Jackie 'O' Henderson's manager Gemma O'Neill reveals 'special guest' joining Meghan Markle at their 'Her Best Life Retreat' and shares a sneak peek of the 'small' venue

Jackie 'O' Henderson's manager Gemma O'Neill has revealed more details of her upcoming 'Her Best Life Retreat' in Sydney which boasts Meghan Markle as its star guest. 

Gemma shared a sneak peek of the 'small' conference room she will be hosting a gala dinner with the Duchess of Sussex in at the InterContinental Hotel in Coogee, which is still under construction.

Several round tables were packed into a modest room, facing a small stage where two chairs sat next to a side table with water. 

However, Gemma captioned the video saying the 'actual stage design' would be 'top secret'. 

'The actual space where we're doing the gala dinner, and part of the gala dinner will be a Q&A with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the room is actually quite small,' she said.

The talent agent, 42, also revealed the retreat's latest guest, Dr Justine Corry. 

She posted a video of herself gushing about the weekend with Dr Corry during an episode of her Besties podcast.

'It really only on the weekend started to click for me. I spent the entire day re-watching everything I have ever seen about Meghan,' Gemma said. 

'I was consumed. I had notes everywhere and I started to really get into how much there is to talk to her about and it made me really excited.' 

Gemma also went on to reveal to listeners that Dr Corry would be attending the retreat as a special guest speaker and relationship coach.

'The premise of it is living your best life and I was thinking about what I do in relation to that idea,' Dr Corry told Gemma. 

'I suppose I want to introduce women to the idea of schemas and the schemas that prevent them from living their best life. 

'I think knowing your schemas is a superpower and it really allows you to be authentic and embody your values and be more emotionally resilient.'

Dr Corry calls herself 'a scientist, pattern-breaker, and behaviour change expert' with 'over 20 years as a clinical psychologist'.  

It appears she now works as a relationship coach, primarily for women, and it's unclear if she still holds a registered licence as a psychologist.

She was once a co-founder and principal clinical psychologist at The Good Mood Clinic in Bondi Junction with Dr Gemma Gladstone. 

However, it seems both Dr Corry and Dr Gladstone left the clinic in recent years, with Dr Corry exiting in February last year while Dr Gladstone left in December 2023. 

Since then, they have both pivoted into relationship coaching, and rebranded themselves as The Schema Therapy For Life. 

Dr Corry specialises in schema therapy - an integrative psychotherapy - that helps people change self-defeating life patterns developed from unmet childhood needs.

She is originally from New Zealand, studying social sciences at The University of Waikato before moving to Australia in the '90s to study clinical psychology at UNSW.

Dr Corry worked as a research associate at the School of Psychiatry at UNSW from 1999 to 2013, co-founding The Good Mood Clinic in 2008. 

Gemma says the event will have a 'really intimate feeling', adding that she was 'setting up a blind date' for women who would be attending the event on their own. 

'We also have heaps of women who are coming by themselves and I love that as well, where they've openly said, "I really want to meet more friends. I'd really like to find new besties."

'So we almost feel like we're setting up like a dating site, like a blind date, because we're trying to match people with other people on the table.'

Gemma, whose talent firm Gemmie Agency recently collapsed owing $536,000, mostly to the Australian Taxation Office, has said the retreat is set to take place from April 17 to 19 at the InterContinental Sydney in Coogee.

The event, billed as a three-day wellness and empowerment experience for women, commands ticket prices ranging from $2,699 to $3,199 per person.

Meanwhile, the five-star InterContinental Hotel has promised guests set to briefly meet Meghan and take part in a Q&A that they can have a 'relaxed time by the pool overlooking Coogee Beach'.

But it has emerged that the new infinity pool overlooking the sea, which Meghan's fans are excited to relax next to, is still under construction. The spa, bar and 'leisure deck' are also due to be completed next month.

One guest who stayed at the hotel last week called the refurbishment of the pool 'a work in progress' and a 'blot on the view', the Daily Mail can reveal.