Dialogue With Your Next Horizon

Leadership & Personal Growth Retreat for Men

May xx-xx, 2026

Asheville, North Carolina

DIALOGUE WITH YOUR NEXT HORIZON,

Leadership & Personal Growth Retreat

January xx-xx, 2025

Asheville, North Carolina

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A leadership retreat for men entering the second phase of life.

This six-day retreat is designed for high-achieving men ready to pause, listen, and engage with is calling to them about their life's next stage. In a confidential, facilitated setting, we engage small groups of men at the intersection of therapy, personal growth, and leadership through dialogue and experiential work, combining ancient and modern modalities in a safe and expertly held space.

We invite you to join our founding seed group of 8–10 men to explore your next path with clarity and courage.

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Where the outer landscape mirrors the inner journey.

Breathwork
Intentional Nature Connection
Guided Psychedelic Experiences
Facilitated Group "Death Lodge"
Think Tank Pilot Program

The Land Speaks

The natural surroundings are not simply a backdrop. They are a participant.

Mountains that hold you.
Lakes that invite reflection.
Quiet that sharpens your inner listening.

The land invites you to step outside of your usual role and enter a more spacious, grounded, and honest dialogue.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina is a place where ancient forests meet vibrant streams, where mist rolls across the hills, and winter stillness deepens us inward.

A PLACE OUTSIDE OF TIME

Firecreek Retreat Center

Secluded and surrounded by acres of wilderness, welcome to a space designed for immersion and intentionally simple.

Spaces for gathering, quiet paths for solitary walks, fire circles, and warm hearths, with the sound of the creek running through the valley in the quiet evenings, connecting the inner and outer landscapes.

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A 6-day / 5-night executive retreat designed to support men in leadership positions who are feeling the call of their "second mountain."

"Are you experiencing a challenge in the life you have created or feeling the call into another way of living that is unconcerned with the life you have outgrown? ...The old maps that have guided your life are no longer useful. 'Throw them away,' your soul says."

-Kedar Brown, M.Ed., CHT

Men's Rites of Passage

Key Elements

Only men · Maximum 8–10 participants
Confidential agreements for personal depth
Somatic and experiential methods
2 experiential ketamine sessions (intranasal & IV)
1.5-day Death Lodge: guided self-examination, group work, drumming and storytelling, rooted in nature-based rites of passage
Meditation & breathwork woven throughout
Evening think tank sessions for integration and insight
A founding Seed Group for future leadership programs

The retreat is held with the intention that what is explored here is brought back into daily life with clarity, strength, and healthy purpose.

Medical Safety:

The experiential ketamine sessions at the retreat are medically supervised by an additional team including two experienced MDs (including an ER doctor). Participants undergo thorough medical and psychological intake before arrival. Ketamine sessions are administered and supervised professionally, ensuring both physical safety and psychological containment.

PROGRAM

Day	Theme	Activities
Day 1	Arrival & Foundation	Introductions, group dynamics, confidential contract, sharing circle, breathwork
Day 2	Opening	Ketamine IV session, integration
Day 3	Descent	Death Lodge begins, evening think tank
Day 4	Inner Work	Group ketamine session, group reflection
Day 5	Transformation	Death Lodge continuation, evening think tank
Day 6	Integration & Departure	Closing sharing circle, departure at noon

Core Staff Team:

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Ceremonial Death Lodge Consultant

On-Site Supervising Physician

Application

This is a founding Seed Group. Participation is by personal invitation and conversation.

If you feel called to join, reach out for a dialogue about whether this journey is right for you.