Stepping out of our comfort zones to travel around the world and see/experience how others live, certainly comes with a whole bunch of learning and growth. So what did we learn? Here’s a download: We are all connected. What happens in one part of the world, affects other people and places, both near and far. Philanthropy…Social responsibility...Climate change...Corruption...we (meaning the global we) are not just affecting ourselves, but our actions have long-term and far-rea

Please, by all means, travel the world, but don’t erase all the years of good self-care practices while you’re away. David and I both had robust morning and evening healthy body, mind and spirit routines that we practiced pretty religiously before we left for our ATW (otherwise known as “Around-the-World”) trip. We knew that in order to preserve our physical, mental and emotional well-being and sanity, we’d want to be sure that we were keeping up, at least somewhat, with our

How’d we do it? If you are like me and traveling the world has been your lifelong dream, please keep reading. Many people have been asking David and I how we were able to travel around the world for a year+, so I decided I would write a blog post about it. Just like with anything we want to accomplish in life, we first need to know exactly what we want, believe we can have it and be motivated to put in the (sometimes hard) work to get it. Planning this trip was exactly that f