I’m Clara Ritger and I’m a storyteller. I write, I podcast and I make films. Mostly I’ve told stories about other people. Now, I’m telling stories about myself.
On paper, I had the kind of life you only see in movies: growing up in Surf City, California; attending a prestigious university with a legendary football program on full scholarship; landing a coveted job as a political reporter on Capitol Hill; successfully running my own film company in New York City.
But behind the scenes I was struggling with health issues rooted in a lifetime of unresolved trauma.
So I traded one enviable life for another: traveling the world in search of healing, in search of a life well lived.
This is what I've learned.
Welcome to Adventure to Awaken. Start here LINK TKTK with my introduction to the newsletter and what it is about.
Adventure to Awaken Community Ethos
- This is a group of people who just want to feel a little more alive.
- This is a group of people who feel most alive when they are aware of their aliveness.
- This is a group of people who understand that if the world is to be more compassionate, we must begin by cultivating compassion for ourselves.
- This is a group of people who aren’t content with the way things are or are supposed to be, and are seeking more.
- This is a group of people who want a place to remember what really matters in life. Not that deadline. Not what that other person said about you. Not the fact that you have no idea what you are doing with your life and whether you matter.
From one over-thinker to another, it doesn’t matter.
What matters – all that matters – is that you are alive.
Welcome to the adventure.
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