I Left My Career In Consulting To Run Mindfulness Retreats For Exec Teams

September 18th, 2025
Max Schneider
Founder, Ritual Retreats
$35K
revenue/mo
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Founders
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Employees
Ritual Retreats
from Charlotte
started December 2024
$35,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
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Who are you and what business did you start?

I'm Max Schneider and I run Ritual Retreats, where we curate mindfulness retreats for executive and leadership teams. In 2021, I was 10 years into my consulting career when I burnt out hard - shingles, anxiety attacks - the whole nine yards. My mindfulness practice was instrumental in my recovery, to the point where I started a company, Sand and Salt Escapes, curating mindfulness retreats in Nosara, Costa Rica. As that work grew, leaders from my consulting days started reaching out and asking if I could curate retreats for their leadership team. With that, Ritual Retreats was born.

The company launched at the end of 2024 with six figures in booked revenue - quite a different story from starting Sand and Salt Escapes. We've worked directly with CEOs from 10 different companies. Our clients are CEOs who understand the value of stepping back to gain perspective and genuinely care about their team as human beings. Our work is incredibly unique in the executive development space because of our ability to blend deep expertise in both the boardroom and in the mindfulness space. We design our retreats around grounding mindfulness practices, reflective conversations, and space to just relax and rest - staying at beautiful villas, with private...

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