April 1, 2021

“Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.” #gregoryboyle

There is something so adorably patient about Rome’s monuments these days. An empty city, waiting to be filled to the brim again. All of us, searching in the emptied pockets of ourselves, trying to figure out who we were before the pandemic and who we will be once it’s over. Resilience.

So- I just gave a talk on @the.nomadic.network about how to travel Italy like an Italian. My favorite subject these days/this year/the last decade. It was a beautiful experience and I’m so grateful for the questions that were asked and the people who participated.

As is the nature of these things, I had to define myself. Well- I’m a tour guide in Rome. But also I teach yoga. And I lead wellness retreats. I genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, want you to fall in love with Italy and with your life and with your very essence as a human being. We all deserve that. These times are hard and weird and unprecedented. We are right to feel unsure and we are also right to remember our own inherent worth. We are resilient.

In my presentation, I felt the excitement as I talked about little pockets of unexplored Italy, as I explained il dolce far niente and that slowness is the key to enjoying and experiencing Italy like an Italian. Slowness is also a key part of resilience. Allow yourself to ground into your own loveliness as Gregory Boyle says, allow your awareness of your innate beauty to bring you places previously unexplored (physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually). Let resilience be a slow and luxurious process rather than a forced item on your to-do list.

Finally, look! What an empty piazza. Also, the Trevi Fountain isn’t going anywhere and will be happy to accept your coins when you return, I pinky promise