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EPISODE · May 30, 2026 · 14 MIN

The Slow Crossing

from Slow Crossings · host Sean Carney

SLOW CROSSINGS — Season 1, Episode 1EPISODE DESCRIPTIONA Slow Crossing is a specific kind of passage for a specific kind of person. This episode is about the person.Not someone who needs a vacation — that system already works for them. Someone in the space between something that's ending and something that hasn't started yet. The space retirement doesn't describe, that career transition makes sound like a logistics problem, that midlife crisis gets wrong on its own terms.What that person actually needs is room. Almost nothing in modern adult life is built to provide it. A Slow Crossing — time without agenda, in a container generous enough that you can't easily escape it — is one of the few containers I've found that makes the room available.I'll tell you what one actually is, what it does, what it won't do, and what the work looks like once something comes into focus. Plus practical notes on length, container type, the phone, and what to bring.This is Episode 1 of Season 1 — The Six Crossings.RUNTIME~24 minutes.CHAPTER MARKERS00:00 — Who this is for 03:00 — The space that doesn't have a good name 05:30 — What someone in the between actually needs 08:00 — What a Slow Crossing actually is 11:00 — What the ocean gives that other containers don't 13:00 — What comes into focus 16:00 — What to do with what came into focus 19:00 — What it does and what it doesn't 22:00 — Practical notes 27:00 — The right question to ask before you book oneRELATED LINKSFind Your Crossing. A guide to the six modes of passage. Free PDF. → www.slowcrossings.comThe Slow Crossings YouTube channel. Long-form essays from the road and the water. → youtube.com/@slowcrossingsCREDITSWritten, recorded, and produced by Sean Carney. Slow Crossings is a one-person production. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.slowcrossings.com

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