Recorded at 7:30 AM on a windy October morning along the Ligurian coast, this unscripted episode follows a daily 5-kilometer walk that's both medical necessity and creative practice. Living with diabetic peripheral neuropathy—feet that burn like hot August sand with every step—I explore how unintended consequences become life's real curriculum.

What starts as walking to manage diabetes becomes a podcast. What starts as a podcast becomes language practice. What starts as speaking English becomes philosophy. The byproduct is always more important than the product.

This is not content creation. This is real-time human documentation: unedited thoughts about surviving corporate life at 56, raising three kids while managing chronic pain, the democracy of medical waiting rooms, and why your mind keeps creating even when your body betrays you.

Wind noise included. Stumbled words preserved. Abandoned metaphors intact. Because life doesn't have a edit button, and neither should this.

For anyone walking through their own burning sand, literally or metaphorically. For anyone who discovered that what emerged from their struggle mattered more than what they were struggling toward.

Note: This episode contains discussion of chronic illness and medical procedures. No medical advice is given or implied.