Sami booked a hotel on the island of Lanai, pre-planned every meal so she'd never have to speak, and wore a necklace that read "I am on a silent retreat" for seven days straight. No talking, no screens, no music, no journaling. Nothing. This is her honest account of what happened.

Tune in as Sami walks through her first solo silent retreat — designed on her own terms, while following the Open Gate Sangha program. She gets into what seven hours of meditation a day actually looks like, why day four nearly broke her, and the unexpected clarity that came through in the stillness. She is not sugarcoating it: this was the hardest thing she has ever done.

But somewhere in all of it, something cracked open. Because her biggest breakthrough was realizing how much she loves her life.

If you've been thinking about any kind of retreat, this one is worth listening to first.

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