I’ve spent the last decade leading retreats and treks around the world. We’d gather groups of adventurous souls, climb mountains in Peru, explore lost cities in the jungles of Colombia and push our limits together for a week or so. And every single time, something magical would happen.
People would open up. Strangers would become collaborators. Ideas would flow. By the end of each group experience, participants didn’t want to leave. They’d ask me, “How do we keep this going? How do we take this energy back into our regular lives?”
The answer was always the same: you can’t. Not really. Because the magic wasn’t just about the destination or the adventure. It was about the people, the proximity, the shared goals and the experience of being surrounded by others on a similar wavelength.
But I figured there has to be a way to make the magic of group flow more permanent and this lead me to create Santa Marta Life Coliving. A social place where digital nomad entrepreneurs can live, work and play in a tropical paradise by the beach.
With Santa Marta Life, I wanted to build something more permanent than a week-long peak experience. I wanted to create a space where that group flow, that creative energy, that sense of possibility could exist every single day.
The Problem with Living Alone As An Entrepreneur
Here’s what I’ve learned about myself and most of the entrepreneurs I know: we’re terrible at structure and accountability when left to our own devices. Especially those of us with a little ADHD!
I can have the best intentions in the world. I can wake up with a clear plan, a to-do list, a vision for what I’m going to accomplish. And then three hours later, I’ve reorganized my entire Notion workspace, researched flight prices to Thailand, and started learning about mushroom cultivation. None of which were on the list.
When you live alone as a solopreneur, there’s no accountability. There’s no one to notice when you’ve spent the entire afternoon in a Wikipedia rabbit hole. There’s no energy to feed off of, no one to bounce ideas with over coffee, no spontaneous collaborations that happen because someone overheard you talking about a problem they know how to solve.
You’re free, sure. But you’re also isolated. And for creative, entrepreneurial minds, isolation is where momentum goes to die.
What Happens When You Put Creative Minds Together
I started noticing a pattern during my social entrepreneurship retreats. The participants who thrived the most, who had the biggest breakthroughs, who formed the deepest connections, they almost all had something in common. They were creative professionals, entrepreneurs, world travelers. And a surprising number of them had ADHD or operated like they did.
These weren’t people who fit into traditional structures. They were the ones who quit their corporate jobs to build something of their own. Who couldn’t sit still in an office. Who had seventeen projects going at once and somehow made it work. Who needed adventure, novelty, stimulation.
When you get a group of people like this together, something shifts. Suddenly, the traits that make you feel scattered or unfocused in the “normal” world become superpowers. Your ability to make unexpected connections between ideas becomes valuable. Your enthusiasm becomes contagious. Your need for variety means you’re always bringing something new to the table.
I watched it happen over and over again on my retreats. Two people would start talking at breakfast about their businesses, and by dinner they’d sketched out a joint venture. Someone would mention a challenge they were facing, and three other people would jump in with solutions, contacts, resources. Experiential learning workshops would emerge organically because someone had a skill others wanted to learn.
That’s group flow. That’s what happens when you create the right conditions for creative, entrepreneurial minds to collide.
Why Coliving Amplifies This Even More
A week-long trek or retreat gives you a taste of this. But coliving? Coliving gives you the sustained version. The compounding version that can massively amplify your flow and business success.
When you’re living in community with other creative entrepreneurs, the accountability becomes natural. You see someone heading to the coworking space in the morning, and it pulls you out of bed. You mention you’re launching something next week, and suddenly your new friends are asking you about it, offering to help, holding you to it.
It’s not forced accountability. It’s not someone nagging you or checking in on your progress. It’s the organic pressure that comes from being surrounded by people who are also building, creating, moving forward. You don’t want to be the one standing still.
And the collaborations that emerge are unlike anything I’ve seen in traditional coworking spaces or networking events. Because you’re not just working near each other. You’re living together. You’re cooking together, exploring the city together, having late-night conversations about your biggest dreams and fears.
That depth of connection creates trust. And trust creates the conditions for real collaboration. Not surface-level “let’s grab coffee sometime” networking, but actual joint ventures, partnerships, creative projects that wouldn’t exist otherwise.
The Santa Marta Coliving Vision
I chose Santa Marta, Colombia for a reason. It’s got the beach, the mountains, the jungle, all within reach. It’s affordable enough that you can actually build a life here without burning through your savings. The people are warm, the culture is vibrant, and there’s a growing community of digital nomads and entrepreneurs who are drawn to this part of the world.
But more than that, it’s a place that attracts a certain type of person. The kind of person who’s willing to take a chance on something unconventional. Who values experience over comfort. Who’s building a location-independent life because they refuse to settle for the default path.
We started with one villa. A space where people could live, work, and create together. Where morning coffee turns into brainstorming sessions. Where someone’s expertise in marketing helps another person’s product launch. Where the energy of the group lifts everyone up.
And it’s working. The magic I saw on my treks, that group flow, it’s happening here regularly. People are launching businesses, forming partnerships, hosting workshops for each other. They’re holding each other accountable, celebrating wins together, supporting each other through the hard parts.
Building Something Bigger With A Community To Support You
This is just the beginning. We’re expanding. More villas. More space for this community to grow. Because what I’m realizing is that there’s a massive need for this.
There are so many creative, entrepreneurial, adventurous people out there who are trying to build location-independent lives. Who want to live a life that balances work and play. Who are tired of feeling scattered and isolated. Who know they do their best work when they’re surrounded by the right people.
I want to build a whole ecosystem for them. For us. A place where location-independent entrepreneurs can come together, not just to work remotely, but to build something meaningful. To collaborate, to create, to push each other to new levels.
A place where your free thinking isn’t a liability, it’s an asset. Where your need for novelty and adventure is understood and celebrated. Where you’re not the weird one for having five projects going at once, you’re just one of many.
Why This Matters For Digital Nomad Entrepreneurs
I’ve built businesses. I’ve traveled the world. I’ve led people through transformative experiences in some of the most beautiful places on earth. And what I keep coming back to is this: the most powerful force for growth, creativity, and fulfillment is community.
Not just any community. But the right community. People who get you. Who challenge you. Who inspire you to be better, do more, create bigger.
For entrepreneurs, for creative professionals, for digital nomads building unconventional lives, that community is hard to find. You can’t just stumble into it at your local coffee shop or meetup. You have to be intentional about creating it.
That’s what Santa Marta Life Coliving is. It’s an intentional community for people who refuse to live conventional lives. Who are building businesses, creating art, exploring the world, and doing it all on their own terms outside of the corporate cubicle system.
It’s a place where you can have that peak experience, that group flow, that sense of possibility, not just for a week, but for as long as you want to stay. Where the magic that happens when creative, entrepreneurial and neurodivergent minds come together isn’t a temporary high, it’s the foundation of how you live and work.
I built this because I needed it. Because after years of leading retreats and watching people transform in community, I wanted something that lasted. Something permanent. Something that could hold that energy and let it compound over time.
And now it’s here. And it’s growing. And if you’re reading this and thinking, “That sounds like exactly what I’ve been looking for,” then maybe it’s time to stop living alone and start living in community.
Because the magic is real. And it’s waiting for you.
I believe the future of education starts with helping people find their "zone of genius" so they can develop their uniquely human ability to create meaning, connection and community (that A.I. can't replicate).
I'm also big on completely unplugging from tech to recharge on nature retreats and trekking adventures. That led me to start my most recent company Sacred Treks.
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