The journal

Understand, prepare, rebuild

Articles that answer the questions people ask before leaving, and the ones they ask when life seizes up.

Understand

Definition, method, framework: what sets a supported retreat apart from a simple holiday or a wellness break.

Rebuilding

When everything feels stuck, stepping away from your usual setting gets things moving again. Here is why, and on what conditions.

The retreat

From dawn to evening, hour by hour: activities, talking circle, rest, and why this rhythm does you good.

Destination

Hospitality, Buddhist culture, nature, cost of living, climate: the reasons behind a choice that is anything but exotic.

Rebuilding

A week's holiday is rarely enough to recover from exhaustion. What a long, supported retreat makes possible.

Expats

Loneliness, disillusionment, a plan running out of steam: what many expats go through, and how to open up the horizon again.

Connection

Why six to eight people is the right number, and what group dynamics bring to each person.

Method

Attention, the evening review, the view from above: simple practices inherited from the ancient philosophers.

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