Some of my favourite holiday memories are the simplest ones: slow mornings by the fjord, leaving screens behind and resisting the urge to immediately check messages or scroll through social media. Instead, I would start the day with a cup of tea, embrace the quiet, and head outdoors to reconnect with nature—and myself.

Lines from a poem I wrote sometime ago surfaced in my consciousness, as the conversation unfolded, it brought forward thoughts of the earth storing hidden memories, hidden treasure and how we maybe drawn to seek it out. I instinctively recited the lines 'do not burn or burry the past in layers of shame. If we do that, we will only perpetuate the very same!'

What gift can you give yourself today? A simple thing that will bring you connection and great joy? Isn’t that what we are all looking...