Residential weekends designed for psychiatric clinicians at turning points — combining nervous-system regulation, somatic work, and the concrete career and business decisions that most career programs ignore and most wellness retreats skip past.
A wellness + career retreat for emerging PMHNPs — built for the FNP transitioning into psych and the RN in or just out of PMHNP school. Both arrive carrying the nurse's conditioning: over-give, under-charge, self-abandon. We treat that as one problem, because it is.
The promise. Leave regulated, re-identified as a provider, and holding a written 90-day transition plan you can act on Monday morning. Most career programs ignore the body; most wellness retreats ignore the bank account. This weekend treats both as one problem — because the inner shift is what unlocks the outer move.
Naming both out loud on day one is part of how we make each person feel seen.
Every block serves one of four movements. The arc is what turns a nice weekend into a turning point.
Thursday evening. Get hypervigilant nurses' nervous systems to actually arrive. No content, no fixing — safety, connection, and breath. Everything downstream depends on this.
Friday. Surface what's really blocking the pivot: burnout, the identity gap, the tangled beliefs about money and worth. Reframe the helper as a provider worthy of authority and income.
Saturday. Hand them the map and the tools — job search, scope, credentialing, income models — and have them construct a real 90-day transition plan they can act on Monday.
Sunday. Lock in support and accountability so the breakthrough survives re-entry. Accountability pods, written commitments, and a clear bridge to what comes next.
Wellness mornings, deep work midday, business build, restoration woven throughout. Massage sessions run in parallel on Friday and Saturday afternoons.
Thursday 7:30 pm · Host + Trauma Therapist · Build the container. Establish safety, confidentiality, and a spoken intention each person can be called back to all weekend.
Friday 9:00 am · Trauma Therapist · Name the toll honestly and normalize it. Leave with a somatic regulation practice they can use between patients and after a brutal shift.
Friday 10:45 am · Host · From executing orders to writing them — the authority shift no one prepares you for. Apply the H.O.P.E. framework and draft a one-line provider identity statement.
Friday 1:30 pm · Host · Surface the inherited money stories that keep nurses underpaid and invisible. Separate worth from rate. Rewrite one money belief to carry into Saturday.
Friday 3:15 pm · Trauma Therapist + Host · Make the limbo period survivable. Energy budgeting, boundary scripts, and a daily regulation habit that survives a 12-hour shift.
Saturday 9:00 am · Host · Beat the catch-22 with a concrete strategy that turns RN experience into a hiring advantage. Reframed CV, target settings, three outreach actions.
Saturday 10:45 am · Host · Demystify the regulatory path. Collaborative-agreement structure, the credentialing checklist (NPI, DEA, CAQH, malpractice), insurance-panel vs. cash-pay.
Saturday 1:30 pm · Host · Read an offer clearly. Salary benchmarking, non-competes, productivity/RVU, and the full menu of income models on the path to autonomy.
Saturday 3:15 pm · Host · Worked in pairs. Set the 90-day destination. Reverse-engineer 30/60/90 milestones. Phase down RN hours so income holds. Leave with a written, dated plan.
Sunday 9:30 am · Host · Form 2–3-person accountability pods. Pre-decide how to handle the re-entry dip. Identify each person's single highest-leverage action this week.
Owns the identity, empowerment, money, and career sessions. The throughline voice and the H.O.P.E. framework — used under license from The Baggage Exchange LLC.
Leads breathwork, burnout, and somatic-regulation sessions. Holds the emotional container and is on hand if anyone gets activated during deeper work.
Runs restorative bodywork in a quiet room on a rotating sign-up through Friday and Saturday afternoons — embodied proof that receiving care is allowed.
Practices you can run in five minutes after a hard shift, between patients, or before a contract conversation.
Language for the authority shift that reduces imposter feelings, and a worth/rate reframe to carry into negotiation.
Concrete artifacts you can act on. Plus a contract-review checklist for the offers ahead.
30/60/90 milestones, the first action for Monday, an accountability pod, and a scheduled first check-in.
After Bedside to Boardroom, the Institute will offer additional residential cohorts in environments chosen for their nervous-system-supportive qualities. Dates and pricing will be announced as venues confirm.
A high-desert cohort focused on identity integration and creative practice direction — for established clinicians considering their next ten years of work.
An immersive international cohort designed around nervous-system restoration, embodiment, and the deeper questions of vocation and meaning in clinical work.
Private cohorts for residency programs, group practices, and clinician organizations can be arranged on a custom basis. Reach out to explore a partnership.
This is education and experience — not therapy or clinical care. Retreat content is professional development. The trauma therapist on the team is the designated support if anyone becomes activated; a participant who needs ongoing care will be supported in connecting with appropriate clinical resources at home.
Scope & credentialing content is professional guidance, not legal advice. State scope-of-practice and collaborative-agreement rules change. Carolinas credentialing material is verified before each cohort and should be confirmed with the relevant Board of Nursing before any individual hiring or contracting decision.
Signed liability waivers and a participant agreement are required. Event liability insurance is carried and venue requirements are confirmed for each cohort.
H.O.P.E. framework attribution. The H.O.P.E. framework used throughout the Bedside to Boardroom retreat is used under license from The Baggage Exchange LLC. Retreat workbook materials are licensed to attendees for personal professional use only.
Seats for the inaugural cohort are limited to 8–14 emerging PMHNPs. Tell us a little about where you are in your transition and we'll be in touch about fit, dates, and pricing.