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Personal Growth & Wellness Travel

Explore podcast episodes about personal growth, mental health, and transformation through travel, including living abroad and long-term travel experiences. Hear how travel shapes identity, purpose, and well-being across cultures.

Travel often transforms the way we see ourselves and the world. In these conversations from The Maverick Show, guests reflect on how long-term travel, living abroad, and cross-cultural experiences can spark personal growth and self-discovery. These episodes explore mental health, mindfulness, reinvention, and the ways global travel can reshape our perspectives on purpose and belonging. Through powerful travel stories and reflections on life overseas, guests share how stepping outside familiar environments can lead to deeper personal transformation.

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378: From Almost Jumping to Building a Life Across Continents: Cara Laban on Depression, Travel & Reinvention

Learn how Cara stopped escaping and designed a sustainable world travel lifestyle that works for her brain. Cara Laban left New York chasing a childhood dream of Australia, but what began as an…

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Bridging the Gap Between Travel and Wellness, Prioritizing Black Mental Health, and Founding Flex-n-Fly with Youmie Jean Francois (Ep 218)

Learn practical ways to prioritize wellness while traveling, from minimalist packing to mental health and self-care. Youmie Jean Francois joins Matt in-person for this conversation in Dakar, Senegal. They start talking about their…

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Mental Health For Nomads, Love Languages, and Becoming a Fully-Remote Psychotherapist with Dr. Aprile Andelle (Ep 207)

Learn how a traveling therapist builds connection, joy, and well-being while running a remote practice around the world. Dr. Aprile Andelle shares her approach to therapy, how she works with her clients, and…

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How To Create Deep Friendships Quickly and Design an Ecologically-Regenerative Nomad Life with Kaela Atleework (Ep 167)

Learn why historical and political context matters for conscious travel and how to leave the places you visit better. Kaela Atleework takes us on her journey growing up in California, becoming an international…

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The Legacy of South African Apartheid and Healing Ancestral Money Trauma While Traveling the World with Vangile Makwakwa (Ep 226)

Learn how systemic inequality and inherited beliefs about money can shape our lives & how we can begin to heal them. Vangile Makwakwa takes us on her journey growing up under South African…

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Keep Calm, Bring Your Carry On: Prioritizing Mental Health for Travelers of Color with Jen McKinney (Ep 243)

Jen McKinney joins Matt on the podcast from Ghana. They start off talking about what they both love about Accra, as well as what they love about Cape Town. Jen then talks about…

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How World Travel Impacts Your Brain with Robin Who (Ep 246)

Learn why new languages and unfamiliar cultures can boost creativity, expand your worldview, and deepen human connection. Robin Who joins Matt for an aperitivo. She starts off sharing her experience growing up in…

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Transformative Travel with Geleen Antonio (Ep 271)

Learn how to create impactful travel experiences rooted in personal transformation, authentic connection, and play. Geleen Antonio joins Matt from the Philippines. She starts off reflecting on her experience coming up in California…

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Travel Not to Escape with Geleen Antonio (Ep 272)

Hear how returning to the Philippines and reconnecting with her roots reshaped what meaningful travel means to her. In Part 2 of this interview, Geleen talks about moving to Chicago and what she…

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How to Enhance Your Aliveness and Presence by Creating a Deeper Relationship with Nature with Dom Francks (Ep 281)

Learn how to overcome distraction, overwhelm, and disempowerment to become more present, creative, courageous and wild. Dom Francks joins Matt from a van in the Western U.S. for a virtual wine night and…

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