A story I’ve never shared

Have I ever told you why I really walked the Camino de Santiago by myself?

You may have heard me say it was because I wanted to do something big & scary by myself, which is completely true. But it’s not the full truth. 

It turns out, I had some really big questions that I NEEDED answers to. 

❓Where do I belong?

❓What am I doing with my life?

❓Do I want to stay married?

Yikes. 

After living in the same place for almost 30 years, doing work I enjoyed, and being in partnership with a guy I love, I wasn’t sure any of it made sense for me any longer. I didn’t feel like me, despite living a life I worked very hard to create.

I was pretty sure I had to blow it all up and start over again. 

That’s what I thought about when I walked across Spain by myself. How to blow it all up and what would my life look like once the dust settled. 

Those first 3 weeks of walking were absolutely miserable.

Every time I met someone floating down the path, saying things like Isn’t walking the Camino the best?!? 😍 I’d always respond: No. I hate this. ☹️

Then a friend noticed something I didn’t: I was spending the entire time up in my brain. I wasn’t having any kind of sensory experience at all, just walking and asking myself the same questions over and over. 

Once we figured this out, I felt a shift. I paid more attention to the experience itself: hearing new sounds, tasting new foods, meeting new people. Always walking, walking, walking.   

I released my stranglehold on needing specific answers and simply let myself be in the moment and enjoy making my way along the path.

You might think I came home with all of my answers. I did not. But they did come to me as I kept walking and allowed myself to process my experience. 

🌟I decided to move from Connecticut to Colorado 
🌟I decided to retire my longtime coaching group
🌟I realized that I did want to stay married, I simply wanted more space & time to myself 

Life looks really different for me right now. Fred & I happily live in Boulder, making our way through a massive house renovation (which is like playtime for him!) I spend my work time doing all things Camino (which is definitely like playtime for me!)  

There comes a point when thinking harder stops helping. You’ve got to get out of your head and into yourself. 

One way to do this is to join us for the Camino de Boulder Retreat.

Not because everyone needs to walk five days through the foothills of Colorado (although we will!)

But because you may have forgotten what it feels like to step away from the constant noise long enough to reconnect with yourself.

For five days, we'll walk.

We'll spend time on beautiful trails, share meaningful conversations, laugh a lot, eat well, and experience the kind of simplicity that's increasingly hard to find.

Something shifts when your only job is to put one foot in front of the other.

You stop trying to force the answers.

Instead, they start to reconnect with you.

This experience is for you if you're...

🌟 Standing at a threshold in your life - a transition, a milestone, or simply the feeling that life is asking something new of you
🌟 Wrestling with a question you can't seem to think your way through
🌟 Sensing that something is shifting, even if you can't quite put words to it yet
🌟 Craving more than a vacation because what you're really looking for is space, clarity, and a deeper connection with yourself
🌟 Ready for an adventure that changes you from the inside out

You don't need a passport.

You don't need to disappear for a month.

You just need to be willing to give yourself five days.

Five days to slow down.

Five days to reconnect.

Five days to discover what becomes possible when you stop trying so hard to figure everything out.

If there’s even a small part of you feeling This is what I need I'd love for you to pay attention to that.

✨ Click HERE to learn more about Camino de Boulder. 

I'd be honored to walk with you.