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NYC: Concrete jungle where dreams are made

“It couldn’t have happened anywhere but in little old New York.” O....

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Mother of plants @node.nz and author of “Houseplants & Design” 🪴 Friend of kākāpō, the girl with the whales 🐳 currently exploring the Arctic ❄️

Arctic highlights with @adventure.canada 🐻‍❄️🐳❄️

3 weeks til I’m back at sea 🐳 I’ll be worki

3 weeks til I’m back at sea 🐳 I’ll be working down in Antarctica with my beloved @intrepidtravel and @chimuadventures for 6 weeks one home away from home - the Ocean Endeavour. I’m so excited for this new chapter of my life to continue. Bring on the penguins 🐧

Gjógv | The Faroe Islands . Named after the 200 m

Gjógv | The Faroe Islands
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Named after the 200 meter long gorge that cuts through the village, it’s definitely one of the prettiest places we visited in the Faroes. There were also a ton of puffins 🐧 @

I don’t think I’ve ever been more tired in my

I don’t think I’ve ever been more tired in my entire life than I have been lately. And not from a few bad sleeps. I mean serious, long-term fatigue. For the first time in years, things have really opened up for me; I feel somewhat stable. I’ve finally let go of @node.nz. I’ve achieved my goal of working on expedition ships. I feel happy, lighter, and more free. And I’m dead tired.
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But in some ways I feel like my body hasn’t quite caught up. In fact, I think I’ve been living in full panic mode for at least three years. There’s so much trauma I’ve been hiding for such a long time. Having a heart attack. Losing a parent. Losing a best friend. Crazy family stuff I can’t talk about yet. Depression. Severe anxiety. Closing a business. Failure of a big relationship. Financial failure. A pandemic. An unjust lawsuit. I mean, it’s a hell of a lot. I’m sure so many of you guys can relate.
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Since coming back to New Zealand and wrapping up work things, I feel like I can deep breathe again. And my body just freaked out. After returning to my home in Hawea, I slept for a week straight, and when I tried to work to do anything, I royally fucked it up. I got times wrong, info wrong, forgot everything. I still have some of this brain fog.
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Bessel van der Kolk’s book, The Body Keeps Score, talks about the complex impacts of trauma. “In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them. Physical self-awareness is the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.” As I try to move on and confront things I really don’t want to confront, as I let myself relax and not live in a state of fear and panic anymore, my body is like WHAT IS HAPPENING. A fundamental change of the self would never be easy I guess. Now to recover and move on ❤️

I thought it might be hard to pick a favorite bird

I thought it might be hard to pick a favorite bird from my time in the Arctic, but actually it wasn’t. The gyrfalcon is the king of birds here, and man, they’re beautiful.
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Here at the top of Canada, the largest falcon in the world reigns over barren tundra and desolate coasts in the high Arctic. This formidable predator appears fearless, gliding by us on many of our adventures with @adventure.canada.

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Who is Young Adventuress?

Hi, I'm Liz, and I got my first taste for traveling when I was 16 years old. On my own, 12 years and 50 something countries later, my wanderlust has only grown and the list of countries I want to visit longer. After living in Spain for the past few years and returning home for a stint, I then quit my job and moved to New Zealand and I've been here ever since. Follow my misadventures as I wander, eat, and photograph my way around the world

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