Four years ago, I had everything I thought I was supposed to want: a successful career, a beautiful home, a loving family and a life that looked good from the outside. Yet beneath it all was a persistent feeling that something was missing.

What began as a healing journey eventually led me down a path I never could have imagined—one filled with experiences that challenged my assumptions about consciousness, reality and what may be possible. In a few weeks, I'll be heading to The Monroe Institute to participate in a documentary called Instructions for Leaving.

This is the story of how I got here.