TRAVEL THERAPY #1: Is Prozac the Answer??? In my very first Travel Therapy session, I expose my perturbed state of mind just before I began to wander with any sense of regularity and purpose and ponder the question "Is Prozac the answer???". We all have to start somewhere, right? "I have [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #2: Goodbye to Yesterday In this second Travel Therapy session, I share some of the realizations I had after wandering for 10 days around the tiny island of Cyprus and realize that I must say "Goodbye yesterday...". "I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then." LEWIS CARROLL [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #3: Passion is Not a Dirty Word In this third Travel Therapy session, I mull over my taste of passion after wandering for a couple of weeks in the Belize Rainforest and Reef and the Costa Rica Rainforest. My conclusion? Passion is NOT a dirty word! "...above all, my beautiful, peculiar, translucent [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #4: Searching For My Tribe In this fourth Travel Therapy session, I faced a harsh truth after wandering in the California Redwoods and Sequoia National Forest — I really needed to start searching for my tribe. "Above all, be the heroine of your life. Not the victim." [...]
Travel Therapy #5: Finding Your Tribe In this fifth Travel Therapy session, I truly realize the importance of finding your tribe after my recent wander to Corsica with my French "family." "You are truly home only when you find your tribe." SRIVIDYA SRINIVASAN Effortless. That's how it feels to be with my French family. [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #6: Accepting Your Family In this sixth Travel Therapy session after wandering with my father to Poland in search of his family, I do some thinking about the importance of accepting your family. "...if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #7: Being a Mom is a Thankless Job Oh, boy...after our recent 3 week family vacation to Quebec and New York City, I'm fully convinced that being a mom is a thankless job and I am in serious need of a Travel Therapy session! Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #8: Discovering Myself in a Horse's Mouth I'm starting to look forward to my post-wander Travel Therapy sessions as much as my actual wanders. They're not always pleasant, but I'm realizing that avoiding all things unpleasant has stunted my growth over the past 40 years. After my recent family trip to Cabo San [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #9: Perfectly Imperfect You'd think after being pelted with rain for most of our two week family vacation, I'd need an intense travel therapy session. But, surprisingly—no, shockingly—my children looked through the rain and saw the beauty of Ireland and its people. The result was a perfectly imperfect (and hands down favorite) family [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #10: A Necessary Midlife Transition My recent solo trip to the North Shore of Kauai came about because of a desperate need for a break and enough solitary time to complete at least one of the thoughts that had been swirling through my mind for the past several months. I [...]
by Jennifer Dawson Travel as a Tool for Spiritual Growth Can travel foster spiritual awakening, healing and spiritual growth? Absolutely! If travel is already a passion for you, chances are you already know the importance of a rich spiritual life. Indeed, a top reason why so many people travel is the wish to feel like part [...]
Travel Therapy #31 Introvert Insights & Lessons Learned At 50 years and 7 months of age, I willingly volunteered myself for a 13 day social experiment. I wanted to see what would happen if I, a highly independent introvert, went on a structured hiking tour of the Canadian Rockies with 13 strangers. In short, I wanted some [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #13: Travel is Transforming Me If there was any shred of doubt that the islands of Hawaii—and in particular, Kauai—are one of my greatest teachers, it's gone after my latest wander there. So many lessons learned there—the latest as a result of a trip to Maui and Kauai. "A mind that is stretched [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #12: This Glutton for Food is Unrepentant Four solid days of eating in New York City has me considering the possibility that I may be a glutton for food. “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” | GEORGE BERNARD SHAW My latest wander took my love of food and turned it [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #11: It's Time to Find My Place I didn't have a specific intention before I left for my week in Sydney, but the city quickly set one for me—to find my place. “Once you’ve examined your needs for travel, consider the places that most help you fulfill the aim. Setting an intention for travel [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #10: A Necessary Midlife Transition My recent solo trip to the North Shore of Kauai came about because of a desperate need for a break and enough solitary time to complete at least one of the thoughts that had been swirling through my mind for the past several months. I was feeling drained to the point [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #9: Perfectly Imperfect You'd think after being pelted with rain for most of our two week family vacation, I'd need an intense travel therapy session. But, surprisingly—no, shockingly—my children looked through the rain and saw the beauty of Ireland and its people. The result was a perfectly imperfect (and hands down favorite) family wander. “Have no fear of [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #8: Discovering Myself in a Horse's Mouth I'm starting to look forward to my post-wander Travel Therapy sessions as much as my actual wanders. They're not always pleasant, but I'm realizing that avoiding all things unpleasant has stunted my growth over the past 40 years. After my recent family trip to Cabo San Lucas, I ended up discovering myself (at [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #7: Being a Mom is a Thankless Job Oh, boy...after our recent 3 week family vacation to Quebec and New York City, I'm fully convinced that being a mom is a thankless job and I am in serious need of a Travel Therapy session! Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in [...]
TRAVEL THERAPY #6: Accepting Your Family In this sixth Travel Therapy session after wandering with my father to Poland in search of his family, I do some thinking about the importance of accepting your family. "...if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. | [...]
