An initiation into the Soul-led Life
Maroux, France
Virtual journey begins May 22nd
In person retreat June 7th-14th
There comes a moment in every seeker’s life…
A moment when the soul's whisper becomes a roar.
It doesn’t speak in logic — it hums through your body, visits you in dreams, and stirs in the silence between thoughts.
You feel it: a pull toward something ancient, something sacred, something more.
This is that moment.
Here, in the mythic heart of Southern France, you are invited to step into a soul initiation —
a rite of passage unlike any other.
This is not a retreat.
It is a homecoming.
Most have heard of the Shadow — the hidden parts of ourselves we’ve exiled, rejected, or forgotten. But what few realize is that within the Shadow also lives the light we’ve disowned: Our beauty. Our brilliance. Our sacred gifts.
Carl Jung called this the Golden Shadow — the radiance we’ve buried out of fear, shame, or disbelief.
This journey is about reclaiming it.
Are you ready?
“I came to the Wilderness Walk during a time of transition in my life. I had just left a job of 27 years and was filled with fear about my future. I knew I wanted to find a calling that provided deeper meaning but wasn’t sure how to take the next step. I was paralyzed by my fear of failure. The Wilderness Walk showed me how to let go of my fear and build a deeper faith in myself. Through my journey, I uncovered my deeper truth, learned how to listen to my heart and tap into a deeper inner knowing. Now I am far more confident and trust the I am being guided one step at a time.” -DANA
Reclaim the Radiance Within
Our gifts, our power, our radiance.
Our capacity to love deeply.
Our ability to create, to lead, to shine.
Our wild, unapologetic joy.
Somewhere along the way, these parts of us felt dangerous too.
Maybe it wasn’t safe to be seen.
Maybe our light made others uncomfortable.
Maybe the world told us to be smaller, quieter, more manageable.
And so, the Golden Shadow was tucked away.
And it’s time to bring it back to life.
The work we do together is about remembering what’s been waiting inside you all along — the part of you that’s known, since the beginning, that you were born for something more.
This is sacred work. And it’s time. Sacred purpose is the deep, soul-rooted reason you are here — not just to do, but to be. It is the unique essence you carry, the medicine only you can bring to the world. Sacred purpose doesn’t come from striving or strategy; it emerges from listening — to your wounds, your longings, your gifts, and the quiet intelligence of your heart. It is both ancient and alive, shaped by mystery and memory, and revealed through devotion, courage, and surrender.
To live your sacred purpose is to walk in alignment with your truth, in service to something greater than yourself, and in harmony with the unfolding of your soul.
Welcome to your return.
To your truth.
To the wilderness within.
WHAT AWAITS YOU ON THE PATH
Before we gather in the sacred lands of Southern France, you’ll be invited into an eleven-day virtual pilgrimage — a deep, sensory-rich journey designed to awaken what’s been dormant within you. This is your preparation, your soft opening, your sacred threshold.
✨ A POWERFUL GUIDED VIRTUAL JOURNEY
Gathered in the safety of sacred space, you’ll be guided through three intimate group coaching calls designed to awaken, clear, and deepen your connection to your inner truth. These aren’t just calls — they are portals. Through potent visualizations, gentle energy healing, and guided shadow work, you’ll begin to unravel old patterns, reclaim forgotten parts of yourself, and anchor more fully into your sacred purpose.
✨ THREE TRANSFORMATIONAL CALLS
✨ COMMUNE WITH NATURE
Breathe with the land. Walk barefoot on ancient soil. In the sun-drenched beauty of Southern France, you’ll be invited to slow down, soften, and remember. Here, nature is not a backdrop —she is a guide, a mirror, a sacred ally.
Nestled in the quiet hills of Mauroux, you’ll spend seven nights held by the magic of a French country farmhouse— a place where time slows and every detail is infused with care. Here, your body will be nourished with vibrant, organic meals and fresh, lovingly prepared juices.
✨ SEVEN NIGHT SOUL IMMERSION
Woven throughout the journey are intentional, heart-opening rituals and ceremonies — each one an invitation to go deeper, to listen more closely, and to honor the thresholds you are crossing. These are designed to anchor your experience, awaken ancient memory, and mark the inner transformations that words alone cannot hold.
✨ SACRED RITUALS AND SOULFUL CEREMONIES
This isn’t just a beautiful experience — it’s a transformation that comes home with you. You’ll leave with embodied tools, practices, and insights to continue integrating your Golden Shadow long after the retreat ends.
✨ EMBODYING THE JOURNEY
JOURNEY INVESTMENT
$4,395 - Single Occupancy
$3,895 - Shared Occupancy
Deposit $500 (non-refundable)
Payment plans available.
Virtual journey begins May 22, 2025
In person 7 night destination retreat June 7th – 14th 2025
THIS LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY IS FOR YOU….
✓ You feel a deep inner knowing that you were made for more — but you’re not quite sure what that more is.
✓ You’re at a threshold moment in life — something is ending, something is calling, and you know it’s time to choose differently.
✓ You’ve spent years tending to others, following the rules, or dimming your light… and you’re ready to remember who you truly are.
✓ You’re craving sacred space — not just rest, but reconnection. Not just healing, but homecoming.
✓ You long for community — soul-aligned, heart-centered humans walking a path of truth, depth, and wild aliveness.
✓ You’ve done the inner work… and now you’re ready to go deeper — into the body, into the shadow, into the mystery.
✓ You’re ready to reclaim your voice, your joy, your creativity, your power — without apology.
✓ You’re done playing small. You’re ready to live aligned with your sacred purpose — fully, bravely, and in your own radiant way.
If this speaks to you—the journey has already begun.
TESTIMONIES FROM WILDERNESS WALKERS
“There will be times when standing alone feels too hard, too scary, and we’ll doubt our abilities to make our way through the uncertainty. Someone, somewhere, will say, ‘Don’t do it. You don’t have what it takes to survive the wilderness.’ This is when you reach up deep inside your heart and remind yourself:
~ Brené Brown
“In one word, my experience was 'pivotal'. It opened my eyes to ideas I hadn't considered before around my livelihood, my creative expression through art, and the inspiration I had within me to find joy in the practice of whatever I was going to do. I not only learned about the power of intention - I came to embody it. I am so incredibly grateful for the guides who challenged me and the intimate group of participants I shared the experience with. I can't wait to do it again one day!!”
-ANNA
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Suzanne Hanna
Suzanne is a licensed psychotherapist, seasoned shadow coach, writer and speaker. She the founder and creator of The Wilderness Walk, an experiential hero’s journey through the fears of the subconscious mind and the pain of the wounded heart. She designed the journeys to help others integrate ALL aspects of their being, both the light and dark. Her three and nine-week journeys are changing lives all over the world and leading people on a path toward internal freedom. Suzanne co-founded the Shadow Coach Certification Program in order to create more impact and global healing. Suzanne works with courageous souls who want to embody the best versions of themselves and be a positive ripple in this world for others. She has a passion for the mountains, animals and nature. She is currently working on her first book.
Brian Jaudon
Brian Jaudon is a master coach who specializes in training and mentoring other coaches in his methodology for clarifying and living into a vision which he developed over 25 years. Brian’s method for whole system coaching blends three primary models – The Five Stages of Gift Development, Mapping Your Internal Influences and Internal Family Systems – all designed to create both internal and external alignment around a vision. Formational to Brian’s own development as a coach was his intensive training in trauma healing 30 years ago with longtime mentor Judith Johnson. Twenty years ago, Brian had the opportunity to learn the Internal Family Systems model directly from Dick Schwartz and senior trainer Susan McConnell, author of the book Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy. He also trained with Susan Trout, founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Service and the author of numerous books including Born to Serve: The Evolution of the Soul Through Service.
STEPS ALONG THE JOURNEY
CLAIMING SELF-WORTH
True self-worth is not loud — it is steady, sacred, and unshakable.
It lives in your bones, in your breath, in the quiet knowing that you are enough simply because you are. It is the foundation beneath every dream you long to live, every truth you dare to speak.Without it, the light feels distant, the path uncertain. But with it — you rise. You remember that you are not here to earn your worth, but to embody it. To know your worth is to know that you belong — not because of what you do or how you’re seen, but because your very existence is holy. It is to trust that your desires are sacred, your voice matters, and your life is worthy of joy, love, and fulfillment — no matter the season you’re in.
EXPRESSING AND OWNING YOUR TRUTH
There was a moment — maybe many — when you learned it wasn’t safe to speak.
To share your truth. To be fully seen. And so, you tucked your voice away, wrapped it in silence, and called it protection. But the truth — your truth — never disappeared.
It has been waiting, quietly, patiently, for your return. To speak your truth is not just an act of courage — it is an act of devotion. Each time you let your voice rise from the depths of your being, you offer yourself the love, validation, and belonging that no one else could give you. You rewrite the old story. You reclaim your right to be heard, honored, and respected.
INTENTIONAL ACTION AND SELF TRUST
There is no relationship more sacred than the one you hold with yourself. And yet, somewhere along the way — through mistakes, harsh words, or moments of doubt — that trust may have quietly frayed. You begin to question your choices. Second-guess your intuition. Shrink from the fear of getting it wrong. But the truth is: your inner knowing has never left you. It’s still there — steady beneath the noise, waiting for you to remember its voice. Rebuilding self-trust doesn’t happen all at once. It happens in the small, sacred choices: Showing up when you say you will.
Listening when your body says no. Choosing yourself, even when it’s hard.
PERSONAL POWER AND SELF RESPONSIBILITY
When you forget your worth, it’s often because—somewhere along the way—you handed your power over. To please. To belong. To survive. But your power was never meant to be outsourced.
It was always yours. Quiet. Steady. Unshakable. True personal power isn’t about force or control.
It’s a way of being — grounded in self-awareness, guided by integrity, and expressed through presence. It’s the energy of someone who knows who they are and doesn’t need to prove it.
Someone who leads with vision, lives by values, and walks in service to something greater. To reclaim your personal power is to take full responsibility for your life — not from blame, but from devotion. Just you — real, whole, and sovereign.
RELEASING REGRET AND EMBODYING LESSONS
Regret can feel like emotional quicksand — pulling you deeper into the stories you wish you could rewrite, the choices you wish you had made. But staying stuck in the past only keeps your soul from fully arriving in the present. You cannot change what happened — but you can choose what it becomes. Every wound carries a lesson. Every heartbreak holds a hidden initiation. This is how you stop reliving the past and start reclaiming your power. By turning pain into purpose.
And memory into medicine.
SELF COMPASSION AND FAITH
Self-compassion is not weakness. It is a sacred strength. It is choosing to meet your pain with warmth instead of judgment, to sit beside your suffering rather than abandon it. And in that softening, something miraculous happens. You begin to trust yourself again. You begin to trust life. You see that every challenge carries a hidden grace.You feel the quiet rhythm beneath the chaos. And you remember that even when you can’t see the path — the path is still there. This is the sacred dance between compassion and faith. It is how you learn to hold yourself — and be held by something greater.
FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness is not weakness — it is holy alchemy. It doesn’t erase the past or excuse the pain.
It simply releases the hold it has on your heart. To forgive is to choose freedom over resentment, peace over punishment. It is an act of grace — extended not because someone deserves it, but because your soul does. Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It’s about remembering who you are beneath the wound — whole, radiant, and worthy of peace. And perhaps the hardest forgiveness of all is the one we owe ourselves. For the choices we regret, the words we wish we hadn’t said, the parts of our journey we wish we could rewrite. But self-forgiveness is where true healing begins.
HONORING YOUR GIFTS
You came into this world carrying sacred medicine — gifts woven into your soul long before you took your first breath. But somewhere along the way, you learned to hide them. Maybe your brilliance felt too bright. Maybe your joy stirred jealousy. Maybe your voice, your beauty, your power made others uncomfortable. And so, piece by piece, you tucked your gifts into the shadows — not because they weren’t worthy, but because they were too worthy… too radiant, too true. But your gifts were never meant to be silenced. They are the threads the Universe chose you to carry. The world doesn’t need a watered-down version of your light — it needs you, fully expressed, unapologetically alive, rooted in your sacred purpose. When you honor your gifts, you honor the divine blueprint written into your being. You become a vessel for impact, a mirror of possibility, a living prayer.
ALIGNMENT AND MANIFESTATION
Alignment is not a destination — it is a devotion. It’s the sacred act of choosing to live in harmony with your truth, your values, your deepest knowing. It is when your thoughts, choices, and direction begin to echo the song of your soul. In alignment, you no longer move from pressure or performance.You move from presence. You begin to release the noise — the shoulds, the masks, the expectations — and return to the clarity of who you truly are. This is about creating an inner ecosystem where your desires, your voice, and your vision are honored above all else. From this place, manifestation becomes magnetic. When you are aligned, you become a living invitation — a clear signal to the Universe that you are ready to receive. You don’t have to chase. You attract — from embodiment, from wholeness, from truth. And from here, all things begin to unfold.