How to Transition to a “Normal Life” After Travel with Tom Turcich (10th Person to Walk Around the World)
About this episode
Tom Turcich discusses the challenges of returning to a normal life after long-term travel.
What do you do when the adventure ends? Tom Turcich is a motivational speaker, author, and the tenth person in history to walk around the world. Over seven years, he and his dog, Savannah, covered 28,000 miles across 38 countries and six continents, completing the journey in 2022. He is the author of the memoir The World Walk and the children's book Savannah's World of Adventure. In this episode, Tom shares what returning home after long-term travel actually looks like, from the mental and emotional toll of losing the road, to the financial catch-up game, to the harder question of who you are once the adventure is over. If you've ever come back from a trip and felt a strange kind of grief you couldn't quite name, this one is for you. Tom is remarkably open about the difficulty of that first year back, and the conversation gets into territory that doesn't often get talked about after a big journey ends. There's real honesty here about what it takes to find your footing again, how to rebuild adventure into a life that isn't handing it to you every day, and how to make peace with the constraints that come with settling down. What's one thing you've held onto from a big trip that's…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Moore
Guest: Tom Turcich
Topics covered
- transitioning after travel
- mental health
- long-term travel
- identity
- rebuilding life
Keywords
- travel transition
- mental toll
- identity after travel
- long-term travel grief
- rebuilding life
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Zero To Travel Podcast
Books & works: The World Walk, Savannah's World of Adventure
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