The concept
This is not
a conference
The Retreat is a high-curation wellness and ideas weekend for founders, creatives and operators building serious things. Restoration and reflection on one side; access to thought leaders and cultural icons on the other. Ambition and wellness, treated as partners, not competitors.
And the timing is the point: the Saturday mainstage falls on World Mental Health Day itself. A weekend built around the conversations high performers usually postpone, held on the one day the world agrees to have them.
Composed on the outside. Stretched on the inside.
This weekend is for you.
Access
Leading founders, creatives and cultural voices, in the room, not on a screen.
Intimacy
First-name badges, curated tables, no conference crowds. Everyone is close to the conversation.
Truth
Panels built on vulnerability and honest storytelling: the parts of success nobody posts.
Restoration
Morning yoga, guided meditation, and space to be still without losing momentum.
Three days, deliberately paced
Friday · Arrive
A curated welcome to Lakowe Lakes: check-in, wellness experiences and intimate first connections as the city noise fades behind you.
Saturday · World Mental Health Day
The heart of the weekend, on the day itself. Morning yoga and grounding, afternoon mainstage panels on reinvention, the psychology of success, wealth and isolation, narrative control and sustainable ambition, then an evening private dinner with curated networking.
Sunday · Restore
Recovery and reflection: guided meditation, journaling and integrative wellness sessions before a soft close and the journey home.
Five rooms worth flying for
Five mainstage conversations, and a headline speaker who embodies every one of them.
- Reinvention, Relevance & The Second Act: life after the peak, and identity beyond validation.
- The Psychology of Success: the hidden sacrifices, burnout and emotional debt of ambition.
- Wealth, Identity & Isolation: social mobility and building wealth without losing yourself.
- Attention, Perception & Narrative Control: fame versus ownership, and the systems behind sustained success.
- Rest, Sustainability & Opting Out: redefining productivity as a high performer.
Olamide Olowe
Founder and CEO, Topicals
Olamide Olowe is a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur and investor, and the youngest Black woman to raise $2M from investors, having raised $15M in venture capital before the age of 26. She co-founded Sheagirl in partnership with Shea Moisture, later acquired by Unilever, and in 2020 launched Topicals, currently the fastest growing skincare company at Sephora.
She has donated over $200K to mental health organisations. A founder who has put real money behind mental health, headlining on World Mental Health Day. More speakers to be announced.
Limited rooms
Request your invitation
The room is deliberately small. Tell us who you are and what you're building, and we'll hold your place while we curate the weekend.
Slow down. Without losing momentum.