Over the years - through thousands of hours of coaching, group facilitation, workshops, deep conversations, traveling the world, learning different cultural and philosophical approaches to life, and listening to people’s lives across many countries and cultures - I have noticed something very human: When people get thrown off balance by life, they often do not know where to turn. A relationship breaks down. Illness arrives. Loss. Burnout. Loneliness. Retirement. Aging. War and terror. Trauma....

The Boxes After Death After my father died, I eventually got around to going through what seemed like endless boxes and folders of papers that he had left behind. Psychologically, I think I wanted both to savor the process and postpone it at the same time. I was still not used to being in the world without my parents. My beloved father, Max (Mordechai) Dunetz, was many things to many people: a Hebrew teacher and school principal, journalist, writer, and community leader. To me, however, he...

Why would a Jewish Israeli coach and seeker choose to walk the Camino de Santiago, one of the world’s oldest Catholic pilgrimage routes? In this reflective essay, I explore the Camino not as a religious journey, but as a walk toward meaning, hope, healing, and self-discovery. Along the way, I reflect on pilgrimage, personal growth, life transitions, and the universal search for our own “Santiago.”