Your host
I'm [Your Name].
I host Clear Head Retreat, and I run it the way I'd have wanted it run for me a few years ago.
Why this exists
The short version
[This is your space — write it plainly, in your own voice. A few honest paragraphs do more than a polished bio.] I started Clear Head Retreat because I know what it's like to run flat out for years and slowly lose the plot of your own life. Not a crisis, exactly — just noise, and no room to hear yourself over it.
What pulled me back was simple and unglamorous: time outside, a few good conversations, and enough quiet to actually think. No clever programme. Just space, and people who'd been there.
So I built the thing I wish I'd had. Turangi, because the river and the bush do half the work. Three men, because that's small enough to be honest. Three nights, because you can't fix a life in a weekend, but you can get your head clear enough to see it straight.
How I hold it
A few things I believe
Quiet is useful
Most men don't need more advice. They need room to hear what they already know.
Honesty over performance
Nobody has to have it together here. The whole point is you don't.
Nature does the heavy lifting
A river and a bush track will shift something a whiteboard never could.
No pretending it's therapy
I'm a facilitator and a host, not a clinician — and I'll always tell you when something needs more than I offer.
Small and personal
Keeping it small means I actually get to know you, not process you.
What's said here, stays here
Discretion isn't a policy line for me. It's the whole foundation.
I built the retreat I wish I'd had.
Being straight with you
What I'm not
I'm not a therapist or a counsellor, and Clear Head Retreat isn't treatment. It's a considered, facilitated experience for men who are basically okay but overloaded, and want space to reset.
If you're in real crisis, I'd be doing you a disservice to pretend three nights on the river is the answer — and part of the short conversation before you come is us both being honest about whether this is the right fit. If it isn't, I'll happily point you somewhere that is.
In New Zealand you can call or text 1737 any time to talk with a trained counsellor, or contact your GP for support.
If it resonates
Tell me a bit about you.
Send an enquiry and we'll find a time to talk. No pressure, no sales — just a conversation.