E305: Travel without backtracking: how to stay healthy without being rigid or missing the fun

About this episode

The episode discusses how to maintain health while traveling without being overly rigid or missing out on fun.

Travel should feel energizing, not like a setback. In this episode of The Art of Living Well Podcast®, hosts Marnie Dachis Marmet and Stephanie May Potter share realistic, simple ways to stay healthy while traveling without being rigid or missing out on the fun. Because whether you're on a beach vacation, traveling for work, visiting family, or navigating airports and time zones, travel can disrupt your sleep, digestion, movement, hydration, and hormones. And in midlife, those disruptions can feel even stronger. You'll walk away with a few easy "anchors" you can use on any trip, so you come home feeling steady and refreshed, not like you need a full reset. What You'll Learn in This Episode: ● Why midlife travel can hit harder (sleep, digestion, blood sugar, hormones) ● The best "non-negotiables" to keep you grounded anywhere ● Why protein is the #1 travel nutrition anchor ● Easy travel food strategies (smoothies, snacks, grocery stops, hotel fridge wins) ● Movement hacks: walking, airport steps, hotel workouts, and simple bodyweight moves ● Sleep support: eye mask, earplugs, mouth tape, melatonin, and wind-down routines ● Hydration tips for flights and busy travel days (plus…

People in this episode

Hosts: Marnie Dachis Marmet, Stephanie May Potter

Topics covered

• travel health
• midlife wellness
• nutrition
• sleep support
• hydration
• movement strategies

Keywords

• travel
• health
• midlife
• nutrition
• hydration
• sleep
• movement

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