Magnificent Midlife

Laura Galloway is the author of Dalvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra. She’s a writer and communications strategist who began her career at the Los Angeles Times and holds a Master of Arts in Indigenous Journalism from the Sámi University in Kautokeino, Norway. I read about her in a magazine and just knew I had to invite her onto the podcast. Her book is gorgeous. We talk about: - The many and varied places Laura has lived and how different life is now - What the word DALVI means and why Laura wrote the book - The impetus for moving to the Arctic - The pain of Laura’s childhood - Why Laura stayed in the north after her relationship with the reindeer herder ended - How Laura assimilated into Arctic living - What Laura misses about the frozen north - What touched Laura so deeply about this part of the world - Living in endless day and endless night - How we can live more simply and why that matters - The deep friendships Laura made - Getting vulnerable about sharing one’s story and healing from that - How