Few things feel better than swimming in the ocean. I have to qualify that statement with “in the ocean”, because open water is truly healing—an idea I used to find utterly ridiculous, until I began reading Blue Mind. Every morning, I wake up at 6am to do battle with my inner child who incessantly longs and cries for the easier, softer way. Together, we sleepily drag ourselves to the coffee maker, then the desk, then the car and finally, across the sand and into the surf. This has been my morning routine for a month now. It never gets easier. […]