I didn’t find this path. I was forced onto it.
The collapse didn’t happen all at once. It was a slow, quiet erosion.
When I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, the picture I had of my future dissolved. It wasn’t just the physical pain; it was the terrifying loss of who I thought I was. I remember looking at a flight of stairs and feeling a heavy, silent dread. I wasn’t feeling brave. I was feeling lost.
The medical world offered me management, and I am grateful for science. But my spirit needed something more than maintenance—it needed to come alive.
I went into the jungle not as a warrior, but as someone looking for a second chance. And in that silence, I didn’t find a magic cure. I found a connection—to my body, to nature, and to the creative force we all carry.
I didn’t choose to survive just to say I did it. I chose to heal because I realized there was so much more life left to live.