A Mind for Adventure with Alastair Humphreys


In this episode of Minds & Mics, Nick chats with author and adventurer Alastair Humphreys about what it means to live adventurously, the connection between adventure and mental health, microadventures, self-reinvention, and more.

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EPISODE TOPICS

  • Making epic decisions
  • Ambition: nature or nurture?
  • Feelings follow action
  • Epic adventures vs microadventures
  • What is a microadventure?
  • 5-9 adventures
  • Harnessing sparks of adventure
  • The essential feature of adventure
  • Adventure and values clarity
  • The emotional benefits of adventure
  • Incrementalism
  • Joseph Campbell and true purpose of the hero’s journey
  • Fatherhood and adventure
  • Modeling adventure
  • Localism