A health and leadership development retreat · Chiapas, Mexico
Step out of the pressure. Come home with clarity.
You take care of everyone: your investors, board, leadership team, employees, clients, aging parents, busy kids and community. This is the week you take care of your powerhouse. A small health and leadership development retreat in the highlands of southern Mexico: medical diagnostics and everything you need to align your body, mind and spirit, with global experts to guide you toward your goals. You leave with a 12-month plan and the support you need to stick with it.
- When
- Chosen by you when you join the interest list. We'll find a week when the kids are in school and no one is hosting a holiday dinner.
- Group
- 6 to 12 women. Let's curate the group that you want to experience this with.
- Where
- Chiapas, Mexico. Fly into Tuxtla Gutiérrez (TGZ) via Mexico City or Houston.
- Hosted by
- Leonty Consulting and Altavita
What this week gives back
Everything you give everyone else, returned.
Relief
From the moment you land in Tuxtla, everything is organized with your input, so you can flow effortlessly.
Solitude
Quiet mornings and space to hear yourself think.
Movement
Waterfall hikes and strength for the decades ahead.
Connection
Women who get it, and friendships that last.
Music
Marimba, sound baths and live music under the stars.
Nature
Cloud forest, turquoise water and highland air.
Gratitude
Cacao, ceremony and a pause to notice what's good.
Empowerment
Your data, your plan and your power for the next chapter.
El Chiflón waterfalls 
San Cristóbal de las Casas 
The flavours of Chiapas 
Highland cloud forest
Street and dining photos courtesy of Altavita.
Picture it
Imagine an annual gals' trip where you're the one being cared for.
You're the one who books everyone else's appointments, remembers the refills and checks on your mom. Once a year, that's all done for you. Every medical need handled by people who explain your results, every meal, ride and reservation arranged, and the same circle of women waiting for you each year.
Photo courtesy of Altavita.
Culture
You wander the cobblestone streets of San Cristóbal at golden hour, past painted doorways and Maya artisans weaving at the market. Over warm cacao, a local guide tells you the story behind the textile you'll carry home.
Shared values
At the long dinner table, no one asks what you do. They ask what matters to you. Women who build, lead and care for others, talking honestly about family, legacy and the 80-year-old versions of ourselves we want to become.
Insights
Your physician sits with you and your first results: hormones, heart, bones. For the first time in years you understand your own numbers. Full results follow soon after you're home, with a 12-month plan and the support you need to stick with it.
Connection
On the trail to the waterfall, the woman you met on Monday becomes the friend you'll text all year. You laugh until you cry, and before the week ends you're already planning the next trip.
You're a powerhouse. The matriarch. The engine of your business, the glue for your leadership team, the go-to for your board, the creator of connection for family and friends. This week gives back to you and helps you take care of your powerhouse. It honours you, and helps you step into a healthier version of you: the 80-year-old you want to become.
You come home rested, clear and cared for, already counting down to next year.
A note from Erin
I'm asking before I build it.
I know what it's like to push my own appointments to the bottom of the list, behind the board, the team, the kids and my parents. Maybe you know that pattern too.
Midlife isn't a decline. It's the doorway to the prime of our lives: the chapter where we lead from legacy, mobility and vitality instead of pressure. I want us to walk into it with real data, strong bodies and each other.
This week is that reset, with the vibes of a gals' trip: everything organized with your input, every appointment handled, and room to remember what it feels like to be powerful and rested at the same time.
I'm partnering with Altavita to host it, and we're building it for you and with you. When sufficient women have expressed interest, we'll choose the week together: while the kids are in school, away from the holidays, with the easiest flights. Joining costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
With care and gratitude, Erin
What the week brings
Take care of your powerhouse.
Your health, handled · Altavita
Every overdue appointment, in one morning
No more squeezing a mammogram between meetings. An executive physical at a private hospital, tests chosen for midlife (hormones, bone density, mammogram, heart), and specialists who explain what they see.
- Tests chosen with you and confirmed in writing before you go
- 1:1 results with a physician and a 12-month plan
- Quarterly virtual check-ins for a year
Your power, renewed · Erin
Leadership development, from the inside out
Insights, reflections and dialogue woven through the week as we build our Power to Care™ together. The agenda stays flexible, shaped by the women in the room.
- Design your personal P.O.W.E.R. pathway
- Grow your capacity, capability and courage to care
- Mentor and be mentored by women who get it
Your people · Chiapas
The gals' trip you keep promising yourself
Cloud forest, the El Chiflón waterfalls, San Cristóbal's cobblestone streets, cacao and temazcal, with women who get it. Bring your friends or make new ones. Every transfer organized, every decision made with your input.
- Boutique hotel, white-glove service
- Meals by award-winning chefs
What's included
Precision testing, immersive travel, lasting support.
Diagnostic medical testing
- Blood panels (lipids, hormones, metabolic markers)
- Cardiac stress test
- Echocardiogram
- CT scan, if recommended by your family health history (or on request)
- Mammogram
- Bone density scan
- Comprehensive gut microbiome test
Immersive travel experience
- Spa, culture, cuisine, nature
- All hotel stays and ground transport
- Curated excursions and gourmet meals
Wellness and lifestyle support
- Personalized 12-month wellness plan with results translation
- Wellness starter kit for perimenopause and menopause
- 4 quarterly follow-up sessions
- Specialist medical advice from Altavita's network
Testing is tailored to your personal and family history, and you confirm your tests in writing before you go. Results are translated, delivered and explained in English, your data is encrypted and seen only by your clinicians, and all care happens at an accredited private hospital.
The week at a glance
Five to seven days, over a weekend.
One morning in the clinic. The rest is Chiapas: San Cristóbal, the mountains and the waterfalls. Leadership development insights, reflections and dialogue are embedded throughout as we build our Power to Care™ from the inside out, together. We'll design our personal P.O.W.E.R. pathways and empower each other to grow our individual and collective capacity, capability and courage to care.
- 1
Arrive
Airport welcome, check-in in Tuxtla, welcome circle and dinner.
- 2
Diagnostics, then the mountains
Your tests in the morning, together. By afternoon you're settled at boutique Hotel Bö in San Cristóbal.
- 3
In the highlands
Two or three days of San Cristóbal, El Chiflón waterfalls, cacao and temazcal.
- 4
Results
Your 1:1 physician debrief on your first results, closing circle. Full results follow within five days of returning home, with a virtual follow-up to build your 12-month plan.
- 5
Depart
Unhurried breakfast, final reflections, airport.
Sample flow. The week usually runs over a weekend, for example Thursday to Tuesday. Final length and dates are set with the group.
Who it's for
Powerful women, getting ready for the prime of their lives.
- You're a founder, executive or senior leader carrying investors, shareholders and a leadership team, and a family at home.
- Your own appointments are overdue, or squeezed between meetings and school pickups.
- You're in perimenopause or menopause, and "you're fine" isn't good enough. You want to know what optimal looks like for you.
- You're ready to invest in mobility, vitality and energy for the decades ahead.
- You have hard-won wisdom to share, and you'd love to mentor, and be mentored by, women building what's next.
- You're stepping into a new season as the matriarch and wise woman of your family and your work, and you want to meet You 2.0 with intention.
- You'd love to do it with the vibes of a gals' trip: with the friends you bring, or women who get it.
Investment
All-inclusive once you land.
Exact pricing comes with the dates. Pay in full for a discount, or spread it out with monthly or quarterly instalments. People who join through this list get a community rate.
Included
- Executive physical with hospital-grade diagnostics, tests chosen with you
- 1:1 physician debrief and 12-month plan
- Quarterly virtual check-ins for a year
- Boutique hotel, four to six nights
- All meals
- Airport welcome and all in-country transfers
- All programming: leadership development, ceremony, excursions, spa
Not included
- Flights to Tuxtla Gutiérrez (TGZ)
- Travel insurance
- Optional medical add-ons, never required
Care-partners and sponsors
Bring your expertise or offering to the group.
The room is built half and half. Half are care-partners: practitioners, artists, experts in their field who co-create the week with me. Half are guests: leaders who come to be cared for and share what they know as mentors. Everyone gives, everyone receives, and sponsors help make it possible.
Care-partners
Offer your care.
Practitioners, founders, artists and advisors who bring a session, a product for the welcome gift, a creative practice or a conversation on wealth and legacy. Think the movement specialist who keeps elite athletes strong, the botanical maker behind a ritual you've used for years, the author who helps women write their next chapter.
In return: time with the cohort, visibility in our communities and, depending on the exchange, a reduced rate.
Sponsors
Put your name behind women's longevity.
Founders, executives and companies who want to care for the most influential women in Alberta. Underwrite a moment: the welcome dinner under the stars, the welcome gift, a recovery or strength session, or a seat for a community changemaker who would never book this for herself.
In return:your brand in a curated room, a moment of the week that's yours to host, and a relationship with women who lead, invest and refer.
If that's you, choose "care-partner" or "sponsor" in the form below. We'll shape the exchange together.
Interest list
Tell me if this is for you.
Two minutes, no payment, no commitment. When sufficient women have expressed interest, we'll set the dates together, and your answers decide which week.
People on the list hear first when dates are set and get first pick of the spots.
Prefer to talk it through? Book a call with Erin.
Questions people ask
About the week
Who is Altavita?
Altavita is a medical wellness travel company founded by Megan Swan, a Calgary-based wellness strategist, with a physician co-founder. Their clinical team runs the diagnostics and your physician debrief. I lead the leadership development woven through the week.
Is this a medical program?
One morning is medical: an executive physical at a private hospital, followed later in the week by a private debrief with a physician. The rest of the week is rest, nature, culture and practice. Optional treatments exist, and they are never part of the program or expected.
Can I come with friends?
Yes, please. Many women come with one or two friends, and a group that already knows each other is a lovely way to do this. Tell me in the form and I'll make sure you're booked together.
Your health
Do I need to be unwell to come?
No. This week is about prevention: knowing your baseline and what to watch, before anything becomes a problem.
Do I have to do every test?
No. Before you go, there's an onboarding conversation about your history and what makes sense for you. You choose your tests and confirm them in writing, so nothing is repeated if you've just had it done at home.
Is medical travel safe?
Altavita works only with accredited private clinics and qualified specialists, and their team handles every transfer and appointment. Chiapas is also home to UNESCO World Heritage sites and is a well-loved destination in its own right.
Dates and travel
When will the dates be set?
When sufficient women have expressed interest. Your answers on the form shape the week we choose: when kids are in school, away from holidays like Thanksgiving, Easter and Mother's Day, and in the season with the easiest flights from Alberta (about 13 hours from Edmonton, landing in daylight).
What about flights?
It's a full travel day from Alberta: usually two flights, through Houston (United flies direct to Tuxtla Gutiérrez) or Mexico City. You're met at the Tuxtla Gutiérrez (TGZ) airport, and everything from there is organized with your input. Flights and travel insurance are booked by you because some women prefer to book with loyalty points or prefer to fly business-class or private.
Joining, booking and payment
Does joining the list commit me to anything?
No. It's a way to tell me you're interested and which months could work. There's nothing to pay until dates are confirmed and you choose to book.
Can my employer cover it?
Many leaders fund this kind of week through a development or wellness budget. Choose that option in the form and I'll follow up with what you'd need to make the case.
What if I need to cancel?
The cancellation policy will be confirmed in writing before anyone books. Joining the interest list commits you to nothing.
What happens with my information?
Your answers stay with me and are used only to plan this week and email you about it. I may share anonymous totals, like how many people prefer February, with Altavita.