can heal us.

COCUCO is a sanctuary disguised as an art collective. It’s a place to come home to yourself, to your people, to the parts of your voice that have been whispering beneath the noise. It’s a return to soulful, slow-making—where no one has to hustle for their worth, where we celebrate artistry in all its forms, and where we lift each other as we rise.

If you’ve ever felt like there was no place in the world that fully held your spirit, I want you to know—we built this for you. For us. For the ones who make beauty out of brokenness, who still believe in goodness, who are ready to create not just from inspiration but from truth. This is where the magic happens now. And I am so, so honored to finally invite you in.

P.S.  COCUCO will have an online community called COCUCO Kindreds and a beautiful online shop with videos and tutorials called COCUCO SHOP, it's still being built but it's soon soon soon.