Meet Your Hosts

Guy Waltman & Jessica Padula

Guy Waltman

Retreat Leader

Guy is a transformational specialist with a wide range of specialties: including psychology, relationship dynamics, and cases of extreme suffering. Guy has a decade of experience working with individuals experiencing homelessness, grappling with addiction, and presenting with overall disrepair in their lives. With over 2,000 therapeutic groups and workshops facilitated, Guy has served as a mental health professional and coach for thousands across all walks of life.

Through his work as a retreat leader and life coach, Guy shares his unique approach to personal development; a style of transformation centered on immersion, designed to manifest both radical and lasting change.

Jessica Padula

Co-Host

Jess is a yoga leader with a dedication to helping people feel at home in their bodies. Her speciality is in Baptiste Power Yoga; a practice focused on meditation, physical postures, and self-inquiry. Jess also coaches CrossFit and is a university student of psychology. As an established advocate for mental health, she has been recognized by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Lululemon for her efforts in prevention, awareness, and creating connected communities.

Jess fulfills on her purpose through facilitating retreats that expose people's limiting beliefs, inspiring those she comes into contact with to rethink what is possible for their lives.

From Jess, With Love

"I acknowledge you. By reading this description, you have taken a step closer to the life you want and deserve — a life of meaning and fulfillment. It's going to take work, though — a lot of work — but I promise you, it’s worth it.

As a survivor of suicide, I have a profound understanding of dissatisfaction and despair—trauma, abandonment, and emotional dysfunction. Climbing out of that darkness seemed impossible to me, but it was made possible by others — by people I surrounded myself with and teachers committed to my personal growth. Now, I want to be that person for others. I want to be that person for you."

Join Our Next Retreat

The bookmark of your life begins here.