Into The Wild Retreat — Sold out in a week!

Creating the Into The Wild Retreat in collaboration with Rachel Barkman was an absolute dream.

But there’s nothing better than watching the excitement of your dreams land so well with others.

With only one spot remaining after 24 hours of launching, we officially sold out just over a week after announcing this retreat.

I pitched this idea to Rachel in partnership with Stay Wilder back in early June, and it was SO much fun crafting what this retreat would look like together with the amazing SW team. We wanted to combine Rachel’s love of all things nature with our own amazing local partners, and it all came together so beautifully.

It goes to show what’s possible when everyone is aligned and moving within the same current of values.

I’m deeply proud of the creative, schedule, and all-out embodiment of “wild” we wove into this retreat.

Creating for one of your creative idols was a high-pressure situation. I wanted to ensure everything I made was as high-quality as Rachel’s amazing work.

All in all, this was a labor of pure love, and I’m over the moon with how our creative turned out. Our retreat post got over 100k views, and filled all but one spot — thanks to Rachel’s amazingly engaged community. But it was the email I designed, sent to the Stay Wilder community (below), that filled the final dome.

I’ve wrapped up my time with Stay Wilder for the summer and am moving into a purely “advisor” “fan” “supporter” role, but I can’t wait to see what the team does with this retreat in September!