Ana in the Wild

One of my favorite things about foraging is that it doesn’t just connect you to food, it connects you to the land.

These ramps only return for a brief window each spring, and coming back to them each year always makes me reflect on where I am, what’s changed, and what is growing around me and within me. This first episode of my spring foraging series is really about that relationship: how paying attention to the land can deepen the way we pay attention to ourselves.

Fitting that I’m sharing it on Earth Day. 🌿 A small reminder that connection to place isn’t abstract, it can be as simple as learning what grows around you and moving through it with more care.

Have you ever had a landscape or season make you reflect on your own life?

�There’s a version of this journey that’s all pressure.
And there’s a version that’s built to last.

I used to think needing this much care and routine meant I was doing something wrong.

Like if I couldn’t just push through, stay focused, and “lock in” without all of it… I wasn’t disciplined enough. As if I could magically just make myself out of thin air be tougher to get through.

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But now… I see it completely differently.

I actually feel so much joy in it.

The Pilates.
The breathwork.
Taking care of my immune system.
Even the quiet rituals that help me come back to myself.

It’s not extra.
It’s what allows me to fully show up.

It’s how I create the mental and emotional space to focus on the things that matter and to become the version of me that can actually achieve these goals.

Lately, I’ve been realizing how much of doing something hard has very little to do with the big moment…
and everything to do with the life you build around it.

It really is all about the small pieces.
The quiet consistency.
The way you take care of yourself along the way.

This is Episode 2 of Learning to Fly (Again), a gentle series about doing hard things.

If you’re building something that requires care, not just pressure… you’re in the right place.

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