Weekly Flow #26 - June 30, 2023

Dear, wanderer

Welcome to my weekly flow of news, events, insightful perspectives, and impactful stories aimed at creating positive change in your life and the lives you touch, at home and on the road.

My curious mind, intuitive soul, and big heart, along with some personal connections and crushes on extraordinary humans have put me in a position to receive an abundance of practical information, exciting innovation, and profound wisdom, usually travel-related, that has flowed to me, and now, on to you. Before you scan, take a breath, tune in, open up to the flow, and find your glow.

Mind-boggling’ palm that flowers and fruits underground thrills scientists.
Europe's Euclid space telescope is scheduled to blast off Saturday on the first-ever mission aiming to shed light on two of the universe's greatest mysteries: dark energy and dark matter.
Interested in learning more about regenerative development for communities and destinations? Please join us for panel discussion on Wednesday, July 5th called Destination Regeneration in Focus | Stories from the Field, featuring our two early adopter destinations, Willamette Valley Visitor Association and Whidbey and Camano Islands. Register here.
THE RIGHT TO JOY | Cougar attack survivor overcomes hate by promoting trans-inclusive cycling. Thanks to my good friend Dan Moore, cofounder of EverGreen Escapes for sharing this with me, commenting “It is great not only because of the story - very powerful. But also, that REI is unafraid to tell a story about a Trans athlete in this era.”
Discovering India's Spiritual Side in Its Temples: A Transformational Experience
Happiness Break: What To Do When You’re Struggling, With Spring Washam
Just love this one, totally aligned with The Transformational Travel Council. 8 Powerful Ways Travel is Therapy and How New Environments Promote Positive Change. If this calls to you and you’d like to deepen your knowledge around guiding transformations, consider joining our upcoming 3-day Intensive coming up on July 12th.
Off-grid travel is booming, but are we doing it all wrong? “Amid the rise of luxury wilderness cabins, haute campfire cuisine and abundantly available wi-fi, are we losing sight of what makes off-grid travel so special?

It is so great to see the quiet, awe, and wonder of off-grid travel is calling to so many! I just spent a few days off the grid on a remote beach on Shasta Lake in Northern California with my son, Quinn, and some of my old high school friends and their kiddos, many of which I have not seen in a while. I tell you, 30 years later, some of those folks couldn’t have more different beliefs and politics than I do, but when you’re out in nature, away from the media, the propaganda that perpetuates the us versus them mentality, it all just falls away and we get to celebrate our shared appreciation for mother nature, our love for our kids and our families, and reminisce on days past, that when brought up again and again, still take us back, still make us laugh so hard we cry. Those relationships matter, the glassy lake, the pine trees, the stars above, they matter.

It’s in this magical place that we’re reminded that we’re all just those same kids now playing in a grown-up world, on a new stage, just trying to figure things out, just like we always have. I’m pretty sure that when we were 15, we thought we knew it all, and maybe that illusion hasn’t changed, maybe if we were just more open, vulnerable, and real with ourselves and with each other, we’d be able to break down so many of the divisions that exist in our families, our communities and our civilization and begin to honor and celebrate the things that matter most in our lives.