01Hayden Miyamoto
Hayden leads Empower Labs and Acquira, helping business owners develop practical operating systems, apply AI, and grow their capacity to lead with intention.
WHOLESOME / VALLE
By invitation · January 27–31, 2027
Meaningful businesses. Meaningful lives.
A small gathering for people building meaningful businesses—and meaningful lives.
Mexico City + Valle de Bravo · Hosted by Hayden and Suzanne
Hold your place
A community close to home
Why Valle de Bravo?
Hayden and Tiago both live in Valle de Bravo and are building a community here.
This gathering is a mix of Wholesome and some of the great entrepreneurs they've met in Valle and Mexico City. We're bringing those circles together for a few days of good conversation, shared ideas, and getting to know one another.
The people
Who’s joining us
Different experiences. Shared curiosity. A place for every voice.
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02Suzanne Klassen
Suzanne co-hosts Wholesome Valle, bringing people together for meaningful connection and shared exploration of growth in business, relationships, and the texture of everyday life.
03Aloke Nanda
Aloke leads strategic capital and partnerships at Acquira, working at the intersection of small business ownership, investment, and the relationships that help companies grow.
04Joe Hudson
Joe is an executive coach and founder of Art of Accomplishment, exploring how emotional awareness and self-discovery can transform leadership, relationships, and everyday experience.
05Mattia Gheda
Mattia is CEO of Art of Accomplishment, bringing nearly two decades in technology to work that connects emotional development, self-discovery, and the practice of leadership.
06Tiago Forte
Tiago founded Forte Labs and created Wholesome, helping people turn knowledge into creative work through his bestselling book Building a Second Brain and educational programs.
07Lauren Valdez
Lauren is a writer and co-founder of Forte Labs, drawing on public health, community development, and entrepreneurship to connect people, ideas, and more effective ways of working.
08Andrea Redondo
Andrea founded El Club de Inversión, making financial education and investing more accessible to people who want greater independence and more choice in their lives.
09Stephen Zerfas
Stephen is co-founder and CEO of Jhourney, exploring meditation education and retreats that help people develop concentration, experience joy, and deepen their understanding of wellbeing.
10Tighe Burke
Tighe founded SRCH, an executive search firm that helps growing businesses find the leaders they need and build teams capable of carrying their ambitions forward.
11Yanely Espinal
Yanely is the educator behind MissBeHelpful and Senior Vice President of Educational Outreach at Next Gen Personal Finance, helping make financial knowledge more accessible.
12Margot Lee Shetterly
Margot is the bestselling author of Hidden Figures and founder of the Human Computer Project, uncovering overlooked lives at the intersection of science, history, and opportunity.
13Aran Shetterly
Aran is the author of Morningside and The Americano, exploring history through individual lives and the struggles that shape communities, justice, and social change.
COLLABORATION
Bring an idea.
Make it together.
Many of us have audiences. There is room here to create together as well as connect.
We have a studio for optional filming and collaboration: record a conversation, explore a shared idea, or make something for your audiences together.
Optional studio collaboration and filming are interspersed throughout the gathering. Coordinate your plans with the hosts and the people you would like to work with.
The rhythm
Purposeful mornings. Open afternoons.
Short morning sessions to share projects, learning, challenges, and open questions. The rest of the day leaves space to follow what emerges.
Unhurried conversations, movement and outdoor activities, good food, and time to rest and connect. Movement and activities are optional. Studio collaboration and filming opportunities are interspersed throughout the gathering.
A night in Mexico City
Arrive and meet over an informal dinner.
Together to Valle de Bravo
A shared morning transfer, a welcome, and time to discover the house and forest.
Share, explore, connect
Morning sessions and an afternoon open to conversation, outdoor activities, and rest.
Let the conversation continue
Peer learning, time in Valle, and dinner together.
Integrate and return
Final reflections, farewells, and a shared transfer back to Mexico City.
Our home base
Bosque Las Orquídeas
The place is part of the conversation.
Wood, light, forest paths, and long tables. Space to be together and corners to be alone, among the gardens and forest of Valle de Bravo.
Explore Bosque Las Orquídeas ↗
What we share
Arrive and be present.
Stay
Hosted accommodation in Valle de Bravo, with rooms arranged before arrival.
Eat
Shared breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, including evenings in Avándaro and Valle.
Travel
Organized group transportation from Mexico City to Valle and back.
Connect
Peer sessions, optional movement, and time to rest, explore, and talk.
Shared costs · Not for profit
Hold your place.
Like all Wholesome Masterminds, this is a not-for-profit, shared cost model. We estimate a total of $2,000 to $2,500 per person. A non-refundable U.S. $1,000 deposit holds your spot and counts towards the total. The remaining $1,500 is due by December 31, 2026. We split costs equally, provide transparent accounting, reconcile each person's actual costs, and return any unused balance.
The planning range for a private room is $2,000 to $2,500 per person. A shared room would likely reduce this amount by the accommodation costs for four nights, estimated at $800, bringing the total to $1,200 to $1,700 per person.
Good to know
Who is this for?
For the Wholesome group and invited guests. Partners and spouses are full participants, with equal space to contribute and learn.
Do I need to join everything?
Morning sessions anchor the gathering; movement and other activities are optional. There is also time to be alone.
When should I fly?
Arrive in Mexico City on Wednesday, January 27. We return on Sunday, January 31; plan a flight no earlier than 7 p.m., or staying longer.
What happens after the deposit?
The hosts will confirm your place directly and coordinate your room, dietary, and activity preferences for January 27–31, 2027.
Destination photographs: lake view and street scene © Adam Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0, displayed with layout crops. These show the surrounding town, not the retreat property.
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