After college, I lived with a friend for a year before taking the leap to move into my own apartment in Baltimore City while working and attending massage school.

Then I did something that changed my life: I bought an RV and drove across the country.

When my RV broke down in New Mexico, what could have been a disaster became one of the most transformative experiences of my life. It taught me something I would carry with me for years:

I am capable of figuring things out.

Over the next several years, I found the courage to move to different states, build my own business, take entrepreneurial risks, and continually put myself in situations where I had to grow.

With every new chapter, I built more confidence; not because I always knew what I was doing, but because I learned to trust that I could handle whatever came next.

When I eventually moved to Asheville, I had to start over again. But this time, I had something I didn't have before:

I trusted myself.

I knew how to build a life from the ground up. I knew how to take risks. I knew how to adapt. And I knew that even when life didn't go according to plan, I would find my way.

But there was another part of my journey I hadn't yet mastered.

I spent 8 years in a codependent relationship while simultaneously building a joint business and, in many ways, neglecting myself.

Learning how to be on my own again required a different kind of courage.

I had to grieve. I had to untangle old patterns. I had to rediscover my voice, my desires and my identity outside of someone else.

Slowly, I came back to myself.

And then I started choosing myself in bigger ways.

I solo traveled to many different countries around the world on my own. I took chances. I followed what felt true in my heart. I made decisions for myself.

Not because I had every answer, but because I trusted myself enough to take the next step.

I discovered that freedom isn't simply being independent.

Freedom is knowing you can trust yourself.

It's knowing you can walk away from what no longer fits.

It's knowing you can begin again.

It's knowing you can make your own choices, even when they're different from what other people expect of you.

And most importantly, it's knowing that you are capable of creating a life that actually feels like yours.

That's why I created this retreat.

Whether you've lost yourself somewhere along the way, you're standing at the beginning of a new chapter, or you simply haven't fully discovered your own strength yet.

I want you to experience what becomes possible when you trust yourself, choose yourself, and step fully into your power.

Because I know this much:

You are far more capable than you realize.

And there is a version of you on the other side of fear, expectation and self-doubt who is already waiting to be discovered.

Let's go meet her!