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A soaked day at Iguazú Falls reminded me that delight is a real reason to choose a trip. I talk about waterfalls, fried manioc, small wants, and what happens when we stop shrinking what we want into the most sensible version.
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Most of us say “I can’t afford it” about a trip before we’ve ever worked out what it would actually cost. Jillian Johnsrud, author of Retire Often, has taken more than a dozen mini retirements, and she shows how pricing a trip line by line turns a someday into a real decision, whether you have a month or a week.
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A family trip to Nigeria showed me that the self-trust I built through solo travel doesn’t disappear when other people are around. It came with me into family rhythms, an Uber grocery run with my sister, and one bottle of water I ordered when I meant to order twelve.
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There isn’t one right trip to find. The best afternoon I ever had in Osaka was a walk I chose and a table by a garden, nothing that would make a list. Planning a solo trip you’ll actually enjoy is less about logistics than design, and the key move is subtraction: take the shoulds off and build the trip around the woman who is actually going.
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I was standing on the balcony at my parents’ house in Canada in September when a school bus went by, and I felt relief. For fourteen years, September was when I went back. This episode is about leaving a job I had wanted without ever feeling ready, and why that’s alright.
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In a shop in Oman, I was clearly next in line for chocolates, and someone who walked in after me was served first. After 40, a lot of women start noticing they aren’t seen the same way, through small moments that add up. This episode is about how travel makes that pattern impossible to ignore, and why that turns out to be useful.
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I was packing a crossbody bag that can’t be cut when it occurred to me that safety isn’t a checklist. This episode is about what safety actually looks like for a woman travelling alone, built from years of real experience, including a night in Morocco and what dusk does to a place.
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Leaving a place can feel harder than arriving, even when you know you’re ready. I talk about the bus ride where I sat on the wrong side for the ocean, a ceremony at Koyasan, and how to trust yourself when a moment has already given you enough.
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