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200: A Road Map // What To Listen to Next

Release Date: 06/18/2024

280: My #1 Hack for Making Vacation Feel Longer

Happy Women Travel More

Have you ever hit the last night of a trip and felt that sinking realization that your vacation is already over — like it just slipped right through your fingers? Or you get home, unpack your bags, and it’s almost hard to believe you were even gone at all. In this episode, I’m sharing one simple shift that can dramatically change how long a vacation feels — not by rearranging dates or squeezing in more time, but by changing how you experience the trip while you’re there. If you’ve been craving vacations that linger a little longer in your body and your memory — instead of...

279: When a Vacation Starts Feeling Like Work

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I don’t think any of us set out to take a vacation that feels like a bunch of work. A trip is supposed to feel like a break — something you look forward to, not something you manage, execute, and then need to recover from. And yet, sometimes a vacation starts to feel heavy before you even leave… or quietly turns into another job once you’re there. In this episode, we’re unpacking the sneaky ways vacations slip into “work mode,” so you know what to watch for — both while you’re planning and when you’re already on the trip. If you’ve ever come home from a vacation...

278: Travel That’s Not Just for the Cool Kids

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Travel has become so woven into our lives that we rarely stop to question it. We work hard, we take time off, we go somewhere — it’s just part of the rhythm. Somewhere along the way, travel also turned into another form of achievement. Another box to check. Another way to prove we’re keeping up, doing what we’re “supposed” to do, and not missing out. In this episode, we take a closer look at how easily travel decisions can be shaped by what “the cool kids” are doing— by what sounds right, looks good, or feels like the move everyone else is making. This conversation is an...

277: The Tradeoffs Hiding Inside Your Vacation Plans

Happy Women Travel More

Every vacation is built on a series of choices — and whether we realize it or not, each one comes with a tradeoff. Where you stay, how full your days are, which experiences you prioritize, and even how involved you are in the planning all quietly shape how your trip unfolds. Some of these tradeoffs are easy to spot. Others don’t reveal themselves until you’re already on the trip — or worse, once you’re back home wondering why it didn’t feel the way you hoped it would. In this episode, we’re breaking down seven real-world tradeoffs that show up on nearly every vacation. We’ll...

276: Making Wanderlust Work for You

Happy Women Travel More

Wanderlust doesn’t usually show up quietly. It shows up as a pull — a photo that stops your scroll, a video that makes your stomach flutter, a sudden desire to be somewhere else. It’s exciting, energizing, and often a little distracting… and for most people, it stays right there as a daydream. In this episode, we’re talking about how to make wanderlust actually work for you. Instead of treating it like a passing fantasy, we explore how that feeling can point you toward the kind of trip you’re truly craving — one that fits your life, your season, and your energy. This...

275: Things No One Tells You About Planning a Vacation… But I Will

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Celebrating 5 years of the Happy Women Travel More Podcast, I’m leaving you with one last episode for the year — and honestly, it's something I’ve never fully shared out loud. As you start thinking about your vacations for next year, today I’m revealing 3 insights about planning a trip that most people never tell you… but I will. These are the small but powerful insights that can completely shift how you approach your vacation planning, and ultimately, how much satisfaction you get from your travel experience. → ← → ← LISTEN BACK:

274: A Formula for Having the Best Year Yet

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If you’re starting to think about the year ahead and want a fresh approach to planning, I’m sharing a simple, practical formula you can follow as you plan your next year — and it’s not your typical year-ahead planning advice. We’re skipping the usual (and boring) focus on SMART goals and achievement lists, and instead zeroing in on the things that make a year feel meaningful, fun, and intentional — the things that help you create your best year yet. If you’re ready to plan your year in a way that goes beyond resolutions, obligations, or “shoulds,” this episode is for you. ...

273: How You Spend Your Time IS Your Life

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When you take a step back and look at how you’re spending your time, does it actually reflect the life you want to live? Because the reality is, the way you spend your days now shapes the life you’ll look back on later. On this episode, we’re getting real about time — not in the sense of productivity hacks or squeezing more in, but in the sense of owning the one life you get. If it feels like your days are running you instead of you running them, this episode is designed to give you a fresh perspective, a bit of inspiration, and maybe the push you didn’t even realize you needed to...

272: How to Do Nothing and Be Okay With It

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Do you ever find a few spare minutes in your day or week to just sit quietly and do nothing — no phone, no book, no distractions at all? If that idea makes you a little uncomfortable, you’re definitely not alone, and this episode is for you. We’re diving into what it really means to pause, quiet your mind, and simply let yourself be — especially if your life usually feels like it’s moving at full speed. We’ll explore why our modern version of downtime doesn’t always feel restorative, how spending time in nature can help you settle, and why allowing yourself to do nothing might...

271: Finding Hobbies That Fit Your (Real) Life

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If you’ve ever hesitated when someone asks what you do for fun, you’re not alone. So many of us get caught up in work and life that we forget what it even feels like to have something we do purely because we enjoy it. But as busy professional women juggling all of the things, having something just for us is actually really important. In this episode, we’re unpacking what hobbies really look like for adult women, how they can bring more joy and meaning into your day-to-day life, and how to actually fit them into a busy lifestyle. Because sometimes what we’re really craving isn’t a...

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