The Leadership Escape
Ristare brings together leadership coaching and thoughtfully curated travel to help leaders gain perspective, navigate transition, and move forward with clarity.
What is a Leadership Escape?
Ristare combines executive coaching and immersive travel to help accomplished leaders see what's next — and build a plan to get there.
This isn't about escaping your life.
It's about stepping outside the familiar long enough to notice what the everyday can obscure.
Ristare(ree-STAH-reh)
Ristare is an Italian word connected to the idea of pausing, staying awhile, or remaining.
I chose it because clarity often needs something our everyday lives don’t give us much of: enough space to stop moving, notice what’s there, and hear ourselves more clearly.
That idea sits at the heart of Ristare. Sometimes the shift comes through coaching. Sometimes it comes from stepping away. Often, it’s the combination of distance, conversation, and time that helps something come into focus.
Why place matters
We start with the question, not the destination.
A change of environment can make room for attention, curiosity, and the things that are harder to notice in the middle of everyday life.
You may find yourself here
Ristare creates that space, combining executive coaching with immersive travel so accomplished leaders can step outside the daily grind, explore what may be changing, and begin turning insight into a path forward.
You've built a successful career, but you're facing a decision you can't seem to think your way through.
Maybe it's the next role. Maybe it's staying where you are. Maybe it's something entirely different.
You don't necessarily need advice. You may need enough space to hear what you actually want.
Nothing is technically wrong. You've accomplished a lot. You're good at what you do. But something that once energized you doesn't feel quite the same anymore.
Maybe the question isn't "What's wrong?" Maybe it's "What's trying to change?"
A new role. A career pivot. A transition you chose—or one that arrived before you felt completely ready.
Who do you want to be in the chapter ahead—not simply what do you want to do next?
The Ristare way
A Little Distance
Sometimes even a little distance is enough to notice something you couldn't see from inside the day-to-day. A Little Distance is a short guided reflection designed to help you step back and think differently about what's happening in your life right now.
Take A Little DistanceThree ways to experience Ristare
Pause, Escape, and Immersione offer increasing levels of time, coaching, personalization, and integration.
Explore The Leadership Escape
Meet Nicole
24+ Years in Healthcare Leadership · ICF Certified Professional Coach
Ristare was built by someone who's lived the 24/7 healthcare grind herself. After more than two decades in high-responsibility leadership, Nicole understands how difficult it can be to pause long enough to see what's trying to change.
Meet Nicole“She makes people feel seen, heard, and supported.”
From a 2026 DAISY Nurse Leader Award nomination
From the Journal
You don't need to know exactly what you need—or even what question you're trying to answer.
We'll begin there.
A complimentary Clarity Call.