The Clearing · Fri 15 Jan · Fri 19 Feb 2027
You cannot make yourself relax.
You built the business, and somewhere along the way it built you. The Clearing is one Friday in the woods for founders and leaders who are privately unsure who is left underneath the role.
8 places · £395 + VAT founding rate
If you lead, you carry the weather.
So who looks after you?
I have spent twenty-five years watching founders run in output mode. The pace is relentless and the isolation is quiet. You probably don't need another strategy seminar. You might just need a day to catch your breath and hear yourself think.
The Clearing runs on a Friday on purpose. You finish work on Thursday night, arrive already loosening, and have the weekend afterwards to let it settle.
The shape of the day
I won't give it all away.
Part of what makes it work is arriving without knowing exactly what's coming. Here is what I can tell you.
A conversation with me, so we both know the day is right for you, and a single question to sit with on the Thursday night.
Breakfast together from 08:30, then a forest walk. Phones away. Moving through the trees does something to the mind that sitting still cannot.
Light outdoor challenges that show you how you think and how you respond when things don't go to plan. Nothing extreme.
Round the fire. Honest conversation with up to seven other people who carry what you carry. This is the heart of it. Back by around 17:00.
A follow-up a week later, so you can see what moved.
What you leave with
A calm that holds. Leaders tell me they feel clearer and less reactive in the weeks that follow.
Focus. Away from the noise it becomes obvious which things deserve your energy and which have just been demanding it.
A clearer sense of who you are, how you are being with yourself and with others, and whether those two match.
I have never met a leader who did not need this. Most of them just did not know it until they got here.
Sam Sutton · Founder
Dates · Beaulieu, New Forest
Reserve your place.
Eight places on each date. Reserve opens an email to me, and I'll come back to you personally within a day.
- Founding rate
- £395 + VAT
- From March 2027
- £795 + VAT
- Group
- Maximum 8
- Included
- Breakfast and lunch
Your call, your refund.
If you finish the day feeling it wasn't worth your time, tell me before you leave or by email within 48 hours and I'll refund you in full. The young people your place supports still get their day.
Founding rate for the January and February dates. Your place helps fund woodland days for young people through Saints Foundation.
Questions
Is this a networking event?
No. You'll be with other founders and leaders, and the focus is inward. Any connections are a by-product of being human together.
Do I need to be outdoorsy?
No. Gentle walking on forest tracks. I'll send a kit list so you're warm and dry.
Is there signal?
Very little, and that's deliberate. Phones stay away for the day.
Can I bring my team?
The Clearing is for you on your own. For your leadership team, have a look at the Team Impact Day.