Today we’re bringing you a conversation about Samantha’s recent seven-week trip with her family. From the outside, it might sound like an impossible undertaking: traveling around the world while managing chronic illness and recovering from surgery — not to mention the unexpected health challenges that popped up along the way. But somehow, this trip didn’t just happen, it was full of peaceful moments and incredible memories.
In this episode, Samantha shares what it really takes to travel when you’re never symptom-free. We explore the preparation, flexibility, and presence that made it possible—and why Samantha came home from a challenging trip that didn’t go according to plan eager to travel more, not less.
If you’re waiting to travel “when things settle down” or “when you feel better,” we hope this conversation invites you to reconsider. There might never be a perfect time to take that trip, but there’s so much joy to be found in doing it anyway.
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