For entrepreneurs and executives
One day without an agenda does more than a week's vacation.
No techniques to achieve something and no program to be completed. A day where the pace slows down, so that what lies beneath the busyness becomes visible.
A vacation interrupts the pace. These days investigate it.
Three day retreats in the Utrecht region, and five days of immersion in Andalusia. Small groups, calm rhythm, embodied inquiry.
View the day retreats → Fridays · 09:00–17:00 · maximum 15 participants · from €225What is different here
No more learning. Perceiving differently.
A nervous system that has been on high alert for months or years does not exit that state by a simple decision. It requires rhythm, and time in which nothing needs to be decided. That is what a day like this does: it slows the pace long enough to notice what lies beneath.
What changes then is not what you know, but what you notice. Decisions that seemed self-evident turn out to be a choice. Tension that seemed part of the job turns out to originate from somewhere. And the question you arrived with sometimes turns out not to be the question.
“I noticed how I had a tendency to eat quickly, as if haste had become a habit I no longer consciously chose.”
Nothing is added. Something is removed — and what remains was always there.
Day Retreats 2026–2027
Three days, three gateways.
Each day retreat focuses on one theme, with the same foundation: a calm rhythm, embodied inquiry, and time to let what arises land. From 09:00 to 17:00 in the Utrecht region, with a maximum of fifteen participants.
Friday, November 20, 2026
A day of slowing down
An introduction to the methodology from the book.
A broad introduction to integrative work, coinciding with the publication of The Meaning and Nonsense of Being. No specific theme or target group — a day to experience what happens when you slow down the pace.
More about this day →Friday, December 18, 2026
Connective leadership
For those who lead and notice that steering yields less than it costs.
Your state partly determines what a team can feel and dare — and that happens before a single word is spoken. A day about leading from connection instead of control.
More about this day →Friday, February 19, 2027
Leaving survival mode
For those recovering from burnout.
A nervous system that has been on high alert for years does not exit that state by a simple decision. A day to practice regulating — slow, embodied, and without the need to perform.
More about this day →Investment €225 to €450 per participant, including lunch and workbook · prefer to talk first?
Five-day · Andalusia
What a day opens, five days can deepen.
An immersion in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada: early mornings in silence, walks through olive groves and mountain paths, evenings in which the body lets what the day brought forth land.
Five days do something one day cannot. A nervous system needs about three days to truly settle; what follows comes from a different layer. This cannot be rushed, and it is the reason this format exists.
Guided by two facilitators, with a maximum of fifteen participants — a closer circle than a single day can offer.
When
March 15 – 19, 2027
Location
Sierra Nevada, Andalusia
Group
Maximum 15 participants
Places
11 still available
Investment
€3,500 excl. flight
Including all meals, overnight stay, day and evening program, walks, local transport, and the workbook
The five-day retreat does not stand alongside a coaching trajectory but follows it. Those who have completed a day or a trajectory of individual coaching arrive here with something that five days can truly encompass. Starting here is also possible — but then the preliminary conversation is more important.
The rhythm of a day
What happens on such a day.
No performance, no homework, no circle where everyone must take turns saying something. Instead, a rhythm slow enough to let the forward-thinking settle.
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09:00
Arrival
Tea, a brief introduction, and the opportunity to set down what you arrived with. No one needs to introduce themselves by what they do.
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09:30
Morning
Working around the theme of the day: alternating exercise, conversation, and silence. The exercises are simple — directing attention, noticing what happens — and you decide for yourself how far you go.
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13:00
Lunch in silence
A prepared meal, without conversation. For most participants, this is the moment when the pace truly drops — often unexpectedly, and frequently the most mentioned part.
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14:00
Afternoon
Deepening of what emerged in the morning, with space for individual work. Those who wish to contribute can do so; those who prefer to observe, do that.
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17:00
Closing
A quiet moment to let what has been land, and then farewell. Friday evening lies before you, and the weekend behind it — that is no coincidence.
You do not have to share anything you do not want to share. Participation can also be in silence, and that happens more often than you think.
A partner, an entrepreneur, a founder
How others have experienced this work.
“He listens, sees, feels, and thinks, and knows how to convey his observations to the participants in a powerful, where necessary penetrating, yet always respectful manner. With this, he realizes real breakthroughs in their thinking and doing.”
“I had the pleasure of experiencing Steven as a coach during a leadership journey for entrepreneurs. His calmness and focus for the entrepreneur ensures a razor-sharp analysis.”
“A remark, a look in the eyes, a casual movement are translated by Steven into the underlying issue. He also possesses the calmness to put everyone at ease in confronting situations.”
For those who choose
Four forms, one method.
They do not exclude each other, but they require a different pace and a different depth. What remains the same in all four is the attention: slower than usual, and broader than just what is being said.
Day retreat
One day to experience it
The shortest way to notice how this works, without committing to anything. For many people, this is the beginning of the rest.
View the day retreats →Individual coaching
Ten sessions, and the time in between
For those who want to work on something specific, at their own pace. Two hours per session, spread over several months in consultation.
More about individual coaching →Team Coaching
Working with what is not said
For those who notice that the question does not lie with one person but between people. Three half-day sessions with the entire team, preceded by individual conversations.
More about team coaching →Five-day
Five days to deepen
For those who notice that one day is too short to truly let go of what is stuck. A nervous system needs more than one day to settle.
View the five-day →Not sure which form fits? You don't have to be — in a thirty-minute introductory meeting we will figure it out together.
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Introduction
Let's talk first.
Thirty minutes, free of charge, online or in Utrecht. If you are unsure whether a day fits where you are now, or if you want to know who usually attends — then this is the conversation. No registration follows from it; you do that yourself, or not.
Schedule an introduction →Prefer to get in touch first? coaching@stevenstephania.com · +31 6 38 92 40 04