Bali is such an interesting dichotomy of tradition and superstition and spirituality. 

I freakin’ love it. 

Even the smell…it’s like a warm embrace from the wind saying, I got you. 

Incense everywhere inviting me to feel safe if I want to.

But that damn anxiety seems to want to hang onto for dear life today. 

I am now invited to go into my session with the Balinese Shaman. Ayu takes me up the stairs that are uneven, some short steps and some so long I have to stretch my legs....

I took my wedding ring off after 35 years  on December 21, 2024….

I felt so much clarity when I took it off. 

I was hiking through paradise rim, when I clearly heard my inner voice say that I was done. 

I was done with the pain of the past. 

Looking at that ring brought up so much pain when I made the decision to get married.

Four months pregnant at 18, scared, ashamed, and left with few options. 

I took the “right” option. 

And I do not regret it- not for a minute.

But there is still s...

I had a discussion this morning with a friend I hadn’t talked to in a while. 

She said something that caught me off guard…

She said, “I am trying not to feel envy or jealousy about you, but it’s like you decided to become a coach and overnight you are hugely successful and bring all these people around the world and travel to all these exotic places…. And then you decide to put a festival together and “Poof” you create one.”

It was meant as a complement, but it was interesting to see the perc...