Fabian Cousley, author of How Traveling Saved My Life and host of Surviving the Yellow Brick Road, discusses using travel to heal after his 30-year marriage dissolved during COVID. Fabian explains the “yellow brick road” as life’s challenging journey, fueling exploration and curiosity. Travel, he says, provides a necessary reset. Removing yourself from the environment where trauma occurred allows you to recalibrate, shifting from asking “why” to “what now.” A New York City native, he recounts solo trips from his home in Toronto—starting with Cabo, later Dubai, and a pivotal healing experience at Machu Picchu in Peru—plus advice to on how to research safety and connect with supportive people. We end talking about meeting other men who are also traveling to heal, and moving from surviving to thriving.
Contact and find links to the book and podcast:
http://www.sybr-book.com or https://survivingtheyellowbrickroad.com/
Free download sample from Fabian: https://survivingtheyellowbrickroad.com/#Download
00:00 Introduction to Fabian Cousley
01:31 Growing Up in Queens and Surviving the Yellow Brick Road
04:18 Youth Is Curiosity
07:21 Deciding to Travel After the Breakup of the Marriage
09:38 You Cannot Heal in the Environment That Broke You
11:06 Are You Running Away?
12:21 Travel Forces You to Recalibrate and Reset
15:49 Solo Trips: Reset Happens Alone
17:42 Moving from Why Me to What Now
19:07 Deciding Where to Go
22:11 Beginning the Journey of Healing in Cabo
22:50 Finding Peace
25:18 The Map as Mirror
28:09 Dubai
34:29 Traveling While Black
35:53 Safety and Due Diligence as a Traveler
38:43 Peru: A Healing Experience
42:18 Men and Masculinity
47:57 Contact Fabian
CREDITS
Host and creator: Christi Cassidy
Contact: christi@movingalongpodcast.com
Artwork by Phyllis Busell
Music by Eve’s Blue.
Post-production help from Auphonic.com.
Show notes written with assistance from Descript and Claude.ai.
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