Searching vs. Meeting Yourself as a Solo Traveler
I'm sharing a conversation from Kellie Stirling's podcast Talkin About Midlife where I'm visiting as a guest rather than a solo host or interviewer. We started from the very beginning: Saint Lucia at ...
13 Touko 47min
From Giggling Through Cairo to Leading 30+ Solo Travel Retreats
Most women have a definition of solo travel in their head, and it's usually the thing keeping them from taking the trip they dream of. If solo means handling every unknown by yourself with no one to c...
6 Touko 35min
Why Not? Stop Overthinking Solo Travel
Maybe you've been thinking about a trip for months, looking at flights, reading about the destination, knowing roughly what's there. And still not booking. Or you've already been on the trip and runni...
29 Huhti 29min
You Never Feel Ready to Travel Alone Before You Take The Trip (and that's alright)
You probably have a condition before you'll book the trip, something that needs to be true first. But if you look back, a version of that condition has likely already been true. You met it, and then s...
22 Huhti 24min
How Solo Travel Changes You
Each of us has a default response to unexpected moments, often without noticing it. I watched mine during a recent trip in Japan, paying attention to where I used to smile and keep moving versus where...
15 Huhti 29min
What if I Don't Know Where to Travel Solo
Sometimes people tell me they don't know where to travel solo. I want to sit with that for a moment, because I think that when most people say it, they mean something closer to: I don't trust where I ...
8 Huhti 14min
Deciding to Speak Up When You Travel Solo
I can feel right away when something is slightly off and I have to decide, quickly, what I’m going to do with it. Do I say something. Or do I let it go. I think you know that moment, the one where you...
1 Huhti 16min
What It Means to Be Present When You Travel Solo
Most people think experiences speak for themselves. But something else is happening while you’re inside them. On this trip to Japan, I noticed three very different moments: a sand spa where I couldn’t...
25 Maalis 15min
