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Lost & Found: A Memoir & Compass for Anyone in Search of More Love, Happiness & Meaning

Lost & Found: A Memoir & Compass for Anyone in Search of More Love, Happiness & Meaning

Part memoir, part compass for finding the things that matter most. Alla Polsky traveled the world for seven years in search of love, happiness & more

2023

Stories

Goodbye, Imposter Syndrome. Hello, Confident Writer.

How I quieted my inner critic enough to publish a book

Apr 20, 2024

Goodbye, Imposter Syndrome. Hello, Confident Writer.

Apr 20, 2024

Published in
Mystic Minds

The First Step To Enlightenment Is To Lighten Up

Inner work can feel more like play if we let it

Aug 24, 2021

The First Step To Enlightenment Is To Lighten Up

Aug 24, 2021

The Confusing Art of Holding Space

People often cry around me. It’s a good thing.

Aug 19, 2021

The Confusing Art of Holding Space

Aug 19, 2021

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Mystic Minds

How To Know If You’re Ready For Ayahuasca

And how to tell a true healer from a drug dealer

Aug 10, 2021

How To Know If You’re Ready For Ayahuasca

Aug 10, 2021

Published in
Mystic Minds

Don’t Mistake Synchronicity for Fate

Maybe you were meant to meet but not meant to be

Jul 22, 2021

Don’t Mistake Synchronicity for Fate

Jul 22, 2021

Can You Actually Travel Yourself Happy?

For five years I chased happiness around the world. The answer surprised me.

Jul 15, 2021

Can You Actually Travel Yourself Happy?

Jul 15, 2021

Published in
P.S. I Love You

When Your Home Is Also A Hostel

My boyfriend bought a hippie hostel in Mexico, and now it’s home

Jun 16, 2021

When Your Home Is Also A Hostel

Jun 16, 2021

10 Gods & Goddesses To Help Explain Modern Life

Afrodite, anyone?

Jun 25, 2019

10 Gods & Goddesses To Help Explain Modern Life

Jun 25, 2019

6 Travel Hacks That Actually Work

Surprisingly simple ways to ease your travels, from a full-time nomad

May 21, 2019

6 Travel Hacks That Actually Work

May 21, 2019

The Sounds That Keep You Up In A Hostel Dorm

It’s not all snoring and sex

Apr 25, 2019

The Sounds That Keep You Up In A Hostel Dorm

Apr 25, 2019

Published in
P.S. I Love You

Hate Meditating? Go Diving Instead

Scuba diving is a surprisingly foolproof form of meditation

Apr 22, 2019

Hate Meditating? Go Diving Instead

Apr 22, 2019

8 Universal Laws of Female Travel

Why certain stuff always seems to happen to you

Mar 5, 2019

8 Universal Laws of Female Travel

Mar 5, 2019

Published in
Be Yourself

“But Doesn’t It Get Lonely?”

Nah. Here’s why solo travel is not a social desert.

Jul 25, 2018

“But Doesn’t It Get Lonely?”

Jul 25, 2018

Don’t Be Sad That Your Big Trip Is Over

5 Ways to Soothe Travel Withdrawal and Re-adjust to “Real Life”

Jul 9, 2018

Don’t Be Sad That Your Big Trip Is Over

Jul 9, 2018

Is Traveling Alone Safe If I Have Ovaries?

A handy guide for my fellow female travelers

Jun 15, 2018

Is Traveling Alone Safe If I Have Ovaries?

Jun 15, 2018

Published in
Be Yourself

If You Feel Lost, You’re Doing It Right

As if we needed any more reasons to love travel

Jun 6, 2018

If You Feel Lost, You’re Doing It Right

Jun 6, 2018

I Did A 5-Day No Talking, No Tech, No Chewing Retreat So You Don’t Have To

(Not because it was that painful, but since many don’t have the time or patience for a silent retreat, here’s what I learned on my first…

May 31, 2018

I Did A 5-Day No Talking, No Tech, No Chewing Retreat So You Don’t Have To

May 31, 2018

Published in
Be Yourself

The Introvert's Guide to Travel

7 Ways to Balance Your Social Life and Personal Sanity Whilst Traveling

May 16, 2018

The Introvert's Guide to Travel

May 16, 2018

Published in
Be Yourself

How To Binge Travel Like It’s Your Job (Without Working Too Much)

I used to work hard. Now I hardly work. Here are my secrets.

May 10, 2018

How To Binge Travel Like It’s Your Job (Without Working Too Much)

May 10, 2018

Published in
Be Yourself

To My Fellow Americans With Weird, Un-American Names

Some people want to marry into money. I’d like to marry into pronounceability.

Jul 3, 2017

To My Fellow Americans With Weird, Un-American Names

Jul 3, 2017

Alla Gonopolsky

Alla Gonopolsky

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Binge traveler. Book author. Yoga teacher. World's Least Annoying Millennial.

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