Meet Kelsey,

Experiential Steward

Specializing in the care of living environments—spaces that hold people in moments of rest, transition, healing, creativity, and transformation—I serve as the primary on-site steward of adaptive-wellness spaces.

My role is practical and relational. I hold responsibility for the day-to-day functioning, flow, and guest experience of the property—supporting operations, tending to the physical condition of the space, coordinating across teams, and acting as a grounded point of contact for guests and hosts alike.

I step into diverse environments and quietly enhance them—smoothing systems, supporting people, and ensuring the space itself is doing its job. This includes on-site oversight, guest advocacy, staff coordination, food and kitchen attunement, and operational support—allowing adaptive-wellness spaces to unfold with ease, authenticity and integrity.

At its best, stewardship creates a space that feels cared for, responsive, and aligned—so owners can focus on vision, hosts can lead with confidence, and guests can feel that all upon arrive.

I serve as a grounded, neutral presence — someone guests, staff and owners can speak to honestly — someone who can translate experience into thoughtful refinement of the space.

The Spaces

I work with adaptive-wellness environments that host people in moments of care, transition, and transformation. These include retreat spaces, yoga and movement studios, wellness centers, clinics, and other intentional environments designed to support rest, healing, creativity, or growth.

I’m most effective in spaces that are active, evolving, and people-centered—where operations, guest experience, nourishment, and atmosphere are deeply intertwined.

The Approach

The approach to my work was refined through lived experience — years of uprooting and re-rooting, adapting to spaces built by others, and learning what is truly essential to feel at home: grounded, nourished. Moving across cultures and environments taught me how balance looks different in every season, place, and person, and how space — when well tended — can ground even the most uncertain transitions.

I learned firsthand what it feels like to be ungrounded, and what becomes possible when a space genuinely supports you, nourishes. That understanding informs everything I do.

My work is shaped by years of operational stewardship across homes, yachts, kitchens and hosted spaces — environments where flow, care, and integrity are essential.

Spaces that host with integrity & authenticity.

Integrity isn’t a moment — it’s a system. Here is how I lay the emotional, operational, and physical foundations that allow a retreat space to function with clarity, care, and coherence.

  • I serve as the primary on-site steward of a retreat space — the Operational and Experiential Steward responsible for the day-to-day functioning, flow, and guest experience of the property.

    While I am not the owner, I operate as the go-to point person for everything that unfolds during retreats.

    This allows owners to step out of constant operational management and trust that the space, staff, and guest experience are being tended with care, competence, and discernment.

    In this role, I:

    • Oversee retreat execution from arrival to departure

    • Coordinate between owners, staff, and retreat hosts

    • Ensure that what the space offers in theory is delivered in practice

    • Hold the rhythm of the day so nothing — and no one — falls through the cracks

    Retreat hosts know who to go to.
    Staff know who to check in with.
    Owners know the space is being held.

  • I serve as a grounded, approachable presence for guests — someone who is not the owner and not the host, but a trusted point of connection. Guests often feel more comfortable sharing honest feedback about food, accommodations, sleep, amenities, or flow with me, which allows the retreat to adapt and improve in real time.

  • With a background in Ayurvedic-informed, adaptable cooking, I support retreat kitchens in serving wellness-centered guests with diverse dietary needs.

    This includes:

    • Teaching kitchen staff a flexible, component-based cooking framework (my Balanced Bowl approach)

    • Helping teams confidently adapt meals for allergies, preferences, and restrictions

    • Creating systems that allow menus to remain nourishing, consistent, and adaptable across retreats — without burnout or confusion

    The goal is not rigid dietary perfection, but food that supports digestion, energy, and grounding for a wide range of guests.

  • I walk the grounds. I notice what’s working — and what’s not.

    I collaborate with:

    • Housekeeping teams

    • Kitchen staff

    • Maintenance and operations

    to ensure the space is clean, functional, well-kept, and energetically cared for throughout each retreat cycle.

    This is quiet, consistent stewardship — the kind that prevents small issues from becoming big ones.Item description

Contact

Contact to schedule an initial consultation to discuss your space, your goals, and your timeline.
We’ll get a sense of what you need and how I can help create space that supports you right now.

Kelsey Duckett Consulting, LLC

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Location

Wilmington, NC 28409

Contact

kelsey@kelseyduckett.com
(202) 893-6443