Personal Essays Nadia Polydorou Personal Essays Nadia Polydorou

Running Through Grief: How Loss Changed My Life Forever

I have always been eager to try new things. From dancing, chess, and hockey to pottery, law school, culinary, and writing, I have spent much of my life chasing different passions, often impulsively and without much warning. But among all the things I have dabbled in, becoming a runner was never one of them. At least, not until life unravelled in ways I never expected, and what began as a simple attempt to move my body became something far more profound.

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A little hello from Tuscany

For many years, Italy lived in my head like an unattainable pipe dream, until the one day my pipe dream came true. This time — my third time traveling Italy — between Florence, Chianti, art, wine, and stillness, I discovered parts of myself again I never even knew was missing.

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