How to Deal With Travel Anxiety – Episode 93 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

May 1, 2018 By Amanda Kendle Leave a Comment

You’d think that since travelling is, on many occasions, completely optional, that those of us who suffer from anxiety before travel would just give up doing it. But I certainly haven’t, and I’ve been surprised over the years to discover so many of my fellow travel-lovers who find some aspects of travelling life extraordinarily anxiety-inducing but feel such a burning urge to travel that they just do it anyway.

So, knowing that there are many travellers who feel anxious about it – whether it’s a fear of flying, or being anxious in the lead up to a trip, or feeling worried about things that could go wrong or whether or not they’ll be able to communicate with people, and a whole host of other anxieties – I have put together another episode about the issue of travel and anxiety. And I have to say – I don’t think it’ll be the last one!

Show notes: Episode 93 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

How to Deal With Travel Anxiety

Many a well-travelled travel-lover experiences travel anxiety and the guests in Episode 93 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast are no exception. (And neither am I!).

In this episode I chat with Kelly Dunning about her first big trip, aged 21, and a particularly pivotal moment which helped her to get over travel anxiety. I also talk to Kati Craythorn who gets anxious about flying, as many of us do, and we discuss a few different travel anxiety tips from other listeners too which I hope will help everyone with overcoming travel anxiety – because it’s worth it!

Links:

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Kelly Dunning at Global Goose
Kati Craythorn at Queensland and Beyond
Episode 71 – Getting Past Travel Anxiety
Jodi’s Gluten Free cards for travellers
Fear of flying: interview with a pilot
Understanding turbulence – interview with a pilot
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