Step beyond comfort.
Step into growth.
In a world designed to minimise discomfort, The Resilience Odyssey challenges you to lean into stress — physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually — to spark profound growth.
This isn’t a retreat. It’s an odyssey.
A carefully designed immersion where controlled stressors rewire how you lead, decide, and navigate challenge. Over five days, you’ll strip away the noise, sharpen your instincts, and expand your capacity—emerging stronger, clearer, and more capable than ever.
5 Days. 1 Odyssey.
Dates
Monday 1st September – Friday 5th September 2025
You’ll arrive at midday on Monday and depart at midday on Friday.
Location
Wolverton Station, Cape York Peninsula
Untamed landscapes, raw beauty, and a working cattle station as your environment.
How you'll get there
Private charter from Cairns (Monday departure, Friday return)
OR self-drive from local townships.
Who is this for?
Women in leadership, business, and executive roles ready to elevate their impact, presence, and personal power.
What makes this Odyssey transformational?
Resilience isn’t built in comfort — it’s forged in challenge. This immersive experience is designed to push boundaries, disrupt patterns, and rewire how you respond to stress. Through strategic stressors, hands-on leadership challenges, and full-body recalibration, you’ll develop the mental, emotional, and physical strength to lead with clarity, confidence, and resilience.
Resilience in action
Equine-Assisted Leadership
Horses don’t follow titles. They respond to presence, authenticity, and clarity—qualities every leader must master.
Strategic Stressors
Curated physical, mental, and emotional challenges mimic real-world pressures, reframing how you respond to adversity.
Cognitive Overload
High-stakes tasks train you to process, decide, and act with clarity under pressure.
The environment as your teacher
Working Cattle Station Experiences
Navigate rugged terrain, work with cattle, and adapt in real-time—where leadership is practical, not theoretical.
Nature-Infused Resilience
Cold-water immersion, barefoot treks, and survival challenges build grit, adaptability, and a newfound depth of self-trust.
Adventure Element
Ride quads and buggies, tackling terrain that demands precision, decisiveness, and courage (you’d be surprised how many city leaders have never done this!).
A full system reset
Nutritional Precision
Nutrient-dense, station-sourced meals designed for cognitive clarity and metabolic resilience, prepared fresh by an expert chef.
Habit Rewiring
Identify, disrupt, and replace patterns that no longer serve you—professionally and personally.
Emotional Mastery
Guided reflection, breathwork, and mindfulness align your internal compass for deeper resilience and leadership.
Designed for women who are ready to:
Elevate leadership presence and impact
Reframe stress as a tool for growth
Build emotional, mental, and physical resilience
Push past self-imposed limits
Ready for change – personally or professionally
Gain clarity, confidence, and decisiveness in high-pressure environments
Meet Emma Jackson
Emma’s awareness of other peoples’ needs is deep. Physical, emotional, and social well-being is the key to an individual’s ability to succeed, strengthen and grow. Emma purposefully designs Swift FNQ’s experiential learning programs to build people ‘from within’ with a focus on emotional intelligence, mindfulness and self-awareness. Neuroscience is weaved into the programs to enhance physical, mental and emotional transformation. Working in group environments or one-on-one, Emma provides her clients with all the skills, tools and awareness needed to create and strengthen long-lasting change, personally and professionally.
Emma is a business-owner and community advocate, dedicated to promoting resilience and growth in individuals and communities. Her work spans impactful initiatives, including:
- Chair of the national peak organisation for Natural Resource Management (NRM) NRM Regions Australia since 2019, with 54 members covering the whole Australian landscape.
- Founder and Director of Conquer the Corrugations Mental Health Awareness Walk, a powerful movement that honours those affected by mental health challenges and breaks down stigma in Cape York Peninsula – engaging 2300 participants to date.
- Founder and Director of national charity Stable Dreams Foundations, creating opportunities for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to experience equine-assisted learning and therapeutic programs to build and strengthen emotional resilience, stability, and personal growth.
- Creator of innovative equine-assisted learning and well-being programs in collaboration with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), using the profound connection between humans and horses to nurture emotional strength, self-awareness, and personal growth.
- Leader of ‘Women Empowering Women’ training, delivering transformative programs for women from Cape York Peninsula in partnership with the National Rural Women’s Coalition.
- Community advocate and program facilitator, collaborating with local councils and schools to support disengaged youth through meaningful community engagement initiatives.
Emma’s passion for resilience, empowerment, and transformative experiences is the driving force behind The Resilience Odyssey.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology (with Law) – De Montfort University
- Diploma in Health and Fitness Studies – Central Manchester College
- Graduate Diploma in Education (Years 1-10) – Queensland University of Technology (currently a fully registered teacher)
- Equine Assisted Learning Practitioner – The Equine Psychotherapy Institute
- Certified Brain Coach
- Applied Learning – Neuroscience
- Sleep and Dream States Practitioner
What you’ll get
Reduced fatigue
Enhanced decision-making
Sharpened mind
Clearer mindset
Improved awareness of your roles and identity
The Investment
Limited to 8 participants for maximum personalisation.
Individual
- All expenses paid
- Includes flights (Cairns return), accommodation, meals, activities and materials
Small Group
- Discounted rate when booking as a team
- All inclusions are the same as individual package
Exclusive
- Exclusive group – private booking
- Up to 8 participants
- All inclusions the same
What they said
Register your interest
Given the high-touch, immersive nature of this experience, we offer direct consultations before booking. Let’s talk.