For people who live with intention and love to have fun
Picture all the playful energy of Adult Summer Camp, mixed with workshops designed to help you feel more connected to yourself, your life, and the people around you.
Over the course of one long weekend, you will feel seen, heard, and understood as your true, full self, while having more fun than you thought was humanly possible.
We’ve been hosting this retreat every summer since 2016, formerly as Startup Island. Since rebranding to Third Nature in January 2022, our community has continued to grow and the experience gets better and better.
Who it's for
Third Nature Summer Camp has always been about the people. A beautifully diverse group of multi-passionate individuals who come from different backgrounds, and are at different stages of their journey – yet have a shared mindset and outlook on life. It’s not about what they do. It’s about who they are.
These are people who:
- Are kind, curious, thoughtful, and generous.
- Are reflective deep thinkers, lifelong learners, and optimists.
- Think and act outside the box.
- Can’t be described with any one label.
- Believe in the possibility of a better world, and in their own ability to create positive change.
- Take action with intention.
- Enjoy deep conversations, are active listeners, and ask good questions.
- Support and celebrate one another, while energized by each other’s success.
- Know how to have fun, prioritize play, and don’t take themselves too seriously.
- Love life, and help restore our faith in humanity.
Many of these people have achieved incredible levels of success in their personal and professional lives. Many are on their way. Regardless, we remember that we all have something to learn and something to teach every time we come together.
Sound like the kind of people you want to surround yourself with?
What to expect
Third Nature programs consist of workshops, facilitated discussions, coaching, and mentorship, combined with time to relax, reflect, and refocus. You will form meaningful connections with new friends, collaborators, and mentors to help you create the career and life you want.
In addition, there will be plenty of activities that make camp as magical as it is: swimming, kayaking, and paddle boarding on the lake, team sports, singing & dancing, campfires, s’mores, lakeside BBQ’s and more.
Expect to feel welcomed and at home right from the start + pleasantly surprised and delighted throughout the weekend.
Leave feeling rejuvenated, inspired, and ready to take on the next season of life.
Trip Leaders & Facilitators
A wide array of life and business experience has made these folks the successful entrepreneurs, creators, speakers, thinkers, coaches, and influencers they are today.
Plus, they are some of the nicest and most genuine people we know.
In addition to leading sessions during the trip, these facilitators will continue to support you as part of the Third Nature community through ongoing friendship and mentorship. These are people you’ll have in your corner forever.
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Jake Fishbein
Workshop:
The Storytelling Game
In this workshop, you’ll combine creativity, play, and collaboration to tell a unique story. You’ll walk away with a new perspective on storytelling, and a powerful tool to live the story you want to tell.
Jake Fishbein
About Jake
Jake Fishbein is an NYC-based Executive Coach & Facilitator who helps people and organizations make and navigate their most important choices. He works with small business owners, mid-level executives, and runs men's groups. Jake has worked with men for almost a decade to help them create more meaningful relationships and friendships, trust themselves, live authentically and vulnerably, and step into the arena in their personal and professional lives. Jake received his professional coaching certification from iPEC, is a PCC-accredited coach through the ICF, and is an ACE Certified Coach after training with coaching industry pioneers David Peterson and David Goldsmith. In addition to his work as a coach, Jake recently finished the final draft of a novel he started writing in 2016.
Jake led a workshop at camp May 26-29, and will be back to lead a brand new workshop at camp September 1-4!
Workshop: The Storytelling Game
In this workshop, we’ll combine creativity, play, and collaboration to tell a unique story. We’ll explore why we tell stories and the impact they have on how we see ourselves and the world. And we'll connect with how we want to frame the story we tell ourselves about our lives. You’ll walk away with a new perspective on storytelling and a powerful tool to help you begin each day living the story you want to tell.
Aniqa Moinuddin
Workshop:
Exploring Worldviews
This workshop is designed to individually and collectively explore this backdrop and gain an understanding of the unique and complex landscape that makes this up.
Aniqa Moinuddin
About Aniqa
Aniqa Moinuddin is a Bangladeshi who built a second home in the United States over a period of thirteen years, relearning customs, techniques and rules. She is a painter and writer who studied economics and built a career in enterprise technology consulting. She experienced first hand the possibilities that are unlocked when a group of aligned and capable individuals come together to achieve a common goal. Through her company, Organizm, she has been bringing this power of connecting technology and humanity to purpose-driven leadership teams to achieve their goals while having fun.
Aniqa led this workshop at camp May 26-29:
Exploring Worldviews
Think of your worldview as the backdrop of the stage where the drama of life unfolds. It subtly influences our impressions, auto-pilot actions, and default state. This workshop is designed to individually and collectively explore this backdrop and gain an understanding of the unique and complex landscape that makes this up. After camp, you will be able to apply the lessons learned from this workshop to pave a path to deeper understanding and connection in your relationships.
Gly Gabriel
AMA (Ask Me Anything):
Getting Volner-able with Glyvolner
Want to get real? To release shame & judgment? To experience a personal transformation? Then come, ask, listen, & share ALL of you in a unique & “volner-able” space.
Gly Gabriel
About Gly
Glyvolner “Gly” Gabriel is a transformational coach, meditation teacher, and host of the New Norm Club podcast. Gly helps leaders be their future self now so that they can manifest the career, business, & impact they desire (without the anxiety & burnout).
After graduating from Harvard University and working at Morgan Stanley, he embarked on an intuitive & transformational adventure in which explored how to express love & consciousness in every moment. Gly is now on a mission to inspire & empower billions to transform their reality from the inside out.
In his spare time, Gly geeks out over storytelling, standup comedy, singing, poetry, and more!
Follow the journey or, better yet, join the movement! #GlyGames
AMA: Getting Volner-able with Glyvolner
Want to get real? To release shame & judgment? To experience a personal transformation? Then come, ask, listen, & share ALL of you in a unique & “volner-able” space.
Potential topics to discuss:
Getting Started / Routines / Following Through / Discipline / Motivation / Procrastination / Distraction / Focus / Organization / Systems / Uncertainty / Imposter Syndrome / Fear / Failure / Success / Judgement / Putting Self Out There / Expression / Your Voice / Art / Creativity / Communication / Thought Leadership / Content Creation / Personal Branding / Being in Front of the Camera / Money / Wealth / Hardship / Confidence / Abundance / Peace / Flow / Balance / Freedom / Clarity / Purpose / Society / Love / Family / Friends / Romance / Intimacy / Sexuality / Masculine / Feminine / Attraction / Energy / Healing / Trauma / Wellbeing / Self / Reality / Life / Death / Mind / Body / Spirit / Transformation / Creating Your Reality
Derick Adams
Movement:
Animal Flow & Relay Race Director
Ground based movement taking inspiration from animal locomotion, breakdancing, yoga, martial arts, parkour and other body weight disciplines.
Derick Adams
About Derick
Derick Adams is a movement loving, barefoot walking, nature lover living out in Denver, Colorado, because it brings him closer to the mountains. His passions in life are exploring trails, teaching people about fitness & food, and dancing as much as possible along the way. His personal motto: “There Is ALWAYS A Positive Side.”
Derick believes that experiences shared in life are greater than those we participate in alone.
“So let’s make a memory! Pumped for Summer Camp 2023!”
Animal Flow & Relay Race Director
Ground based movement taking inspiration from animal locomotion, breakdancing, yoga, martial arts, parkour and other body weight disciplines.
Palveshey Tariq
AMA (Ask Me Anything):
The Magic of Mindset, Mushrooms, and Meditation
Desiring a connection with your higher self? Join PV on an uncharted journey into the spiritual depths of the psyche.
Palveshey Tariq
About Palveshey
Quantum physicist turned consciousness coach, Palveshey helps the greatest leaders from all walks of life transcend trauma and transform into high performers.
Palveshey has a background ranging from graduate studies in financial technology from Harvard to post graduate studies in Quantum Physics.
Palveshey couples psychedelics with mindset coaching to help executives, therapists and pro athletes rewrite their stories.
When she is not coaching, she is hosting psychedelic retreats for pro athletes, giving talks on consciousness in leadership, and hosting corporate workshops & guided meditations around the world.
In her free time Palveshey is hosting her podcast (The Palveshow) and writing a book on transcending trauma.
AMA: The Magic of Mindset, Mushrooms, and Meditation
Want to clear up the noise of trauma? Ever wondered what lies beyond your thoughts and emotions? Desiring a connection with your higher self? Interested in learning about the healing properties of psychedelics?
Join PV on an uncharted journey into the spiritual depths of the psyche.
Potential topics to discuss:
Psychedelics / Meditation / Trauma / Mindset / Quantum Leaping / Higher Self / Self Talk / Healing / Purpose / Spirituality / Breath / Faith / Trust / Confidence / Physics / Consciousness / Neuroscience / Memory / Ego / Death / Soul / Relationships / Leadership / Self-Awareness / Fear / Unconditional Love / Parents / Romance / Judgement / Identity / Intention / Goals / Passion / Routines / Gratitude / Service
Rachel Kourakos
Workshop:
Your Energy, Your Reality
Using a tangible framework, you’ll build emotional intelligence, identify your conditioning, and start to make conscious choices to enhance your ability to lead yourself and others.
Rachel Kourakos
About Rachel
Rachel Kourakos is a Transition and Leadership Coach, Speaker and Facilitator who helps people create change, internally in their beliefs and mindsets and externally, in their lives and careers. She works with individuals, organizations and leadership teams via 1x1 coaching, workshops, offsites and multi-month programs that enable authentic and sustainable change. Her ability to intertwine passion, knowledge, humor, and deep empathy for people encourages others to expand their minds and hearts to draw out new ways of thinking and understanding themselves. She is a CPC and ELI-MP from iPEC and runs Rachel Kourakos Coaching & Consulting Inc full-time. Her background is in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Strategy, Culture & DEI at Google.
Rachel was with us at camp May 26-29, and is so excited to lead a workshop at camp September 1-4!
Workshop: Your Energy, Your Reality
Your perspective forms your reality. Learn a tangible framework to help you raise awareness of your typical perspectives and how they influence your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Build emotional intelligence, identify your conditioning, and start to make conscious choices to enhance your ability to lead yourself and lead others.
Brian Helfman
Founder, Chief Experience Officer at Third Nature
Brian Helfman
About Brian Helfman
Founder, Chief Experience Officer at Third Nature
Head Counselor at Third Nature Summer Camp
Andrea Maeng
Director of Wellthyness at Third Nature Summer Camp
Andrea Maeng
About Andrea Maeng
Director of Wellthyness
Andrea Maeng (she/her) is a certified Ontological Life & Leadership Coach and Facilitator whose practice focuses on the breath, the body and mindfulness as a pathway for transformation. Her passion lies in supporting humans to embody the confidence, courage and clarity to be effective and authentic leaders in their business, life and relationships. She loves talking to anyone creating holistic wellbeing and wealth (wellth) in their own way. She is a proud Korean-American and daughter of immigrants who currently resides in Philly. In her free time she loves trying out food and fruit she's never had before and her superpower is asking great questions.
Brian Ardavin
Program Manager & Community Connector
Brian Ardavin
About Brian Ardavin
Program Manager & Community Connector
Brian Ardavin is a lifelong learner seeking to find the best ways to foster connection and growth for the masses. As Program Manager and Community Connector with Third Nature, he loves people, and is passionate about bringing the best experience to those who attend Summer Camp. Before the trip, he’ll help you prepare for the experience of a lifetime. During each trip, he loves engaging in deep conversations - when he isn’t running around assisting someone in need.
Our location for 2024
Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2024
Camp Scatico, Elizaville, NY
After two years away, we’re SO excited to be back at our home away from home, Camp Scatico. Located about 2 hours north of NYC, Scatico is known for its picturesque rolling hills, the beautiful lake that no motor has ever been inside (making it clean AF), the center of campus hangout area where time stands still, and so much more.
What's included in your trip
During the trip:
- 3 nights lodging in big, beautiful bunks (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night)
- 3 meals per day, snacks, drinks, and adult beverages (dinner on Friday – lunch on Monday for a total of 9 meals)
- 4 personal & professional development workshops
- Guided yoga, meditation, and fun wake up activities available every morning
- Team sports, lake games, paddle-boards, kayaks, and canoes offered throughout the weekend
- Our legendary Saturday night waterfront cookout
- Nightly campfires & s’mores
- Assistance with travel to and from camp
- Bonus materials & SWAG bag
- 24/7 staff and guides on private grounds
Upon returning home:
After the weekend is over, you will receive lots of additional resources to keep the momentum going: things like our shared reading list, a contact sheet that makes it easy to stay in touch with the people you met, and photos from the weekend.
Aside from everything we offer, you will leave the trip feeling part of a truly supportive community with personal connections to friends and mentors who want to see you succeed and will hold you accountable to your goals.
And of course, don’t forget about the alumni meetups, dinners, happy hours, group workouts, coworking, and community member-hosted events that occur year round.
All-Inclusive Price:
Pre-Summer Rate, available until May 31st:
$720
Regular Price, after May 31st:
$840
dates:
Labor Day Weekend:
August 30 – September 2, 2024
*Must be at least 21 to participate in this program
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Frequently Asked Questions
Summer Camp is just the beginning. Once you travel with us, you become part of our growing community of good humans from all over the world. This community is available as a resource to you for life.
Specific takeaways our travelers experience include:
- Increased self-awareness, clarity, confidence, perspective, and empathy
- Refined goals that are consistent with your core values, and an action plan to achieve those goals
- New business ideas, partnerships, and collaboration opportunities
- Leveling up side-projects
- Energy and stress-management techniques
- Tools to flex the idea muscle and become a creative machine
- A healthier relationship with technology
- Deep, meaningful friendships
Workshops will be led by expert facilitators within the Third Nature network with a unique story and area of expertise. More information about this trip’s facilitators and workshops will be provided in the coming months.
We aim to have everyone arrive at camp by 4pm on the Friday that your camp begins. The program ends at 1pm on Monday. You’ll be amazed at what we can accomplish and learn together in less than 72 hours!
We do our best to work with all participants to coordinate transportation to camp from the surrounding areas.
If you’re coming from outside of the northeast U.S., we recommend flying into LaGuardia airport (LGA) and arriving before 1pm EST on your trip’s start date. We’ll do our best to help you arrange a carpool or public transportation from there to camp.
If you have a car and are willing to carpool 1-3 other participants, we offer a $20 per rider credit for drivers.
We send out a packing list one month before each of our trips, to ensure that you have enough time to prepare. In the meantime, think minimalism.
There is WiFi available in certain buildings at our camps, so that you can check in with the outside world during free time if you’d like. The general service at camp is also pretty decent. All that said, we aim to create a space that’s healthily disconnected from technology, where you don’t need or want to use your devices.
You will be sleeping in big, beautiful cabins with 6 – 15 fellow travelers. Everyone will have their own bed and cubby space for clothing and personal items. All cabins have bathrooms with private stalls, private showers, and running, drinkable, cold & hot water.
Honestly, it’s pretty good! We include a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner everyday, along with snacks, coffee, tea, and other fun beverages provided by our awesome sponsors. We can accommodate any dietary restriction, and will have vegetarian and vegan options, plus a salad bar. If you have any restrictions or allergies, you will have a chance to let us know on your pre-trip questionnaire, which you will receive after you are accepted into the program and your spot is secured.
After you apply, we will be in touch with next steps. If accepted into the program, you will receive a credit card form for $720 if you apply on or before May 31st, and $840 if you apply after May 31st. Once you submit payment, you will receive a confirmation email and be added to our official trip roster.
We also offer monthly payment plans, for participants who need more time to submit the full balance. If you’d like to set up a payment plan, please mention so on your application.
Awesome! We’re excited to get to know you. Click here to apply now.
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