Ep 65 Meeting yourself on the journey with Damianne President

About this episode

Kellie Stirling interviews Damianne President about using intentional solo travel for self-discovery in midlife.

What if the most transformative journey you could take wasn't to a faraway place, but back to yourself? In this episode, I sit down with Damianne President, a coach who helps midlife women use intentional solo travel as a catalyst for self-discovery. Damianne has lived and worked across four continents — from St. Lucia and Canada to India, Sudan, Japan, and now Prague — and her extraordinary cross-cultural life is the foundation of her work. What you'll hear in this conversation: How a Sufi teacher in India told a 20-something Damianne she was "watching her life from the window of a train" and how that moment set her on a completely different path, Why travel, especially to unfamiliar countries, is one of the most powerful developmental tools available to us, and how it works on the nervous system in ways our everyday routines simply don't, The crucial difference between escaping yourself through travel and genuinely meeting yourself and what it looks like when people confuse the two, How Damianne supports clients to stay regulated when travel gets uncomfortable, including Tara Brach's RAIN practice and her own beautifully simple "5 more minutes" approach, Why midlife is such a…

People in this episode

Host: Kellie Stirling

Guest: Damianne President

Topics covered

• self-discovery
• intentional travel
• midlife transformation
• personal growth
• nervous system
• identity exploration

Keywords

• midlife
• self-discovery
• intentional travel
• personal growth
• nervous system
• identity
• transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: St. Lucia, Canada, India, Sudan, Japan, Prague