by selena | Dec 3, 2025 | Wellness & Healing
Three months ago, the idea of writing a review about resorts in Bali would’ve seemed absurd to a 48-year-old manufacturing plant supervisor from Michigan. Managing 50+ workers while delivering news about restructuring and potential layoffs, the concept of a...
by selena | Dec 1, 2025 | Wellness & Healing
By Lynn M, Community College English Professor A year ago, I almost didn’t go. I had the confirmation email open on my laptop while simultaneously texting my brother about Mom’s latest doctor’s appointment. My finger hovered over the “cancel...
by selena | Nov 30, 2025 | Wellness & Healing, Yoga & Meditation Retreats
By David M. At 52 years old, getting laid off from the manufacturing company where I’d worked for sixteen years felt like losing my identity. One Tuesday morning in a conference room, sixteen years as operations manager ended in twenty minutes. For the first...
by selena | Nov 28, 2025 | Wellness & Healing
By Kei, Financial Analyst At 4:30 AM in Singapore, finishing Ashtanga practice before markets opened. Eight years of disciplined yoga, several 10-day Vipassana retreats, successful career in asset management, therapy for “high-functioning depression.”...
by selena | Nov 27, 2025 | Wellness & Healing, Yoga & Meditation Retreats
By Yuki M., Senior Accountant This is being written from the airport in Denpasar, waiting for the flight back to reality, still processing the past week. As a senior accountant on the CPA partner track at a regional nonprofit firm, my life revolves around...
by selena | Nov 26, 2025 | Wellness & Healing
By Keiko, Child Welfare Social Worker Six months ago, I couldn’t sit in stillness before walking into a home visit. I couldn’t control the anxiety that came with every case file. As a child welfare social worker carrying eight years of vicarious trauma,...
