Welcome to The Wise Learner

A Pilgrimage and Sanctuary for Women


Guiding women from Character to Author through reflective coaching and conversation.

Inviting you to embark on a conscious, soul-aligned pilgrimage.

Embracing one reflection, one choice, one new chapter at a time.

How would you like to begin your pilgrimage?

Option 1: Walk and talk with me

There are moments when a quiet, focused conversation is enough.
A space to reflect, make sense of what is shifting, and speak freely without having to arrive anywhere in particular. These 1:1 'walk-and-talk' conversations are for women who value depth, discernment, and the chance to explore what is becoming clearer through conversation itself, and who are ready to rewire their thinking.

Option 2: Walk and talk with us

The S.T.O.R.Y. Sanctuary is a 6-week live group journey for women who recognise long-standing patterns in their lives and feel ready to engage with them more consciously. Working together in a small group, we slow the pace, reflect deeply, and explore what becomes possible when you begin to live from a story you have chosen, rather than one you have simply adapted to.

Meet Renny

Hi, I’m Renny. I’m a Narrative Coach and the creator of The S.T.O.R.Y. Sanctuary.

For many years, I tried to understand my own life by adapting well. I learned how to perform, cope, and hold things together. That way of living made sense at the time, and it carried me a long way. It also came with a quiet cost. Living with skill and competence is not the same as living in alignment.

That insight shaped the work I now do. I work with women who have built full, capable lives and who sense that something essential has been set aside along the way. Often, they are not in crisis. They are reflective, thoughtful, and aware that the story they are living from no longer fits as cleanly as it once did.

Through The S.T.O.R.Y. Sanctuary and one-to-one work, I offer space to slow down and examine the inner agreements that have shaped daily life, often without conscious choice. From there, we explore what becomes possible when those agreements are revisited with clarity, honesty, and self-trust.

My work is grounded in conversation, reflection, and careful attention to what is already present. It is a considered journey toward living from a story that feels coherent, chosen, and your own.

At The Wise Learner, this is our vision:
To Encourage Women to Connect, Grow, Dream, Believe, and Trust.
The Wise Learner exists to help women reconnect with their inner to listen deeply, choose consciously, and live by the story they truly want to tell.

Created by Renny van der Deen, Narrative Coach & Author of The S.T.O.R.Y. Sanctuary
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