About Diana
Always looking at what’s next in wellness.
Diana Stobo has spent decades immersed in wellness — studying it, teaching it, writing about it, building businesses around it, and continually questioning where the industry is headed next.
Diana Stobo has spent decades immersed in wellness — studying it, teaching it, writing about it, building businesses around it, and continually questioning where the industry is headed next.
She is the founder and CEO of The Retreat Costa Rica, an internationally recognized luxury wellness resort she has grown into a thriving hospitality business. Under her leadership, The Retreat has continued to evolve beyond the traditional wellness-resort model, expanding into longevity, neurowellness, regenerative therapies, emotional wellbeing, movement, nutrition, and a more personalized approach to how people want to feel and live.
Diana has an instinct for where wellness is going. She is constantly learning, traveling, experiencing new treatments and concepts, talking to practitioners and experts, and bringing the best of what she discovers back into her own work. She understands that wellness never stands still — and neither does she.
Before becoming a hotelier, Diana was already an established voice in wellness. A classically trained chef and nutrition expert, she has written fifteen books, taught and coached thousands of people, and built a loyal following around her approachable, deeply personal philosophy of wellbeing.
Today, her perspective extends far beyond nutrition. She speaks about the future of wellness and longevity, what travelers increasingly expect from hospitality, building a purpose-led business, entrepreneurship, leadership, aging, reinvention, and what she has learned as a female CEO building and continually evolving a wellness company.
At the center of all of it is the same curiosity Diana has always had: How can we live better?
And after decades in the industry, she still believes there is more to learn.
Today, Diana is focused on the next evolution of The Retreat Costa Rica, expanding its work in longevity and advanced wellness while continuing to write, teach, speak, and share what she is learning with a much larger audience.