The pain I experience is more about the spinning hurricane of stories I step into and tell myself over and over. And I can choose to step out of it.

When the universe doesn’t conspire with you, do you give up? Or do you persevere despite the odds?

Throughout my life I have been striving for perfection. Today I am attempting to lean into vulnerable moments and accept my imperfections.

In 2014 I was reporting on a string of accidental deaths in the Grand Canyon. I quickly discovered most of the fatalities were on self-guided river trips.