A Weekend For Men Who Want More Than “I’m Fine.”
Most men move through their days on autopilot — working, providing, handling responsibilities — but quietly wondering if it all adds up to anything that really matters. We feel the ache for deeper connection, yet rarely have a safe outlet to say, “I could use some help here.”
Our retreats are that outlet.
Build With Your Hands, Rebuild From the Inside.
Over a long weekend in the Vermont woods, you’ll step away from the noise and into a slower, more intentional rhythm.
At the heart of the retreat is woodturning: learning to shape a raw block of wood on a lathe and turn it into a functional, beautiful bowl. You don’t need any experience. The practice itself teaches you to slow down, focus, and stay present.
As you learn the craft, you’re also doing quieter inner work — noticing what it feels like to create instead of just consume, to shape something real with your own hands.
Real Conversations
The work isn’t only at the lathe.
Around the fire and in guided conversations, we explore the questions most men carry but rarely voice: purpose, relationships, aging, fatherhood, loneliness, meaning. This isn’t a lecture, and it isn’t group therapy. It’s a structured space for honest, grounded talk with men who are navigating the same terrain. You’ll listen, you’ll be heard, and you’ll feel real connection.
What You Take Home
By the end of the weekend, you’ll leave with:
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A hand-turned wooden bowl you created from start to finish
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A basic foundation in woodturning you can keep developing
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Practical tools for deeper friendship and better conversations
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A clearer sense of your own self, purpose, and possibility
It’s about remembering how to build: with wood, with words, and with the men beside you. Because being a man isn’t something we arrive at; it’s something we keep building, together.