#16 - Severin Geser - Dark Retreats: Will They Break You... Or Save Your Life?

How far are you willing to go to meet yourself?

Not the filtered, smiling, Insta-version of you.

Not the you that does gratitude journaling or goes to yoga retreats to feel “grounded.”

I’m talking about the raw, unedited YOU.

The kind you keep hidden.

This week, I bring on Severin Geser, a man who guides people into total darkness — no light, no screens, no escape — for days on end.

It’s called a “dark retreat,” but make no mistake:

This isn’t a vacation.

You’ll be face-to-face with your mind, your fears, every hidden thought you’ve buried in distractions.

The dark retreat takes away all your comforts, all your exits.

No one’s there to coddle you.

You’ll eat, sleep, and exist in pitch-black silence until it’s just you and the stuff you’ve been running from your whole life.

Ready to unplug from reality and confront the beast in the mirror?

Then listen to this podcast now 🎙️

In This Episode with Severin Geser, You’ll Discover:

• Why hiding from yourself is easy — until you’re locked in a pitch-black room (discover what happens when there’s no light, no noise, and no escape from what’s inside)
• “You are the substance” — Severin’s take on why a dark retreat is deeper than any drug (no psychedelics, no guide… just you, and a silence that forces you to confront yourself)
• The unexpected reason darkness feels like coming home (this primal experience connects you with something you didn’t even know you’d forgotten)
• Why emotional baggage doesn’t disappear… it waits (Severin shares why unresolved feelings rise up in the dark—and how facing them changes you)
• What’s scarier than complete darkness? (Severin warns of the biggest challenge of all: being with yourself with nowhere to hide.)
• A radical reset for your nervous system (learn why the dark retreat is like pushing the ‘off’ button on your system to find real, raw clarity)
• Can you really lose your mind in total isolation? (Severin gives a chilling answer — and why, for some, that’s the point)
• Why Severin doesn’t care if you “enjoy” the dark retreat (this isn’t about comfort — it’s about reality, and facing yourself fully)