About Us
Originally from Southern California, our family purchased this property to create a quiet self sufficient and sustainable life in Northwest Montana. We took our time to design and build our own family home at the back of property right up against State Forrest Land. We also started a hobby farm, raising goats, chickens, livestock guardian dogs, and organic fruits and veggies. Sadly, a recent extreme wind event caused damage to our property and put a temporary pause to those activities. We love to share our special sanctuary with other like-minded people and to collaborate with other Montana businesses that offer unique and special experiences. We have worked very hard to acquire and keep a Conditional Use Permit from Flathead County to be able to share our property with people looking to peacefully retreat in this special place.
What We Do...
Lisa manages vacation and retreat accommodations, farm stays and destination experiences at Wild Swan Retreat. Prior to their family’s relocation to Montana, Lisa had a rewarding career in Public Health, planning, implementing and evaluating a variety of prevention programs for Santa Barbara County. Presently, she works from home, managing her family’s household, property, livestock animals, and their retreat and vacation accommodations. She loves to create the perfect space for groups, families, couples, and individuals to break away from their ordinary lives to reconnect with each other, their sources of inspiration and the natural world. She also loves to write and has recently retooled her public health writing skills to write creative non-fiction. She particularly enjoys writing about climate, social and personal change, and is currently working on a memoir and occasional articles that weave these themes together.
Monica operates her own law firm, Falcon Media in 2013, and currently practices from her Montana home-office, serving clients primarily in Los Angeles and New York. She’s an expert in negotiating and writing contractual agreements, however, her true passion is to write and speak about the social, political, economic, and spiritual challenges of our times. Monica uses her life experience, skills and unique perspectives to advocate for an awakening to the forces that divide and distract us. Her blog, Unplugged, invites readers to consider and challenge the illusions that underlie the institutions that are failing all of us, and to recognize our power to remake our country in a way that works for everyone, not just those at the top. Monica aspires to launch a new career as a social change writer and speaker. Her work can be found at her website Lets Get Unplugged. Her first book, Reality Bites: Insights on Bridging the American Divide, explores the relationship between rising political and racial tensions and the accelerating economic decline of America, reminding us that we can still save our country if we find the courage to see each other as allies instead of enemies.
In her leisure time, Monica loves doing just about anything from kayaking down the river, boating on nearby lakes, hiking in the mountains, or biking the Hiawatha Trail or around the San Juan Islands with Lisa and Morgan. Monica loves to travel with her family to fun destinations. She is a kid at heart and jumps right into playful activities with Morgan, building robots and other things, flying toy drones, playing PS4 games and reading science fiction adventure books. She is a lover of film, good TV, and music. She is a vegetarian and loves to grow her own food from heirloom seeds. She has a regular meditation practice and spiritual growth commitment. Monica has great energy and a fun spirited personality with an active curiosity and interest in many things, issues and people.
Morgan is enthusiastic about doing most things. He beams with positive energy and good spirit. He loves sports of all kinds and is very skillful at soccer, basketball, mountain biking swimming, skiing, snowboarding surfing, and Jiu Jitsu. He loves to play the drums, read, play board games with Lisa and Monica or play with his big Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. He likes to take things apart to see how they work and build things from kits. Naturally, when allowed, he loves to watch TV and of course play video games. Morgan is very social and wants to share everything he loves with a buddy or two, at school, on sports fields/courts/pools/course/, on the mountain, in the ocean or lakes, or simply at home on his wooded property.
When not working or at school, our family loves to go out to eat delicious food, prepare meals together at home, watch good movies or TV series, play board/card games, kayak, bike, ski, and swim. We love to travel for soccer tournaments, to visit with extended family, and to explore new places. Our favorite destinations are in Santa Barbara, San Juan Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Northern California, Colorado, and throughout Montana and the Pacific Northwest.
What We Do...
Lisa manages vacation and retreat accommodations, farm stays and destination experiences at Wild Swan Retreat. Prior to their family’s relocation to Montana, Lisa had a rewarding career in Public Health, planning, implementing and evaluating a variety of prevention programs for Santa Barbara County. Presently, she works from home, managing her family’s household, property, livestock animals, and their retreat and vacation accommodations. She loves to create the perfect space for groups, families, couples, and individuals to break away from their ordinary lives to reconnect with each other, their sources of inspiration and the natural world. She also loves to write and has recently retooled her public health writing skills to write creative non-fiction. She particularly enjoys writing about climate, social and personal change, and is currently working on a memoir and occasional articles that weave these themes together.
Monica operates her own law firm, Falcon Media in 2013, and currently practices from her Montana home-office, serving clients primarily in Los Angeles and New York. She’s an expert in negotiating and writing contractual agreements, however, her true passion is to write and speak about the social, political, economic, and spiritual challenges of our times. Monica uses her life experience, skills and unique perspectives to advocate for an awakening to the forces that divide and distract us. Her blog, Unplugged, invites readers to consider and challenge the illusions that underlie the institutions that are failing all of us, and to recognize our power to remake our country in a way that works for everyone, not just those at the top. Monica aspires to launch a new career as a social change writer and speaker. Her work can be found at her website Lets Get Unplugged. Her first book, Reality Bites: Insights on Bridging the American Divide, explores the relationship between rising political and racial tensions and the accelerating economic decline of America, reminding us that we can still save our country if we find the courage to see each other as allies instead of enemies.
In her leisure time, Monica loves doing just about anything from kayaking down the river, boating on nearby lakes, hiking in the mountains, or biking the Hiawatha Trail or around the San Juan Islands with Lisa and Morgan. Monica loves to travel with her family to fun destinations. She is a kid at heart and jumps right into playful activities with Morgan, building robots and other things, flying toy drones, playing PS4 games and reading science fiction adventure books. She is a lover of film, good TV, and music. She is a vegetarian and loves to grow her own food from heirloom seeds. She has a regular meditation practice and spiritual growth commitment. Monica has great energy and a fun spirited personality with an active curiosity and interest in many things, issues and people.
Morgan is enthusiastic about doing most things. He beams with positive energy and good spirit. He loves sports of all kinds and is very skillful at soccer, basketball, mountain biking swimming, skiing, snowboarding surfing, and Jiu Jitsu. He loves to play the drums, read, play board games with Lisa and Monica or play with his big Greater Swiss Mountain Dog. He likes to take things apart to see how they work and build things from kits. Naturally, when allowed, he loves to watch TV and of course play video games. Morgan is very social and wants to share everything he loves with a buddy or two, at school, on sports fields/courts/pools/course/, on the mountain, in the ocean or lakes, or simply at home on his wooded property.
When not working or at school, our family loves to go out to eat delicious food, prepare meals together at home, watch good movies or TV series, play board/card games, kayak, bike, ski, and swim. We love to travel for soccer tournaments, to visit with extended family, and to explore new places. Our favorite destinations are in Santa Barbara, San Juan Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Northern California, Colorado, and throughout Montana and the Pacific Northwest.
