Design the life of your dreams, and then make it stick with an optional 100-day integration plan
Lead by people who've been there
Richard Banfield
Entrepreneur, author, and artist. Richard is a recovering CEO who has built companies, launched 100's of products, helped teams find purpose, and now helps people design the second act of their lives with intention and creativity.
Devon McDonald
Venture capitalist turned catalyst for connection, clarity, and courageous living. Devon brings grace, energy, and a gift for creating space where real transformation can happen. She’s raising three kids and building a life rooted in authenticity.
Together, they bring real-life experience, warmth, and wisdom to every part of this retreat. As Richard says, "Our approach is to create a classroom where everyone is the student. No gurus, nor masters, just curious minds that are open to possibility."
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What people say after they leave the retreats
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“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”
— Joel Arthur Barker Ratcliffe
FAQs
Second Harvest is for people in the middle of life who look successful on paper but feel misaligned inside. They are typically in their 40s–60s. They’ve built careers, businesses, families, or reputations. They are competent, responsible, and respected. They’ve done what was expected of them and done it well. What’s changed is not their ability, but their relationship to how they’re spending their time. They feel a quiet exhaustion rather than a crisis. Motivation still exists, but meaning feels thinner. The old goals don’t pull like they used to. They don’t want another productivity system, self-help framework, or motivational push. They’re not broken and they’re not looking to be fixed. They’re thoughtful, curious, and self-aware enough to know something needs to shift. They value depth over hype, real conversation over performance, and experiences that feel human rather than transactional. They’re willing to slow down, reflect honestly, and take responsibility for what comes next. They’re not trying to escape their life. They’re trying to redesign it.
Both. The 72-Hour Reset works at any stage of an executive transition. Whether you're 6 months out and feeling the identity vacuum, or 6 months away and want to enter the next chapter with intention. Many participants use it as a planning tool before they step down; others come after the exit when the gravity of the shift has hit. Either way, you'll leave with a clearer picture of who you are — and who you're building next.
Most executive coaching is role-based. It helps you perform better in the job you have. The 72-Hour Reset is identity-based. It helps you understand who you are beyond the job. This isn't about optimizing your performance in a role. It's about redesigning your sense of self when the roles you used to inhabit are no longer available. It's a different kind of work, and it uses design methodology rather than a coaching framework.
Perfect. This program was built for people who resist self-help. It's grounded in design methodology, behavioral science, and systems thinking — the same intellectual frameworks that build products and organizations. Self-help prioritizes insights, we focus on practical steps that map to real-world behaviors. There are frameworks, exercises, and experiments. If you can run a post-mortem, you can do this.