There's a bit of a myth out there that we travellers are brave, confident people who never get anxious. From my own life and knowing many other travel-loving friends who also have experienced anxiety, I can promise you this is wrong.
Episode 173 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast includes two very special conversations with women who divulge some of their very personal experiences with anxiety and its connection with travel.
Firstly, I speak with Megan Blandford (who literally wrote the book on anxiety!) about some of her experiences with anxiety during her travels. Megan gives some really specific examples of how anxiety gripped her on trips to Japan and earlier on a dolphin swim trip and I personally find this one of the best ways to understand more about what anxiety can look like on our travels.
I then get the chance to chat with Laura Waters who has just published a book that also features a lot of her anxiety: Laura spend five months hiking from one end of New Zealand to the other and what happened to her anxiety during this trip is fascinating.
Links:
Megan Blandford https://meganblandford.net/ Her book I’m Fine (And Other Lies) about postnatal depression and motherhood https://amzn.to/2tY7zAc Laura Waters https://soultrekkers.com.au/ Laura’s book Bewildered https://amzn.to/2S20zu2 How to Deal with Travel Anxiety - Episode 93 - https://notaballerina.com/93 Getting Past Travel Anxiety - Episode 71 - https://notaballerina.com/71 My blog post from a few years back about my experiences with anxiety and travel - https://www.notaballerina.com/2015/02/travel-for-the-anxious-anxiety-prone.html Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/173323 Language Learning Through Travel and Immersion
322 Life-Changing Study Abroad Experiences
321 B Corps in the Travel Industry
320 Thanks for the Travel Bug, Mum
319 Homestays When You Travel
318 Gevorg Babayan: Deep Dive into Experiential Tours in Armenia and Beyond
317 Border Crossing Tales
316 Fathers on Travelling with Kids
315 Meeting Locals When We Travel
314 Paul Christie, CEO Walk Japan - Deep Dive into Revitalising Rural Japan
313 Train Travel in Australia
312 Giving Back When We Travel
311 Micah Kamohoali’i - Deep Dive into Hawaiian Culture and Tourism
310 Fukushima, Japan - Hope Tourism, not Dark Tourism
309 SXSW Sydney: Why We Need Travel More Than Travel Needs Us
308 Walk Japan: Following Basho’s Road to the North
307 When Things Go Wrong At Sea
306 Eco-Accommodation
305 Accessible Gold Coast Travels
304 Bangkok Travels with Friends
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