Hello friends!

I don't know how it was for you all, but the holidays and New Year were full. on.

It seems like right after I got home from our November pilgrimage I was straight into family time for Christmas, then a 7-day festival for New Year's, followed by a 7-day hike across the incredible Tasmanian Alps.

For Kal, the season carried a different kind of weight—the passing of their mother in December brought deep grief, and also something unexpected: healing, and the chance to draw family closer together. From there, Kal joined me at the New Year's festival, then went straight into a week-long retreat on Self Reliance that excavated some long-held patterns.

Each experience in isolation was magic, and experienced back to back, they left us a little drained and gasping for air... as someone once said, lessons will keep repeating until they're learned, and boy did we learn a few. We'll share more on the importance of integration and allowing time and space for it in an upcoming email.

With equilibrium returning, we've also begun this year's AoA Great Decisions Course together—the same course that, when we took it last year, helped shape the principles and agreements at the heart of this business. It feels like the right foundation as we settle with no small sense of excitement into preparations for our upcoming walk in April—our accommodations are locked in, we're working on the finer details of our itinerary, and weaving through some little moments of magic as we go. It's gonna be something special ✨

We have a few spots still available for this walk (April 6 - 15, starting in Tokyo); you can get a sense of what it's like on Instagram.

If something in you is stirring—curiosity, a quiet pull, even just questions about what it’d be like to walk with us—we'd love to explore that with you.

Use this link to find a time to chat with us. Or if you already know you're ready, click on here to apply.

With love,

Drew & Kal