If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or is in a crisis situation, please know that help is available. If you are in the US, you can call 988 from any phone to access the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Additional resources are listed below.

US Veteran Paul has been selected to join the Warriors on the Way pilgrimage this fall. In this episode Paul shares his experience serving in the US military and what he hopes to gain - or heal - by walking the Camino de Santiago with his fellow former comrades-in arms.

For Paul and other veterans, failure is not an option.

With a staggering success rate in reducing PTSD in veterans, Warriors on the Way is bringing peace and healing to those who have served.

From their website: Veterans who go on pilgrimage with Warriors on the Way are all fully sponsored so that nobody misses a healing opportunity due to lack of funds. We rely on donors like you to put Warriors on the Way to healing. To support this organization: https://warriorsontheway.org/

USA and Canada: call 988

• For more help: https://988lifeline.org/

Australia: call 13 11 14

New Zealand: call 1737

Spain: call 024

United Kingdom: call 999, 112, or 0800 689 5652

List of global suicide crisis lines from Wikipedia:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

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The ongoing dilemma: how to see everything on your first pilgrimage, or how to tame that fear of missing out.

My guest in this episode is Natasha, and she loves to plan travel. She will share with us how that planning journey has been going and the role FOMO is playing in the process. We also touch on the topic of loss, but it’s not the kind of loss we usually talk about.

We kick off the episode with a chat about how to decide what to do after the Camino, before heading back home across the sea.

Are you dreaming of walking the Camino Francés in 2025? I would love to help you make that dream a reality!

Let me know you are interested by visiting my website and adding your name to the wait list for one of my 2025 groups.

You can do all the details and get on the list here: https://thecaminoexperience.com/walk-with-me/

Can't or don't want to start with a group? Check the DIY-plus Camino planning program and get on that wait list instead! https://thecaminoexperience.com/diy-camino/

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We are talking about some difficult topics in this episode, including mental health, suicide, and human trafficking.

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or is in a crisis situation, please know that help is available. If you are in the US, you can call 988 from any phone to access the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

If you are outside of the US, there is a list of hotline numbers for the countries where most of my listeners reside below, as well as a Wikipedia link with numbers for additional countries.

To give you some more specifics, my guest in this episode will be sharing his experience with multiple cases of suicide within his immediate circle of friends, his own suicidal ideation, and his career work with Safeguarding programs helping victims of human trafficking in the United Kingdom.

If these are difficult topics for you, you may want to consider not listening to this episode. On the other hand, you may find this conversation incredibly inspiring.

Again, help is available. And you deserve that help. If you are struggling, please reach out to one of the hotlines provided below, or to a trusted friend.

USA and Canada: call 988

• For more help: https://988lifeline.org/

Australia: call 13 11 14

New Zealand: call 1737

Spain: call 024

United Kingdom: call 999, 112, or 0800 689 5652

• For more help: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/help-for-suicidal-thoughts/
• The charity mentioned by Adam: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

List of global suicide crisis lines from Wikipedia:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

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