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My Journey to Real Healing After Cancer at a Nature Retreat
A year ago, physically cancer-free but emotionally destroyed. At 49, after 25 years building a career in immigration law at one of Sydney's largest firms, breast cancer had stripped away every illusion of control carefully constructed over decades. The eldest daughter...
How a Retired Firefighter Discovered Mind Body and Soul Balance in Bali
By Derek, Retired Firefighter Six months ago, my wife booked us a wellness retreat in Bali for our anniversary. After 28 years fighting fires, the idea of sitting cross-legged in rice fields talking about mental health seemed absurd. The plan was simple: humor her for...
From Compassion Fatigue to Renewal: An Immigration Attorney’s Journey Through Health and Wellness Spa Resorts
By Ayesha Immigration Attorney Six months ago, stepping off a shuttle in Tabanan, Bali with a carry-on and a knot in the stomach that had been there for three years. At 34, as an immigration attorney specializing in asylum cases at a non-profit legal aid organization,...
Finding Healing Through Bali Villa Escapes After an Impulsive Post-Breakup Trip
By Alicia, Freelance court reporter and stenographer As a court reporter, seven years were spent documenting other people's conflicts divorces, lawsuits, depositions where everyone's angry and no one's listening. Hands cramped from stenography, wrists ached, and at...
How a Digital Detox Retreat Saved My Culinary Career (And Maybe My Life)
By Lin, Restaurant Manager Writing this from a Chicago apartment at 7:00 PM on a Tuesday for the first time in eight years, not glued to a phone fielding staff emergencies. Lin here, restaurant manager and chef at a fast-casual dining chain. Five months ago, ready to...
Why a Montana Park Ranger Spent New Year’s in Bali: A Real New Year Retreat Review
By Raymond, Interpretive Programs Coordinator, National Park Service Six months ago, my wife booked me a new year retreat at Bali Palms in Tabanan, Bali. I'm a park ranger in Montana who coordinates educational programs about wilderness preservation. The last thing I...
How Spending Christmas in Bali Taught Me the Difference Between Practicing Yoga and Performing It
Last December, an expensive Swiss watch sat half-wrapped on my Barcelona apartment table. At 32, freelancing for top-tier clients and charging rates that seemed impossible five years ago, everything looked perfect on paper. But the festive season had become an annual...
Bali Resorts All Inclusive: Finding Authentic Connection Beyond the Tourist Trail
By Dev M, Freelance UX Designer Three months ago, the decision was made to stay in one place for six months instead of continuing the constant movement that defined three years of digital nomad life. This shift didn't happen because of exhaustion from travel itself,...
Balinese Massage: A PhD Candidate’s Journey from Dissertation Paralysis to Completion
By Lin Chen, PhD in Environmental Science One year ago, the dissertation on sustainable tourism practices in Southeast Asian island ecosystems was finally defended. What the committee didn't know was that four months before that defense, there was complete paralysis...
Why I Chose This Bali Women’s Retreat Over Others (A Restaurant Manager’s Honest Review)
By Rochelle, Restaurant General Manager It's 2pm on a Tuesday, and there's a five-minute breathing practice happening in the walk-in cooler before dinner service. A year ago, the idea of voluntarily standing in a 38-degree room to breathe would have seemed insane. But...
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