Far too many of us wake up and allow regrets over what we didn’t do, or what dreams haven’t come true, to unsettle us and disrupt a spirit of gratitude and contentment. I used to be plagued with thoughts of how I could’ve landed this opportunity in Nashville, or achieved this or that success, if I had just networked more or tried harder. I realized this: revisiting the past with present day awareness is fruitless because it can’t change a thing, but the opportunity to use the new awareness in the present is pure gold.

Mark Twain said, "The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." Honestly, I spent a good part of my 20s and early 30s searching to figure out who and what I should become, and where I should fit in, as if life held a secret that I needed to uncover. But I had a problem: I never believed that God would make our "why" a secret that caused us to struggle an entire lifetime to find.

Here In The Highlands is a compilation of the u-turns and pathways I’ve discovered toward creating the life I’d always wanted. It typically begins with a trigger that leads to a courageous journey into one’s truest, deepest self. It then evolves into acceptance, momentum, and meaningful steps to a better life. This is my personal journal, the recording of my stories to share these revelations with you. My hope is that if you’re in need of a little push, my story will help get you moving too.