I just came back from my fall break in San Francisco, and one of my favorite things I did was walk in Muir Woods, a quiet forest full of redwood trees. Redwoods can live for a very long time many in Muir Woods are about 500–800 years old, and some redwoods can reach around 2,000 years. They are also the tallest trees on Earth. The tallest known living tree is a coast redwood called Hyperion, and it is about 116 meters tall (around 380 feet). Because I loved this place so much, I decided to bring a little bit of it into my podcast and invite you to a 10-minute sound bath meditation, where you can listen to the river and feel the calm energy of the trees with me.

In this episode, I sit down with my friends Madda and Giulia to talk about what life feels like when we’re not on our phones. We share honest thoughts, small moments, and real stories about being present, feeling free, and connecting without screens. A calm and open conversation about real life offline.

In this heartfelt episode, Giulia and her mom Crina Okumus talk about her past — the pressures, the success, the emptiness — and how she found a way forward through introspection and writing. Crina opens up about her transformation, and we dive into her book Let It Go, a piece of her soul offered as guidance and inspiration. The conversation invites listeners to reflect: what might we need to release in our own lives?