by selena | Jan 7, 2026 | Activities & Experiences
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...
by selena | Dec 23, 2025 | Activities & Experiences, Yoga & Meditation Retreats
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...
by selena | Dec 18, 2025 | Activities & Experiences
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...
by selena | Dec 2, 2025 | Activities & Experiences
By Diane, Personal Wellness Journey One Year Later A year ago, something completely out of character happened. A solo trip to a small wellness retreat in Tabanan, Bali a place never heard of before, in a village impossible to pronounce. At the time, one year into...
by selena | Nov 25, 2025 | Activities & Experiences, Wellness & Healing
By Jane M, Elementary Music Teacher The 15-minute drive between Lincoln Elementary and Oakwood Primary used to be the worst part of my day. Mentally rehearsing which classes had been difficult yesterday, wondering if I’d forgotten materials at the last building,...
by selena | Oct 31, 2025 | Activities & Experiences
By Michael T. A year ago, life was a mess of 2 AM meditation app downloads and AA meetings despite no drinking problem. The divorce after 15 years left me lost, with only a pharmaceutical sales career that felt ethically wrong. Insomnia and digestive issues worsened,...
