Stacking Adventures: Every Traveler Has a Story · Joe Saul-Sehy & Crystal Hammond

George Jerjian's 80-Day Trip Around the World (and the Retirement Mindset Shift It Sparked)

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George Jerjian, a London-based Retirement Mindset Mentor and creator of the D.A.R.E. Method, joins co-hosts Crystal and Joe to recount his 80-day solo trip around the world undertaken at age 70. The conversation moves continent by continent — South Africa (Robben Island, Timbavati safari), Australia (Great Barrier Reef, a serendipitous Melbourne Museum of Immigration discovery), New Zealand (Coromandel Peninsula, Hot Water Beach, dolphin swim, Southern Alps flight, Maori dance lesson on non-approval), Japan (Kanazawa samurai historian, Hiroshima resilience), and Canada (The Canadian train, Rocky Mountain awe) — weaving each destination into a philosophical argument about retirement, identity, and intentional aging. George's core thesis: conventional retirement is passive drift toward oblivion; the first casualty is identity; travel with intention is the fastest shortcut to discovering who you want to be in the next stage of life. The episode blends practical travel must-sees with layered mindset coaching, references to Mark Twain, Paulo Coelho, Dacher Keltner, and John Hersey, and a recurring mid-show 'Where in the World is Crystal' listener game.

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A globe-spanning conversation turns into a quiet reflection on retirement, identity, and change.

George Jerjian's journey unfolds less like a tidy route and more like a conversation that keeps opening out. The hosts stay curious as the discussion moves from Dubai and Thailand to Switzerland, then back over the North Pole, and the pace feels loose in a way that suits the…

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You want a globe-spanning trip that pairs travel stories with a fresh look at identity and retirement.

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