Hey, welcome to Radio Headspace, it's Dora here.
So there was a season not too long ago when I was moving through what I can only describe as a quiet kind of heaviness.
Not a crisis, but a kind of internal winter.
A stretch of time where I felt dull, flat, disconnected from joy.
The colors of the world were muted, like I was walking through life in low resolution.
I was still showing up at work, for friends, for daily tasks.
But inside me, it felt like I was waiting for something to shift.
But then one morning, I took myself to Pacific Spirit Park, one of my favorite places in the world.
The forest was soaked and still.
The kind of damp that seeps into your bones.
Moss-covered trails, old-growth trees, and the very first signs of spring.
Tiny buds, soft greens, and something new.
It wasn't loud or dramatic, but standing there, I felt something open inside of me.
It was like seeing the world in 4K for the first time in months.
And I remember thinking, this is what aliveness feels like.
Again, not the loud kind, but the quiet kind.
The kind that says you're still here and you still get to witness things like this.
When we talk about burnout, we often talk about what's missing.
Motivation, energy, joy.
But what I've learned is that what we're really missing is connection.