Lessons From Solo Travel & Taking A Spiritual Sabbatical with Samantha Harper

But this was a kind of knock you on your knees and humble healing. And it took me to depths that I really, really needed. But when you go viral for something that's, well, for one unexpected, I was like, 400 people are gonna see this. No big deal. Like, I'm gonna post it, I'm gonna cry about it, I'm gonna move on, I'm gonna eat, pray, love my way through Italy. And things were.

Hey, everyone, welcome back to the earn your happy podcast. It's time for another quickie because there's always time to fit in inspiration. And you guys know that once in a while I just get an epic guest to join me in on these. And typically, if you're hearing from a guest on a clicky, it's because there was a conversation that I was like, we need to talk about this literally right now. And I can't put it in queue to wait for two to three months. And this is what happened when I went and spent the weekend at Powerhouse Women, which is one of my besties events. Lindsey Schwartz shout out to her Powerhouse women bringing all of these epic women together. And I ran into a friend of mine there, Sam Harper, which some of you might know. And I'm going to have you intro yourself in just a minute, Sam. But when I bumped into you, you know. Cause I follow you online as well. But when I was in Arizona, I got to spend some time getting to really go deep with you on some sound healing and your sound bowls. And you're an intuitive and you had an incredible space and I just really love being able to get to drop it. And you helped me connect to source, to my intuition, to my knowing. And you know, I'm one of those people who can go a million miles per minute. And I like to fill my life with a lot of things and it's real fun until it's not. And you're just that person for me who had been that person through some really tough things to connect me back to that. So when I saw you, I was like, hey, girl, you were in Italy. How's your trip? I want to hear all about this because I know that when I travel I get like crazy downloads and just I feel like I become a different person. Like, how are you different? You're like, oh, so that's where I'm gonna leave that. But Sam, tell everyone a little bit about what you do.

Hi. I'm so excited to be back and just dropping in with some really good nuggets for you, for everybody. A little bit about me I am a spiritual mentor and executive coach with conscious leadership development and a sound healer. A lot of people know me for my sound healing, but previous to the sound healing life, I was a trauma therapist for almost a decade and really used that work into my coaching work that I use now. So it's like a light coaching, light therapy, deep connection to spirituality, and really how to dig into the deepest parts of ourselves to bring out the light and be on purpose, for purpose. So right now, I'm like you were saying, like, kind of in transition and doing some traveling and learning a lot of my own lessons in this phase of my life and my journey.

Okay. I'm excited to dig in because for me, travel has always been something that I feel like. It's really. It's like an acceleration, but it's also like an amplifier of things that you need to know or see. And we were just talking before we even hit record. And it's like, you can think, you know, yourself, but we don't realize how much of ourselves are because of our environment. And so when you take us Right yourself and you put yourself in a completely different environment, sometimes you can surprise yourself what shows up. It can be good, bad, ugly, all of the things.

Right.

That you, you know, especially international travel, whole different ballgame. We're not talking about plunking yourself in Georgia, like, the state. Right. In Georgia, the country. You will get some profound insights as well. But if you, you know, I want to know what spurred this trip, first of all, and then I want to talk about just kind of like, how it. What. How it all started from there and taking a spiritual sabbatical.

Yeah. So I intentionally take two months off every single year. I take June and December off of all work with my clients. I give them a break, too.

And first I, like, I can't even get past this. Was that challenging at first?

It was only challenging for me.

Yeah.

Honestly, my clients were like, oh, good. I think that they needed it. You know, we do such deep work that it's like, okay, I can come up to the surface and get some breath for a second. And so when I learned that and I started seeing the patterns with my clients, I'm like, oh, we're just going to do this for everybody. I'm going to take the break, you're going to take the break. We're going to integrate. We're going to put some things into practice, and then we can come back and. And recalibrate. And it's been so amazing for my business, my own mental health and excitement and for my clients. So it was only hard because it's not typical. Right. And so it's short.

Can those be to still get benefits? Because I know some people literally are thinking, girlfriend, can't take a month. I can't take a month off here and over there.

So I would say two weeks. Okay. Because the first week you're unloading and your mind's so busy. The second week is when you really start to drop in and start to get quiet and uncomfortable. It's whatever point you get uncomfortable. That's the sweet spot. Perfect. So I have June off, and for me, this spiritual sabbatical was planned since January, but the intention was much different than how it ended up looking. And this was really like a redemption trip for me. So I was supposed to go to Italy back in undergrad to study abroad, and I had everything all sorted out, and then I ended up getting cancer, and so I couldn't go on my study abroad. And I was like, well, okay, new plan, new direction. And then after grad school, I was like, I'll go after grad school. And then I very quickly became pregnant, and I was like, okay, I'll go another time. And then I had a really powerful experience past November 2023, and it was like, no, you need to go now. Now is the time for you to go heal this part of you that you didn't get to heal back in, like, 2007. And so, really, this was a redemption trip for me. And I knew it was going to be really healing, but I had no idea. I have chills even talking about this. I had no idea the depth of the healing that was going to come from it. So when I say spiritual sabbatical, I mean that with every cell of my being, I needed to go deep into my own healing. And this is what I do for a living. I guide people on their healing. And so for me, it's really potent and important that I walk the talk, and then I do it regularly, because you can have one spiritual awakening. But that doesn't mean that, you know, the journey whatsoever, you just get a taste of it that's just scratching the surface. So I like to throw myself into deep, deep healing. And that's what this was all about. But even so much as an entrepreneur, too, like, I was coming to a point where my business is, you know, had some really amazing momentum, but it was like, is this the right momentum? Is this the direction that I want to keep going? Is this where the fruit is? Is this where my soul is the most alive? Is this where source is guiding me to be? And I warned my community. I said, I'm going to be MIA for a little bit. And. And I'm committing to myself and to you that I'm not coming back until God tells me what to do. I will not move before that. And every other time I've had the plan and it's worked out, it's been good, but it could be better, it could be great, it can be miraculous. And so this time I was like, it's going to be miraculous, and I'm going to wait for it and I'm going to be patient. And so I learned a lot about parts of my business that were expired or karmically finished and other areas that I'm like, I don't know what's on the other side of that door, but I'm really curious. And so that was the part of the spiritual piece as far as business goes, along with my own just, you know, deep spiritual awakening again.

So what did that look like when you said, you know, I learned a lot about the parts of my business that were expired? What does that feel like? How are you receiving that? What steps do you start taking when you get that? Because that can be a really scary place.

It is really scary. And I think that that's where we start to push ourselves of. It was a goal to reach, let's say, a certain milestone. And you reach that certain milestone, but then you don't go back to reiterate it. You just. You. You did that thing. And for me, I hit a lot of great milestones, but then I wasn't going for bigger. Like, yes, theoretically, yes, out there in the ether, I have these other milestones, but I really had to let go of the person who I was that got to that particular milestone. I had to let go of her. She was done. She finished that part. And now I needed to be somebody new. I needed to show up differently, which means part of my business is not going to exist anymore. And really what that looks like for me, too, is how. How I show up with people, stronger boundaries, saying no a lot more. And the position that I'm in in my community, I lead a lot of people from a very heartfelt space. And from a therapist to not a therapist.

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My go to is always like, meet people where they're at and I'm no longer meeting people where they're at. And that's going to be uncomfortable for some people because that's what I used to do is I'm going to meet everybody where they're at and then I'm going to get them up to a certain level. Now it's like, you can come meet me. And you know, I always say I rise, you rise. And now I'm going to stand on that stronger.

Okay, so you went to Italy with, you know, these intentions. Like, I'm going to take a look at all this stuff and just kind of walk me through how the trip is going, even in the first, you know, couple days.

The first couple days was beautiful. We were in Venice. I. That was where I needed to start because I had this vision of being in Venice. I had a whole spiritual death that was going to happen there and a rebirth that was coming later.

So you like have your spiritual journey planned out?

Oh my gosh. Not no. Yes and no. Like, I didn't plan. I saw it and it was given.

Okay, got it. Okay, got it.

I wouldn't plan that part.

Okay, got it.

And I ended up and okay, so here it is. We're just gonna be real right here. I ended up getting broken up with in Italy two days into what was a 10 day trip. And it was actually really beautiful and honoring and confusing. And also we talked about this before. I had a vision five days before the trip that I was going to be there alone. And I was like, I hope this is not the vision. That's right. And. But it is. It was. And so I wasn't so thrown off by it because I kind of anticipated and felt it coming. But what that did for me was, here's a moment that I can go back to an old version of me and then just kind of suck it up and go back home and be sad and sulk about it. And that's one version or the version that I chose was I'm gonna stay. And he decided to leave and I decided to stay. And that I'd never been in a foreign country alone before. I had never solo traveled like this before. So this was huge for me. And during that time, you know, I like put a little post out on Instagram and on TikTok and it was really just like, well, got broken up within Italy. That's unexpected. And he's leaving and I'm staying. So there we go. And it was just that. But then it went viral and that took me into a completely different mindset for this trip and it catapulted my healing. Quite honestly. Had he stayed, and now I can look back and see this very clearly. Had he stayed, I don't think I would have been able to go into the depth of my healing that was required of me because we would have been doing fun things and going to the museums and doing all the, the typical travel tourist things. But this was a kind of knock you on your knees and humble healing and it took me to depths that I really, really needed. But when you go viral for something that's, well, for one unexpected, I was like, 400 people are going to see this. No big deal. Like, I'm going to post it, I'm going to cry about it, I'm going to move on, I'm going to eat, pray, love my way through Italy. And things were a little different than that. But it's what I found to be true was that also forced me into being a little bit more quiet and going internal because when you go viral, for one, you can't plan it. And for two, it's not really in my wheelhouse of things. I'm not like a relationship coach. And so I go viral for something that's important to my career, but full circle. It kind of is because I got the healing that I needed to boost myself. But really you can, you can take anything and shift it into relevance if and only if you're vulnerable and authentic about it. And I've always stood on that truth of I'm going to show up fully authentic. And that way I know that the people who are magnetically attracted to me, who come into my sphere are coming because they know my. My true self, not because of something or some facade that I show up to be. And so I was like, well, this is part of it and you can plan a beautiful trip to Italy and it can still be really messy. And so, yeah, the good, the bad and the ugly for going viral. And the other thing too is like, bullies, man, and people are vicious. And it was, it was really hard. But from that it like helped me grow a little bit of a thicker skin too.

So let's say, how did that help you? You know, you say that helped you heal. I'm like, exactly how? Because I know there's probably a mix of good comments, really tough comments, like, then you're checking your phone all the time, and then you're like, oh, my God. Because you. You feel like you can't let a viral con. Like, a viral. Like, you. You feel like you have to babysit those things. And I don't know why it is that, though.

It really is like you feel like you need to keep up with it and you drowned in the comments. And. And some of them are great. Some of them are really hurtful, and it's like, woof. That. That stabs you right in the heart, you know?

Yes.

And so for that, it helped me with some boundaries of, like, how attached I am to checking in all the time. Like, how important is it that I read every single comment from somebody on the other side of the world who doesn't know me, who doesn't know what happened? But also, it really was like I had so. So many, like, equally positive and negative comments. Yeah. I was like, you know what? If I can know my truth in this matter, I know what happened. I'm good. I have a very high integrity here. These people don't know. People aren't always going to know your business, like, literally your personal business or your business that you're building. And people are always going to have something to say about it. And so for me, I was like, I'm going to stand in my truth, and this is going to help me when I do bring this back out into the surface whenever I reemerge from it. That, like, this is my life and I'm going to continue to live it, and you don't have to understand me all the time. And so just finding comfort and not being understood, I think, is a big part of it.

I feel like if you're going to be out in the world at all, if you think you want to write a book, if you think that you want a big following, if you just went to Lindsay's event and you're like, oh, I want a big event. Oh, girlfriend. Yep. It is gonna test you into letting it be okay, that people are just not gonna have the context of your life. And it is just like you said, oh, my gosh. It's the. It's the. It's the best and the worst and ultimately the best. Yes and yes, for sure. And I. And I know that about you. Like, if I know one thing about you, it is that you are going to take anything that comes your way, and it's going to be a divine blessing. Like, it's going to be such a gift. It has to be, or we don't survive this thing. Okay, let's talk about the solo travel part, because that is. That can be so intimidating and confronting. Like, tell me about some of the moments when you were really just uncomfortable or found yourself just trying to numb or what did that. What. What did that even look like?

Oh, my gosh. I'm so glad that you brought up the numbing part, because in a healing journey, in a, you know, just getting broken up with or any. Any difficult shift in your life, the go to is to kind of numb or make yourself really busy or go to your comforts. And when you are traveling internationally specifically, you don't have those comforts. You don't have your comfort foods. You don't have the ease and access of your car. You don't have your places that you like to ground into. Like, it's all foreign. Every single part of it's foreign. Even the way that you communicate. Right? And so for me, this was just like, I gotta buckle up and this is gonna be an adventure, and if I can do this, I'm going to feel so good on the other side of it. But this is gonna scare me a lot. And so I knew it was gonna scare me, and I had my head on a swivel at all times. I was very resourceful. Like, you have to be resourceful. You have to learn the transit system and how to read maps in a different language, and everything is completely different. But that's when you start to trust yourself and you start to trust your instincts. And for me, that was a big part of this trip, too. There was a point that it was the very end of my trip. I ended up extending it for two weeks, and I ended up in Naples. And immediately when I got there, I didn't feel safe. Nothing about it felt safe. I felt really uncomfortable. And I had two days there, and one day I was like, you know what? I'm not. I'm not even going to stay here. So I went to Rome instead. I got on a train and I went to Rome, and that turned out to be really divine and beautiful.

So glad you did that. That's so funny. In Italy, we have friends who live there, and they're like, do not go to Naples.

No, no, bypass that altogether. You don't need it.

Naples, Florida. Safe.

There you go.

Totally not as safe anymore.

Not so much. So with that, like, you have to learn how to be flexible. You have to learn to trust your instincts on such a deep level, because you don't have somebody else to bounce an idea off of. Like, it's in the moment right now. Even getting to the train platform and looking at all these numbers, and I'm like, I don't know where I'm supposed to go. And they don't show you your platform until three minutes before it's supposed to take off, and then, boom, it's gone. So. So you have to be, like, on it. And that just helped with focus and awareness and keeping me on my toes, which was fun and exciting and scary. And I'm like, am I doing it right? I don't know if I'm doing it right. Hopefully I end up where I'm supposed to end up. Yeah.

Oh, my gosh. Even just. I can actually just sit and think about it because I've traveled internationally a ton, but always with people, and just thinking about being there alone actually brings discomfort into my body because I do know, like, there have been times when I've gone out alone or had to be alone for part of a day or whatever that looks like. And it's a weird feeling of, like, oh, my gosh. I like, nobody here, like, likes me or knows me or I feel so alone and so, like, I wouldn't even know how to make a friend or. It is a very isolating, bizarre feeling. It's. It's one of the most confronting experiences where you're like, I am so far outside of my own culture that I don't even know how I would, like, adapt to have somebody help me if I needed it. Too many people finish their workday feeling frustrated, drained, and unfulfilled. I know that. I have experienced that myself. And the good news is, it doesn't have to be this way, and you don't need a new job to fix it. Patrick Lencioni, author of the Five Dysfunctions of a Team and more than a dozen other bestsellers, created the working genius assessment to help you pinpoint the kind of work that gives you energy, the kind that lights you up, and it also shares the kind that drains it. So over a million people, including me, have taken it and completely changed how I lead and show up every day. If you're a CEO, an entrepreneur, or someone who just wants to level up in business and in life, working genius is going to give you the clarity and confidence to operate in your strengths and find greater joy in what you do. Because confidence isn't pretending to be good at everything. It's knowing where you're truly gifted. Take the working genius assessment today and get 20% off with code earn@workinggenius.com that's working genius.com you'll be glad you did it. There are so many challenges to business that I don't want starting to be one of them for you. And when you want more. When you're starting a business, you need Northwest Registered Agent because you get access to thousands of free guides, tools and legal forms to help you launch and protect your business. And it's all in one place. You can build your complete business identity with Northwest today. Northwest Registered Agent has been helping small business owners and entrepreneurs launch and grow business for nearly 30 years. They're the largest registered agent and LLC service in the US with over 1500 corporate guides. Real people who know your local laws and can help you and your business every step of the way. You can sign up for free account to begin managing your business hub with lawyer drafted operating agreements, bylaws, resolutions, membership certificates, bills of sale and more at no cost. Northwest makes life easy for business owners. They don't just help you form your business, they give you the free tools you need after you form it, like operating agreements, meeting minutes and thousands of how to guides that explain the complicated ins and outs of running a business. And let me tell you, this is life changing because I had no idea how much went into this. So don't wait. Protect your privacy, build your brand and get your complete business Identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Visit www.northwestregisteredagent.com Earn free and start building something amazing. Get more with Northwest registered agent at www.northwestregisteredagent.com forward/earnfree.

Right, exactly. And you just trust, trust, trust yourself. If you trust yourself in those moments, imagine what you can do in the comfort of, you know, your norm. That makes it not so hard here. When you go that far out then these little mindset shifts that we need to make that feel like big things really are not. You're like oh, I've conquered traveling in Italy. I'm okay, I got this.

You talked about surrender and its Ross form and how to make decisions from that state. Can you tell me about that?

Yeah. Another great story. I was nearing towards the end of my stay in Ravello which is down by the Amalfi coast and I had made friends with the like manager of this place that I was staying was so gorgeous. And then my driver for the week, like I, he, they were friends and so these guys were buddies. He's like I've got a driver who can take you everywhere in this like little tuck tuck and so I felt like, okay, I know two people here. Like, this is good. And it was my last night in Ravello, the night I was supposed to be leaving the next day. And I left my debit card in an ATM machine, but I didn't know it until the next day. Oh, God. And I would. I was towards the end of my trip, I had maybe US$300 left. No more debit card. You can't. Venmo. You can't. You can't sell. Like, you can't do anything if you don't have your card, basically. And I remember waking up the next day, midday, figuring out I don't have my debit card. How am I supposed to get to my next place? We have $300. Like, this is not going to get me very far, right? And. But before I knew that I lost my debit card, I woke up morning and I said, you know what? Today, every single decision I make is going to be for me only. And that what that means is I'm going to maybe go back to a place that I've already visited because I want to, not because I should, quote, unquote, should find another place to explore or look at a different museum or go to another cathedral. You know, these itinerary shoulds. And I'm like, no, if I want to go back to the restaurant I ate at last night, I'm going to go back there because I want to. If I want to stay in the hotel and not go explore, I'm going to do that. If I want to do X, Y, and Z, it was like, every decision is just going to be what I want to do. So I woke up with that commitment, and I was like, I'm going to do this today. And then figured out I lost my debit card. And I was like, I've made this commitment to myself no matter what. This is a huge hiccup, but let's make the most of it. And I ended up going back to this place called Via Cimbroni. There's, like, this beautiful garden because they had a salad there I really wanted. And I know that sounds crazy, but, like, in Italy, it's only pasta. And they had a salad, and I really wanted the salad. So I went there, and I had told my two buddies, Salvatore and Fabio, I know this sounds made up, but that's real.

This is real.

I told him. I said, hey, guys, I lost my debit card, and I don't really have much more money left. And they were, you know, in a Fritz. And so really what this was about, like, the surrender piece was I called in the supports that I had. I stayed true to my commitment and I just said, I'm gonna ride this out. And I wasn't nervous. Like, I think I knew, like, deep in my body, like something like, it's gonna be fine.

Yeah.

But calling in your supports and help, having people help you, even if they can only help you a little bit, is a lot in a moment like that. And so I went back, I got my salad, I got. I was sitting there and then I get a phone call from Fabio. And he said, run. We found your debit card. It's at the police station, but they're closing in 25 minutes. I was like, I'm 45 minutes away. And he's like, run. So I did and got my card back, really just in the nick of time. But it was. I honestly believe it was because I surrendered. And I was like, you know what? It's going to work out the way it's supposed to work out. And anytime I've truly surrendered, like really truly surrendered, it's always worked out. But when I, like fake surrender, it doesn't work out.

Yep.

I'm still trying to plan it. I'm still trying to weasel my way into figuring it out, and it just doesn't work that way. So I think surrendering really comes into making a decision, sticking to a commitment for real, letting go and trusting that the supports that you called in are going to help you when you're not even around. Like, these guys were working in the background and I didn't even know it. I didn't know that Fabio was basically the mayor of Ravello and, like knew every single person in town. You know, like, I didn't know. And it was really beautiful how it turned out. Had I been in a panic, I don't think I would have been able to think logically. Nothing would have made sense. I would have gotten in my own way. And surrender is always better. It just is.

I have had that with travel, actually, where I showed up to the airport and it was like a really big thing I would not have wanted to miss. And I was so excited about it. And I was with my husband and I left my wallet at home. And the flight was leaving. It was. It was like a semi private flight. So, you know, it's leaving right then. They're not waiting for. They're not waiting for anyone else. It was like a JSX flight.

Yeah.

And I get there and it was like 15 minutes till they take off. No joke, because we just cut it. Cut it till the end. And I didn't have my wallet, so I couldn't get on the flight. And I was like, this is somehow I'm gonna commit to this working out. My brain was like, this is not working. And of course, you know, your partner's like, what? Like, he was so mad at me because he did not want to go to this thing alone. It was like a couple's thing. And I was like, it's gonna work. It's gonna work. I end up calling my housekeeper because I'm like, I'm just gonna throw a hail Mary here and called my housekeeper, and she was on her way over there for something else. Like, for something else. Like, I don't even know what. She checks on the house all the time, and so she's like, I'll get your wallet, and I'll get it there on time. I'm like, there's no way it's going to take 20 minutes for her to get here. She somehow, like, time somehow bent. I'm not even kidding you. Gets the wallet there. I walk on the flight with, like, 30 seconds. Wow. Mind blowing. But I want to. I want to share that because I had to fully commit Chris. I had to actually go sit away from him because I could tell he did not believe it was going to happen. I'm like, I love you, but I have to go sit on the other side of this airport and, like, know and visualize this happening and me on the plane. So I sat there for the whole time and visualized myself on the plane and landing. And it just. It all worked out. But it was one of the hardest things I've ever done because everything was like. I wanted to cry. I wanted to start booking other flights. I wanted to, like, try to figure it out. I wanted to tell the people I couldn't make it. And I was like, no, you're gonna sit and visualize yourself on the flight. And it ended up working. So, yeah. I mean, I think it typically always works, but, you know, I don't know. It's a challenge when you're in that moment when the world is showing you it's not gonna work. I want to have you last thing. Touch on that. I loved celebrating when you're not winning. You talked about tailgating, your blessing. Share this, how it was relevant with your trip.

Yeah. So that trip in, by all standards, it should have been a beautiful celebration of traveling to Europe and having all of these amazing experiences. But in how it turned out, like, I wasn't winning. I really wasn't winning. No part of me felt like I was winning, felt like I was alone. I felt like I didn't know what my direction was going to be. I wasn't getting the information from source of like, what's my next business move? Like, I felt like, well, I don't know how long I'll be in Italy, but I'm going to stay here for a while, I guess, because I don't know what to do with myself now. And I was really sitting with that and thinking about other times in my life where I felt like I wasn't winning. But I was already thanking God with gratitude of thank you for the blessings that are already on my way. Because every time that I've been in a low place, I know that there is equal and greater polarity of light on the other side of darkness. And so I have so much historical evidence to support that. And I was like, okay, this is no different, right? If it's worked out all these other times of as deep and dark as I go is as high in light as I can be. And so I was like, okay, I'm going to celebrate that this is really, really hard and really uncomfortable because I know on the other side of this, I don't know how much time it's going to take to get onto the other side, but I know it's going to be so beautiful. And it was a discipline to be in gratitude for that because that's not your go to, like, it's hard when you're in the dark to be in gratitude. And when I was, you know, praying and really surrendering and like, on my knees of, like, I'm just going to be grateful for what it looks like on the other side of this. And that really made me think about, like, tailgating your blessing. So when you go to a football game and you go and you tailgate, you show up with your friends and you're decked out in all of your gear and you're ten toes down on business that your team is going to win. And you're already celebrating that your team has won before you've even stepped into the stadium, before the game has even started. And that's what it felt like for me. Of like, I'm going to celebrate this moment and I'm going to believe with every bone in my body that I'm going to win. And then that, like, opened up this huge expansion in my mind. Of like, yeah, that's how it's worked out every time I've had to celebrate my wins before I've made any sales. I've had to celebrate stepping on stage when I didn't have an invite on a stage. I had to celebrate before, before, before, before the actual win came. And then when you get there, it's like even more epic. Right. I have chills again, like, even. Even thinking about that. And so it's really important to celebrate when you're not winning, to make the wins even sweeter and also to be in it. You know, you got to be in it. We can't just celebrate the things that look good. We have to celebrate the journey that gives us resilience and strength to be able to hold the abundance. Right. We have to build that. And it comes from the dark. And so celebrate, Celebrate those moments now.

Man, I love this so much because Chris and I, you know, we. We have been on similar journeys in the last couple years because he's launching something new that he's never launched before. He's launching an app, and then I launched a product I'd never launched before. And like, we both simultaneously have had to celebrate the challenges. Like, what a gift this is. Like when bad things happen where we can't see a way out, or when we were like, do we have a company or not? Is this a viable business? It was like, thank you so much for what this is offering me. Thank you for the person that I get to become. Like, I'm celebrating that I was gifted, that this journey, that I chose to be this person.

Yeah.

And that is so hard, but so powerful. And I do think I will say I just want to, like, sprinkle some motivation with that because that doesn't feel very fun to say. I feel like it shortens the lesson.

I agree with you. I really do agree with you. If you meet yourself in that space, then you're not prolonging it. Right. I think when we come up, resist up to resistance of when it's hard, we resist. We resist. We resist. That takes a lot of time. Time. The shorter half life of resistance, the greater the outcome.

I love that. So is there anything else that you want to share? I know that there would. You could probably write a book off of your one trip. She is writing a book. She will be back on talking about it. But anything else you want to leave every everyone with?

I would say if you haven't booked a trip by yourself, literally, as soon as you're done listening to this podcast, book a flight as far away as you can and put yourself into that spiritual sabbatical and get yourself out there, especially if you're at a pivoting moment in business. Like, go do that. You will come back with the best ideas. And honestly, I've had the best opportunities since coming back from my spiritual sabbatical, and I'm just reemerging. Like, this past week was my reemergence, and I wasn't ready for it. I personally was like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if I'm ready. And then my guides were like, now, go now. And so I. I said, I'm not gonna move until I'm guided to move. And I was. And since then, since kind of returning and coming back to the surface to be seen, so many amazing things have come up. And so I would just say don't be afraid of the realignment that that comes because you're right where you're supposed to be, even if it feels really uncomfortable.

I love that so much. Well, thank you so much for joining me. I knew that we would. I was like, you know, this five minutes with you with 800 people around is not gonna cut it. So let's drop it. Let's drop in and let's get some content from it too, as well. I'm so grateful for you. I'll put in the show notes where we can find you. Follow you. But why don't you tell us what your handle is as well while we're on here?

Yes. Instagram and Tick Tock. We're in by rule now. Is Sam E. Peace.

Okay. Amazing. We're so grateful for you and you guys. Until next time, earn your happy. Bye, everyone.