25 Years Later, I Finally Answered the Call

When We Finally Say Yes to Ourselves

For the last 25 years, I’ve had a deep calling to visit Mt. Shasta.

When I first felt this calling, I was living in México City. I read a book called La Mujer Dormida Debe Dar a Luz by Ayoucan, a pseudonym for Antonio Velasco Piña, the famed author of Regina. His books left an imprint on my soul and shaped my experience living in México—and the opening of my spiritual path.

In an act of synchrodestiny, my then-husband and I had to suddenly move from México to Los Angeles in 2005 due to last-minute job offers we both received—without even looking for them. I clearly remember getting excited because that meant that the possibility of visiting Mt. Shasta in Northern California increased for me.

Of course, I got wrapped up in the incessant pace of motherhood and sustaining a business, so I would push the calling aside because it felt too self-indulg…