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5. Traveling with your Partner While Managing EDS & Co | Katya Spooning with Spoonies
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Katya, a chronic illness travel blogger, sits down with Noa to share her experiences traveling the world, pre covid, with her partner while managing Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Migraines and other various chronic illnesses. She describes her recent trip to Indonesia and Thailand from start to end, from planning the trips to accommodate her illnesses, to navigating finances with her partner, and asking for help with tasks that would flare her conditions.
Noa shares her struggle with allowing herself to take rest days while on vacation, and Katya explains how planning them purposely and changing her mindset around them has improved the quality of her trips immensely. Katya emphasizes that it's okay to spend time apart from your partner while traveling and shares the self care activities she does on a night in to combat fomo. Lastly, Katya and Noa connect on how mindfulness has positively changed their lives and Katya delves into ways it’s helped her cherish quality time with her partner while traveling.
*Note: This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic and the travel experiences discussed took place before the pandemic. We do not encourage traveling during this time.
Transcript coming soon!
Links:
Pod IG: @spooningwithspooniespod
Katya's IG: @positivelychronictravels
Katya's website: https://www.positivelychronictravels.com/
Key Quotes:
1.“It’s really really important to make sure that you’ve both discussed being flexible before going away. And if you can’t go on an activity, they just go without you and that's fine”
2.“mindfulness helps you focus on where you are with that person and making sure you’re putting your all into being with them"
Katya, a chronic illness travel blogger, sits down with Noa to share her experiences traveling the world, pre covid, with her partner while managing Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Migraines and other various chronic illnesses. She describes her recent trip to Indonesia and Thailand from start to end, from planning the trips to accommodate her illnesses, to navigating finances with her partner, and asking for help with tasks that would flare her conditions.
Noa shares her struggle with allowing herself to take rest days while on vacation, and Katya explains how planning them purposely and changing her mindset around them has improved the quality of her trips immensely. Katya emphasizes that it's okay to spend time apart from your partner while traveling and shares the self care activities she does on a night in to combat fomo. Lastly, Katya and Noa connect on how mindfulness has positively changed their lives and Katya delves into ways it’s helped her cherish quality time with her partner while traveling.
*Note: This episode was recorded at the beginning of the pandemic and the travel experiences discussed took place before the pandemic. We do not encourage traveling during this time.
Transcript coming soon!
Links:
Pod IG: @spooningwithspooniespod
Katya's IG: @positivelychronictravels
Katya's website: https://www.positivelychronictravels.com/
Key Quotes:
1.“It’s really really important to make sure that you’ve both discussed being flexible before going away. And if you can’t go on an activity, they just go without you and that's fine”
2.“mindfulness helps you focus on where you are with that person and making sure you’re putting your all into being with them"
1 hr 1 min