The Opportunity for Travel, Mindfulness and The Peri/PostMenopause

About this episode

Dr. Amy Novatt discusses travel and women's health with Tara Short, exploring how adventure can lead to personal transformation and healing.

In this episode of GynoCurious, Dr. Amy Novatt explores the intersection of travel, adventure, and women's health with Tara Short, founder of Green Edventures Tours. Tara shares her recent travel experience snorkeling with sperm whales in Dominica and discusses how her passion for nature and big animal encounters evolved from childhood dreams into a 17-year business leading adventure women travel groups. The conversation examines how travel serves as more than just recreation—it's a pathway to personal transformation, self-discovery, and healing that parallels the journey through illness and wellness. The episode delves into the unique barriers (historically) women faced in outdoor recreation and travel, from practical concerns like appropriate gear to deeper psychological fears about venturing into unfamiliar territory. Tara explains how her tours create non-competitive learning environments where women can step outside their comfort zones, whether climbing Kilimanjaro or simply joining a group of strangers on the other side of the world. She emphasizes the bravery inherent in saying "yes" to these experiences and how group travel allows women to rediscover themselves, let go of…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Amy Novatt

Guest: Tara Short

Topics covered

• travel
• women's health
• mindfulness
• perimenopause
• adventure
• self-discovery

Keywords

• travel
• women's health
• mindfulness
• perimenopause
• adventure travel
• self-discovery
• snorkeling
• nature-based experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Green Edventures Tours

Places: Dominica, Iceland

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