• Simply Wild 2022

    I will never forget the first time I went backpacking with Angelique. The towers of eroded red rock watching over us like ancient Indian warriors holding space and protection for the healing that would be created there. My sweat dripped from my brow onto the powder sand as I pushed myself up the mountain toward our campsite. I felt a sense of dread and frustration with every step I took. My shoulders hurt from the weight on my back, and yet I knew I couldn’t stop. Nothing would get me to the top. Only my two feet. When I felt the rush of wind hit my face, I knew I had reached the top.

    Tears rolled down my cheeks soaking my cracked lips with salty pride. I did it. Me. No one else. I sat on a rock for a while and cried. Honestly, I can’t remember what I was crying about, but the fatigue my body endured broke me down so deeply that my mind had no where to run.
    And in that moment. With my legs shaking and my body weak, I healed.

    I let go.
    I had no where to go.
    Nothing to distract me.
    No screens to numb my mind.
    No noise but the sound of silence echoing through my ears with powerful vibrations.

    I knew this place was special and sacred and it’s been waiting for Simply Wild to come bring brave women to transform and transcend.

    So...into the wild we will go again!

    Carrying everything on our backs.
    Clothing, food, water, burdens, pains, regrets, trauma, and sorrows.

    14 women looking for space. For healing. For themselves. For adventure. For a safe place to finally take a long deep breath.

    Collectively we fight through the unimaginable. The depression, anxiety, suicide, loss, pain, abuse, addiction, neglect, and abandonment.

    But this will be a different kind of fight. A fight of remembering. A fight not just to survive. A fight to rip off the masks and false beliefs that made us forget who we are.

    A remembering that we hold the light, not someone else.

    That our light will guide us home.
    Back to ourselves.
    Back to remembering.

    Remembering the wild within us.

     

    Date: October 6th - October 10th, 2022

    Location: Moab, UT

    Energetical Exchange Value: $5,555

     

    If you are a Woman looking for an opportunity Renew, Rediscover, and Rise, then Simply Wild is your place. Together we will backpack, hike, camp, meditate, yoga, breathe, eat, and just about everything together. Within those moments is where the magic happens. Within those moments is where we will discover the Wild woman within us. At the end of Simply Wild you will go home Renewed, Empowered, Enlightened, and anything else you've set your intention to be. 

    We will be backpacking in the Needles District of Canyon Lands National park. The terrain is not easy, but what life changing experience is easy? You don't need experience with backpacking or camping, just a willing heart and mind to push your mind, body, and soul to rediscover yourself. If you can walk up and down stairs, carry 50lbs on your back, walk through rocky terrain, handle the hot and cold elements of our beautiful earth, than you can do it!

    Angelique and I will be guiding and helping you the entire way. Before you arrive Angelique will help you in the private facebook group with a workout plan and other details to help you prepare to be Wild!

     

    To join Simply Wild please complete this application to lock in your spot.

     

    Schedule

    Thursday - October 6th
    5pm: Arrive at the House in Moab, UT
    6pm: Dinner at the House
    7pm: Training and packing
     
    Friday - October 7th
    4am: Wakeup
    5am: Breakfast
    5:30am: Pack up and leave Moab for Canyon Lands
    7am: Hike (4.5 miles with backpacks)
    12pm: Arrive at camp, eat lunch, and set up camp
    6pm: Dinner at camp
     
    Saturday - October 8th
    7am: Breakfast
    10am: Hike to Druid Arch (6 miles with daypacks)
    11:30am: Arrive at Druid Arch
    12pm: Eat lunch
    3:30pm: Head back to camp
    5pm: Dinner at camp
     
    Sunday - October 9th
    6am: Breakfast & Packup
    8:30am: Hike out of camp (4.5 miles with backpacks)
    11am: Drive back to Moab VRBO
    12pm: Arrive at the House and eat lunch
    1pm-4pm: Shower & Change
    4:30pm: Dinner
    7pm: Sound Bath
     
    Monday - October 10th
    9am: Check out of the House and head home

     **The schedule is subject to change depending on weather conditions

    What You Get

    • 3-day/2-night one-of-a-kind backpacking experience in remote, peaceful Canyonlands National Park with backcountry campsites nestled among red sandstone spires, expansive stunning sunsets, and pristine dark, star-filled skies
    • 2-night stay in a beautiful VRBO in Moab, UT, to settle in before the adventure begins and relax after the hike
    • An extremely healing and intimate experience with only 14 women total
    • A 5-week training guide to help you prepare for backpacking
    • One-on-one coaching, healing, and personal time with Sadie Jane
    • Daily yoga and meditation led by Sadie Jane
    • A unique hiking schedule that leads you through a path of healing and rediscovery as we trek through the Cedar Mesa desert
    • A professional certified hiking guide that will educate and train you in the ways of the wild
    • Top-of-the-line tent, sleeping bag, backpacking stove, hiking poles, technical backpack, and much more to use for the weekend--you pretty much just have to show up with your clothes and toiletries!
    • Private Facebook group communicating needs and building community before the retreat
    • All meals and snacks from dinner the first night to dinner the last day
    • Backpack training and education
    • Backcountry education including Leave No Trace Principles, Canyonlands National Park regulations, Don’t Bust the Crust training, and a safety overview
    • National Park entrance fees
    • Emergency equipment including first aid kit, GPS locator beacon, and badass guides who are both wilderness first-aid and CPR certified
    • Swag bags

     

    Frequently Asked Questions

    • Do I need to have backpacking gear to participate?
      • No, We are providing all the big, fat expensive gear! You just have to bring your clothing and toiletries for the weekend. On our private Facebook group, we will send all participants a checklist of what you will need to bring as well as links to items we recommend so that you know what to get. You'll need good hiking boots, a lightweight, warm puffy jacket, and camping clothes.  We provide the backpacks, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, tent, food, hiking poles, etc.
    • Do I need to have backpacking experience?
      • Nope! You just need to be able to hike 4-5 miles with 50 pounds on your back. BUT ALSO, when was the last time you did that? HA! Don't be scared! If you have an active routine (work out 3-5 times a week), you will be set! We will also help you prepare and train beforehand.
    • Is food provided?
      • Yes. We will provide all the meals and snacks you will need and will provide a couple of options to you before the event. We'll have gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan options. Backpacking food...it's pretty much amazing...
    • What if I have diet restrictions?
      • We are able to accommodate just about every diet. Our meals are Gluten-free, Nut-free, Vegan, and Dairy-free. 
    • Will we have Cell Service in Canyonlands?
      • No. We will not have Cell Service in Canyonlands. We carry a Sattelitte phone in the backcountry in case of emergencies. In the event of an emergency back home, your family can contact a member of our team in Moab who will then contact our satellite phone.
    • What is it like to Hike in Canyonlands?
      • We plan our backpacking retreats for months that typically have more moderate temperatures. However, we cannot control or predict the weather. This means we may face hotter temps (85+ degrees) during the day and colder temps (30 degrees) at night.Our backpacking retreats take place in the high desert with very little shade. We will be exposed to the sunlight a majority of the time.We will have gear to manage the elements the best we can, but be prepared to endure hot and cold temperatures, especially if you have medical issues that cause you to be more sensitive to hot or cold temperatures. 
    • What is the Cancellation & Refund Policy?
      • Cancel before August 1st to receive a 90% refund. Cancellations made after August1st but before September 1st will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after September 1. Cancellations due to an unforeseen event such as injury, illness, or death will receive a refund minus the cost of online payment fees and costs incurred for gear and/or equipment associated with the retreat. Injury or illness require a signed doctor’s note.Simply Sadie Jane reserves the right to change any part of the retreat as necessary.  In the very unlikely event that Simply Sadie Jane must cancel the retreat, participants will be given the option to transfer all payments to a future retreat or to receive a full refund. Simply Sadie Jane is not responsible for expenses incurred in preparation for any cancelled retreat, such as airline tickets, loss of work, and/or other costs associated with preparing for your trip.
    • What if I struggle out there?
      • If a representative from Simply Sadie Jane deem you to be unable to complete the hike safely and/or deem your further participation to be a danger to yourself or others in the group, we have someone who will come get you and take you back to Moab until the rest of the group returns.With the weather and terrain, it's important that everyone is safe while hiking and that we aren't delayed and exposed to the elements (sun and heat) for too long.
    • Is Travel to Moab/Canyonlands Included
      • No, everyone is responsible to get themselves to Moab Thursday by 5pm and will be responsible to get themselves back home. We suggest you fly into Moab or Salt Lake City and hitch a ride with another Simply Wild Attendee.

     

    Cancellation & Refund Policy

    Cancel before August 1st to receive a 90% refund. Cancellations made after August 1st but before September 1st will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be given after September 1st. 
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    Cancellations due to an unforeseen event such as injury, illness, or death will receive a refund minus the cost of online payment fees and costs incurred for gear and/or equipment associated with the retreat. Injury or illness require a signed doctor’s note.

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    Simply Sadie Jane reserves the right to change any part of the retreat as necessary.  In the very unlikely event that Simply Sadie Jane must cancel the retreat, participants will be given the option to transfer all payments to a future retreat or to receive a full refund. Simply Sadie Jane is not responsible for expenses incurred in preparation for any cancelled retreat, such as airline tickets, loss of work, and/or other costs associated with preparing for your trip.

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    IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS: PLEASE EMAIL jeff@simplysadiejane.com

    Testimonials

    • Nykel
      5

      I have gained trust with who I am and who I’m strive to be. I know its possible through light and gratitude. No more darkness can create who I want to be..

      Nykel
    • Nicole
      5

      From the moment I signed up I never looked back, all I felt was gratitude and excitement.

      Nicole
    • Liz
      5

      Thank you for holding space for me and seeing me when I needed it the most. Your words will help change so many lives, I am beyond thankful that mine was one of them. Thank you for the tools that will help carry me forward.

      Liz

    Get to Know Sadie & Angelique

    About Sadie

    Simply Sadie Jane is a fitness and lifestyle blog that focuses on author Sadie Jane’s everyday life as a young modern mom on the quest for body, mind, and soul awareness, connection, and strength in a busy world.

     

    In 2008, Sadie got married, graduated with her Registered Nurse degree, and started blogging. She then worked for 5 years in the Labor unit and would blog her experiences as a nurse and wife at 3 AM in the break room. After having baby #2, Sadie Jane shared with her readers how she lost over 80 pounds while having little children, little money, and little time. She specializes in at-home fitness and shares tips, tricks, tutorials, and at-home workout plans with her readers all over the world.

     

    It wasn’t until she hit rock bottom in 2015 that she learned that wellness was more than just working out. It was self-love and awareness, something Sadie struggled with her entire life. She found education and healing from her childhood food disorders and body dysmorphia through hypnotherapy and yoga. She learned it wasn’t about her weight, but about her inner creator and light. That knowledge freed Sadie from her false beliefs of herself and inspired her to make it her life’s mission to share this love with women all over the world.

     

    Sadie became Yoga certified and enjoys sharing her love of CrossFit and Yoga with her community. While pregnant with baby #3, Sadie researched and studied perinatal fitness and became an expert in the field. Her programs and courses inspire women everywhere to live their best lives NOW.

     

    Never taking herself or life too seriously, Sadie is not scared to relate to her readers and share everyday motherhood moments. Sadie loves giving her two cents on topics like fashion, beauty, travel, snoring husbands, cupcakes, and toddler tantrums. She quit nursing 4 years ago when she decided to blog full-time.

     

    Sadie loves inspiring women to see their true potential and strength and is blown away everyday that she is privileged to stay home doing what she loves. She has worked, modeled, and traveled for many major top brands and appears on TV shows sharing her tips and story.

    About Angelique

    “I’ve been with girls who would put you to shame.”

    “For someone who works out so much, you sure don’t look like it.”

     Two statements from two different guys. 

    I was with the first for almost 6 years and the second for 10 years. I wish I could say that’s the worst they ever said to me . . . 

     When I was growing up, my dad was physically and emotionally abusive. Combine that with growing up poor and never feeling like I was good enough, and what you get is the perfect recipe for the 15+ years of unhealthy, emotionally abusive relationships that would follow. 

    A friend said to me recently, “You don’t seem like someone who would take shit from someone.” I never saw myself being that person either. It doesn’t happen overnight. It’s like you slowly give up a little of yourself time and time again, and they figure out what works to control you. And when something doesn’t work, they try something else, like either being meaner or maybe even being nicer. They withhold love and attention so that you’re compelled to work for it—to earn it—and when you finally get their affection, it literally gets you high. And then you’re left working and waiting for your next hit. That hit doesn’t come easily and it’s costly.

     

    And when things are “good,” you work hard not to rock the boat; you walk on eggshells and try to keep them happy because it’s easier than dealing with the alternative. Over time you start to doubt yourself, like maybe you are as stupid as they say. 

     

    My ex-husband was extremely manipulative, controlling, and verbally abusive. I wasn’t allowed to do certain things. I wasn’t allowed to go to the mall with one friend, play basketball with another, or travel overseas to see my best friend, even though I was a grown woman with a job (two to three jobs at any given time, to be exact). If you have never been in an abusive relationship of any kind, it probably sounds ridiculous to hear me say I wasn’tallowedto do things.  I get it. It sounds completely ridiculous to me now. 

     

    Every morning, I’d again feel sick to my stomach as I came home from the gym. If the kitchen blinds were open, that meant he was awake and who knew what mood he’d already be in. If the blinds were shut, he was still asleep. I’d pray every morning for those blinds to be shut.

     

    I’d get physically sick when I saw his name pop up on my phone while I was at work. What had I done now? It was usually a call or a text about how I had done something wrong and how stupid, lazy, and retarded I was. 

     

    Toward the end of my marriage, I began accepting the things he said to me, like that I was stupid, even to the point that I began to feel like a fraud at work, like I was unqualified and undeserving of my position. 

     

    While I had thought about leaving so many times, fear kept me from leaving. Yes, I was in this horrible, unhealthy relationship, but I felt like I had made it in life. I had this nice house, a nice car, a snowmobile, a dirt bike, a camper—all of these material things that I was afraid of losing because I was afraid of starting over and being poor again.

     

    What’s crazy is, after everything I went through, he. left. me. You read that right. He left me for someone else. It’s embarrassing to admit, but the night he told me he was leaving me, I cried and begged him not to leave. BEGGED!! BEGGED!!

     

    Looking back, I can’t believe that was me in that marriage. I knew the relationship was unhealthy while I was in it, but I didn’t really see how sick I was until I was out of it. Yes, ex-husband and the guy before him were assholes, but I played a part too. I was choosing these assholes and allowing them to treat me that way. 

     

    When I think back to the person I was in my previous relationships, it makes me really sad. That girl had little to no respect for herself. She didn’t fully know her worth or how she deserved to be treated. She didn’t have clear boundaries in her relationship or even her friendships, for that matter.

     

    My ex-husband leaving me is the best thing that has ever happened to me, hands down. I got a roommate and picked up a second job again to make ends meet. I took time to focus on what made me happy. I spent a lot of time thinking about what kind of relationship I wanted, how I wanted to be treated, and what I refused to put up with. I spent a lot of time reflecting on it, and I realized I would rather live alone for the rest of my life than ever live like that again.

    It wasn’t until after my divorce that I got into backpacking. I bought a bunch of cheap gear on Amazon Prime Day, shoved everything into my pack super inefficiently, and set off into the mountains with two of my girlfriends. I will never forget how empowering it felt to hack away at a fallen tree for firewood, to filter water for cooking and drinking from a flowing stream, and to sit down at the end of a long, tiring day and enjoy good conversation with great friends and no distractions. It’s those feelings of strength and sisterhood that I want to pass on to other women, to know what it’s like to only have the stuff on their back, the women beside them, and—most importantly—themselves to count on.