Prior to this time in her life she felt as if she wasn’t in control of her path. All the fear, people pleasing, and decision making was leaving her depleted. When she decided to go to Mexico she didn’t know exactly what she was searching for but she took that out-of-control feeling and let it lead her. Was she scared? Of course she was but she knew she had to travel deeper into the tunnel to finally see the light at the end.

At the beginning, Project Passport was a travel retreat company rooted in mental wellness. I thought, this is perfect for me! Two weeks later she hired me as her travel expert and itinerary planner. After successfully planning, booking, and selling out our very first retreat to Kenya, cue COVID-19. The next few months would be a whirlwind of disappointment, confusion, and no more dream job.

She began hallucinating coupled with the inability to pronounce her words so much so that others could not understand her. Doctors told her that she had suffered a silent migraine which presented itself as a stroke. This, insanely enough, was triggered by a fire alarm. Jordan was traumatized by this experience because she had absolutely no clue, at that moment, that it was a migraine. How would she?