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𝗦𝗼... 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗺 𝗜, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆? A few days ago, I ran into a woman I hadn't seen in years. Our children had gone to school together. "So... what are your kids up to? Are you a grandmother yet? Have you retired?" she asked. We laughed, exchanged a quick update about our children, and then I found myself asking: "And how are you in this new phase of life?" We exchanged the usual chit-chat updates. Then, as I walked away, something stayed with me. For years, those opening...

We parted at the airport after four days together. Four days filled with love, wonder, the exquisite beauty of northern Italy and Switzerland, and the deep joy of being reunited as a family. Then, suddenly, it was time to separate again. They carried their luggage onto the train. I stood outside and waved through the window. For a few moments, I could still see them. And then they were gone. This kind of parting has become part of my life. Over the past years, as our geographical locations...

Co facilitating a two week traveling retreat in Nepal created a rare kind of mirror. Again and again, the outer landscape seemed to echo the inner one. Mountains, rivers, temples, villages, silence, movement, conversation, uncertainty, beauty. Everything became part of the process. The participants, together with Simon Goland, my wonderful facilitation partner, and myself, moved between the external experience and our own personal inner processes with grace, openness and vitality. We began by...