We packed as well as we could, full of nerves and excitement, particularly about teaching in the school. And as excited as we were, much more excitement was warranted. What a wondrous treasure was awaiting us!

And of course, the answer lies in the question, what I am trying to get away from? It is not the sun, sea or sand. It is not laundry, dishes or driving the kids around.

And it was then that I began to hear those internal voices of self-shaming and harsh words. Voices so quiet that they sneak in under the radar, somehow strengthening their credibility.

9 years later I am in Cambodia, under the darkening sky, headphones on, taking time to myself on a lounger beside my 2 daughters, I look up and this is what I see. An almost Half-Moon, lying differently in the sky but it is the same glorious Moon.

The movements are slow, slower than you might think because the slower you go, the more you can feel. And as Thomas Hanna said, "If you can't feel it, you can't change it".