Few things grab your attention like standing face-to-face with history — the kind that isn’t pretty, the kind that hurts. I was on a tour with a group of my friends, titled “The Jews of Poland.” No, I’m not Jewish. I was actually the only non-Jew on the trip — the outlier. And honestly, that made the experience even more powerful. It gave me a perspective I could’ve never accessed on my own.

As our group moved from site to site, walking through the ruins left behind after World War II, you could feel the weight of the past. It was heavy. It was haunting. It settles into you in a way that’s hard to shake.
And here’s the thing: when you hit midlife, it’s normal to start thinking about legacy — what your life has added up to, what you stand for, and what you’ll leave behind when you’re gone. Maybe that’s why I’m so passionate about saying this:

Midlife isn’t the finish line. It’s the reset button — if you’re willing to press it.

This trip wasn’t easy for me or anyone in our group. It rained almost the entire time. I hardly got any footage — and maybe that wasn’t a loss. Maybe that was exactly how it needed to be.

In this episode of Come With Me, I’m sharing my experience in Poland the best way I know how. I hope you’ll give me grace as I walk you through it. And more than anything, I hope it inspires you to look inward, reflect deeply, and walk away even slightly better than when you pressed play.

If anything good can grow from moments this dark, let it be transformation — for every one of us still here to learn from them.