by Sarah Lehn | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog, Search for Meaning, Self-development
#10 Magic in Montréal Traveling has made me an advocate for kindness. This is a story of how genuinely given kindness to self and others can lead to the most incredible connections. While I was working in the small kitchen on Nantucket island, we experienced...
by Sarah Lehn | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Health, Search for Meaning, Self-development
#9 Facing Fears for Freedom “Sweetie, I feel a lot of fear within you. What is it?” I was taken aback and even felt ashamed. Me? What? My summer on Nantucket neared its end. Jill and I were sitting in her living room eating homemade Pad Thai when she...
by Sarah Lehn | Sep 14, 2021 | Family, Health, Search for Meaning
#8 Meeting the Mentor Have you heard of The Hero’s Journey? It is a narrative model that underlies the storyline of many myths. It was developed by a scholar named Joseph Campbell. Campbell read many religious and mythological stories and recurrent patterns...
by Sarah Lehn | Sep 5, 2021 | Blog, Search for Meaning, Self-Kindness
#6 Whole New World, Well, Island. I will admit that my adventurous spirit and boldness sometimes verged into naiveté. When I had planned the itinerary from Boston airport to Nantucket island, I realized I could not do it all in one day. My plane was arriving too late...
by Sarah Lehn | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, Family, Friendships, Search for Meaning
#5 Leap of Faith, for Real. Now what? Here I was, on an island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. My mother and aunts had flown home. I was all alone in the silent house on a brand new sunny day that felt in many ways like it was the first day of a new life. What do...
by Sarah Lehn | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog, Family, Love, Search for Meaning
#4 Handheld Hop of Faith “SARAH! WE’RE IN THE WRONG TRAIN!” Through the train window, my mother and I saw my brother and father waving erratically, signaling us to come out. My mother and I quickly bounded out of the train we were in! Three minutes...
