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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On the cliffs at Sandanbeki, everyone else took a photo and moved on, and I stood still and felt my shoulders drop. I don’t always let myself stay long enough for a moment to unfold. This episode is about the hidden pressure to make every solo trip worth it, even when you’re the only one there to judge.
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There’s often an unspoken belief that if we plan carefully enough, a first solo trip should go smoothly. My own life doesn’t work that way, and even my good days involve small adjustments. This episode is about why your first solo trip after 40 will probably go a little wrong, and why that’s a good thing.
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A friend told me I travel more than anyone she knows, and then she asked if I’d watched Tracee Ellis Ross’s solo travel show. I hadn’t, until my cousin restarted it and watched it again with me in Canada. This episode is about why solo travel seems to be resonating with so many women over 40 right now.
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One of my earliest memories of eating alone is standing outside an Indian restaurant in the ByWard Market in Ottawa as a shy university student, wondering if I belonged there. The discomfort around eating alone usually isn’t about the food. This episode is about solo dining anxiety while travelling and what it has to do with being seen.
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