I walked 200 miles from Portugal to Spain and I'm finally sharing what showed up for me on that path. This episode is me unpacking the small, ordinary moments that feel like tiny miracles: putting one foot in front of the other, learning to swim with the current when life feels like a raging river, and finding the strange beauty in soreness, struggle, and stillness.
On the Camino I fell back in love with reading physical pages, journaling every night, and listening to my body. There were afternoons of hip-flexor stretches in the grass, sunsets that stopped me in my tracks, and conversations that brought out my inner child — all of it reminding me that being matters as much as doing. Your body knows things; when you slow down and feel, it gives you answers.
I talk about the awakenings that changed me: that I can do more than I thought, that craft and creativity are how I find myself, and that we get to choose our hard things. I learned to spot the difference between craftspersonship and perfectionism, and how freeing it is to stop measuring my worth by other people's opinions. There’s real power in learning where you end and where other people begin.
We also dive into the simple stuff — the extraordinary ordinary: a grandmother's voice, wind on your face, a dog running to greet you — and how those tiny things are the heartbeats of a meaningful life. The Camino taught me to break social contracts that keep you small, to make space for wonder, and to let curiosity and play back into adulthood.
This episode is a quiet conversation about boundaries, intuition, creativity, and mortality — a nudge to make time for the things your soul is asking for. If you’ve ever been afraid to go after something hard or felt stuck comparing yourself to others, I hope my walk gives you permission to try, to fail, to create, and to feel.
So, what do you desire? Make space for it. Thanks for walking a few miles of this road with me — there really is so much beauty where it’s quiet.
