We’re Taught to Fear Strangers. What If That’s Holding Us Back? (with Adam Lind)
Finding Your Casual Magic
Hitchhiking to India and Human Connection
Why Adam and his wife chose to hitchhike to India, lessons from thousands of car conversations, breaking echo chambers, safety advice for solo travelers, and the power of tiny first steps toward connection.
Hii everyone, welcome back!
Today, we are talking about Finding Your Casual Magic through what it means to live a good life!
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I’m here today with Adam Lind - content creator and author extraordinaire of Floating Home: Lessons from a life less ordinary!
Adam lives an alternative lifestyle on a houseboat and has explored sooo many alternative lifestyles along the way. I’m so excited for you to enjoy this episode!
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction (How I found out about today’s guest)
2:08 Friendship with the 1930s Looking Actress (Reacting to Your Casual Magic)
3:42 Meeting people in a new language: Lingoda Sponsor
5:06 Take a Minute? A Meditation for Living Freely
7:35 What Makes Someone Choose an Alternative Lifestyle?
13:48 Adversity: What can we do with it? (Avoid Toxic Positivity)
19:35 Can you hold a grudge AND heal?! The Secret of Forgiveness
21:43 Self-Development Doesn’t Work Without This (Compassion & Gentle Nihilism)
27:20 How Did Adam Start Travelling to India? Playing with the Boundaries of Life
31:30 How to Break Out of Echo-Chambers & Disconnect (What’s Better? Hitchhiking 1000 Times or Just Smiling at Strangers?)
36:40 Our Dysregulated Society: The Impact of Micro-Rejections, Evolving Too Fast & The Real Dangers
41:43 Advice for Travelling: Acknowledging Barriers to Feeling Safe
45:33 The Beauty of those First Steps: Strangers are Friends You Haven’t Met Yet
47:30 How Do You Want to Feel? Chase Feelings, Not Things
48:48 Off-Grid Living: Embracing a Community (While Naked!) Healed Me
54:48 Communal Living vs Traditional Living vs Alternative Living: What works for you?
1:04:00 What If THIS Is It? This HAS to Be Enough: The Joy of Enough
1:08:50 Make the Mundane Sacred: Rituals for the Everyday
1:11:23 Why Are You Travelling to Runaway From Your Life? The Powerful Perception of Freedom
1:14:23 The Reminder of Real Connection (Adam’s Casual Magic)
1:17:22 Outro & Journal Prompt
Find Adam Online! ✨
Instagram: @adam.floatinghome
📚 Pre-order Adam’s wonderful book, Floating Home: Lessons from a life less ordinary:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Floating-Home-Lessons-life-ordinary/dp/1526683520
Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/floating-home/adam-lind/9781526683526
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Journal Prompt🖊️
This week, I want to ask you…
- Even when it feels uncomfortable at first, what are the benefits of stepping out of your comfort zone?
- Which areas of your life could benefit from more exploration?
- What are 3 small shifts you can make in your daily routine to create internal freedom?
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