Connect with other adventurous females ready to do some exploring, both inside and outside. 

• Participate in transformative personal exploration workshops as we prepare for life’s leaps (see below)
• Share and interact with other women who travel
• Take a horseback ride, “chagra” style (did someone say assless chaps?), with views of Cotopaxi Volcano
• Learn to cook Ecuadorian cuisine
• Hike to the refugio on Cotopaxi Volcano (15,953 steps closer to the moon!)
• Go mountain biking in Cotopaxi National Park (optional)
• Practice morning meditation/yoga/writing (optional)
• Experience an advanced high ropes course
• Leave with new life tools, aspirations, and friends

"I want all the women in my life to have this experience, because it was so transformational." - Jenn

"You pull in a very specific audience, and we all fit together so perfectly. It makes me excited to attend another Traveling Jackie retreat/adventure trip!" - Alicia

"I feel like I will always be part of this group, and I am so grateful for the experiences and lessons I have learned." - Miranda

"All the women got along and supported each other... Women empowering women is an amazing thing." - Amanda

A skill-building workshop in leaping with the right tools to catch yourself.

We’ve all heard it: “Leap and the net will appear.” While this well-intended proverb encourages us to be brave and take risks, it also blindly suggests that something or someone else will magically catch us when we do. Excuse me as I call bullshit.

In 2015, I chose to take a leap and change my life. I had a husband, an apartment, and a beautiful dog, in a place I called home. My leap catapulted me straight into a nomadic life as a solo female traveler.

In trying to adapt to my new reality, I wandered the world aimlessly, wondering more than once when my proverbial “net” would show up.

It wasn’t until many months later that I realized no one and no thing was going to catch me. I had taken control of my life when I made the decision to take my leap. Likewise, it was up to me, and me alone, to catch myself.

Through months of reflection, observation, challenge, and practice, I learned what it took for me to craft the net that would eventually catch me and start me on the long journey back up.

I still carry this incredible life tool with me. It’s easier for me to find the courage to take leaps now (big and small), in my personal life, my work, and my travels, because I trust that my net is ready, even for the most challenging times.

Who or what else can I count on if not myself, especially as I travel the world alone?

As I crafted my net, moving from place to place across the world and back, I took notes. I wrote post after post of what I learned along the way, and I came up with practices to help me define exactly what my net was made of and how to let it catch me when I need it. 

I continue to grow stronger and more courageous because of what’s inside my net.

The beauty, and perhaps the reason for the painful path I took, is that what I learned isn’t exclusive to me. It applies to everyone. So, armed with courage and faith, I am sharing these practices, tools, and resources that make up my net, with you.

If you are a female who has taken a leap, or if you plan to take a leap, to make a change in your life (big or small), this retreat is for you. Together in Ecuador, we will explore what it looks like for each of us, collectively and as individuals, to create our own nets, to prepare for any leap.

As we dig inwardly, we will also challenge ourselves outwardly. Each day, in between group discussions and home-cooked hacienda meals, we will participate in the adventure activities listed above.

We’re going to the highlands of Ecuador because I want to take you out of your comfort zone. I’m in the arena of personal development and challenge, and international travel expedites that journey. I want to help you see that you can take a courageous leap and catch yourself too, even if it starts with traveling to Ecuador.