Once upon a time in Hollywood (the early ’90s), you were a girl from a small rural town with ambitions to be a famous writer. A boy with rock-star dreams from Orange County, meanwhile, was playing gigs on the Sunset Strip. You met, had the requisite love story. Then came kids. You settled into a (somewhat) respectable suburban SoCal life. You traded dreams for practicality.

Flash forward to this summer: A business meeting in Hollywood becomes a great excuse for visiting old stomping grounds and reviving that creative spark. That’s the way to turn a staycation close to home into a transformation, advises Stacy Thiry, licensed mental health counselor at Grow Therapy: Give it a purpose. Name it.

What makes a staycation restorative is the intention behind it, she advises. “Think of it like t

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