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Travel After Trauma: How Two Women Used Travel to Find Themselves Again
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3088" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/solo-travel/women-traveling-after-trauma" target="_blank"><strong>Travel After Trauma: How Two Women Used Travel to Find Themselves Again - Travel and Leisure</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Women are at the forefront of the travel industry, making up <a href="https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-power-of-women-in-travel" target="_blank">56 percent of leisure travelers</a> and reportedly going on <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/18/18188581/women-travel-alone-men" target="_blank">more solo trips than men</a>. While women travel for a wide variety of reasons, some researchers suggest that this discrepancy in numbers, especially when it comes to solo travel, <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/1/18/18188581/women-travel-alone-men" target="_blank">stems from women's propensity for self reflection</a>. After all, time away from home can provide the perfect environment for introspection, which for many women can even become a therapeutic experience.</p><p> </p><p>Early on in her life, Leila Farquharson didn't see travel as an avenue for personal development and healing. As a Bahamian who spent her childhood visiting Florida often and later built a career in the tourism industry, travel has always been a part of her life. </p><p> </p><p>Her experiences abroad only took on a different meaning as an adult after she left an abusive marriage in 2014. Working with a therapist after her divorce also became the <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/yoga-wellness/how-traveling-can-help-bring-healing-after-loss" target="_blank">catalyst to heal</a> from childhood traumas, including abuse by a family member and the bullying she received for being plus-size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
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