Design your next chapter with courage and clarity

Second Harvest is for people in the middle of life who look successful on paper but feel misaligned inside. They are typically in their 40s–60s. They’ve built careers, businesses, families, or reputations. They are competent, responsible, and respected. They’ve done what was expected of them and done it well. What’s changed is not their ability, but their relationship to how they’re spending their time. They feel a quiet exhaustion rather than a crisis. Motivation still exists, but meaning feels thinner. The old goals don’t pull like they used to. They don’t want another productivity system, self-help framework, or motivational push. They’re not broken and they’re not looking to be fixed. They’re thoughtful, curious, and self-aware enough to know something needs to shift. They value depth over hype, real conversation over performance, and experiences that feel human rather than transactional. They’re willing to slow down, reflect honestly, and take responsibility for what comes next. They’re not trying to escape their life. They’re trying to redesign it.

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Second Harvest creates the space and structure for people to step out of their routines and look clearly at where their energy, time, and attention are going. Through small groups, honest conversations, and carefully chosen experiences, we help participants reconnect to what actually matters to them now, not who they used to be or who they think they should be. The outcome isn’t a dramatic reinvention or a list of goals. It’s clarity, steadiness, and a grounded sense of direction they can take back into their real life and act on immediately.

No two retreats are the same but they all follow the arc of reflection, connection, and finding a pragmatic path forward that makes sense for you. Each day is designed to create just the right amount of creative tension between familiar structure and adventurous spontaneity.

Days start with a meditation and yoga session followed by a quiet coffee and gentle conversation. 

Mid mornings are all about workshops exploring identity, purpose, or creative reinvention. This isn’t group therapy or drum circle stuff, this is practical and grounded work with a healthy dose of intuitive alignment. 

Afternoons open into adventure. We can’t tell you too much about this because they are intentionally mysterious and awe-inspiring. These experiences are designed to reconnect you to your body and your senses (psst, you can see some clues if you watch our videos and browse our gallery of stunning photos).

Evenings are slow and social: long meals, fireside chats, music, and meaningful conversations that can sometimes wander late into the night.

There’s also time to be alone and time to belong. To listen and to be heard. To feel human again. It’s less a schedule, more a rhythm. A design for slowing down so you can finally catch up to yourself.

Second Harvest attracts people who have already “made it” by conventional standards and are asking, “Now what?” Executives, entrepreneurs, and investors. Artists, founders, and athletes. Leaders, makers, and seekers.

People with rich resumes and restless hearts. They’re united by curiosity, not category. By a desire to live the next chapter with more courage, creativity, and connection.

Many come solo, some come as couples. All leave as part of a lifelong circle of peers and friends. They arrive successful. They leave significant.

We’re not a traditional self-help retreat. You won’t find any gurus or shaman here. We’re not here to “fix” you. We’re here to help you remember who you already are. Second Harvest was built as a quiet rebellion against the noise against the endless productivity hacks, dopamine hits, and quick-fix enlightenment weekends.

Everything about the experience is rebelliously analog: long walks, handwritten notes, slow (and mouthwatering) meals, real conversations. No screens, no PowerPoints, no apps to guide your actions. Phones go away. Presence returns.

Each retreat is a curated adventure. We’re blending art, nature, philosophy, and design.

It’s equal parts creative residency, leadership lab, and spiritual sabbatical. Crafted for people who don’t need another program, but crave a place to pause, to breathe, and then to step back into their lives, fully awake.

You’ll leave with something rare: a sense of alignment between who you are and how you live. Aligning the intangible with the practical. Many participants describe a kind of exhale. A new relationship with time. A renewed sense of creativity. And, maybe most importantly, new friends that can support you on whatever path you choose to take. 

You’ll return home with a close-knit community of people who speak your new language of courage and curiosity. A clarity that makes decision-making simple again. But don’t take our word for it, read the testimonials, look through the gallery, and see yourself right there.