Let’s Start Again
—A Personal Rebirth in Real Time
I recently boarded a plane after attending a five-day conference—Contact in the Desert 2025—that, quite honestly, changed everything.
The event itself was unlike anything I’ve experienced before. It was as if I had finally stepped into a world I had longed for but wasn’t sure truly existed—a space where intelligent, curious, open-hearted people gathered to discuss strange science, alternate realities, consciousness, and life beyond societal norms. It was real. It was expansive. And it cracked something open in me.
I arrived at this conference not in my highest light. My marriage had been without passion for a decade. A classic case of growing apart. I felt trapped, lost, like my options were dwindling. Thoughts had been swirling—ones that didn’t feel like me. Dark, desperate thoughts. I had already made some big changes in my life, but something was still missing. I needed a sign, a spark, a whisper of hope that maybe I wasn’t too far gone. That maybe the joy I once felt wasn’t lost forever. That maybe I hadn’t broken something beyond repair.
And then the conference happened.
And then... the song.
Sitting on the plane, waiting to taxi out, a track from my playlist started playing—“Let’s Start Again” by Savanna. I’d heard it before, but this time it hit. Something about the timing, the experience, the resonance of those lyrics... it cracked the shell I had been carrying.
Tears came. Quiet and unexpected. But powerful.
And with them, came the clarity:
Very difficult decisions must be made.
Courage I never knew I had must rise.
The process has begun.
“Why is everything in such disarray?” the lyrics ask.
And the answer?
Because it’s time to begin again.
Step by step.
Layer by layer.
Let’s start again.
This is the most difficult and rewarding adventure I’ll ever be on—a full rebirth while still alive.
It’s not all mapped out, and I don’t need it to be. What matters is that I’ve said yes. Yes to the unknown. Yes to myself. Yes to joy, possibility, and the promise that what comes next will be worth everything it took to arrive here.
Let’s start again.
Is it selfish to be fully, unapologetically yourself?
To stand in your sovereignty and honor who you truly are?
No.
It’s not selfish.
It’s sacred.
It’s necessary.
Because when we heal, we ripple healing outward.
When we live authentically, we give others permission to do the same.
And when we reclaim our sovereignty, we remember who we came here to be.
Each of us deserves this.
And with love, honor, and gratitude,
release that which no longer serves you,
or is served by you—
release it gently,
with reverence for what it taught,
and grace for what it could never become.
Let it fall away,
so the best version of yourself may rise,
unburdened, sovereign, and whole.
I wish you all the very best, big love and a beautiful life!
~KK
Karen Koprowski | @FigandSoul | #ReikiArtsKK
(The image is the actual moment I am speaking of- flying out of Phoenix to Maui)