Meet the Heart Behind ONE LIFE. LIVE IT.® 🎒 🌍 🌊
Welcome, I’m Amanda Raymond—visionary, wellness guide, cancer survivor, and a woman who leads with heart. I live with intention, lead with purpose, and help women remember the parts of themselves they’ve buried under responsibility, fear, and the pace of everyday life. My faith reminds me that every woman carries a divine spark, and my work is simply to help her remember it.
As a licensed mental health therapist, international retreat leader, wellness educator, and artist with more than 20 years of experience, my mission is simple: to help women feel fully alive.
Walking through cancer reshaped everything for me. It clarified what matters, sharpened my gratitude, and deepened my belief that joy, rest, and connection are not luxuries—they’re lifelines.
Whether I’m guiding transformational retreats in the Azores or placing backpacks filled with art, athletic, and school supplies into the hands of children around the world, my life is devoted to saying YES—yes to healing, yes to possibility, yes to the life that called me back to myself.
Travel has been my greatest teacher. I’m inspired by how other cultures honor family, food, nature, rhythm, and connection. I soak in the colors, scents, and textures of every place I visit—and bring that richness home, inviting others to experience the world in a way that awakens their senses and stirs their spirit.
From my quiet home in the Berkshires to the wild shores of the Galápagos, I’ve learned that: Self-care is sacred. Rest is brave. Joy is medicine. And we are not meant to do life alone.
ONE LIFE. LIVE IT.® is more than a brand—it’s a movement.
Through intentional domestic and international retreats, I create spaces where women can breathe, reconnect, and rise—held by sisterhood, rooted in nature, and nourished in mind, body, and spirit. Each retreat weaves adventure with meaning, stillness with play, and personal transformation with global impact through our Play It Forward backpack program.
I invite you to open your heart, rediscover your joy, and embrace the beauty of your one precious life—through barefoot moments, deep laughter, brave rest, and bold dreams.
Gratitude guaranteed. Glitter optional. ✨
When was the last time you felt fully ALIVE—the kind of alive that comes from saying yes to yourself in this one precious life?
At ONE LIFE. LIVE IT.®, we create immersive, intentional retreats that invite you to unplug from the noise, breathe deeply, and reconnect with who you are beneath all the roles you carry. Our experiences are rooted in sisterhood, nature, wellness, and play—crafted to nourish your body, calm your mind, and awaken your spirit.
These retreats aren’t about escaping your life: they’re about stepping out of autopilot and returning to yourself with more clarity, intention, and joy. Each journey blends world-class adventure with deeper meaning, offering moments that stay with you long after the bags are unpacked.
And because saying yes to yourself naturally ripples outward, every retreat supports our Play It Forward program—delivering backpacks filled with art, athletic, and school supplies to children around the world. Whether you choose to deliver a backpack personally or spend the time resting, one is always given in your honor.
This is more than travel.
It’s a sacred pause.
A remembering.
A homecoming to a life that finally feels like yours again.
"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
– Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist