Noshing With Suzanne Maggio – July 18, 2024

This week, Ira spoke with Suzanne Maggio, author of "Estrellas: Moments of Illumination Along El Camino de Santiago." In this walking episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Suzanne talks about why she decided to walk along the El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain; how she planned the walk; why you have to be open to letting go of the best plans and dealing with what’s right in front of you; walking yourself into shape; physical, spiritual and mental; why Spain supports that journey and provides infrastructure; the uniqueness about it; silence and reflection, where you create an opportunity for change to occur; why it left her changed; how her husband supported her during the solo walk; why she never used her phone while walking; the challenge of the walk becoming too touristy; some of the wonderful people she met on the walk itself; alternate routes on the El Camino de Santiago; why she decided to write the book (“it wasn’t about walking, it was about what happens when you’re walking”); and how she wrote it during COVID. (Also Watch Full Podcast Video)