(Podcast) Covid Interrupted: Adaptability is Essential
Season 1 Episode 9:
We've all been thrown for a loop.
It's not that we've never experienced something in life that's completely thrown us off our course, but we definitely haven't experienced something that's changed the world as we know it on such a broad scale for an extensive period of time.
We've been sitting with this experience for a couple of weeks, reevaluating how travel and adventure currently look and how it will be going forward.
We are examining the tools we've found ourselves using during our return journey and our time of staying home.
It turns out, there are many things about travel and adventure (whether with a partner, solo, or in a family) that are coming in handy.
Tools that help us stay a little more sane, communicate better with one another, and use our time effectively while also honoring that... things are weird and we need to be good to ourselves.
In this episode, we're talking about two of the most important aspects of spending so much time together while also maintaining a healthy personal existence: Adaptability and Discovering and Making Room for Our Fundamental Needs.
We'll share tips on how this works in our life, when on the road and also staying home during a pandemic.
We hope helps you and your family now - and definitely when the road trips start up again.
Don't stop that dreaming and scheming!
We will see each other having adventures very soon.
On an important note, Cristen recently lost a high school friend to a silent struggle and she noticed that it's been a devastatingly unfortunate occurrence over the last few years - particularly with men.
Tending our mental health is something that all of us need to spend time doing and paying attention to.
For some of us, it's outlandish to imagine a mental/emotional landscape that could cause a person to take their life.
But for others (and many more than we ever recognize), it's a fight that they contend with every day.
In our view, tending your mental/emotional health is like going to the gym for physical health and - if the every day choices we're making aren't addressing our bigger concerns - then going to the doctor for a check-in.
Our society doesn't talk about it enough because getting a mental health check-up (whether you're a woman or a man) IS normal, it IS acceptable, and it may save a life.
If you are questioning your own need to check in with someone, please talk to a trusted friend, call your doctor, or reach out to one of the numbers we're providing below.
We want to keep seeing you out there dreaming, planning, and doing your adventures, too.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text 741741
Trevor Lifeline (leading organization providing intervention/prevention services to LGBTQ young people under 25): 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678
TrevorSpace (online international peer-to-peer community for LGBTQ young people/friends):
Veterans Crisis Line:
1-800-273-8255 press 1 or text 838255
TalkSpace (online therapy):
BetterHelp (online therapy):
Find a local therapist:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
Online support for new moms dealing with postpartum challenges:
www.postpartum.net OR www.supportingmamas.org
(Moms: check out the organization The Adventure Mamas Initiative to connect with other AdvMoms - www.adventuremamas.org)
Online support for new dads/partners dealing with postpartum challenges:
www.postpartum.net/get-help/resources-for-fathers/
(Dads: check out this article from Fatherly: www.fatherly.com/play/6-websites-built-connect-community-dads/amp/)
