This week’s episode of Driftwood Conversations steps away from a traditional guest format and turns toward listening to the moment we’re living in, to the questions people are quietly asking themselves, and to what’s emerging beneath uncertainty. As the year comes to a close, I reflect on themes of exhaustion, clarity, simplification, and integrity, sharing observations about how people are choosing to live, what they’re building, and what they’re letting go of. The episode closes with poetry by Stanley Moss, read by me, and an original poem written and read by Miri Hunter. We are inviting you to pause, listen, and rest together before stepping into the year ahead.