109: Solo Female Travel: Deconstructing Fear, Trusting Your Body, Practical Tips, My Next Adventures

I am compelled to follow my sensuality, surrender, and play — doing so leads me to Mexico! Listen in on deconstructing fears, society’s undermining of women RE travel, practical solo travel tips, stories of women who traveled every single country in the world, some solo.I explore how I build trust in my body and intuition to keep me safe, what it means to trust your instincts and how healing past trauma supports this. Also, apps and hacks for flight searching, and a whole bunch of other ways to protect yourself and prepare yourself for and on travel. A brief review of my last time living and traveling abroad.For anyone that is curious or the wanderlust or adventurer in you or a friend.Shoutout to my friend Doreen Stelton (@verdantfaerie on Instagram). Links, Article, and ResourcesAll Show Notes for This Episode📝 https://CandiceWu.com/solotravel Podcast Homepage🎧 https://candicewu.com/podcastNewsletter & Embody Community💌 https://candicewu.com/embody-communityDonations – Your Support Means So Much!💝 https://candicewu.com/supportCandice Wu Page on Facebook👫 https:///EmbodyYourNatureFollow Candice on Instagram📷 https://instagram.com/EmbodyYourNature Sponsored by The Ally With Death Experiential“I highly recommend Candice’s healing work. I love her podcasts and the Ally with Death experience was pretty powerful. I loved the music and of course her voice. My heart slipped out of its crusty burnt casing (like a burnt marshmallow) to reveal a vibrant pink thing. 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If you feel weighed down, heavy, or stuck, this is a great time to tune in and let yourself journey in this process.Learn more and purchase the Ally with Death Experiential at CandiceWu.com/death Show Notes00:00 Intro01:04 A Customer Review of the Ally With Death Experiential02:49 What Happens When I Do the Ally With Death03:32 My First Travel — Chiang Mai, Thailand05:03 Coming Home After Being Exhausted and Healing With Family05:50 Where Am I Traveling Next?07:04 The Scary Side of Solo Travel — Learning to Handle the New Fears08:09 Powerful Solo Traveling Women and Their Findings13:08 My Own Safety Experience While Traveling18:33 One More Unique Story22:18 A Poignant Article — Stop Telling Women They’ll Be Assaulted26:26 A Call to Trusting Our Instinctual, Intuitive, and Energetic Senses29:43 When We Have Parts in a Frozen State30:55 What I Am Doing to Be More Prepared for My Solo Travel33:47 Practical Suggestions for Solo Travel34:22 Part Two: A Couple Days Later — A Lot Has Changed and Developed35:25 App Recommendations (Hopper & Skiplagged)37:16 Travel Packing List37:51 Item: Door Stop Alarm38:32 Item: Handheld Personal Alarm39:04 Self Defense Classes41:01 Item: An Extra Lock41:08 Spread Your Money — Put It in Your Socks 🧦41:44 A Decoy Wallet42:02 Storing Money in a Plastic Tampon Applicator42:36 Bringing Copies of Important Documents43:00 Get a Local Sim Card43:52 Download Maps in Offline Storage44:33 Download Google Translate and the Language Pack45:27 Speaking (Even a Little) of the Local Language45:47 Checking Windows & Doors on Arrival46:07 Lock Things When Possible46:33 Don’t Say That You Are Alone47:03 Documenting a Taxi Driver (Or Take Uber)47:42 Know Where Your Embassy Is48:04 Know the Local Emergency Numbers48:14 Try to Know the Common Scams and Typical Crimes in the Area48:30 Plan a Few Days at Least49:09 Reach Out to Local Friends & Nourish Supportive Relationships49:52 Looking Into the Cultural Etiquette50:36 Know That You Can Say No51:05 Travel Insurance & Medical Evacuation is Helpful51:30 Get Some Local Currency51:52 Letting Your Bank Know That You’ll Be Traveling52:09 Letting Your Government Know You Are Abroad52:51 Develop Your Instincts and Trust Yourself — How?55:14 Be Aware of Jet-Lag & Feeling Disoriented56:38 Doing Yoga on Arrival for Grounding57:06 Reach Out if You Have Questions57:18 Looking at Where We Are Fearful58:45 I’ll Share More About My Experience in Later Episodes58:54 Connect With Me59:21 The Embody Newsletter59:38 Sponsored: The Death Experiential59:58 Outro