✈️ Missed flights, miracle standbys, and the messy beauty of connection. In this episode of The Latitude Adjustment: An Aging Heroes Podcast, Erica and Rusty share their chaotic journey to Costa Rica as a living metaphor for what it means to “do relationships right.” From laughter in the chaos to grace at the gate, discover how small acts of presence, forgiveness, and humor can carry you through life’s turbulence.

What do a sunken sailboat, duct tape, and a seven-day art challenge have in common? Creativity, island-style. 🌴 In this episode, Rusty and Erica take you aboard The Salty Opossum’s Last Voyage—a gloriously failed adventure that turned into a floating metaphor for messy, magical self-expression.

From duct tape mindsets to “Why Not?” buttons, you’ll learn how creativity isn’t about talent or perfection—it’s about showing up, getting weird, and finding beauty in the cracks. With humor, neuroscience, and a healthy dose of island mischief, this episode invites you to live creatively, not just occasionally create.

🎨 Highlights include:

• The hilariously heroic sinking of The Salty Opossum

• Five tools for your Creative Survival Kit

• A seven-day Aging Heroes Challenge to spark your own messy masterpiece

• Why weirdness is your greatest creative superpower

Tune in, laugh with us, and remember: even if your boat sinks, make sure it leaves behind a great story.

What do bison, boundaries, and barefoot living have in common? In this episode, Erica and Rusty face down 2,000 pounds of prairie muscle and discover why every hero needs a personal Code of Honor. With humor, tallgrass wisdom, and a toolkit you can use today, they’ll show you how to define your non-negotiables, commit to what matters, and live your values when life tests you. This isn’t about rules—it’s about soul architecture, alignment, and walking your own wild trail.

What if your next great adventure didn’t require plane tickets or perfect knees—just a yes? In this laughter-packed, mud-splashed episode, Erica and Rusty paddle into the jungles of Isla Cristóbal, trip over their own feet (and fears), and discover what it really means to find adventure—no GoPro required.

You’ll meet toddlers who become jungle guides, a canoe that still carries water long after it stops carrying people, and a version of you that’s ready to wake up and get messy. From accidental mud baths to sacred cacao ceremonies, this episode is equal parts heart, humor, and holy faceplants.

🌿 Whether you're craving transformation or just a taste of something wild, this one’s for you.

🎶 Cue the marimba. Raise your metaphorical coconut. Let’s toast to the sacred mess of becoming.

What do catamarans, Christmas rum, stingrays, and soul-snorkeling have to do with meditation? Everything.

In this episode of The Latitude Adjustment, Rusty and Erica invite you to toss out every polished idea you’ve ever had about meditation—and dive headfirst into the sacred mess beneath the surface. From a hilariously humbling holiday boat ride in Belize to practical, down-to-earth tools for daily mindfulness, they explore how meditation isn’t just something you do—it’s something you remember.

You’ll learn:

• Why peace often begins with puke and ends in presence

• How to start a 5-minute meditation habit without a guru or a Himalayan cave

• What "flow state" actually feels like (and how to find it while folding laundry)

• Why choosing stillness in a noisy world is the most radical rebellion of all

Plus, the Aging Heroes Challenge of the week, heartfelt banter, and enough tropical metaphors to make your third eye giggle.

🎯 Stillness doesn’t require perfection—just one breath, one moment, one brave little pause.

Step into the Guatemalan jungle, where two trees grow side by side—one that burns, and one that heals. In this episode, Rusty and Erica explore what those trees can teach us about critical thinking in an age of hot takes and internet rage. You’ll get a Field Kit full of tools to slice through confusion without cutting up your relationships—and a Thinking Toast to celebrate clarity, curiosity, and the courage to pause. Inspired by Day 13 of A Guide for Aging Heroes, this episode is your compass for navigating belief, bias, and the brave act of saying, “Tell me more.”

Welcome back to The Latitude Adjustment, where island metaphors meet mental upgrades. In this episode, Erica and Rusty take you from a hammock in paradise to the top of a Panamanian lighthouse as they explore what it really means to keep your mind wild, curious, and sharp—especially as you age.

We’re serving up:

📚 A lighthouse lens metaphor that might just change how you think about thinking

🍽️ A Brain Buffet filled with five delicious categories of mental nourishment

🛠️ Practical tools for living smarter—not just thinking harder

🥂 And a celebratory Intellect Toast to honor the part of you that’s still learning, still wondering, and still joyfully confused by IKEA instructions.

Expect laughter, science, real talk, and a few unexpected challenges for your gray matter.

🎧 Whether you're a lifelong learner, recovering trivia champ, or just someone who’s tired of yelling “where are my glasses?” when they’re on your head—this one’s for you.

Listen now and reignite your wild mind.

#LatitudeAdjustment #AgingHeroes #BrainBuffet #Neuroplasticity #CuriosityClub #MindsetShift #LifelongLearning #WellnessPodcast #PositiveAging #NarrativeCoaching #PodcastForGrowth

🌀 What if the truth you've been chasing has been ringing like a bell on your back the whole time?

In this deep-dive episode, Rusty and Erica take you to the sapphire stillness of Belize’s Inland Blue Hole—and into the quiet spaces of your own awareness. From a jungle plunge to the parable of the Bell Thief, this episode explores how insight really works: not as a lightning bolt, but as a lantern lit in the places you’d rather not look.

🎧 Inside this episode:

• Why smart people struggle most with self-awareness
• The “Insight Compass” and how to use it (spoiler: feedback is North, and denial is West)
• How to turn blind spots into breakthroughs
• A powerful coaching challenge to invite real feedback
• Why your patterns aren’t personality—they’re unexamined playlists

You’ll laugh. You’ll wince. You’ll probably see yourself in a few too-honest metaphors involving maracas, sourdough, and spiritual salads.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about choosing to see—clearly, bravely, and on purpose.

The Latitude Adjustment: Insight with flip-flops. Growth with a grin.

📦 Ever had your lunch stolen by a baboon mid-safari? We have. And it taught us everything we need to know about stress.

In this wild and wise episode, Rusty and Erica take you from Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater to your own nervous system, showing you how to convert stress—rather than collapse under it. With laughter, story, and science, you’ll learn how to turn pressure into power, anxiety into action, and static into sacred signal.

🧠 Highlights:

• Real talk on cortisol, chaos, and midlife mental rewiring
• A Stress Conversion Kit (breathwork, reframes, body resets, and joy cues)
• How to stress-proof your environment with tiny, sustainable shifts
• Why celebrating your small wins might just save your sanity
• And yes… a baboon theology moment you won’t forget

🎧 If you've ever felt maxed out, melted down, or just plain crispy around the edges—this episode’s your exhale.

You’re not weak for feeling stress. You’re wired for it. And now, you’ve got tools to transform it.

Tune in and let’s turn tension into triumph.

#ConvertYourStress #LatitudeAdjustment #AgingHeroes #MindsetMatters #StressToStrength

Jungle detours. Melting ice cream. Sticky pineapples. And one sacred trumpet.

In this episode of The Latitude Adjustment, Rusty and Erica take you deep into the Guatemalan rainforest—and even deeper into the mindset of real optimism. Not the “just smile” kind. The kind that rises when the plan crumbles, the river floods, and the howler monkeys start yelling.

You’ll hear stories from Tikal, airport delays, and grocery line chaos, all reframed with humor, grit, and sacred perspective. You’ll build your Optimist’s Survival Kit, fire your inner doom narrator, and learn to celebrate even the smallest wins—like not spiraling... or brushing your teeth on a hard morning.

Because optimism isn’t a mood. It’s a machete. And you’re still in the jungle, baby.

🛠️ Includes a 3-part Aging Heroes Challenge

🍍 Features “Gabriel’s Trumpet,” vending machine vengeance, and a sunrise pineapple toast