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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Most women aren’t short on courage. They’re waiting for a feeling of readiness that never arrives, and they read their hesitation as a warning sign. This episode is about the confidence ladder, and how you move from hesitant to ready by treating that moment of wanting something as the place where confidence starts.
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Last April, Prague was taking too long to warm up, so I asked a colleague a couple of questions about Tirana and booked a weekend in Albania. I wanted the sun, and I let that be reason enough. This episode is about why midlife is the perfect time to travel alone.
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One of the questions women ask me most is how to choose a destination for a first solo trip. Most of us don’t hesitate because we lack information. This episode is about why choosing a place asks you to notice what you want and let it matter, which many of us were never taught to do.
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Becoming a woman who travels solo starts long before you book a flight, with a quiet sense that the life you’ve been living might not be the whole story. This episode is about that first shift, and why it makes sense to feel drawn to solo travel and unsettled by it at the same time.
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When most women start thinking about travelling alone, the first thing that comes up is a quiet fear, the kind that sounds like “maybe I should wait until I have someone to go with.” This episode is about where those messages come from, and what changes once you can see them.
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