This past Saturday, August 29th, Allē and I had the pleasure of participating in the first annual Flight Crew Kickball Classic. What started as a simple vending opportunity to share knowledge about Soaring Wings and our vision turned into an unexpected invitation to play ball. Being out there with crew members reminded me how deeply aviation is woven into my life. It has been almost a full month since I stepped away from my role as a flight attendant after 9.5 years, and mome

A founder's-voice post explaining the throughline connecting therapy, training, publishing, and retreats. Ashakti started as a single counseling practice, built on a simple frustration: therapy often treats the mind while ignoring the body, the spirit, and the life circumstances shaping both. As that work grew, it became clear that whole-person wellness couldn't live in one room. Some people needed direct clinical care. Others needed training to bring holistic practice into t

Written with Soaring Wings facilitators, this post speaks directly to flight crew navigating fatigue, irregular schedules, and the pressure to always be "on." Aviation asks a lot of the people who keep it running. Time zones scramble your sleep. Schedules shift with little notice. And there's an unspoken expectation that you show up composed, no matter what happened on the last flight or the last layover. "Pushing through" works, for a while. But fatigue and unprocessed stres