Explore Your Options. Build Your Community. Gain Confidence.
Dates: Friday, September 5th to Monday, September 8th, 2025
Location: Zephyr Point Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove, NV
Tickets for 2025's Retreat are SOLD OUT.
If you’d still like to join us, please join the cancellation list. If an attendee needs to cancel for any reason, we will offer the spot to the next person on the cancellation list. You’ll have 48 hours to get your ticket before we offer it to the next person on the list.
Are you on a path to financial independence?
Along the way, have you started to realize that you don’t want (or need) to keep pushing as hard to reach FI?
Maybe you’d reach FI a bit later, but who cares if you are enjoying your life along the way?
Do you have an idea (or ideas) in mind but wonder how you could make it work financially? Does it feel scary to step away from the standard life (or even standard FI) path?
If so, the Slow FI retreat is designed for you.
In-Person Gatherings are Life-Changing
Something unique happens when we intentionally step outside of our normal routine and daily life. A different level of awareness and inspiration happens. So many of our life-changing realizations happen when we are outside of our daily grind.
Plus, building a like-minded community of people who really “get” you is the #1 way to work toward your goals and find joy in the process. While I love community that happens virtually and online, there’s something special that happens when people get together in-person. All of the informal connection adds up in a way that structured Zoom calls can’t compare.
At this retreat, you’ll have the opportunity to cultivate relationships with others who are passionate about building financial freedom, defying societal expectations, and designing lives they love.
Most people in your life probably don’t understand your goals… But, these people will!
Join Us (the Fioneers) and 40 Slow FI Enthusiasts for this intimate 3-Day Retreat.
At this retreat, you’ll:
- See real, ordinary people living extraordinary, expectation-defying lives to inspire new possibilities.
- Cultivate relationships with a like-minded community that will encourage you and push you forward.
- Brainstorm new ideas and solutions to challenges.
- Dig into strategies to work through the fears that are holding you back (e.g. scarcity, failure, defying expectations, etc.)
- Create an action plan to move forward.
- Relax and enjoy each others' company on the shores of beautiful Lake Tahoe.
The Slow FI Retreat will have a variety of activities including: workshops, panel discussions, breakout groups, and time for individual reflection. We’ll also host formal and informal group activities, such as a welcome “party,” a campfire, board games, group hikes, disc golf, and plenty of hang-out time.
Friday:
Check-in begins at 5 PM
Dinner with the welcome “party” to follow
Saturday:
Breakfast
Morning Session: Lifestyle Freedom Panel
Lunch
Afternoon Session: Lifestyle Freedom Breakout Groups
Free Time
Dinner, followed by more free, hang-out time
Sunday:
Breakfast
Morning Session: Overcoming Barriers
Lunch
Afternoon Session: Moving from Ideas to Action
Free Time
Dinner, followed by a campfire and free, hang-out time.
Monday:
Breakfast
Morning Session: Action Planning
Lunch
Retreat Ends
Monday Optional Add-ons:
Afternoon: Optional Group Hike
Once you arrive at the Slow FI Retreat on Friday evening, September 5th, EVERYTHING is included:
- Lodging for 3 nights
- Three meals per day (starting for Friday's dinner and going through lunch on Monday), snacks, and drinks (alcoholic* and non-alcoholic)
- All retreat activities, including workshops, panels, breakout groups, group hangouts, and fun activities onsite (such as hiking, campfires, watercraft rentals, etc.)
- Swag Gifts, including a T-shirt and Notebook
- Optional: Group Hike on Monday Afternoon.
*See Alcohol and Controlled Substances Policy Below for more details
What’s Not Included:
- Airfare and/or transportation to the retreat site
Zephyr Point Conference Center is about 1 hour from the Reno-Tahoe International airport and 2 hours from the Sacremento International Airport. To help participants curb travel costs, you will have access to a carpool spreadsheet, so you can reach out and find others who want to share rental cars. There is also an airport shuttle service from Reno to South Lake Tahoe for those who do not want to rent a car.
Accommodation Options and Pricing
Tickets for 2025's Retreat are SOLD OUT.
Join the cancellation list below.
Shared Room - Lodge or Cabin
Shared room and bathroom with 1-2 other retreat attendees*.
$1,600
Private Room - Double Accommodation for Couples
Private room and bathroom for a couple attending together.
$1,600 (each)
Private Room - Individual
Private room and bathroom for an individual
$2,000
*We will make room assignments based on answers to a survey.
If an attendee needs to cancel for any reason, we will offer the spot to the next person on the cancellation list. You’ll have 48 hours to get your ticket before we offer it to the next person on the list.
If you are unable to attend the event after buying a ticket, please let us know as soon as possible. If you let us know at least three months before the event, and we can fill the spot with someone from the cancellation list, you would be issued full refund minus transaction fees. If the spot goes unfilled, no refund will be issued.
If you cancel within three months of the event, no refund will be issued.
In the unlikely event that the full retreat is cancelled, you will be issued a full refund.
Zephyr Point Conference Center does not serve alcoholic beverages. However, we plan to stock the fridges in our meeting rooms with beer, cider, and wine, and we may consume them in the privacy of our lodging and meeting spaces.
The use of marijuana and other controlled substances are prohibited.
Featured Speakers for the 2025 Slow FI Retreat
Marie Coleman-Johns
Kamran Ayub
Casey Johnson
Chris Mamula
Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign-Up
Slow FI Retreat
September 5-8, 2025-
Lodging for 3 Nights
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All Meals, Snacks, and Drinks from Friday night through Monday afternoon
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3 Days of Workshops, Breakout Groups, Community-Building, and Fun
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Swag Gifts: A T-shirt and Notebook
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Private Online Platform for communication with other retreat participants
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Optional Group Hike on Monday Afternoon
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Pre-enrollment Opportunities for Future Programs
About the Retreat Facilitator, Jessica
Jessica is a lifestyle design expert and co-founder of the award winning Financial Independence platform, The Fioneers. She is skilled in training design, facilitation, and adult learning. Throughout her career in both Human Resources and as a Life Design Coach, she has facilitated countless learning experiences through retreats, workshops, small group processes, and one-on-one coaching.
Jessica has helped dozens of clients (and thousands of readers) discover what they really want and develop skills, strategies, and mindsets to move toward their goals and feel good doing it. As a result, clients and readers have started businesses, reduced their work hours, become digital nomads, found jobs they enjoyed, negotiated sabbaticals, and more.
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Frequently Asked Questions
To keep the retreat small and intimate, we are only selling 35-40 tickets.
With this number of attendees, you will have the opportunity to get to know other participants and interact with speakers.
If you are unable to attend the event after buying a ticket, please let us know as soon as possible. If you let us know at least three months before the event, and we can fill the spot with someone from the waitlist, you would be issued a full refund minus transaction fees. If the spot goes unfilled, no refund will be issued.
If you cancel within three months of the event, no refund will be issued.
Because we know that some people would prefer a private room, we’ve made this an option at an additional cost.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer childcare for an event of this size.
The event content and structure is focused on adults (and thus, not suitable for children).
Immediately upon registering, you will be redirected to a survey to share lodging preferences, dietary restrictions, t-shirt size, etc. I will also share this survey within a few days if you do not fill this out immediately.
After all tickets are sold, we will create a spreadsheet to share your contact and flight information. This will allow you to find others to carpool with, if you’d like.
Two months before the event, we will provide you with a detailed agenda for the event and invite you to the online platform we will use to communicate with other retreat participants.
Yes! The retreat content will cater to people at any point in their Slow FI journey – from people who are completely new to the idea to people who are ready to make (or have already made) significant lifestyle changes.
The activities and breakout groups will be tailored to support people at different levels in their Slow FI journey.
No! The content of this retreat is not designed for bloggers or other content creators. The retreat will focus on financial independence and using your financial freedom to design your life.
If you are a content creator, you are very welcome to attend. This retreat will help you design your best life as you share your story and create great content.
We’ve decided to not allow 1-day attendance. The content (panels, workshops, and breakout groups) builds up over the course of the weekend, so you need to attend the full event to get the experience.
Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign-Up
Slow FI Retreat
September 5-8, 2025-
Lodging for 3 Nights
-
All Meals, Snacks, and Drinks from Friday night through Monday afternoon
-
3 Days of Workshops, Breakout Groups, Community-Building, and Fun
-
Swag Gifts: A T-shirt and Notebook
-
Private Online Platform for communication with other retreat participants
-
Optional Group Hike on Monday Afternoon
-
Pre-enrollment Opportunities for Future Programs
