Stories
Writing on the in-between.
Retreats, transition, the liminal, and life between one thing and the next.
The liminal and why it matters
Van Gennep named it. Turner refined it. We built a company around it. Here's why the in-between is the most important place a person can be.
Burnout is not tiredness
The difference matters enormously — because the cure for tiredness (rest) will not fix burnout, and trying it over and over is itself a form of harm.
What a week away actually does
The Away Signal data from our first cohort of guests. Heart rate variability, cortisol proxies, sleep architecture — and what changed.
On endings
We are terrible at endings. We rush them, deny them, skip the ritual entirely. A meditation on why the threshold deserves more than we give it.
Land as medicine
The evidence for time in nature is overwhelming. But the mechanism is less understood than you think — and it has almost nothing to do with fresh air.
The guide is not a therapist
What Away guides actually do — and don't do. The distinction matters for guests, for hosts, and for the integrity of the work.