Wellness & Personal Growth: camps for adults

Camps that pair ropes courses and color war with workshops on reinvention, grief, and meaning. Play is the delivery mechanism; the growth is the point. We track 3 camps in this lane, 1 currently active. The 2 that are on hiatus or gone stay listed and clearly marked, because half the internet still recommends them.

Active camps

• Soul Camp

  New York · wellness / spirituality sleepaway

  Founded in 2014 by Michelle Goldblum (Garside) and Alison Leipzig, Soul Camp ran bicoastal 'sleepaway camp for the soul' weeks packed with yoga, sound baths, workshops, and color wars.

  Active$500 to $999

On hiatus, unverified, or no longer running

• Camp GLP (Good Life Project)

  New York · personal growth / entrepreneur sleepaway

  Podcaster Jonathan Fields took over a Catskills-area kids' sleepaway camp each August for five years, hosting 425 listeners of his Good Life Project podcast for keynotes, campfires, color wars, and workshops on meaningful work and wellbeing.

  DefunctCreator-run

• Camp Mighty

  California · life-list retreat with camp branding

  OG mommy-blog-era creator Maggie Mason (Mighty Girl) ran Camp Mighty as a camp-flavored Palm Springs weekend where readers worked on their 'life lists' between pool parties, talent shows, and crafts at the Ace Hotel.

  DefunctCreator-run

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