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Tag: travel
Assertive Communication for Solo Female Travelers
Originally published on Roofnest. How to set boundaries and utilize assertive communication tools in any culture and any situation Stories of harassment and stalking for […]
What is Transformational Travel, Really?
Look closer. That yoga class is a portal into mindful movement and heightened self-awareness. That farm tour is an introduction to the revolutionary world of […]
Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment
It’s been a wildly busy month, and though sharing something here has been on my to-do list every week, it just keeps getting pushed to […]
In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited
I’m riding from Sweden to Finland on a ferry named Grace, pondering over aimless wandering. I’ll come back to that. Grace is probably ten stories […]
Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide
Portugal has made it onto just about every top travel list this year, and with good reason. I loved the month I spent there in […]
The Strangeness
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Sorry, Robert Stevenson, on two counts. First, […]
Don’t Take My Word For It
Everything I have ever written, everything I will ever write, represents an infinitesimal slice (mine) of an infinitely complex whole. I may speak of the […]
The First Time: When the Travel Bug Bites
Some people will reminisce—with nostalgia, regret, or a little bit of each—about their first cigarette, their first drink, or their first time trying X (fill […]
12 Ways to Move/Travel to a New City/Country Where you Don’t Know Anyone—and Totally Rock It
I write about venturing into the unknown often. You might say it’s my favorite theme—in life and in art. You could say it’s my greatest […]