Mentoring and Retreat for Digital Nomad

Between the dream and the crash

David Ferriol

Mentor & Web Entrepreneur

I’ve been a digital nomad since 2018.

At one point, I had what many people are aiming for:
good online income, freedom to move, ocean at the doorstep, sun most of the year.

From the outside, it looked like a success story.
From the inside, something was slowly breaking.

I wasn’t working 14-hour days.
I was working “a little bit” every single day.
Just enough to never really stop.
No real recovery. No real off switch.

The loneliness made it worse.
Changing countries became just another tab to open.
I kept telling myself I was lucky. That the problem was me, not the lifestyle.

It took almost 3 years to see it clearly:
it wasn’t my business that was destroying me.
It was the architecture of my life,
and the fact that I had no idea where this “dream life” was actually taking me.

Today I live in Sri Lanka with my wife.
We chose to come back here, not to escape, but to root.
I still work online. I still like travel. I still love freedom.

But the rhythm, the boundaries, the way I inhabit this life...
that’s completely different.

Between the dream and the crash

David Ferriol

Mentor & Web Entrepreneur

I’ve been a digital nomad since 2018.

At one point, I had what many people are aiming for:
• Good online income
• Freedom to move
• Ocean at the doorstep, sun most of the year.

From the outside, it looked like a success story.

From the inside, something was slowly breaking.

I wasn’t working 14-hour days. I was working “a little bit” every single day. Just enough to never really stop.

No real recovery.
No real off switch.

The loneliness made it worse.

Changing countries became just another tab to open.
I kept telling myself I was lucky. That the problem was me, not the lifestyle.

It took almost 3 years to see it clearly:

It wasn’t my business that was destroying me. It was the architecture of my life, and the fact that I had no idea where this “dream life” was actually taking me.

Today, I live in Sri Lanka with my wife.

We chose to come back here, not to escape, but to root.

I still work online.
I still like travel.
I still love freedom.

But the rhythm, the boundaries, the way I inhabit this life...

that’s completely different.

From this place, I offer 2 things to Digital Nomads:

😎 Quiet Mentoring from a distance,

a 21-day Retreat 🏝️ in Sri Lanka.

(Both are for the same moment in your life:

When the dream is still there,

but you can feel the crack.)

From this place, I offer 2 things to Digital Nomads:

😎 Quiet Mentoring from a distance,

a 21-day Retreat 🏝️ in Sri Lanka.

(Both are for the same moment:

When the dream is still there,

but you can feel the crack.)

1. Mentoring for Digital Nomad

This mentoring is for you if you’re already on the road,
and something in you is whispering:

“If I continue like this, I know where it ends.”

I don’t promise a new you in 30 days.

I don’t use a method or a shiny framework.

What I offer is simple, and honest:

We look directly at how your days are built. Work, travel, sleep, food, solitude, relationships.
We explore what you’re actually trying to prove or avoid with this lifestyle.
We identify what is non-negotiable for your body and nervous system, not just for your bank account.
We design small structural changes you can really implement, with clients, calls and deadlines still there.

We work in a way that respects your reality:
time zones, Wi-Fi, shifting locations.

✗ No meetings, no calls (neither video calls).

✗ No homework that sits in a folder and makes you feel guilty.

Most of the work happens through a mix of written messages and voice notes, always asynchronous (no rush 😌).

Just enough structure to move forward.
Just enough honesty to stop losing years in a loop.

(Efficiency here doesn’t mean pushing you harder.)

It means going straight to what hurts and what truly matters, without drama and without pretending it’s “fine”.

Does this resonate?

1. Mentoring for Digital Nomad

This mentoring is for you if you’re already on the road, and something in you is whispering:

“If I continue like this, I know where it ends.”

I don’t promise a new you in 30 days.

I don’t use a method or a shiny framework.

What I offer is simple, and honest:

We look directly at how your days are built. Work, travel, sleep, food, solitude, relationships.

We explore what you’re actually trying to prove or avoid with this lifestyle.

We identify what is non-negotiable for your body and nervous system, not just for your bank account.

We design small structural changes you can really implement, with clients, calls and deadlines still there.

We work in a way that respects your reality:
time zones, Wi-Fi, shifting locations.

✗ No meetings, no calls (neither video calls).

✗ No homework that sits in a folder and makes you feel guilty.

So how?
Most of the work happens through a mix of written messages and voice notes, always asynchronous (no rush 😌).

Just enough structure to move forward.

Just enough honesty to stop losing years in a loop.

(Efficiency here doesn’t mean pushing you harder.)

It means going straight to what hurts and what truly matters, without drama and without pretending it’s “fine”.

Does this resonate?

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2. Digital Nomad Retreat in Sri Lanka

At some point, talking is not enough.
Your body needs to live something different (not just understand it).

The 21–day retreat in Sri Lanka is designed for that.

You don’t come here to run away from your life.
You come here to test a different rhythm in real conditions,
with your work, in an environment that doesn’t constantly pull on your nervous system.

For 21 days:

You have comfortable accommodation, quiet, close to the ocean.
You keep working online, but inside a structure that respects your energy.
Mornings are oriented toward your body and clarity.
Deep work blocks are protected (without unnecessary noise).
Afternoons and evenings are for recovery, observation, conversation when it helps, silence when it’s needed.

We are a small group.
Not a retreat factory.

We take time to actually see each other.
Everyone comes with their own story,
but there is a common tension:

Freedom that is starting to cost too much
to your body, your mind, or your relationships.

✗ I’m not asking you to become someone else here.
✗ I’m not asking you to quit everything.

We adjust. We test. We observe.
Each week, we put words on what is changing for you concretely.

The goal is not for you to move to Sri Lanka.

The goal is for you to leave with:

A way of living and working that your system can actually handle.
A felt experience in your body of what it’s like when you’re not quietly burning yourself out all the time.

Want to know more?

2. Digital Nomad Retreat in Sri Lanka

At some point, talking is not enough.
Your body needs to live something different (not just understand it).

The 21–day retreat in Sri Lanka is designed for that.

You don’t come here to run away from your life. You come here to test a different rhythm in real conditions, with your work, in an environment that doesn’t constantly pull on your nervous system.

For 21 days:

You have comfortable accommodation, quiet, close to the ocean.

You keep working online, but inside a structure that respects your energy.

Mornings are oriented toward your body and clarity.

Deep work blocks are protected (without unnecessary noise).

Afternoons and evenings are for recovery, observation, conversation when it helps, silence when it’s needed.

We are a small group.
Not a retreat factory.

We take time to actually see each other.

Everyone comes with their own story,
but there is a common tension:

Freedom that is starting to cost too much to your body, your mind, or your relationships.

✗ I’m not asking you to become someone else here.

✗ I’m not asking you to quit everything.

We adjust. We test. We observe.
Each week, we put words on what is changing for you concretely.

The goal is not for you to move to Sri Lanka.

The goal is for you to leave with:

A way of living and working that your system can actually handle.

A felt experience in your body of what it’s like when you’re not quietly burning yourself out all the time.

Want to know more?

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