Proving to Presence
WanderWomen Retreat
A boutique weekend near Barcelona, for women ready to stop performing strength, remember their voice, and return to themselves.
7th to 9th November 2026 in Barcelona, Spain
A sacred pause for the woman
who has outgrown proving.
Is this for you?
Inspired by the book WanderWomen, this retreat takes place at Can Buch in La Garrotxa, near Barcelona. A quiet setting for nature, reflection, honest conversation, and rest. This is not a retreat for fixing yourself. It is for women who have already achieved, carried a great deal, and are ready to lead from a truer place.
Three days. One return.
The Weekend Flow
The retreat is shaped by the three movements of WanderWomen: Braving, Building, Becoming. Each day gives you a different way to look at your next chapter: what is calling you, what you have carried, what you are ready to say, and what you now know.
Friday
Braving: Arrival, beginning again, crossing the threshold
You arrive as you are, without performance. We soften into landing: tea, quiet, an opening circle, and a story session that roots the weekend in the lived questions behind WanderWomen.
This is the courage to hear the call without immediately turning it into a plan, a pitch, or another performance.
Guiding question: What am I ready to begin, if I no longer need to prove that I deserve it?
Saturday morning
Building: What we carry, create, and care for
We explore the cost of over-functioning and the invisible labour of being “the capable one.” We look at inherited scripts: good woman, successful woman, resilient woman, and how they shape what you tolerate, what you carry, and what you silence.
This is not about doing more. It is about building the structures that let you stop disappearing inside responsibility.
Guiding question: What have I been carrying that is no longer mine to carry?
Saturday afternoon and evening
Becoming: Voice, truth, desire, power
The Enchantress is the part of you that is done performing acceptability. Through movement, reflection, story council, and voice work, we explore where you have shrunk to belong, and what wants to be expressed now.
This is where identity is reclaimed not as a polished brand, but as lived truth.
Guiding question: What truth am I ready to stop hiding from myself?
Sunday
The Crone | Becoming: Wisdom and Integration
Wisdom, integration, return
This is where insight becomes clarity. We work with discernment: the sovereign yes, the sacred no, and a definition of success that no longer costs you your peace.
The Crone is not the end of the story. She is the part of you that knows what matters, what drains you, what restores you, and what must now be lived differently.
You will create:
Your New Success Script
A Personal Leadership Manifesto
A 30-Day Integration Guide
Guiding question: What do I know now, and how will I live from it?
Every day includes guided journaling, shared meals, unhurried conversation, and space to rest: nature, stillness, circle work, story, and reflection. No networking. No performance.
What you get
Everything held,
so you can arrive fully.
Your retreat place includes full-board accommodation at Can Buch, with check-in on Friday afternoon and check-out on Sunday afternoon.
Included at a glance
Two nights in a private Catalan villa
75-min drive from Barcelona, airport transfers arranged
Eco-gourmet breakfasts
Chef-prepared organic lunches & dinners
Guided reflection, story, and circle conversations
Voice and embodiment work
Yoga and breathwork led by professionals
Your New Success Script, Personal Leadership Manifesto, and 30-Day Integration Guide
What You'll Leave With
More than memories.
You leave with language.
Clarity on the beginning that is calling you now.
A stronger, truer voice for what you want next.
Boundaries that can hold under pressure.
A grounded 30-day integration plan to carry it home.
"I did not need more advice. I needed a room where I could hear myself again."
What women often say after this work
Why Shivangi
A lived, shared, human experience.
Shivangi Walke is the founder of WanderWomen and Thrive with Mentoring (Switzerland). She has coached and trained leaders across 40+ countries, worked with global organisations, and brings 25 years of leadership work alongside lived experience of reinvention, belonging, and visibility across cultures.
I created WanderWomen because I kept meeting extraordinary women who had done everything right and still felt strangely far from themselves.
— Shivangi Walke, Founder
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. The weekend stands on its own.
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Immigrant women will feel strongly seen here. And women who resonate with reinvention, voice, visibility, and self-belonging are welcome too.
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No. Sharing is invitational. Silence is respected as participation.
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No. It’s a reflective leadership and reinvention retreat.
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Yes. Many women will. The retreat is designed to create connection gently, without forcing intimacy or performance.
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Camprodon is ~2 hours from Barcelona. A group shuttle is being organised; final travel details will be shared with registered participants.
A sacred pause
You don’t need another room where you have to be impressive.
You don’t need another version of success that costs you your body, joy, or truth.
You may simply need a pause.
A circle. A weekend where you can stop proving and start listening again.
Come as you are. Leave with a clearer voice, a softer body, and a braver relationship to the woman you are becoming.