Meet the Founder
Nice to meet you, I’m Mila!
I'm an oncology nurse practitioner, a PhD, and a certified lifestyle coach through Harvard School of Medicine. For nearly a decade, I've cared for people with cancer — and one thing has stayed with me more than any lab result or treatment plan: how often my patients let their lives grow smaller during and after treatment. The trips they postponed. The plans they stopped making. The quiet belief that the person they used to be was out of reach.
I created Healing Journeys Travel to close the gap no one talks about: the months between surveillance visits, when treatment has ended but the questions haven't. No plan, no guidance, and the what-ifs on loop.
Travel has the power to offer space — space to pause, reflect, reconnect with yourself, and experience moments of peace and renewal. Whether that looks like a quiet retreat in nature, a gentle adventure, or a restorative getaway, every journey deserves to feel supportive and thoughtfully planned.
It would be an honor to help you rest, recharge, and move at your own pace — and to give you practical, evidence-based tools you can take home and use.
Mila Kosmari, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC — Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Founder, Healing Journeys Travel
Three Ways to Work With Us
Retreats — come as you are, leave with a plan
Our small-group retreats are built around the six pillars of lifestyle medicine — food, movement, sleep, stress, connection, and avoiding risky substances — taught gently, in restorative places, alongside women who understand.
The In-Between
a Thursday-to-Sunday long weekend, close to home, for women learning how to live well between treatments. Small group, starting at 8 women, under $2,000. No dates announced yet — join the waitlist to hear first.
Feel Like Yourself Again
five nights in Finnish Lapland, April 12–17, 2027. Eight women, one boutique hotel, reindeer and husky safaris, snowshoe walks, sauna, northern lights, and daily lifestyle-medicine sessions — with special guest Karita Aaltonen, a 12-year glioblastoma survivor leading yin yoga and her "From Impossible to Hope" workshop. $3,500, with a $1,000 deposit due November 30, 2026 and the $2,500 balance due January 31, 2027.
Same women, same six pillars, same promise — one is a long weekend close to home, the other is five nights in Lapland.
Free resources — start here, no cost, no catch
The Six Pillars guide — a free guide to the six lifestyle habits that help survivors rebuild after treatment: food, movement, sleep, stress, connection, and avoiding risky substances. One starter step per pillar, backed by current research.
Healing Journeys — Finding Purpose After Cancer — our free YouTube interview series, where women who've had cancer talk about finding purpose after diagnosis. Travel is one part of the story, not the whole frame.
Our newsletter — retreat updates, travel inspiration, and survivorship news, a few times a month. No spam, ever.
Concierge travel planning — a trip planned around your body, not in spite of it
Not ready for a retreat, but planning a trip of your own? We plan it with you — pacing, accessibility, rest days, and the details that matter after treatment, all handled.
It starts with a free 30-minute fit call — we'll talk through where you want to go, what your body needs right now, and whether we're the right fit. No pressure, no obligation - attach the form that's still listed under Our Philisopgy 'request a free consultation"
From there, two options:
$150 — recommendations: a clear, personalized plan for your trip — where to go, how to pace it, what to watch for — that you book yourself.
$500 — full planning: we plan and book everything except your airfare, and stay with you until you're home.