Get ready for some major "ah-ha" moments! My guest this week is the absolutely incredible Tom Benson. Tom has led a breathtaking life of adventure, while all the while knowing exactly what fear is. He teaches us not to be “fearless”, but rather to simply Fear Less. In our conversation, we also dig into understanding play, why it's important and how the opportunities for play show up in daily living. We explore mindfulness and meditation. We cover nature and solitude. And we tease apart passion and purpose. So many great learnings!

We end the episode by building Tom's equation: 14s + 18mi + 20p + 40c + 10g.

Want a great way to lengthen out your summer? Head south! This episode covers our 2-month "life travel" adventure from Ontario to Texas and back through the Eastern US. In it, my husband Josh and I do a rapid fire walk-through of our favourite places to go, things to see and yummy eats from each location on our trip in order to give you ideas and inspiration for your own travels. We also share the lessons learned from this trip that helped to shape how we design our future life travel adventures. This episode of the podcast is a complement to the travel blogs posted on the Fulfillment Equation website.

Now that you're using your equation, what insights can you get from it? This episode outlines Step 5 of the Unique Equation process, describing how you can look for trends that will help you learn and evolve as you strive to maximize joy in daily living. Included in this episode are tons of tips and examples on how you can keep getting better at using your equation as a tool in nurturing your own fulfillment.

(Note: Listeners will want to check out Steps 1-4 of Your Unique Equation before listening to this episode).