The FIT Collective® Wellness Retreat

October 22–25, 2026
Miraval Berkshires, Lenox, MA

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At The FIT Collective® we’ve spent over a decade studying women inside elite performance systems—physicians, executives, founders, leaders, and high achievers who carry more than anyone sees.

This retreat is where we rewrite the rules. Not by asking you to do less… but by giving you the tools to sustain more. You’ll learn how to regulate your nervous system, rebuild your energy, and create the internal structure that allows you to keep performing at a high level—without burning out, without running on adrenaline, and without losing yourself in the process.

High performance comes at a cost for women- let’s change that.

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Our Retreat Is for High Performing Women

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High performance doesn’t stop when the game ends, the shift is over, or the spotlight fades.
It follows you home. It shapes your relationships. It impacts your body. It becomes the way you live.

Elite performance systems show up in many forms, including:

  • Athletics and competitive sports

  • Medicine and healthcare leadership

  • Executive leadership and entrepreneurship

  • Law, finance, and high-stakes corporate environments

  • Public-facing leadership and high-visibility roles

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Women Inside These Ecosystems Often:

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  • Hold emotional and logistical stability for others

  • Navigate injury cycles, public scrutiny, and abrupt transitions

  • Carry identity continuity when roles shift or careers end

  • Make decisions under pressure that affect entire families

  • The stabilizing force within the household

  • The emotional regulator for the system

  • The continuity holder during disruption

  • The quiet anchor that allows performance to continue

Women are the stabilizing force within families—and the cornerstone of the communities their partners, organizations, and families serve.

Yet there is rarely structured, credible support designed for this role.

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Hi. I’m Dr. Ali Novitsky

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As a physician, I’ve spent my career studying how stress lives in the body—not just emotionally, but neurologically, hormonally, and metabolically. I’ve seen how unprocessed stress shows up as fatigue, weight changes, sleep disruption, anxiety, disordered eating, inflammation, and burnout—long before women ever name it as stress.

I’m also a wife to a doctor inside a demanding medical system. I know what it means to hold it together.

To be the steady one.

To adapt endlessly while telling yourself you’re fine—because everyone around you is counting on you to be.

Before medicine, I lived inside elite performance myself. I was a Division I softball player on full scholarship. I know what it means to have your identity shaped by performance, structure, and external expectations.

Elite systems train performance relentlessly while offering almost no infrastructure for emotional regulation, identity continuity, or nervous system recovery.

Strength without support has a cost.

Resilience without recovery breaks.

Elite performance does not exist in isolation.

Neither should the women who sustain it.

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Our Retreat Focus

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From Stress Regulation to Whole-System Optimization

Once stress is stabilized, we expand outward—because elite women don’t live in silos.

Mental Health & Cognitive Clarity

  • Identifying stress-driven thought patterns

  • Increasing cognitive flexibility

  • Improving decision-making in uncertainty

  • Reducing rumination without numbing ambition

Emotional Regulation & Capacity

  • Responding instead of reacting

  • Holding complexity without collapse

  • Staying grounded during conflict and transition

  • Increasing tolerance for discomfort without self-abandonment

Energy, Physiology & Body-Based Health

  • Nervous system regulation

  • Fatigue, sleep, and recovery

  • Metabolic and hormonal stress signals

  • Sustainable strength and vitality

This is not aesthetics.
This is capacity preservation.

Identity, Purpose & Career Continuity

  • Preserving identity beyond role

  • Navigating transitions without panic

  • Expanding professionally without burning out

  • Leading without self-erasure

Relationships & Systemic Health

  • Relational dynamics under stress

  • Communication during high-stakes moments

  • Boundary-setting without guilt

  • Maintaining intimacy and connection under pressure

This is integrated work—by design.

Mindset or body. Career or relationships. Performance or well-being.

We don’t separate what real life integrates.

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Designed for Women Who Carry A lot.

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This retreat is not about stepping away from high performance.

It is about strengthening the internal infrastructure that allows you to sustain it.

The experience is intentionally designed to be steady, contained, and spacious—so regulation can happen naturally, without emotional performance or pressure to share.

You can expect:

  • Physician-led education and facilitation throughout

  • Mind–body sessions that support nervous system regulation

  • Group workshops focused on application, not oversharing

  • Unstructured time for reflection, integration, and rest

  • A luxurious, immersive setting that supports recovery

This is not crisis care.

This is not therapy.

This is not a productivity retreat.

And…it will change your life.

It is a space designed for high-functioning women to stabilize, recalibrate, and return with greater clarity, capacity, and steadiness—while life remains demanding.

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A Structured, Physician-Led Learning Experience

The Berkshires Retreat follows a clear, progressive educational arc—designed to move from individual stress regulation to relational intelligence and full-system integration.

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A Steady, Predictable Daily Rhythm

Each day is designed with a consistent cadence—morning regulation, focused learning blocks, and spacious afternoons for integration, reflection, and restoration.

Thursday, October 22, 2026

  • 5:30–6:30 pm | Happy Hour Kick-Off

  • 6:30–8:00 pm | Group Dinner & Welcome

Friday, October 23, 2026

  • 7:00–8:00 am | Morning Session

  • 7:45–9:00 am | Breakfast

  • 9:00 am–12:00 pm | Educational Sessions

  • 12:00–1:30 pm | Lunch

  • Afternoon | Spa / Reflection / Connection

  • 7:00–8:30 pm | Group Dinner

Saturday, October 24, 2026

  • 7:00–8:00 am | Morning Session

  • 7:45–9:00 am | Breakfast

  • 9:00 am–12:00 pm | Educational Sessions

  • 12:00–1:30 pm | Lunch

  • Afternoon | Spa / Reflection / Connection

  • 7:00–8:30 pm | Group Dinner

Sunday, October 25, 2026

  • 7:00–8:00 am | Morning Session

  • 7:45–9:00 am | Breakfast

  • 9:00 am–12:00 pm | Final Educational Sessions

  • 12:00–1:30 pm | Closing Lunch

Afternoons are intentionally unscheduled to support nervous system recovery, informal connection, and personal integration.

Reserve Your Spot

The FIT Collective® Berkshires Retreat is intentionally limited in size to preserve depth, discretion, and quality of experience.

Retreat Tuition

  • $2,297

  • Very limited spots available

Included:

  • Opening welcome reception

  • Physician-led educational sessions

  • Mind–body workouts

  • Group workshops

  • 12 CME credits

Travel and accommodations are not included.
All attendees are required to stay at Miraval Berkshires.

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Miraval Berkshires Resort & Spa

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All attendees are required to stay at Miraval Berkshires, the retreat’s fully immersive host property. This shared environment supports continuity, connection, and restoration.

Accommodations are booked directly through Miraval. After retreat registration, you will receive the booking link for the exclusive FIT Collective® group rate.

What Your Miraval Stay Includes

  • Luxurious accommodations in the Berkshires

  • All meals, beverages, snacks, and smoothies

  • Daily fitness classes and wellness programming

  • Healthy Living Classes at the Wellness Center

  • Resort amenities and WiFi

  • Round-trip ground transportation to/from the airport

Group rates are limited and must be booked before June 1, 2026.

Policies & Important Information

Registration & Payment

$2,297 due at registration

Cancellation Policy — The FIT Collective®

No refunds after May 1, 2026.
No transfers.
No exceptions.

Miraval Cancellation Policy

Separate from FIT Collective®. Please review prior to booking.

Accessibility

Please contact mazzy@thefitcollective.com prior to the event for accommodations.

CME Activity Information

The FIT Collective® CME Wellness Retreat
Physician Wellness
October 22–25, 2026 | Miraval Berkshires, Lenox, MA

  • 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

  • Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) and The FIT Collective®

  • No commercial support

Faculty
Ali Novitsky, MD, ABOM, MCC
CEO & Founder, The FIT Collective®
Lead Faculty and Retreat Host

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