Travel Whys

Welcome back to the show! After a brief hiatus and experimentation with different kinds of episodes, the podcast is starting up again with some new series in the works. Find out more what's in store!

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

"Welcome to Seville" by Medite

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

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Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 10: The Making of Meaning

“Much of what we call culture and civilization consists in efforts people have made, generally against overwhelming odds, to create a sense of purpose for themselves and their descendants.”

In the final chapter of this book, we explore the connection between flow and making meaning, specifically the challenge of creating harmony in consciousness based on reason and choice. We’ll ponder MC’s recommendation that we need to learn to unite and cooperate with others without losing our individuality. As he suggests at the book’s conclusion: “The problem of meaning will then be resolved as the individual’s purpose merges with the universal flow.”

Topics: “What Meaning Means” “Cultivating Purpose” “Forging Resolve” “Recovering Harmony” “The Unification of Meaning in Life Themes”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 9: Cheating Chaos

“How is it possible that people are able to achieve harmony of mind, and grow in complexity, even when some of the worst things imaginable happen to them?”

This chapter explores how flow can help people cope with stress and even trauma, and create order from chaos. How can we take misfortune and make something good come from it? We discover how “a person who knows how to find flow from life is able to enjoy even situations that seem to allow only despair.”

Topics: “Tragedies Transformed” “Coping with Stress” “The Power of Dissipative Structures” “The Autotelic Self: A Summary”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Joia talks with Aubrie from Actuality Abroad about her concept of "learning-led travel" and the work her organization does to promote travel learning experiences.

www.actualityabroad.org

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

"Intertwine" by Riverworn

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 8: Enjoying Solitude and Other People

“We are biologically programmed to find other human beings the most important objects in the world…On the other hand, we also value privacy and wish to be left alone”

In this chapter, we’re exploring relationships and flow as well as solitude and flow. Interestingly, relationships and solitude can each lead to extreme misery, or they can be sources of extreme fulfillment and happiness, especially when they are engaging flow experiences. As MC points out, “People are the most flexible, the most changeable aspect of the environment we have to deal with,” so there’s a lot of value to learning how to manage both relationships and solitude well

Topics: “The Conflict Between Being Alone and Being with Others” “The Pain of Loneliness” “Taming Solitude” “Flow and the Family” “Enjoying Friends” “The Wider Community”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 7: Work as Flow

“On the job people feel skillful and challenged, and therefore feel more happy, strong, creative, and satisfied. In their free time people feel that there is generally not much to do and their skills are not being used, and therefore they tend to feel more sad, weak, dull, and dissatisfied. Yet they would like to work less and spend more time in leisure. What does this contradictory pattern mean?”

Work is essential to life as a human being and often the way one spends a considerable amount of time. So, finding flow in work can be significant to improving the quality of life overall. As MC points out, work undertaken as a flow activity can fulfill human potentialities: “Work not only transforms the environment by building bridges across rivers and cultivating barren plains; it also transforms the worker from an animal guided by instincts into a conscious, goal-directed, skillful person.” In this chapter, we explore how work can provide flow.

Topics: “Autotelic Workers” “Autotelic Jobs” “The Paradox of Work” “The Waste of Free Time”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 6: The Flow of Thought

“Just as there are flow activities corresponding to every physical potential of the body, every mental operation is able to provide its own particular form of enjoyment.”

In this chapter, we explore activities of the mind that can lead to flow. MC observes, “These activities are primarily symbolic in nature, in that they depend on natural languages, mathematics, or some other abstract notation system like a computer language to achieve their ordering effects in the mind” Specifically, we will examine areas such as memory, history, philosophy, and other mental “games”.

Topics: “The Mother of Science” “The Rules of the Games of the Mind” “The Play of Words” “Befriending Clio” “The Delights of Science” “Loving Wisdom” “Amateurs and Professionals” “The Challenge of Lifelong Learning”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 5: The Body in Flow

“Everything the body can do is potentially enjoyable. Yet many people ignore this capacity and use their physical equipment as little as possible, leaving its ability to provide flow unexploited.”

This fun chapter explores all the activities we can pursue with our bodies that can produce flow experiences. Some examples include athletic practice, sports, dancing, music, eating, sex, and reveling in the senses. As MC emphasizes, the mind is always involved in these activities as well, so optimally these are mind-body activities, and flow comes when you develop your skills to perform in a refined way.

As MC stresses, “Each of these modalities offers an almost unlimited amount of enjoyment, but only to persons who work to develop the skills they require. To those who do not, the body remains indeed a lump of rather inexpensive flesh.”

Topics: “Higher, Faster, Stronger” “The Joys of Movement” “Sex as Flow” “The Ultimate Control: Yoga & Martial Arts” “Flow through the Senses: The Joys of Seeing” “The Flow of Music” “The Joys of Tasting”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

In this special episode, Joia talks with Jessica Hanaghan about her personal story of travel for healing and processing grief.

You can follow Jess and find out about her wellness retreats focusing on trauma and bereavement - "The Healing Path". Instagram @jesshanaghan

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

"Honolulu Nights" by Christian Anderson

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, mastermind, VIP Day or other event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @delvetravelofficial

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel

Our group discussion on Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is done in collaboration with the meetup group 52 Living Ideas.

Chapter 4: The Conditions of Flow

“It is not easy to transform ordinary experience into flow, but almost everyone can improve his or her ability to do so”.”

In this chapter, we delve into the particular activities that are likely to produce flow experiences as well as the personal traits that can help people achieve flow more easily. As MC says, “While [optimal experiences] may happen spontaneously, it is much more likely that flow will result from a structured activity, or from an individual’s ability to make flow occur, or both.”

Topics: “Flow Activities” “Flow and Culture” “The Autotelic Personality” “The People of Flow”

Music:

“Ask Me Why” by Matthew Billman and K. Joia Houheneka

Join us for more episodes of the Travel Whys podcast as we explore travel, continuous learning, and the psychology of flow.

If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur who’s committed to excellence and seeking luxury wellness travel experiences, or you’re interested in planning a high-end destination retreat, VIP Day, or mastermind event, check out Delve Travel: www.delvetravel.com

And don’t forget to follow us on social!

Facebook Page: @delvetravel

Instagram: @travelwhys_delvetravel

LinkedIn: Company Delve Travel