How It Works
The complete guide to accessing elsewhere energy through our Residency Hubs.
[ Overview ]5 Steps to Elsewhere Energy
Step 1. Choose Your Duration
Decide how long you want to change your environment: one week for a quick reset, two weeks for deeper immersion, a full month for transformation, or longer if you're testing relocation seriously. That's your only upfront decision—we customize everything else together.
Step 2. Reserve Your Spot
Pay a $500 deposit to secure your place in the cohort. The deposit is non-refundable but transferable to another Residency or another person if your plans change.
Step 3. We Design Your Residency
After booking, you'll complete an intake form about your preferences, goals, and what you hope will shift. Then we'll work together to design your experience—from accommodation selection to optional activities that align with what you're seeking.
Step 4. Prepare to Arrive
Thirty days before departure, you'll receive your interactive welcome guide with packing tips, cultural context, and what to expect. We'll introduce you to others in your cohort and activate the WhatsApp group so you can start connecting (or just lurk).
Step 5. Step Into Elsewhere
Arrive, check into your vetted accommodation, and attend your Day 1 orientation. From there, the environment change begins working on you—new rhythms, new perspectives, new energy. You design your days. We provide the support.
Choosing Your Duration
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How Long Does It Take to Access Elsewhere Energy?
The truth: Environment change starts working immediately. But the depth of transformation scales with duration.
What happens in a Week?
Perfect for first-timers, limited PTO, testing the experience, quick creative reset, & deep work
Days 1-2: Adjustment
Arrival, orientation, settling inDays 3-5: Pattern interruption
Say hello to new ideas and new perspectivesDays 6-7: Integration
You start to feel different.
What happens in a Month?
Perfect for deep transformation, serious relocation testing, major life transitions, extended creative projects
Week 1: Novelty & Adjustment
Week 2: Breakthrough zone—decisions get clear, projects get finished
Week 3: Deep Integration with new routines and sustained energy
Week 4: Clarity about wha you want to take home
[ Your Investment ]How Pricing Works
You choose your duration. I handle the vetting. What changes is how long you stay and which accommodation tier fits your budget. Final pricing is confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form so you get exactly what you need, not a one-size-fits-all package.
Pricing for Panama Residency—February 2026
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Budget Tier: ~$997 USD
Co-living or simple apartmentMid-Tier: ~$1,497 USD
Private apartment or boutique hotelPremium Tier: ~$2,097 USD
Luxury apartment or hotelEstimates based on typical accommodation in each tier. Final pricing confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form.
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Budget Tier: ~$1,397 USD
Co-living or simple apartmentMid-Tier: ~$2,197 USD
Private apartment or boutique hotelPremium Tier: ~$3,497 USD
Luxury apartment or hotelEstimates based on typical accommodation in each tier. Final pricing confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form.
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Budget Tier: ~$3,997 USD
Co-living or simple apartmentMid-Tier: ~$5,997 USD
Private apartment or boutique hotelPremium: ~$10,997 USD
Luxury apartment or hotelEstimates based on typical accommodation in each tier. Final pricing confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form.
Estimates based on typical accommodation in each tier. Final pricing confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form.
Accommodation Tiers
Budget Tier
Co-living or simple apartment or studio. Safe neighborhood, reliable wifi, local character.
Mid-Tier
Private apartment or boutique hotel. More space, professionally managed.
Premium Tier
High-end apartment or luxury hotel. Full amenities, premium location, daily service.
All tiers are personally vetted for safety, cultural resonance, and work-friendliness.
What's Included:
→ Founder-vetted accommodation.
I've personally tested these properties, walked these neighborhoods at night, confirmed the wifi works for your Zoom calls
→ Work-friendly coordination. Reliable wifi confirmed, workspace tested, US time zone compatibility verified
→ Community hosting.
Weekly group dinners, local introductions, curated experiences (all optional)
→ Cultural context guide.
Curated guidance and access to local providers and community
→ Pre-arrival support.
Logistics help, arrival coordination, getting you settled
Why Pricing is Finalized After Booking
Your needs are specific—traveling solo or with a partner? Need a full kitchen or happy with a kitchenette? Prefer a quiet neighborhood or walkable nightlife?
The Residency Design Form lets me match you to the exact right accommodation without forcing you to navigate 15 property options upfront. You'll see your final price before you pay in full—no surprises.
Typical adjustments:
Solo travelers often save 10-15% in Budget/Mid-Tier
Couples may need a larger unit (slightly higher cost)
Families require 2+ bedroom configurations
Specific location preferences (beachfront vs. historic district)
Deposit & Payment
A deposit $500 is required to secure your spot.
The deposit is non-refundable but transferable—if your plans change, you can apply it to a future Residency or transfer it to another person. Life happens. If you need to cancel, your deposit stays active for any future Residency with no expiration. Or pass it to a colleague, friend, or family member who's ready to go.
Payment schedule:
$500 deposit due at booking
Final balance due 30 days before arrival
Payment plans available: deposit + 2 equal installments (60 days out and 30 days out)
Final pricing: Confirmed after you complete your Residency Design Form. You'll review and approve before paying your balance.
How Your Booking Journey Unfolds
From the moment you reserve your spot to the day you arrive, here's what happens next.
Phase 1. Reserve Your Spot
Click "Reserve Your Spot," fill out a short form, and pay a $500 deposit.
We'll ask for: your contact info, which destination and dates, whether you're solo or with someone, what you hope will shift, and your accommodation budget preference.
Phase 2. We Handle the Details
Within 48 hours, you'll receive your Residency Design Form about accommodation preferences, what you want to focus on, and any accessibility or dietary needs.
We'll then send 2-3 curated accommodation options with photos, pricing, and location details. You choose what feels right.
Optional 15-min call available if you want to discuss or finalize details.
The key: You only decide duration upfront. Everything else we figure out together.
Phase 3. Pre-Arrival
30 days before:
Welcome guide (packing, what to expect, how to prepare)
Optional cohort intros
Pre-departure checklist
7 days before:
Exact address and check-in details
WhatsApp group activated
Final tips
Your Residency Rhythm
Structure + Freedom
Residencies have optional anchors (recurring touch points for community and exploration). Everything is optional. Some people join most anchors. Others work solo all week and show up for Thursday dinner. Both are fine.
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Optional co-working at café (9am-12pm)
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Yours (work, explore, rest, create)
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Optional cultural experience
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Group dinner (~80% attend)
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Optional day trip (~50% attend)
[ REalistic Expectations ]What To Expect From Environment Change
Environment change is powerful for breaking the autopilot patterns that keep you stuck in the same loops. When your brain has to navigate new streets and new rhythms, it shifts out of efficiency mode and starts paying attention again.
This creates space for new ideas that couldn't surface in your usual environment. Suddenly, the creative project you've been avoiding or the stuck decision you've been circling becomes clear—not because you forced it, but because you changed the context.
Environment change helps you finish projects that have been stalled for months. The book chapter, the business plan, the difficult conversation you've been putting off—they become possible when you're working from a café in Panama instead of your kitchen table.
It clarifies decisions that felt murky at home. By day five or six, you'll often find that the answer you were searching for was always there—you just needed distance from your triggers and patterns to see it.
Most importantly, it renews your energy in a way vacation can't. You return home not exhausted from sightseeing, but restored because you actually lived differently for a while.
What it CAN do:
Environment change creates clarity, but it doesn't take action for you. If you realize you need to leave your job or end a relationship, you still have to do the hard work when you get home.
It also can't fix relationships that are fundamentally broken. Distance might give you perspective, but it won't repair dynamics that require direct conversation and mutual effort.
Environment change won't make career decisions for you—it will help you see what you actually want, but the choosing and executing are still yours. And while transformation is real, we can't guarantee specific outcomes like "you'll finish your book" or "you'll decide to relocate"—what shifts depends on what you bring and how open you are to the process.
What it CANNOT do:
How To Get the Best Results
The best results come when you show up with a question or intention, even if it's vague. "I need clarity on what's next" or "I want to finish this project" is enough—you don't need to have it all figured out before you arrive.
Give yourself permission to not know exactly what will shift or how. The transformation rarely looks like what you expected, and that's okay.
Let the environment work on you without forcing it. Don't arrive with a rigid agenda or timeline—just live, work, explore, and notice what emerges naturally.
Stay open to what surfaces. Sometimes the breakthrough isn't the one you came for, but it's the one you actually needed.
[ Testimonials ]"I came with a vague sense I needed something to shift. By day 6, I knew exactly what decision I'd been avoiding. The environment didn't make the decision for me—it gave me the clarity to see it."
— From Panama Residency Guest
[ My Residency experience ]The Practical Details
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Vetted accommodation
Airport pickup
Welcome orientation & safety tour
All anchor experiences (co-working, dinners, excursions)
24/7 host support
Digital guide
WhatsApp community
Emergency protocols
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Relocation resources
Business/co-working access
Wellness experiences
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Flights
Daily meals (beyond group dinners)
Travel insurance
Visa fees
What's Included (& What's Not)
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After that, a local coordinator is available 24/7 via WhatsApp (15-min response time).
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Medical coordination with English-speaking doctors, immediate safety guidance, logistics help. Every guest gets an emergency contact card on Day 1.
Support & Safety
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About 30% are highly social, 50% selectively social, 20% mostly solo. All are respected. You design your own experience.
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Options range from $800-1,200/month (budget) to $1,800-2,500 (mid-range) to $3,500-5,000 (premium). All are pre-vetted for safety, wifi, location, and walkability.
Community & Accommodation