The Vision of Us
23RD - 26TH APRIL 2026 | Maldives
A Luxury Couples Retreat at The Ritz-Carlton Fari Islands, Maldives
This is your invitation to pause.
To realign.
To come back to us.
Join us at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands - a sanctuary of understated luxury, open horizons, and deep calm. Set in the pristine Fari Islands and surrounded by endless ocean, it is a place that naturally invites clarity, presence, and meaningful connection.
This three-night retreat is intentionally designed for couples who want to step out of autopilot and into conscious partnership.
Rather than a packed schedule of instruction, the experience creates space. You’ll be gently guided at key moments and supported by thoughtful prompts and pre-work, then given generous time to reflect, share, and build your vision together - privately, and at your own pace.
Between sessions, life slows.
Ocean swims.
Quiet breakfasts.
Sunset walks.
Time to talk - properly - without interruption.
No rushing. No fixing.
Just space to reconnect, recalibrate, and remember why you chose each other.
This is not just time away.
It is time together.
The Vision of Us
Reached by a smooth speedboat transfer from Malé, the resort feels both beautifully remote and effortlessly accessible. Days unfold slowly here. Conversations deepen. Breathing softens. Perspective returns.
It’s the perfect backdrop for intentional time together - where clarity comes naturally, and connection feels effortless.
Floating villas, soft curved architecture, and uninterrupted lagoon views create an immediate sense of calm. Every detail is designed to invite stillness, reflection, and deeper connection - from the quiet luxury of your private space to the gentle rhythm of island life.
The Space
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands is more than a resort - it’s a container for presence.
My invitation to you...
What to Expect
Over the three days, your experience will include:
- A facilitated values workshop to ground the retreat and anchor your shared direction
- Structured time for couples goal setting and long-term visioning, supported by guided journals and prompts
- Private reflection and meaningful conversations, designed to happen at your own pace and in your own space
- The Fair Play workshop, offering a practical framework for rebalancing roles, responsibilities, and expectations
- Connection rituals and shared experiences, from cooking together to sunset walks and cocktail hours
- Daily grounding practices, including sound healing, gentle movement, or meditation
- Plenty of luxury and spaciousness, with time for rest, ocean swims, quiet breakfasts, and slow afternoons
- A few thoughtful touches we’re keeping just for you
It’s about creating clarity, alignment, and shared intention - in a way that carries forward into real life.
A reset that doesn’t end when you return home.
In the weeks leading up to the retreat, each partner will receive a guided journal and workbook. You’ll be asked to complete this independently, without sharing your answers with your partner in advance.
This is intentional.
It allows you to reflect honestly, without influence, and arrive at the retreat with clarity about who you are becoming, what you want, and what matters most to you.
During the retreat, you’ll share these reflections with one another and use them to build your shared vision - supported by structured time, thoughtful prompts, and a calm, beautiful environment.
Please treat the pre-work as an essential part of the experience. The depth of the retreat is directly shaped by the intention you bring to this stage.
A Note on the Nature of this Retreat
It is not couples therapy.
It is not crisis support.
And it is not a place to outsource responsibility for your relationship.
Most of the work is done privately, within your partnership, alongside other couples who are also doing their own work. There is no pressure to share publicly, perform vulnerability, or compare progress.
The retreat offers structure, space, and expert facilitation at key moments - but the transformation comes from the conversations you choose to have with each other.
This experience is best suited to couples who are curious, reflective, and ready to invest time, energy, and attention into the life they are building together.
The Vision of Us - Retreat Flow
The afternoon is intentionally spacious, allowing couples to begin private reflection using the retreat journals.
The day closes with embodied connection and a sunset cocktail hour.
Following a floating sound healing, couples spend extended, uninterrupted time working through their shared vision across love, lifestyle, money, family, and adventure.
In the afternoon, Harriet facilitates the Fair Play workshop, translating vision into practical, supportive systems. A sunset vision walk and evening gathering close the day.
Optional reflection sessions with Harriet offer gentle guidance.
The retreat closes with a final sunset cocktail hour, celebrating clarity, alignment, and intention.
Harriet Mandak is the founder of The Connected Collective, a UAE-based retreat company dedicated to creating beautiful, intentional spaces for personal and relational growth. She is a triple-accredited ICF Life Coach, Rapid Transformational Therapist, and certified Fair Play Facilitator, specialising in helping couples move from overwhelm and misalignment into clarity, connection and shared purpose.
Harriet’s work weaves together values-led coaching, relational dynamics, and practical tools to help couples understand themselves more deeply and build a life that reflects what truly matters to them. Through her signature values framework and Fair Play methodology, she guides partners to communicate more openly, design systems that support both people, and create a relationship rooted in fairness, intention and mutual respect.
This retreat brings all of that together - thoughtful coaching, grounded facilitation, and spacious island time - so couples can reconnect, recalibrate and design their future on purpose.
HARRIET
Your Host
Early Bird Pricing:
Retreat Investment
- A three-night stay in a One Bedroom Beach Pool Villa at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
- All facilitated sessions and structured retreat time
- Daily grounding practices, including yoga, meditation, or breathwork
- A Maldivian couples cooking class and curated resort experiences
- Two hosted sunset cocktail hours
- Return Luxury Yacht/Speedboat transfers from Malé
- Full-board dining, including daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- A retreat pack with guided journals, conversation cards, and reflection tools
- Dedicated support throughout the retreat
USD 9,950 per couple
This reflects a fully curated luxury experience at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives - Fari Islands, designed to offer space, structure, and intentional time together - without the need to plan, organise, or think.
Villa upgrades may be available on request, subject to availability and at an additional cost.
