Today, we’d like to introduce you to Renée Huang.
Hi Renée, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today.
I started Wild Women Tribe in 2018, experiencing intense personal change, loss, and inner reflection. I felt lost and misunderstood and yearned for friendships and connections of much deeper depth with women going through transformation and inward inquiry.
The vision came fast and clear: I wanted to create memorable experiences in the outdoors (a place I’ve always felt a strong connection to) for women of all ages, emphasizing self-growth, empowerment, upliftment, and resilience. I remember sitting at my kitchen counter with a blank pad of paper and sketching out the double flame logo with the name, which a designer friend of mine converted into the logo that exists to this day.
Very quickly, things came together. I began putting out feelers to coaches, facilitators, and yoga teachers to partner on these multi-experience workshop days I called “WANDERs,” a moniker I coined to reflect the meandering nature of our journeys and the adventures I was creating that bridged body, mind, and spirit explorations in one complete day. We began exploring the Park City network of trails on mindful hikes, heading into the local studios for a movement practice, and diving into themed workshops that explored “big topics” like finding balance, attuning to intuition, rewriting old stories, and personal identity. Creating an uplifting environment that valued self-expression, safety, and stepping out of our comfort zones into unknown territory, backed and supported by Mother Nature, was the ultimate vision and mission.
The multi-day retreats came very soon afterward. The first retreat I created was a 2-day camping retreat to Moab in southern Utah, a place that has felt like an inspirational bedrock of exploration and possibility. The idea behind camping was to make it accessible to a wide range of financial backgrounds, ages, and stages of women, and connecting deeply to the earth in 48 hours of continuous outdoor time was vital. Venturing into discomfort (safely) became the foundational experience: we can do hard things and thrive. The Moab retreat is now an annual retreat we offer each spring, and it regularly sells out of all 20 participant spots.
Retreats to farther-flung locations followed, and I partnered with different facilitators to co-create retreats in Sedona, Mexico, Hawaii, and Greece. Each retreat added a layer of confirmation and set a new cohort of empowered soul sisters out into the ether of self-growth and transformation. Its not uncommon to have women attend retreats and then return with loved ones: sisters, BFFs, daughters, moms. We are approaching several hundred women who have graduated from our retreat circles — and are growing!
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Mostly, I’ve learned volumes and volumes about my abilities as a business owner, tuning into my intuition, communication skills, and setting strong boundaries.
As a solopreneur, there can be days when I wonder if it would be easier with a partner to bounce ideas off of and shoulder some of the weight of financial risks. Feeling alone can be intimidating, and it has also afforded me so much personal growth in realms of sovereignty and shadow work that has allowed me to show up as a leader and coach in an even more authentic way. Being open with my perceived failures and challenges shows me incredible growth opportunities and self-compassion, and I feel wiser.
I am very happy with the journey. Being the only decision-maker has taught me decisiveness and firmness in a way that I may not have learned if I had another person to “blame” or rely upon.
No risk, no reward!
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
“This is so much more than just a hike.” That’s a common reflection after someone’s first Wild Women Tribe experience.
Wild Women Tribe is a community of heart-centered, compassionate, high achieving, and very dynamic women who come together to explore the depths of the human experience on a personal level (I call it “rewilding”) in deep connection with Mother Nature in the outdoors. We create collaborative containers with other mostly women-owned businesses, brands, coaches, and facilitators to bring multi-sensory adventures to women looking to explore their own bodies, minds, and spirits with other like-minded women.
How do you distinguish our experiences from other outdoor adventures? The fun factor and ability we have to make other women feel comfortable with discomfort is a calling card. Creating “safe” containers where all of you are welcome. Sharing space and being okay with others who may not have answers but are there to receive all your emotions. Being willing to show vulnerability and get beneath the surface of many social interactions has allowed women to enter their realness without shame or judgment.
We are a women’s group for high performing women who have achieved – not only in the outward measures of success in career and personal milestones but also on a deep inner landscape of self growth, curiosity, ability to transform ourselves and question how we show upon the world and for others.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I was quite introspective, sensitive, and observant as a child. I was not overly coordinated or athletic — so being in the outdoor industry, where I move my body and climb, ski, and traverse mountains, is quite funny.
I loved creativity — writing and singing were two favorite forms of expression. I journaled quite a bit and later got into creative writing and a journalism career. My music led me to join a professional children’s choir that toured the world — I got to sing in and tour Russia, Finland, England, and France before the age of 16!
Pricing:
- $155 WANDER workshops in Utah
- Starting at $849 for retreats in Utah
- Starting at $2,299 for international retreats
Contact Info:
- Website: http://wildwomentribe.net
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/wildwomen_tribe
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/wildwomentribePC
- Youtube: http://youtube.com/@wildwomentribe
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-719044440
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Wild Women Tribe
