A Powerful Collective is Gathering
Imagine being in a circle of people that can handle all of you. No masks. No pretense. No dimming your light. No playing small. A place to explore, to refine, and to practice wielding your power. A place to amplify your greatness—and repair what’s been worn down.
You’re Ready to Rise.
And You're Not Alone.
You’ve done the foundational healing work, and now it’s time to take the next step—a life of focus, creativity, power, and joy.
Your team is gathering. A fellowship of like-minded co-journeyers who require that you show up in the full expression of yourself.
Welcome to The Gathering. We’re thrilled you’re with us.
There’s a Ripple Effect
When you experience big growth, it touches every part of your life—your intimate relationships, how you parent, how you run your company.
Here, growth doesn’t stop when the weekend retreat ends. The Gathering focuses on gracefully bridging the space between the big upgrades and daily life.
We offer a consistent container—a men’s small group, a women’s small group, a couple’s group deciding to grow together. You’ll be on the same team over time, building trust and accountability, developing an elegant symbiosis. Through ceremonial work, regular calls, and adventures, you’ll be supported in turning breakthroughs into lasting change.
You won’t leave your loved ones behind. Significant others and even kids are invited for select events, because growth is meant to be shared.
Ready to Go Deeper?
For a year, you'll gather with the same small group of highly-curated people.
Here’s What’s In Store for You:
Three All-Inclusive Small Group Retreats
Monthly Small Group Calls
Expansion Events to Deepen Play and Connection
Investment is $1,600/month
What People Are Saying
8 Agreements for The Gathering
Intention: We act with purpose. We cultivate focus, honing the ability to find the signal in a noisy world.
Creativity: We listen, risk, and refine the skills to amplify our creative abilities. We bring truth forward.
Beauty: We cultivate and celebrate beauty within and around us.
Embodiment: We honor and pursue a healthy relationship with our bodies. We move, sweat, and challenge ourselves.
Power: We step into power in all aspects of life. We take up space—and are committed to wielding power with high integrity.
Love: We willingly, recklessly commit to love—love of self, love of others and love for the whole damn world. Love is our power.
Discipline: We develop practices that move us into mastery. From breathwork to dieta to meditation, to our specific creative medium, we put in the hours to enjoy the freedom that comes from excellence.
Play: We don’t take anything too seriously. Adventurous mischief is part of our DNA. Joy is the engine, laughter is the fuel. Our wheels are made of dancing.
Our Core Offering
for $1,600/mo
In 2026, The Gathering will include two cohorts: one for women, one for men. Each cohort follows its own rhythm of monthly calls, private community Signal chat, and three all-inclusive ceremonial retreats throughout the year.
Women’s Gathering
Monthly Group Calls: 3rd Wednesday of each month 12.30 PM to 2.30 PM CT
All-Inclusive Small Group Ceremonial Retreats:
Winter: Jan 7-10 in Southern California
Spring: May 13-16, location TBD
Fall: November 11-14, near Austin, TX
Travel to and from the retreats is not included.
Optional Couple’s Retreat expansion (additional fee):
July 20-23 in Minnesota Lake Country
Men’s Gathering
Monthly Group Calls: 1st Wednesday of each month 12.30 PM to 2.30 PM CT
All-Inclusive Small Group Ceremonial Retreats:
Winter: Jan 10-13 in Southern California
Spring: May 16-19, location TBD
Fall: November 14-17, near Austin, TX
Travel to and from the retreats is not included.
Optional Couple’s Retreat expansion (additional fee):
July 20-23 in Minnesota Lake Country
Expansions & Adventures
Explore these additional adventures designed to help you reconnect with your power, joy, and vitality, alongside your loved ones.
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Get personalized support through a private 50-minute call each month. These sessions are designed to deepen your growth, integrate your retreat experience, and stay aligned with your vision—at your own pace and depth.
Spots are very limited.
Investment: $850/monthly subscription
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March 13-15, 2026: Come to the Touching Two Worlds Circus Show and stay for the Family Play Day at the Circus!
Children (8+) VERY welcome.
We’ll get you into your heart, mind, and body and give you lots of opportunities to go deep as a family. Investment $325 (Includes tickets to the show. Lodging and food not included)
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Deepen your connection at our Couples’ Summer Retreat – July 2026
This couple’s retreat is open to members of the Women’s and Men’s Gathering who wish to bring a partner.
Join us for a powerful shared experience featuring guided practices, nature immersion, and intentional time together.
Investment $1800 per person. Food and lodging are all-inclusive. Travel to and from the event is not included.
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Scheduled at the participant’s convenience. An immersive experience designed for deep personal connection. Investment $3500 individual/$4500 couple
The 2026 Focus: Wisdom
This year, we’re asking: What does it mean to live wisely in this season of my life?
We’ll explore the wisdom that shapes how you lead, how you love, how you show up in your body and in your relationships.
We’ll ask where wisdom is already guiding you… And where you’re being invited to grow.
We’ll honor the wisdom of those who came before us, and consider what we’ll pass on to those who come next.
Save Your Spot
For just $1,600/month
Join a year-long, immersive experience that combines regular touchpoints, deep work, and adventurous retreats. Fill out the contact form and we’ll get in touch!
Applications will be accepted until October 1st. The small groups will be capped at twelve people to ensure a highly curated experience.
FAQs
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The goal isn’t just to give you a fun long weekend and send you back into your old life.
You’ll leave with a sense of freedom and lightness that will follow you into your daily routines.
You’ll be armed with tools to shift your mindset when the weight of the world feels too heavy again, knowing how to access your strength, your playfulness, and your joy when you need them most.
And you’ll have a community who’ve experienced this transformation alongside you—who’ll continue to support and cheer you through the Signal group and virtual calls.
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The world feels like it’s on fire—climate crisis, war, political instability, fractured communities, and a pace of change that’s hard to keep up with. If you’re asking big questions about how to live, lead, and love in this moment, you’re not alone.
This retreat is for people who feel the pressure of it all—and still want to shape something beautiful in the midst of it.
It’s for leaders, creatives, caregivers, and visionaries who know they can’t pour from an empty cup. Who want to trade burnout for clarity, urgency for grounded action, and disconnection for meaningful community.
It’s a place to reset, realign, and remember the deeper reasons you’re here.
Because aliveness is contagious. And the world needs more people who are truly awake. -
This circle is for those who may come from different paths but share that same deep longing for more—more joy, more connection, more life.
It is for anyone who feels like they've lost touch with that part of themselves that used to feel playful, adventurous, and free.
You don’t need to have experience with ceremonial retreats or even someone who feels in touch with their body right now.
If you are ready to try something different, to stretch yourself (literally and metaphorically), and find joy in new experiences, you are welcome.
You’ll be guided and supported every step of the way, with options to go as slow or as fast as you need.
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Founders, creatives, high-performers.
Some are building businesses, others are in transition, and many are asking deeper questions about how to live, lead, and love with intention. What they share is a hunger for growth, connection, and a life aligned with their values.
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We’re not religious, but we are reverent.
The Gathering is spiritually rooted—through ceremony, nature, embodiment, and presence—but we honor all belief systems (or none). We simply ask that you come with an open heart and a willingness to connect to something greater than yourself.
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Three all-inclusive retreats (lodging, meals, facilitation, ceremony)
Monthly group calls and curated content
A private Signal group for real-time connection
Travel and optional add-ons (bringing a partner, staying extra days) are not included.
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This is a yearlong container.
The Gathering is built on trust, consistency, and rhythm. It’s not a drop-in model—we grow together over time.
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Monthly calls + ongoing connection.
We meet once a month for group calls and stay in touch via Signal chat throughout the year.
The time between retreats is a space for integration, reflection, and community—with support always close by.
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Absolutely.
Many Gathering members are founders, but what really matters is how you show up to life.
If you're a high-performer, someone who leads with intention, and wants to grow in integrity and creativity—this space is for you.
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This isn’t just about adding one more thing to your already full plate. It’s about carving out intentional time that feeds your soul and gives you back some of that joy and vitality you’ve been missing.
Imagine how much more energy you’d have to show up for everything else in your life once you’ve reconnected with your own sense of lightness and strength.
Meet your guide, Dr. Sherry Walling.
I’m Dr. Sherry Walling—clinical psychologist, founder of ZenFounder, and long-time guide to entrepreneurs, visionaries, and high performers.
I’ve walked with founders through exits, breakdowns, reinventions, and rebirths. I’ve helped veterans rebuild their nervous systems and CEOs rediscover their joy.
I’ve walked myself through the fire of loss. After losing my father to cancer and my brother to suicide—just six months apart—I found myself unraveling. I was running a business, raising a family, and holding space for others in crisis… but barely surviving my own grief.
Circus arts helped me rediscover joy, freedom, and aliveness in ways words alone couldn’t reach. Movement reminded me how to play and how to experience my body as a powerful tool for healing. Around the same time, I began exploring sacred plant medicine, which helped me break through emotional barriers and access parts of myself that I hadn’t even realized were locked away.
I’m not a life coach with a vision board. I’m a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience and more than 30,000 hours supporting high-performers, creatives, and entrepreneurs. My work lives at the intersection of science and soul.
“The Gathering is my invitation to you: to come as you are, to stretch what you think is possible, and to heal in a circle of brave, brilliant humans. We work with mind, body, and spirit—through nature, movement, ceremony, and conversation—so you can return to your life more grounded, clear, and fully alive.”