Joy. Connection. Freedom.
Experience it. Bring it home.
The Outer Banks, NC
February 15-18,2024
Join Jonathan Bardzik for a four day, luxury retreat in a waterfront home with an intimate, like-minded, community of people experiencing joy, connection, and freedom — and really good food! — and sharing conversations about how to bring this home into your daily life.
Gift yourself this time for deep, generous, self-love and care and to reflect on the truly important questions in your life that often get lost in the busyness of our everyday.
“I believe we are here in this life for two reasons: to care for each other and to experience joy.”
This retreat is about living a life centered in joy, rooted in connection — our greatest source of joy, and elevated by freedom from the voices of doubt and shame in our heads, leaving us free to listen to the voices in our hearts; to choose our own joy, and to be fully present in connection.
The details
Is this for me?
Are you asking what makes your life meaningful and fulfilling, what is your life’s next big adventure and what do you really want to prioritize in the time you have? This retreat is for anyone who is contemplating those questions or actively engaged in that journey. You might be contemplating a career change, experiencing a family transition or loss, or exploring a new sense of purpose.
The busyness of daily life often gets in the way of thinking about these questions and initiating change. This retreat is an opportunity to do both and create momentum and focus. This retreat is specifically seeking a diverse group both to share our varied experiences and to see the commonalities in our humanity.
What is included?
Four days and three nights experiencing joy, connection and freedom and engaging in conversations about how to bring this home into your daily life. This retreat includes a pre-experience orientation and two follow up conversations with the group to continue the work of the retreat..
For this luxury weekend on the Outerbanks of North Carolina “all inclusive” means an oceanfront home, time to walk on the beach, lounge in the hot tub or relax by the gas fireplace. And the food? You’ll get to eat chef Jonathan Bardzik’s award winning cooking and spend time preparing meals with him in the kitchen!
When is it?
February 15-18, 2024. Arrive Thursday between 12-3 PM. Depart Sunday by 12:30 PM.
What is the cost?
$5000 $2500 per person. Experience this retreat at a special early adopter price. Registration includes retreat programming, housing, and food. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. There are 5 rooms available and selection is in order of completed registration and payment. Bring a second person to share your room for $1,000 more. Payment may be made in full at time of registration or paid half on registering with the second half by February 1, 2024. Note: This special discounted pricing includes a post-event interview to learn more and collected marketing feedback for future events.
What does a retreat day look like?
6:45 Wake up to the smell of fresh-baked goods in the oven!
7:00 Sunrise and guided meditation on the beach
7:30-9:30 Breakfast and time for your own joy
9:30-11:30 Facilitated conversation: joy, connection + freedom
11:30-4:30 Time for joy: Lunch, walk on the beach, read, journal, take a nap.
4:30 -6:30 Prepare dinner together: time for connection and cooking with Jonathan
6:30-7:30 Dinner, conversation and community
8:00-9:00 Evening reflections
9:00. Visit the beach, journal gratitude, bed time
Meet your host
Jonathan Bardzik is a renowned storyteller, cook, author and TV personality who creates joy and connection — especially through cooking and sharing food. Over the past 12 years, Jonathan has written and starred in his own television show — Jonathan’s Kitchen: Seasons to Taste —published three cookbooks, appeared on the TedX stage, morning news shows and with more than 900 live audiences.
Over the past two years, Jonathan has spent more than 5 months on self-guided retreat, gaining insight into living a meaningful and fulfilling life and how to create an effective and powerful retreat experience. During this retreat Jonathan will share his gift for creating joyful and connected spaces, his experience in holding a meaningful and effective retreat, and he will facilitate conversations about a life centered in joy, rooted in connection and elevated by freedom.
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Ready to attend the retreat? Fill out the form below receive an email with the registration form, agreement and payment details. Have questions? Include them in the message field or email Jonathan at jonathan@jonathanbardzik.com