As was true for so many of us, in the last few years I experienced some of the most profoundly transformational times in my life – both joyous and also full of deep sorrow. I felt overwhelmed not just for myself, but also for the grief and fear that swept across the world. There were times when I wanted to put up walls around myself to protect myself.

We all go through times where we feel a sense of disconnect from ourselves. In my own experience of moments such as these, I often have no idea how I got so far off-center, though somehow, I know I’m not in Kansas anymore.

I can still feel the coolness of the incredibly translucent teal waters of the Ionian Sea. The feeling is so tangible, it’s almost as if I could look down in this exact moment and see seabed covered in in beautiful rocks.