I Want My Cinderella Story

In the five-minute savasana at the end of a private with Jimmy, I wrote the ending of my memoir: I’ve lived on this planet for a really long time. And I’ve had a spectacular life. So full of heartbreak that I had no idea whether there was enough glue to put it back together…and so […]
Sometimes It’s Your Turn

Mark always said the mountains would chew you up and spit you out. And if you can make it up here [in the mountains], you can make it anywhere. And sometimes, the mountains win. But sometimes, the clouds clear, the sun comes out, the right people come into your life at the exact right moment, […]
What’s Your Why?

I met him at the saddle. He said he was watching me. He thought I’d catch him at any moment. He was in yellow, and I was wearing my signature Caribbean blue. His name was Johnny: Samaara and Johnny, I said. We began leaping-frogging to Mt Whitney’s summit. He caught me, and it was his […]