Included

Amy Long

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Amy has a background in Environmental Studies and a deep passion for making the outdoors accessible and empowering for women. 

As a certified Wilderness First Responder, she founded Wandering Wild to create meaningful experiences in nature, guiding women as they build confidence, reconnect with themselves, and embrace their authenticity. In the Channel Islands retreat, Amy leads participants through various hikes that challenge and inspire. 

She holds space for personal growth and renewal, helping women trust their intuition, recognize their strength, and step into their full potential. 

Through nature, community, and outdoor skill-building, Amy empowers women to break through limitations and rediscover their sense of adventure—both in the outdoors and in life.

Rabia Mirza

Rabia uses her dynamic personality, skills and experience to engage and educate community to foster healthier systems that enhance collective well-being and environment, drawing inspiration from Malcolm X’s teaching: “When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘We,’ even illness becomes wellness.”

With a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from UB and Minor in Biochemical Pharmacology, coupled with extensive training in Holistic Wellness Practices and special focus on facilitating women’s groups; Rabia brings a wealth of knowledge, balance, approach-ability, warmth and humor to her classes.  

She is a Trauma-Informed, Inclusive Movement & Mindfulness Instructor (YTT300, YTT200, CYT95), Certified Trainer in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). 

Rabia currently serves on the Board of Directors for a nonprofit organization committed to providing wellness tools and resources to under-served populations, as well as another nonprofit focused on providing supportive services for domestic violence survivors and gender-based violence prevention. Her work emphasizes support for vulnerable populations facing additional barriers such as language, religion, culture, and under representation.

Emily Allen

Emily Allen brings a perfect blend of humor, adventure, and creativity to every trip. As an assistant trip leader, she makes every experience feel both empowering and fun, ensuring that each woman feels supported, capable, and ready to take on new challenges.

Emily experienced her own fear of solo travel until the Summer of 2024 when she ventured out to California to meet up with a group of strangers to ride horses into the mountains for 5 days. A life changing, addicting experience she credits for opening up a newer, even more adventurous side of travel that she can't seem to get enough of.

Whether she’s helping set up camp, searching for wildlife, or cracking jokes around the fire, Emily keeps the energy high and the laughter flowing.

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www.tmpphotos.com

Carrie Conrad
 

Carrie is a dedicated self defense and prevention expert and founder of Beating Disaster, a Detroit based, specialty school offering niche training in prevention, protection and defense for women, children and families.

She’s the creator of Mama Bear PREPARED™, online content, coaching and community focusing on empowering moms to protect their children and raise kids to be safe. 

It was an unfortunate life experience that turned a passion for teaching karate into providing training with a focus on mindset, prevention and less violent defense options in order to better prepare women and children to protect themselves in their relationships - the more frequent, overlooked and often unreported causes of harm. In recent years, she’s becoming more known for empowering mothers through their own histories of trauma to trust themselves and tap into their inner mama bear.

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Though still teaching karate and offering hands-on training, more time is spent empowering mothers in prevention through private coaching, wellness retreats and public speaking on concerns relating to empowerment, personal development and recovering from victimhood.

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https://beatingdisaster.com/