You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows / Where you are. You must let it find you.
Hi there, {{first name | friend}}.
I’m convinced if we asked each other “how are you sleeping?” instead of “how are you doing?” we’d finally get to the heart of it.
I’m writing to you from Hendersonville, Tennessee, where I’m tucked into the corner of a couch built for 10 - under a blanket because it’s 94 degrees out and of course I’m cold.
Rest has been a priority this weekend - after spending meaningful time in all the U.S. time zones these past few months, my internal perimenopausal clock has no idea what’s going on.
I’m here because Saya Hillman is hosting her you-had-me-at Comfy Club Getaway - a weekend of you do you - and it’s everything that I need right now.
The house we’re gathering in has a library - real, paper books are a novelty for me as I travel - and on the shelf I found a copy of a book that I gave away more than five years ago when I made the choice to sell my home + things and travel full-time.
I don’t think it’s an accident that I’ve rediscovered it here.
In The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, Don Miguel Ruiz’s second agreement - Don’t Make Assumptions - encourages us to find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.
It seems like assumptions are all I’m making these days.
So many conversations have a beginning, a messy middle, and a resolution - before they’ve ever left my head.
Emails sit unread in my inbox because I’m convinced I know what they say - before I’ve even opened them.
I’m making assumptions about motives. Reasons. Outcomes. Whether any of it was even about me at all.
I don’t know. I won’t know. You may never know. It very most certainly {most likely} is not.
I needed this nudge from the universe reminding me what I already know.
Maybe you do, too.
To taking the risk,
P.S. You’re hearing from me because once upon a time, you wanted to. It feels good to be writing to you again, but if that’s changed for you - no hurt feelings. Scroll down to the end to unsubscribe.
What I’m {re}discovering
🫁 Breathwork at the Bean
A recorded breathwork session, filmed at sunrise at Chicago’s Bean. 7 minutes well spent
🎧 This is Love
A podcast about more than love. Start with Alone Together
📗 Theo of Golden
A sweet, unexpected tale of a man’s last chapter. Check it out
🎤 Alanis Morissette
If you haven’t heard Brandi Carlile covering Alanis’ Uninvited, you must. Hello old friend
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Omaha - Westfield Center - Chicago - Des Moines - Milwaukee - Grand Rapids
The podcast tour is presented by Westfield Insurance. Thank you to the folks at Westfield for valuing experiences like this and for being an important part of making sure they happen.
Dear Nomad Diary,
Slightly cringe and very fun, I’ve been sharing reflections and answering curiosities about my nomad life in a series I’m calling the Nomad Diaries. Follow along with me as I go.
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After a profound experience with burnout, I founded Adjunct Advisors in 2018 to help insurance professionals navigate the range of emotions that so many feel in the course of building a career in insurance - but so few talk about. In To Taking the Risk, I share my own viewpoint on sales, leadership, and cultural change within the insurance industry, as well as notes from my travels since making the decision to sell my home and things in early 2021. Thank you for being here, and for supporting the work I do.