The WayWard
A sacred community for women to fully inhabit who they are, expand what they believe is possible, and create lives that feel unmistakably their own.
Abu Dhabi + International
Too much. Too wild. Too magical. Too weird. Perfect.
The WayWard is for women longing for more depth, texture, honesty, and soul and for anyone who has struggled to find rooms where all of her is welcome.
For women tired of shrinking to fit spaces that cannot hold their fullness.
But The WayWard is about more than finding women who understand you. It is about what becomes possible when you are surrounded by women who are willing to live differently — women who reflect back what you cannot yet see, whose choices expand your sense of what is possible, and whose courage asks you to look more closely at your own desires.
Because we need more examples of what life could be.
We need spaces where we can question what we inherited, notice what we have outgrown, follow the pulls of our soul, and return to our own magic.
We get to desire differently.
The WayWard is a place to fully inhabit who you already are — and discover what your life becomes when more of you is allowed to exist within it.
The Wayward is built around 4 ways of connecting that repeat each month
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1. THE WEAVE
Our monthly in-person women’s circle.
This is the group experience — the place where the full weave comes together. Each month, we gather in person around a shared theme for conversation, ritual, reflection, embodiment, and real sisterhood.
The Weave is where women are witnessed, where stories are spoken, and where the community becomes something you can feel in the room. It is also where we become mirrors for one another — where another woman's story can illuminate something in you, and her choices can reveal possibilities you had never considered for yourself.
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2. THE ORACLE
Our monthly online inner-work experience.
The Oracle is the inward thread of The Wayward. Each month, we meet online around a theme, practice, prompt, ritual, reflection or piece of guidance that invites you to be your own knowing. It takes you out of the noise and back into conversation with your soul, the divine, and your own inner knowing.
Not to fix yourself. Not to become someone better. But to hear your divine soul more clearly — what your body knows, what feels true, what no longer does, and what may have been speaking quietly beneath expectation and conditioning.
The Oracle strengthens your relationship with your own soul, the divine, and inner wisdom, so you become less likely to abandon what you know.
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3. THE ORBIT
Pairing experience with another women
Each month, you are paired with another woman in the community for a more intimate point of connection. This is where sisterhood becomes personal: a conversation, a check-in, a video call, a walk, a coffee, a voice note on a shared reflection connected to the monthly theme.
The Orbit helps the community feel less like a room full of women and more like a living web of real relationships.
Sometimes another woman can notice a strength you dismiss, ask a question you have avoided, reflect a pattern you cannot see, or simply show you another way of being a woman in the world.
And over the course of a year, imagine what becomes possible when you have had real, one-to-one conversations with woman after woman — each with her own story, choices, perspective, courage, and way of moving through the world.
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4. THE MISCHIEF
Our spark experiences beyond the monthly rhythm.
This is where The WayWard leaves the usual structure and shakes us awake. The Wayward enters the unexpected, the weird, the ugly, the sexy, the wonderful and the unusual. The Mischief may include magical pop-ups, guest facilitators, twerk workshops, member-led offerings, motorcycle adventures, dinners with a twist, bonfire dances, or collaborations that arise through the community.
Some Mischief experiences may be included in the membership, while others may be offered separately or at a special member rate.
The Mischief gives us permission to experiment with life — to enter new rooms, try something unfamiliar, follow curiosity, and collect more examples of what being fully alive can look like.
LISTEN DEEPER
Curious about the ideas and relationships that shaped The WayWard? Start here.
WHY THE WAYWARD EXISTS
When You Are Craving a Space Where Your Whole Self Belongs
The story and philosophy behind The WayWard — why women need deeper spaces of belonging, what it means to live WayWard, and what we are trying to create together.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WOMAN REALLY SEES YOU?
A friendship that helped inspire The Orbit
An exploration of the kind of relationship The Orbit is built around — being witnessed without being fixed, reflected without being told what to do, and discovering what becomes possible when another woman helps you hear yourself more clearly.
THE DOORS ARE CLOSED
But we're leaving them cracked open.
The WayWard is an invitation-only community, and our next invitations won't be extended until January 2027.
But twice before then, we're opening the doors for one night.
Come experience the world we're creating. Meet the women. Enter the conversation. Experience a little of the magic, depth, weirdness and mischief for yourself.
And perhaps discover who you are inside it.
WAYWARD OPEN HOUSE
November 25 at 8:30 PM in Abu Dhabi
December 30 at 8:30 PM Online
More details will follow. Not all of them, of course.
There is mischief in mystery.
The Wayward is intentionally intimate.
Because being seen requires more than being in the same room.
We want women to become known here — to remember one another's stories, notice one another's patterns, celebrate one another's courage, and become mirrors for the things we cannot always see alone.
The community itself is part of the experience.
It gives us more examples of how a woman can live, what she can want, what she can question, and what she can choose. The community itself becomes part of the experience — a place to be reflected, inspired, challenged and reminded that there is no single correct way to live a woman's life.
IF THE WAYWARD FEELS LIKE HOME...
The WayWard is intentionally intimate and invitation-only. Our next invitations will be extended in January 2027.
There are two ways to become part of The WayWard:
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The WayWard Abu Dhabi
For women based in the UAE who want the full Wayward experience, including our monthly in-person Weave.
349 AED / $95 USD per month
One-time joining fee: 918 AED / $250 USD
Includes The Weave, The Oracle, The Orbit, members-only community connection, and access to The Mischief.
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The WayWard International
For women outside the UAE who want to be part of The Wayward from wherever they are in the world.
$61 USD / 225 AED per month
One-time joining fee: $150 USD / 550 AED
Includes The Oracle, The Orbit, monthly prompts and practices, and online/members-only community connection.
The International membership does not include the monthly in-person Abu Dhabi Weave.
FAQs
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What does WayWard mean?
The word WayWard holds two meanings.
The first is the meaning often placed on women who would not stay where they were told to stay.
A wayward woman was the one called unruly, difficult, too wild, too questioning, too independent, too much. She was the woman who did not follow the expected path.
But there is another meaning.
WayWard can also mean something that moves by its own path.
Like a star that does not follow the same orbit as the others. A star that carves its own way through the dark.
The WayWard reclaims both.
We honor the woman who was once judged for refusing to conform, and we celebrate the woman who is guided by her own inner compass.
To be WayWard is not to be lost. It is to follow a deeper map of your soul.
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The Wayward is for women who want to live more fully as themselves.
Women who crave genuine sisterhood and meaningful conversation, but who are also curious about their own desires, patterns, contradictions, and possibilities.
It is for women who want to be around other women who inspire them, challenge their assumptions, reflect their blind spots, and remind them that there is no single correct way to live a woman's life.
You do not need to follow a specific belief system, and The Wayward is not religious.
But you should be open to spirituality, ritual, intuition, energy, reflection, emotional honesty, and the mystery of being a woman.
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Yes.
The WayWard occasionally opens its doors for Open House experiences, where women outside the community are invited to step inside and experience a little of what we are creating.
Our next Open Houses will take place November 25, 2026 in Abu Dhabi and December 30, 2026 Online.
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The WayWard is an invitation-only community and is currently closed to new members.
Our next invitations will be extended in January 2027.
If you're curious about The WayWard, join us at an upcoming Open House or add your name to the January waitlist.
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The monthly Weave takes place in person in Abu Dhabi.
Women living outside the UAE can join The Wayward International, which offers the online expression of the membership through The Oracle, The Orbit, and our wider members-only community.
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The Wayward Abu Dhabi includes The Weave, The Oracle, The Orbit, members-only community touchpoints, and access to The Mischief.
The Wayward International includes The Oracle, The Orbit, monthly prompts and practices, and online/members-only community touchpoints.
Some Mischief experiences are included in membership, while others may require an additional payment. Any additional cost will always be communicated in advance.
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No. Life is full, and The WayWard is not another thing to keep up with.
Some months you may participate in everything. Other months you may stay connected through The Oracle, The Orbit, or the wider community.
You are still part of The WayWard if you miss a gathering.
Your monthly payment holds your place within the community rather than paying for attendance at an individual event.
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The WayWard Abu Dhabi: 349 AED / $95 USD per month, plus a one-time joining fee of 918 AED / $250 USD.
The WayWard International: 225 AED / $61 USD per month, plus a one-time joining fee of 550AED / $150 USD.
Membership is paid monthly on a recurring basis.
Your first payment is made when you join, and your membership will automatically renew each month on or around the same date.
Your monthly payment reserves your place within The WayWard for that membership period.
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The one-time joining fee is paid when you first enter The Wayward and covers your onboarding and entry into the community.
You pay this fee once while maintaining continuous membership.
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You may cancel your membership at any time.
To avoid your next monthly payment, cancellation must be requested at least 7 days before your next scheduled billing date.
If your cancellation is received within seven days of your next billing date, the upcoming payment will still be processed and your membership will remain active through the end of that paid membership period.
Payments are non-refundable and cannot be transferred or credited toward another month.
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Once you cancel your membership, your place within The Wayward is released.
If you later wish to return, rejoining is subject to availability and a $100 USD rejoining fee will apply.
Because The Wayward is intentionally intimate and membership is capped, a place cannot be guaranteed once you leave.
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Yes. Confidentiality is essential.
What is shared inside The WayWard should not be repeated outside the space. Members are expected to respect the privacy, stories, and vulnerability of the women in the community.
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No. The WayWard is not therapy, medical care, or mental health treatment.
It is a community, spiritual, and personal-growth space. Each woman is responsible for her own emotional wellbeing, choices, and support systems.
Held by Sara
Sara Lizzul
FounderThe Wayward was founded and is held by Sara, Spiritual Mentor and facilitator of women's spaces in Abu Dhabi and host to The Supernova Life Podcast.
Sara's work is devoted to creating spaces where women can more fully inhabit who they already are. In this season, she is part warrior, sensual priestess, oracle, sovereign queen and motorcycle rebel.
Her work invites women back into relationship with the parts of themselves that have been hidden, dismissed, disciplined or left unexplored — their truth, magic, desire, softness, rage, intuition, beauty, creativity, contradiction and power.
The WayWard grew from the belief that we do not discover ourselves in isolation.
We need spaces where it is safe to listen inward, and women around us who can witness us, reflect us, challenge us and show us more ways that a life can be lived.