Blood, sweat, tears… and a lot of persistence. There are moments in life that don’t arrive with noise. No celebration. No big announcement. Just a quiet knowing. This week, my book Solo Woman Traveler’s Survival Guide  was approved for global distribution. And while that might sound like a simple step… it wasn’t. This didn’t come from sitting at a desk with an idea. It came from the road. From real miles. From figuring things out when there was no one else to ask. It came fro

Can you guess what habit this was? There are moments when something familiar no longer feels the same. This morning, I reached for what had been part of my life for years. Not out of need… just habit. It didn’t comfort me. It didn’t settle anything. Instead, it made me dizzy. Nauseous. Unsteady. And I sat there thinking… This isn’t a reward. For a long time, I believed certain habits were helping me. That they gave me something—calm, relief, a pause in the day. But this morni