team day retreats & workshop series worldwide

designed to elevate joy + purpose at your company and help your team bring their goals to life

Choose from:

  • In Person Day Retreat at our space in Boston — great for small groups of under 20 people!

  • In Person Workshops at your Company’s Office — great for any group size!

  • Virtual Workshop Series To Reach Your Team Worldwide — great for any group size!

We’re proud to work with the best companies, organizations, and schools across the globe

"We are so thankful that Michelle Wax was able to host workshops for our organization! Her energy is contagious, her story is inspiring, and the suggestions she made for a happier life are so tangible, and super easy to incorporate into your daily routine.”

-Hannah Sachs, People Operations Coordinator at The Predictive Index

“Michelle brings great energy that very few are able to bring to each of her experiences. She is incredibly knowledgeable, relate-able, and approachable."

-Rebecca Langdon, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Meet your guide, Michelle Wax:

Michelle Wax is the founder of The City Retreat, a movement and physical space in Boston focused on creating more joy, energy, and connection in the everyday.

Michelle’s journey began in 2018, with the American Happiness Project — producing her documentary that was filmed across all 50 states and interviewed 500+ people on how they created a life they’re proud of and energized for.

She has held her signature workshops, retreats, and experiences for 18,000+ people in the USA, Mexico, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, and more.

Michelle works with top companies like Robert Half, Akamai, and DataRobot across the globe to help teams thrive daily, move beyond burnout, and create positive mindsets through keynote speeches, day retreats, and workshop series to build community and connection.

Wax has been featured in Forbes, WSJ, The Boston Globe, Business Insider, Inc., Fast Company, and spoken on the TedX stage.

“Michelle Wax offers timely insight, real world perspective and actionable suggestions to improve personal joy. I would definitely suggest including workshops for internal corporate teams, clients and prospective customers. The break out sessions offer keen information about how participants are understanding the subject matter. Personable. Knowledgeable. Professionally executed. Enables the connection with people in a different way!”

-Thomas Moran, Chief Strategy Officer at Prodoscore

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Example Workshop Series:

1) Create Your One Year Vision & Bring It To Life

  • Attendees will get clear on their upcoming year and take stock of the goals + intentions they have in their careers + personal life.

  • Attendees will experience a guided visualization during the workshop to connect to their future potential and reverse engineer how they got there.

  • Each attendee will be guided through exercises on how to identify what’s important to them this year, how to remain on track, and begin stepping into the highest potential version of themselves as they move in the direction of their goals.

2) The Science of Happiness and How To Use It To Your Advantage

  • Attendees will learn why natural human nature is working against long term happiness, and how to start re-wiring their minds to reverse this.

  • We will touch on the dangers of positive thinking and what to do instead for the most impact in daily life.

  • Attendees will conduct their own personalized Happiness Audit and create their Joy Game Plan to create more joy in the everyday moving forward throughout the year.

3) Create Your Morning & Evening Routine to Wake Up Feeling Energized & Purposeful

  • Attendees will discover the scientific benefits of having a morning & evening routine.

  • Learn how to set up your mornings and evenings to wake up feeling energized and purposeful -- with only 5-10 minutes of your time.

  • Attendees will design their custom morning + evening routines to put into action after the workshop and receive the option for accountability from a fellow attendee.

4) The Power of Gratitude to Live Your Life Full of Appreciation, Deep Joy, and Purpose

  • Attendees will discover the scientific benefits of gratitude and how to program their minds to naturally filter in more things they can appreciate and feel gratitude for automatically.

  • Learn about the 4 different types of gratitude and why it matters to reflect on all types.

  • Attendees will design their personalized Gratitude Game Plan to put into action during & after the workshop to take advantage of all the benefits.

5) Create a Positive Mindset for more Optimism, Hope, and Enthusiasm in The Everyday

  • Derived from Michelle's TedX talk, attendees will discover how to begin re-programming their mindset and learn the science behind their thoughts & beliefs.

  • Attendees will get clear on their own Words to Live By list during the workshop, to feel successful no matter what is happening around them.

  • Attendees will also discover their current mindset patterns that are blocking them from creating what they want, and how to break those patterns.

  • Everyone will also learn how to create their own unique mindset practice!

6) Must-Have Mindfulness to Create Inner Peace, Calm, & Elevated Focus Daily

  • Learn what mindfulness is, how it impacts your focus day to day, and the impact of lowering your brain wave state through meditation + visualization to create more calm and focus.

  • Attendees will experience a guided visualization during the workshop to experience mindfulness first hand.

  • Attendees will also learn different ways to start incorporating mindfulness into their lives to create more calm and focus daily and create their personalized game plan to put into action during/after the workshop.

FAQs

  • Investment ranges from $1,900-$12,000 depending on the experience you’d like to create for your team.

  • Whatever you prefer! When you submit an inquiry, you’ll be asked a few questions and can let us know what you’re interested in.

  • Please email hello@michellewax.com!

  • Absolutely! We will customize your experience to ensure your team receives the most value and transformation.