Nepal Trip ~ Day 49: Just Trust!

Trust in your ability! Trust your voice! Trust your skills! Trust that you are ready! Trust that you have done the work! Today I wake up free. The air smells a little bit different like pink cotton candy on the most beautiful day at the best carnival. My focus feels different and my direction clear.…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 48: Its Not About What You Deserve!

"Its not about what you deserve! Its about what you negotiate!" "Alicia, why do you think the world owes you something? Why do you think anyone owes you anything? Why do you believe you should be rewarded? Why do you think your hard work should be recognized? Why isn't just doing the work enough? Do…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 47: What the mountain has given me… There’s No Place Like Home!

What I will remember most about the mountain... I began this journey afraid. I was scared of its heights. I was scared of falling. I was scared of failing. I was scared of losing. I was scared of forgetting. I was scared of being resented. I was scared of being forgotten. I was scared of…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 46: Love them anyway! WELCOME HOME!

Last night I dreamt about my return home. My daughter was there and so many of my closest friends. I snuck away and immediately called my mother who caught me up on all the gossip about my sisters. We laughed about my brother. The woman I love was there. It was a welcoming... I came…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 45: Stay Close… there is more to do!

Yamuna, our expert Sherpa, and my assigned partner. We each have one person who travels with us at all times and because I am the most amateur climber, sort of the virgin with only two other climbs under my belt she is who I have spent the most time with. Yamuna is also the woman…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 44: Afraid of Nothing!

"I am not afraid of anything!" Hasita chanted every time we would begin the day. Wow! To say that and really believe it... To not be afraid of anything. There is something about her... There is something she walks with that all of us wish we possessed even an ounce of. She walks with a…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 43: Everything Rises…

Just when you think you've done the work... released all the pain... things will shift and everything rises. Everything comes back up. I have been dreaming a lot about being a little girl. My younger years. When I was a young girl I wanted to be liked. I wanted to be picked for stick ball.…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 42: Resentment or Magic?

Chandani is the person who closes the day she makes sure that we are comfortable at night. She leads us in prayer and meditation daily. How do you take all you’ve learned and apply it to your life? Today I am sitting with everything Chandani has taught me. Today I carry everything she has provided…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 41 – Sucking the Bone Marrow Dry…

Today I spent the day with Bhanupriya. She is this bright light like the most vibrant rainbow. She exudes positivity through her pores. She is authentic and real. You believe who she is without question. On this journey I have lived for her stories, the most amazing story teller. At the end of most days…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 40: What do you see?

Finally exposed.. I took all of my clothes and stood naked on the mountain. I was completely exposed. I stood in the fullness of me. I stood in the completeness of me. I stood in all of me. I stood in the nothingness of me. I stood in the emptiness of me. I stood in…