For a few years running now, I’ve explored Patagonia slowly, switching between Chile and Argentina and making hiking my main activity. It was mind-blowing. I’ve never seen so many glaciers, waterfalls, and rainbows all in one place. It’s rugged and tough landscape that tested my limits but was so easy to fall in love with at […]
Is Solo Traveling Lonely? Tips from a Solo Traveler of 9 Years
For some, the biggest hurdle to traveling solo is whether or not it will be lonely. If you’re worried about this, you’re not alone. It’s the most common question I get about traveling alone, and it was my biggest fear when I was deciding whether or not to solo travel as well. I was terrified, […]
Is it Weird to Stay in Hostels Past 30?
Solo travel is on the rise again. And I, for one, am thrilled! Over the past few months my solo travel blog posts have quickly become the most-read on my site, and with that comes reader questions about how to do it right. Today I’m answering a question a reader sent me on Instagram: Am […]
The Best Idaho Road Trip Itinerary
Idaho is a state that I can’t get enough of lately. Back in February I hightailed it out there after finding out there were hundreds of hot springs, and a couple of weeks ago made my way back for some summer action in the Sawtooth Mountains, the jagged rock formation I’d been gazing at while […]
What is Shadow Work? How This Practice Can Change Your Life
The “shadow self” is the parts of ourselves that have been pushed down to the unconscious — the parts that we’re insecure about, ashamed of, or frustrated with and therefore repress. The concept of the shadow self is based on the notion that we figuratively bury those pieces of personality that we fear would not […]