Flying

End Jet Lag

While reading a neurological research article on the effects of lowered oxygen concentration on how well rats sleep at night, I saw that jet lag can be eliminated. I don't know why these scientists...

Top Tips for Tackling Time Difference

Jet lag is an included item in the long-haul travel package - it is inevitable, dreaded, and simply exhausting. You may have heard of the term 'body clock'. Well, this is exactly what jet lag...

Five Tips to Claiming Your Space when Traveling

I mentioned before about biases and microaggression often encountered by people of color while traveling. I recently traveled and even though I am an experienced traveler, had some similar travel...

Assumptions, Travel and Micro-Aggression

I spent twenty-three years in the airline industry as an international flight attendant. Many of those first years I was often the only person of color on the crew. Therefore, my experiences in...

Traveling During a Pandemic

“2020 is going to be my year!” This is what everyone was thinking as we rang in the new year last January. Unfortunately, for most of us, that wasn't the case. This past year has been rough in...