My Journey to Everest Base Camp
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My Journey to Everest Base Camp

Visiting the highest mountains on Earth hadn’t been a dream of mine until then. Perhaps because I didn’t know it was within my reach. What made it possible was the unexpected invitation came with gear and financial support, both from NWW partner brands and from the community. All I had to do was show up and take step after step up the Himalayas.

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Embracing my high sensitivity
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Embracing my high sensitivity

On the third anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, I joined the @decolonizingtherapy Energetics of Exhaustion session — because I’ve been feeling it, exhaustion, despite currently working less hours in any week than for the past 12 years juggling too many jobs and gigs all the time. Dr. Jennifer Mullan was reading us some traits we may identify with. One corner of the slide read “Highly sensitive” with a note underneath saying “Please note this is a positive thing.”

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