Why don't you tell me your name and introduce yourself?

Gosh, I don't even know where to start. I am a German who immigrated to America,

has reverse immigrated back to Germany. I am a traveler, very much so, but I'm stuck and can travel

as, of course, none of us can, which was a big reason that we re-immigrated back to Germany

to travel, and here we are. You came back, when did you go back to Germany?

It was two and a half years ago. So you went there partially to travel,

as you say. Yes. You're feeling some cabin fever. Very much. I mean, I'm not alone in this. I'm sure.

You're absolutely right. And tell me a little bit. Just give me the context. You emailed me.

Tell me your story. What did you share in that email? Yeah, so I, oh, I think I'll start at the

beginning. I think most of my adult life, I've been very identified with my career as sort of

the source of my value that I define. And somewhere a few years ago, let's say four, maybe three

years ago, I was in a PhD program, and fairly unhappy and very obsessed with my career. I think

that's pretty normal for PhD students. I mean, I knew something wasn't right. I read your book and

really clarified for me that what wasn't right is that I wasn't living according to my values.

I had these dreams I've had for a really long time. I wanted to become a mother.

I moved to the US if my parents and that's 12. I wanted to move back to Europe. I wanted to travel.

I was always a big passion for me in Europe, especially. But I wasn't doing any of those things,

because I kept prioritizing my career. I made some really big changes at the time. I

shortly thereafter, we moved to Paris for six months, which was an unusual move for a PhD student

and took me out of my program for a little bit. And then, kind back to the US to finish my program

and get my PhD a year later, moved to Germany for a postdoc, which was on paper looks like a good

decision. And I'm sure, I mean, I know on hindsight, it was a very good decision. But it was also me

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