Sisterhood & Suitcases: How Women Find Inspiration, Empowerment & Transformation Through Travel (E20)

You’re exactly where you need to be.

If your soul’s been craving connection, clarity, sisterhood—or just a break from who the world expects you to be—this is your moment. There’s something sacred that happens when women travel together. It’s not just vacation. It’s transformation.

This is for the belly laughs and the beach tears. For the spontaneous dance parties, late-night soul chats, and life-changing moments that unfold somewhere between the airport and the ocean.

Let’s dive into what really happens when women drop the roles, pack light, and show up in sacred places—together.

💃 Why Traveling with Women Hits Different

There’s a freedom that opens up when we leave our routines behind and travel with women who don’t expect us to perform—only to be. No one’s keeping score. No one’s asking you to shrink. There’s just space.

And in that space?

• We cry at the dinner table.

• We laugh until our abs hurt.

• We hold space like we were born for it.

• We hype each other up like it’s a full-time job.

There are always dance parties. Always someone forgetting something. And always that moment where someone says something that splits your heart wide open in the best possible way.

Truth bomb: When women travel together, it’s not just a trip—it’s a permission slip.

🌅 The Power of Sacred Places

Some places don’t just impress you—they initiate you.

Mexico is one of those places for me. Especially around Día de los Muertos, when the air feels alive with memory and meaning. You feel the pulse of life, death, and rebirth in a way that stirs something ancient in your soul.

When you’re surrounded by women who are showing up fully, that energy becomes magnetic. You remember what matters. You rebirth parts of yourself you’ve buried. And you begin to radiate—not because of the sunshine, but because your spirit finally has room to shine.

🌍 Travel as a Cultural Mirror

Travel rewires you in the most beautiful ways.

You begin to question your pace, your priorities, your patterns.

• In Bali, I saw what devotion looks like as a daily ritual.

• In Spain, I learned the power of a long, slow meal.

• In Thailand, joy met me in the smallest moments.

• And in Byron Bay, where I visited this March, I felt what it’s like to live in rhythm with the land. The ocean is church. Presence is currency. And no one is rushing—yet everything gets done.

Truth bomb: Travel doesn’t just show you new places—it reflects back new versions of you.

✨ This Isn’t Just Travel—It’s Initiation

Let’s be real—travel can be messy. Delays, detours, all of it.

But when you travel with intention and sisterhood, those messy moments become portals. You see yourself in new ways. You let go of the masks. You stop performing and start connecting. And that’s where the transformation begins.

Truth bomb: Sometimes the most life-changing moment isn’t climbing a mountain.It’s a late-night hotel bed conversation with a woman you just met, saying things you didn’t even know you needed to say.

📝 Journal Prompts

• What have I been longing to say—but haven’t had space to express?

• What kind of women would I love to travel beside?

• What places feel like medicine to my soul?

• What version of me is ready to rise—and where does she belong?

🌟 Affirmations

• I am ready to belong—fully, deeply, authentically.

• I magnetize soul-aligned women into my world.

• My life expands when I say yes to new spaces and faces.

• I trust the places that call me, and the growth they ignite.

💫 Closing Invitation

Whether it’s a weekend escape or a sacred retreat, the places calling you are never random. They’re portals to the next version of you.

If your heart’s whispering Mexico or Byron Bay—listen. I’ll be there, waiting with open arms, a suitcase full of joy, and women who are ready to rise beside you.

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With Love From,Lis xox