Coaching Retreats Blog
1:1 BEST LIFE COACHING

If you know something needs to change,
let’s change how you actually live. 

Nervous-system-first, high-touch coaching and retreats for people who are tired of feeling stressed, distracted and stuck in the same patterns — and are ready to build a calmer, healthier, more intentional life. 

This work takes personal development to a whole new level.

APPLY FOR 1:1 COACHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:1 BEST LIFE COACHING

You know something needs to change.
Let’s change how you actually live.

Nervous-system-first coaching for people who are tired of feeling stressed, distracted and stuck in the same patterns — and are ready to build a calmer, healthier, more intentional life.

APPLY FOR 1:1 COACHING

Who This
Is For

You have enough information, it's time to get help turning what you know into how you actually live. A great coach doesn't give you more info. They listen deeply and work tirelessly to help you become the best version of yourself.

You’re in the right place if:

 
 

You’re successful on paper, but underneath it you feel stressed, scattered, exhausted or disconnected. You want a coach who will work as hard as you do to get you results.

 

Work, screens and responsibilities leave you constantly overstimulated.

 

You know what you should be doing — sleeping better, exercising, meditating, slowing down — but consistency keeps slipping.

 

You struggle to shut your brain off, wind down or be fully present. Work life balance, what's that?

 

You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts or done therapy — but insight hasn’t translated into the changes you want.

 

You keep falling back into the same habits and patterns even when you know they aren’t serving you.

 

You want structure, accountability and someone actively helping you implement change in your real life. 

 

You’re ready to stop living on autopilot and intentionally build a life that actually feels like yours.

What Would Make Your Life a 10/10?


Most people spend their lives reacting to work, their phones, their calendars, other people’s expectations, old habits, old beliefs, and old versions of themselves.

Eventually, you can become very successful at living a life you never consciously chose. I did. Our work starts by getting clear on something deceptively simple:

We define who you want to become — and how you actually want to live.

Then we WORK to close the gap between the life you’re living today and the life you want to create. This isn't easy and it's not for everyone. But it is absolutely life-changing. I get results for my people. 

Apply for Coaching

What Would Make Your Life a 10/10?


Most people spend their lives reacting to work, their phones, their calendars, other people’s expectations, old habits, old beliefs, and old versions of themselves.

Eventually, you can become very successful at living a life you never consciously chose. Our work starts by getting clear on something deceptively simple:

We define who you want to become — and how you actually want to live.

Then we begin closing the gap between the life you’re living today and the life you want to create.

Apply for Coaching

— THE BEST LIFE METHOD—

Regulate. Rewire. Create.

 

01

Get out of constant survival mode.

Reduce overwhelm and reactivity. Improve your ability to slow down, recover and be present. Build daily practices that create more stability in your nervous system and your life.

02

Change the patterns that keep pulling you back.

Identify the beliefs, behaviors and coping patterns driving your decisions. Build new routines and responses that support the person you’re becoming. Stop being defined by the memories of your past and start living in a vision of your future. Everything you do now becomes about being that person. Not tomorrow, not next week, right now. 

03

Build a life you actually want to be in.

Literally become someone new. Reclaim your attention, energy and time. Get intentional about your work, relationships, health, technology and environment — and start designing your life around what actually matters to you.

VIDEO TESTIMONIALS

 
 
 

Tessa B.

Melanie H.

Pavi A.

 

Tessa B.

 

Melanie H.

 

Pavi A.

John Quirk

MEET YOUR COACH, JOHN QUIRK

I know what it’s like to look successful while knowing something is deeply off.

I spent years working as a TV producer in New York City, surviving on deadlines, adrenaline, caffeine and the belief that more achievement would eventually make life feel better. Spoiler alert, it didn't.

On the outside, I was living the dream. Inside, I was burning out.

Eventually, my body and mind couldn’t keep doing it. My career fell apart, I entered one of the most difficult periods of my life. The identity I’d spent years building disappeared with it. That experience completely changed the direction of my life.

Over the last decade, I’ve immersed myself in meditation, breathwork, yoga, nervous-system regulation, retreats and behavior change — not simply studying these tools, but building my own life around them.

I’ve since led 53 retreats and worked with more than 1,000 people. I get people out of the noise, reconnected with themselves and living their best lives.

Best Life Coaching is the culmination of that work.

It’s about helping you turn what you know into how you actually live. It will change your life in the most beautiful ways if you're ready to do the work.

10+

YEARS

53

RETREATS

1,000+

PEOPLE SERVED

 

As a lifelong athlete, coaching has forever changed my life.

My earliest memories of living my best life came on football fields, baseball diamonds and hockey rinks. I love competition, challenging myself, the thrill of victory and the learning you receive in defeat. I've had some amazing coaches that helped mold me into who I am today. 

Learning from the best

I've sought out incredible teachers and coaches and apply their teachings into my coaching in a very unique way. You get the best information about self development distilled down and personalized just for you. I give my clients completely custom protocols, book recommendations, podcasts and homework. It's a complete life algorithm upgrade.

I am classically trained in ashtanga yoga, have been to five Joe Dispenza advanced meditation retreats and trained in the Wim Hof Method. My background in fast-paced, high-pressure corporate environments gives me a unique perspective on what it takes to be calm under pressure. I still play high-level hockey 3x a week, weight train and play pickleball almost daily. 

I don't just teach it, I live it. 

I can say confidently I built a life I am absolutely in love with. It is not my practice life or my second best life, it's my best life. I love the work I do. I love my clients like family. I've had many clients stay at my house and even live with me. I've seen the world with my company SoCal Wellness Retreats that I founded in 2018.

I've been to Costa Rica 6x, Bali 13x, Colombia, Portugal and now I live in my dream city, San Diego. I work tirelessly to help my clients get the results they want, not the results I want.  I'm infinitely curious of how to become better so I can serve others and make the world a better place for everyone. 

  

 

THREE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Choose Your 1:1 Experience

How deep are you ready to go?

3-Month Intensive

$7,000

A focused 90-day reset


Three months of weekly private coaching, personalized practices and hands-on accountability combined with an immersive 4-day San Diego retreat.

 
 

12 weekly private coaching sessions

 

Personalized action plans and exercises

 

Custom morning + evening routines

 

Personalized breathwork and meditation practices

 

Mindset, belief and behavioral pattern work

 

Ongoing accountability and check-ins

 

Access to coaching tools and resources

 

4-day San Diego retreat (private or group options)


BEST FOR:
 Someone who knows something needs to change and wants concentrated support to make it happen. Someone ready to get to work.

APPLY FOR COACHING

6-Month Deep Integration

$12,000

Our most comprehensive 1:1 path


Six months gives us the opportunity to move beyond the initial reset and work through real-life challenges as they happen — relationships, work, identity, routines and the patterns that take time to truly change.

 
 

24 weekly private coaching sessions

 

Six months of personalized accountability and support

 

Personalized routines, practices and action plans

 

Deeper work around relationships, career and identity

 

More time to integrate changes into real life

 

Access to the 30-Day Rewire course

 

VIP private-room accommodation at your 4-day San Diego retreat


BEST FOR:
 Someone who needs a longer runway. Something major has changed and you need time to process it. 

APPLY FOR COACHING

Bali Experience

$20,000

MOST IMMERSIVE


Six months of weekly private coaching combined with an 8-day retreat experience in Bali.

Regulate your nervous system, change your patterns, build new routines and get clear on the life you’re creating. Then take that work out of your normal environment.

 
 

24 weekly private coaching sessions

 

Six months of personalized support and accountability

 

Personalized nervous-system practices and routines

 

Mindset, identity and behavioral work

 

8-day Bali retreat experience, all inclusive

 

Breathwork, meditation and curated experiences

Airfare and personal spending are not included.

BEST FOR:
 Someone who is ready to go all in and is a full "hell yes" to the best six months of their life. 

APPLY FOR COACHING

This is so much more than a conversation.

Throughout our work together, we’ll use practical frameworks I’ve developed and refined to turn insight into measurable changes in your day-to-day life. This is a proven system that works. 

How We Do The Work

IDENTITY SHIFT EXERCISE

Identify the beliefs and patterns shaping your current behavior, challenge the ones that no longer serve you and begin building evidence for a new way of seeing yourself.

ENERGY INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Get clear on where your time, attention and energy are actually going — then intentionally redirect them toward what matters most.

FUTURE VISION MAPPING

Define what you genuinely want your life to look and feel like, separate from the expectations of family, friends, coworkers or society.

CEO BLUEPRINT

Clarify what you love doing, what only you can do, and what can be delegated, simplified or eliminated — so your work supports your life instead of consuming it.

ROCK-SOLID MORNING & EVENING ROUTINES

Protect the bookends of your day with personalized routines designed to support your energy, focus, sleep and ability to be present.

What Makes This Different?

Nervous-system-first, not hustle-first.

Lasting behavior change is difficult when you’re chronically stressed, exhausted or overloaded. We start by creating greater regulation and stability — then build from there. You can't create from a place of survival.

Science informed, built for real life.

You won’t just learn what to do, you’ll understand the patterns driving your behavior and implement practical systems for changing them. You'll get custom plans made to fit YOUR life. I'm not putting you into a cookie-cutter experience. 

Depth over volume.

Unlike pre-recorded courses or a giant group program, this is highly personalized work focused on your life, your patterns and the changes you’re ready to make. I only work with up to 4 people at a time. I invite my clients to my house, take them out on hikes, bring them to wellness classes and even play pickleball with them. You will not find someone who cares more about their clients' success.

Your Best-Life isn't the goal. It's the inevitability.

Regulation isn’t the destination. You're not going to become better at tolerating a life you don’t love, you're going to create the energy, clarity and capacity to intentionally build one you do. By the time we are done you will be living your best life. I guarantee it. 

Start with Best Life Activation.

3-Month Small-Group Coaching Experience

Begins September 28th!


The Best Life methodology in a supportive small-group environment. The Best Life Activation combines coaching, community, accountability, nervous-system practices and real-life implementation to help you stop collecting information and start creating meaningful change.

Includes:

 
 

Weekly 90-minute group coaching

 

Live coaching and hot seats

 

Small-group community and accountability

 

Personalized morning + evening practices

 

Breathwork and meditation

 

Best Life tools and frameworks

 

Invitations to members-only retreat experiences


$2,000

Sign Up

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Here's what people ask most before applying.

You’re done rushing through your life.

What if, instead of becoming better at surviving an overloaded life, you gave yourself the tools, structure and support to start living differently.

This work is about slowing down the internal urgency, reclaiming your attention and intentionally building a life that supports your health, relationships, work and the person you want to become.

Less survival. More presence.
A life you actually want to be in.

 

You’re done rushing through your life.

What if, instead of becoming better at surviving an overloaded life, you gave yourself the tools, structure and support to start living differently.

This work is about slowing down the internal urgency, reclaiming your attention and intentionally building a life that supports your health, relationships, work and the person you want to become.

Less survival.
More presence.
A life you actually want to be in.

 

Ready to Build Your Best Life?

Complete the short application below and John will personally follow up to help you find the right path forward.