From the Vault: What It Costs to Wait to Be Seen
I recorded this one a while back, and in it I explore a feeling so many of us have after 40, where you walk into a room and somehow nobody quite registers that you're there. Back then I thought the an...
8 Jul 21min
Follow the Feeling, Not the Feed: Choosing Solo Travel Destinations After 40
A lot of us have a list somewhere, in a notes app or just in the back of our heads, of places we'd like to visit. Every place on it sounds lovely, and not one of them is an obvious yes. So we keep res...
1 Jul 28min
From the Vault: Solo Travel Safety for Women Beyond the Rules
Safety can become a giant question, one that seems to require a single answer before we are allowed to book the trip. But that is not how it works when you are actually travelling. What matters is the...
24 Jun 14min
Why Alone Isn't Lonely When You Travel Solo After 40
People often ask me if I get lonely when I travel on my own, and it's a fair question. But after more than 40 solo trips, I realize that being alone and being lonely don't really have much to do with ...
17 Jun 28min
How to Plan a Solo Trip You'll Actually Enjoy
We plan our trips around the famous sights, the must-do list, the things we'd feel a little silly skipping. And then we come home exhausted, having seen everything without focusing on enjoyment. What ...
10 Jun 25min
Your Adult Gap Year Doesn't Have to be a Year
We keep telling ourselves we'll take the trip we actually want once we've finally figured everything out. What if you have that backwards? You will not think your way to your next chapter from inside ...
3 Jun 20min
This is the 40+ Solo Travel Advantage
Solo travel as a 40-year-old looks different from solo travel at 25 in ways that have very little to do with the budget or the boutique hotel. By 40 you already know what you want clearly enough to de...
27 Mai 25min
The Decisions That Build a Solo Traveler Aren't the Big Ones
The small decision on a Sunday morning, the park or the cafe or the hotel room, is building something that will help you for your solo trip. I took myself on an overnight trip to Olomouc in the Czech ...
20 Mai 23min
