The Solution You’ve Been Searching for Can Be Found in Our Wonder Rooms.

So…Which Experience Will You Choose?

The WONDER ROOM EXPERIENCE for OFFSITES and RETREATS

Want to bring the best out of your team and bring them closer together? We collaborate with you to create a custom Wonder Room.

Whether you prefer to host this as a stand alone experience, or a catalytic boost for a larger team retreat, here’s what you can expect:

✦ We’ll choose the perfect location based on your preferences and create an intriguing invitation for your one-of-a-kind event.

✦ Our team curates hundreds of inspiring objects, each uniquely selected for you and your group.

✦ The entire design and flow of the event is customized for your needs so that you and your fellow participants can have a full, immersive Wonder Room Experience.

✦ On the day of your event, bring your group, along with your most puzzling challenge or opportunity.

✦ That’s it — your hosting duties are done! Just kick back and enjoy a stress-free, wonder-filled experience with everyone else. We’ll deliver the breakthroughs!

Discover what a Bespoke Wonder Room Experience can do for your team…

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Breakthrough: Host Your Own Wonder Room Experience

“The Wonder Room Experience is perfect for thought leaders with big, complex ideas, teams in organizations who have to solve complex problems, and professionals in general who are actively looking for innovative and creative ways to change their way of thinking.”

– Pamela Slim, award-winning speaker and author of Escape from Cubicle Nation

1:1 WONDER-BASED COACHING

Experience your own private Wonder Room — from home or in Santa Barbara! We lead you through a personalized encounter to help you generate breakthrough insights, renewed energy, and clarified purpose on your most pressing problem or promising opportunity.

Then, we’ll follow up with six powerful 1:1 coaching sessions, combining the science of wonder and transformation to help you turn your insights into action.

Discover how 1:1 Wonder Coaching can upgrade the way you lead, create, and work…

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1:1 Wonder Coaching FAQs

Our individual clients are leaders and creatives who want private, 1:1 guidance to go beyond the limits of their thinking and situation to find a fresh, generative way forward. But they also want to make the change that their discovery points to. It’s one thing to have a breakthrough insight — it’s another to shape your future with it. That’s what our 1:1 work is about: get the breakthrough insight and turn it into action… through wonder.
If you’re ready to take wonder seriously and transform the way you lead, create, and live, book a discovery call and let’s talk!
Step 1: We have a discovery call.
This helps both of us assess fit and solidify our plans for working together.
Step 2: We lead you through a private, customized Wonder Room Experience.
- Joining us in person in Santa Barbara? We supply a personal, pop-up Cabinet of Curiosities, meet you at a stunning outdoor location (with sumptuous snacks and beverages!), and lead you through an exclusive encounter with your bespoke Cabinet.
- Prefer the at-home option? We’ll virtually guide you through the process of exploring your home as your own personal WonderRoom— no travel or set-up required. This gives you the opportunity to reencounter your home and possessions as a curious explorer and to gain breakthrough insights and new found inspiration as a result.
Step 3: We explore your chosen object and unleash your breakthrough.
You’ll forge a surprising connection with an object, discovering your breakthrough “Aha”s through our structured, guided exploration of that object. After some “wows” and laughter, we’ll help you explore what these revelations mean for your life and work moving forward: What might you start, stop, or change, now that you see things anew?
Step 4: We turn your insights into action through follow-up coaching sessions.
Finally, we’ll set a six-session coaching schedule — in person or virtually — to continue your discovery, support your progress, and turn your insights into action in your everyday life. In many of your coaching retreat sessions, we’ll return to your object. You chose it for reasons you’ll never fully understand, but that’s part of what gives it its power and meaning! Long after your initial choice, it will remain a talisman for your insight and a potent guide.
We’ll dive into your hopes and dreams, uncover the bottlenecks that are limiting your progress, discover new ways to take action, and develop new wonder-based daily practices to make progress on your vision track. You’ll get crystal-clear on your path forward and develop a deep connection with yourself.
It’s simple. Click the button below to schedule a Discovery Call, and we’ll walk you through the process!

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1:1 Wonder Coaching Breakthrough

“I’ve been a successful copywriter for 20+ years, writing high-visibility content for high-profile clients around the world. I’ve created work I’m incredibly proud of and have never missed a deadline in my life. My big secret? I’d had an idea for a novel burning inside me for nearly a decade and I couldn’t bring myself to start it.

I tried books, classes, TED Talks, inspirational podcasts, writing retreats, you name it - and I still couldn’t face that blank page. More specifically, I didn’t know how to give myself permission to make space for my personal writing.

Then I met Kristen Kolakowski.

Thanks to her science-backed wonder strategies, encouraging, heart-centered coaching, and a loving kick in the butt to “treat myself like my own client,” I found the courage and inspiration to finally break through this block.

Through a series of daily Wonder Walks, Kristen taught me how to stop trying so hard, and instead wake up to the wonder that is all around me. This practice was the magic key to unlock the boundless creativity I had as a child, and for the first time in years, the words came pouring out of me - FOR ME!

I started noticing wonder everywhere- not just outside my window, but inside myself too. My characters began speaking to me, and rather than having to “work out” the plot, they took off on an adventure and invited me along - as long as I promised to type fast enough! I came up with scenes in my dreams. Ideas came to me in strange and unexpected ways, which I now know isn’t coincidence - it’s wonder.

The end result? I finished a draft of my novel in 30 days!

If you want to reinvigorate your creativity or shift your perspective on a challenge that has you stuck, there’s no better guide than Kristen Kolakowski. I’m so grateful to have worked with her.”

- Dana Goodman, Author and Senior Copywriter, Marie Forleo International

WakeUp.Wonder.Women.
(Open Retreat)

Could you use a “spa weekend for your mind?”

In this unforgettable, two-day immersive experience, you’ll wake up to the dreams you’ve put aside by exploring awe-inspiring objects, sampling sumptuous foods, and unlocking deep insights — all while connecting with amazing women in an enchanting outdoor Santa Barbara space.

If you’re looking to:

✦ Escape your day-to-day, unplug, and take well-deserved time to give back to yourself

✦ Connect with like-minded women leaders and creatives who make you feel seen, supported, motivated, and inspired

✦ Indulge in a luxe experience where no detail is overlooked (from artisanal food and locally-sourced wine, to hot coffee and cozy blankets)

✦ Walk away feeling like you’ve just met some of “your people”

✦ Make the most impactful transformation in the shortest amount of time

…WakeUp.Wonder.Women. Retreat is for you.