We explore how travel shifts in midlife from family logistics to an intentional tool for creativity, focus, and joy. We map three travel modes—rest, adventure, and living—while challenging restrictive remote work rules and inviting listeners to design mini-retirements now.

• Defining travel as a design choice for a beautiful life
• Three modes of travel: restorative, adventure, living
• The three-week acclimation threshold and re-entry
• Four-trips framework: family, partner, friends, solo
• Segmenting family trips one-on-one with kids or parents
• Negotiating flexible work and mini-retirements
• Pushback on out-of-province work restrictions
• Using time zones to create deep work windows
• Accessibility of experiences vs distance and budget
• Growth from youth exchanges and adult “home base” stays

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We rethink sleep by peeling back routine, hormones, family schedules, and the shame that surrounds night owls and early risers. We land on a practical, compassionate take: build life around your rhythm when you can, and stack small tools when you can’t.

• how daylight saving exposes fragile routines
• small kids vs teens as different sleep disruptors
• hormones, HRT, magnesium, and deeper sleep
• two chronotypes and why both can thrive
• screens, midnight productivity, and boundaries
• environmental tweaks for noise and light
• naps, the 20-minute window, and nappuccino
• school start times and workplace flexibility
• shifting from sleep shame to outcomes

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We swap a city hike for a deeper look at how curiosity and discipline shape midlife, from daily routines to brave little experiments that make life feel wider. A walk, a map, and a flurry of left turns become a clear plan to try three new things and say yes on purpose.

• using a hike to reveal leadership, trust and time styles
• curiosity versus discipline as complementary tools
• finding a buddy to lower the barrier to trying new things
• low‑stakes starts like a beginner pickleball session
• work from home shrinking circles and how to expand them
• Big Magic and creative living beyond fear
• small daily experiments in walking, cooking and music
• a simple homework: three new things this month

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