About
The Emmaus Journey exists to create sacred spaces where women can experience the rest Jesus offers and learn to remain rooted in His presence long after the retreat ends.
We envision a world where women no longer believe they have to earn their rest, carry everything alone, or lose themselves in the demands of caring for everyone else.
Come
You don't have to arrive put together. Come tired. Come uncertain. Come exactly as you are.
Rest
Lay down the striving, expectations, overthinking, and burdens you've been carrying. Allow yourself to receive care.
Remain
Return home rooted in what you discovered. Remain connected to God, to your body, to your needs, and to the practices that help you live differently.
Our Mission...
The Emmaus Journey creates intentional spaces for women to step away from the demands of everyday life, lay down what they have been carrying, and reconnect with God, themselves, and one another. Through faith, rest, nourishing food, meaningful conversation, movement, creativity, and restorative experiences, we invite women to come as they are, receive what they need, and return home renewed.
Come weary. Rest in His presence. Remain in His love.
Core Values
Intentional care
Guests should feel known, considered, and genuinely cared for in the smallest details.
Presence over productivity
The retreat is not about accomplishing more; it is about slowing down enough to notice what God is doing.
Authentic connection
Creating space for honest conversation, meaningful relationships, and women feeling less alone.
Wholeness
Caring for the spiritual, emotional, physical, and relational parts of a woman’s life.
Beauty and hospitality
Thoughtful food, surroundings, movement, creativity, and comfort are part of helping women feel safe and cared for.
Grace over striving
Women are invited to release what they have been carrying, receive what God has for them, and return home grounded rather than pressured to become a “better” version of themselves.
Sustainable rhythms
The goal is not a dramatic weekend transformation, but helping women carry healthier, more faithful rhythms back into real life.
Rest without guilt
Women do not have to earn rest.
Faith first
Everything is rooted in Christ, prayer, Scripture, and trust in God.
Victoria
Victoria is a mother of two who, early in her motherhood journey, began to understand just how essential community and a true village can be. That experience deepened something that had already been central to her life: a love for caring for people, creating connection, and helping others feel seen and supported. Before stepping into this season of motherhood and retreat work, Victoria built her career in education, where she spent years supporting children and families and creating environments where people could feel safe, understood, and encouraged. That same heart now shows up in the way she approaches The Emmaus Journey. A yoga instructor with a love for hospitality, Victoria is happiest when she is bringing people together, pouring into others, and creating thoughtful experiences that make people feel known and welcomed. She is deeply relational, a big people person, an animal lover, and a serious foodie. Food, movement, connection, faith, and meaningful hospitality are all part of the way Victoria expresses care—and a big part of what she brings to The Emmaus Journey.
Brooke
Brooke is a single mom, speaker, author, and nonprofit leader who has spent much of her life walking alongside people through hard, holy, and often unexpected seasons. Her own story has been shaped by both deep valleys and the unmistakable faithfulness of God. Through seasons of loss, rebuilding, motherhood, leadership, and learning to surrender what she was never meant to carry alone, Brooke has developed a deep passion for helping women recognize that Jesus meets us right where we are – not once we have it all figured out. Brooke loves to create spaces where women can be honest about what is heavy, laugh until their stomachs hurt, ask hard questions, and encounter God without feeling like they need to perform or pretend. When she is speaking, writing, mentoring, or simply sitting across the table from someone, Brooke’s heart is to remind women they are deeply loved, intentionally created, and never beyond reach of God’s restoration. For Brooke, The Emmaus Journey is an extension have that calling – creating room for women to step away from the noise, release what they have been carrying, reconnect with who God created them to be, and walk away more aware of their Savior who has been walking beside them all along. She brings her love of storytelling, meaningful conversation, Scripture, a good cup of hot tea, laughter for days, and hugs to The Emmaus Journey. We can’t wait to hold space for you to exhale and walk away knowing…. You are known. You are chosen. You are loved!
