No. 43 Post-trip depression, recalibrating + “real life”
Today on the pod, we’re talking about the comedown after a truly great vacation. A listener writes in about the disorienting feeling of returning home—how hard it is to jump back into “real life” after feeling calm, curious, and rejuvenated while away.
We explore:
why post-travel blues are a real (and totally valid) part of the experience
how to identify what exactly made the trip feel so good—novelty, spaciousness, connection—and invite more of it into everyday life
why rushing back into routine often makes the return harder
how to honor a special trip without clinging to it or making yourself miserable that it’s over
If you LOVE to travel (like me) hopefully this episode will ease your aching heart after returning from a trip or remedy the pre-trip blues you may already be feeling just thinking about it being over one day.
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Your prescription for living well, dose for this week: Coming back from a vacation or mini-break can be bittersweet. We are happy we got to get away from the everyday + happy to be back home too. You can bring a bit of that vacation feeling into home town life by stepping outside your norm and exploring things in your city that you haven’t done in a while or have never done. Ways to bridge between time away + back home - reminisce about yiour trip with others who went on it, journal about it, create a memory book or collage, have a get together with your travel buds or share photos. Squeeze a little bit of that vacay fun 🍋 out and incorporate it back into your life. How to start — find some novelty you can add into your everyday.. 🌴🌺
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