Podcast: Authentic Voice Leadership
Host: Dr. Leslie Davis
Release date: July 8, 2026
Listen on: Apple Podcasts
Full Episode Transcript:
[00:00] Paul Partridge: Much to everyone’s surprise, including my own, I raised my hand. So I’ll try that. And that put a charge into our table. I’ve got to tell you, everyone thought that I was going to be put on fire in front of the crowd. Especially, you know, since then I have this growth here. Anyway, I am happy to report that it went swimmingly. And I did swallow fire and I did live to tell [unclear phrase].
[00:31] Dr. Leslie Davis: Do you ever feel like you’re so busy leading your business that you’re missing out on the people who matter the most? Today, we are sitting down with Paul Partridge. Paul is a writer, photographer, and family travel expert. His work has been featured in Forbes and The Washington Post. For over 25 years, he’s been designing global travel experiences that bring people back together. Today, he’s showing us how to step away from the daily grind and reclaim what he calls The Gift of Time Together.
[01:04] Dr. Leslie Davis: Before we dive into that, did you know that we have a free community of spirit-led leaders just like you? Head over to AuthenticVoiceLeadership.com right now to join the conversation and grab all of the exclusive resources from today’s guest expert. All right, Paul, welcome to the show. Well, I’m so excited to have you on Authentic Voice Leadership, Paul. I’m so glad you’re here. Do you want to just dive right in and tell us a little bit about why you got into the work that you do?
[01:35] Paul Partridge: Yeah, so I tend to focus on group travel and I think it’s because from my perspective, those are the moments that tend to matter most. So whether it’s family reunions or milestone birthdays or anniversaries or trips with the college buddies or whatever, it’s just when I have free time. That’s really all I think about is how do I get together again with those folks? And I would say it’s also what I know best, you know, so for the last 25 years, I’ve been organizing these kinds of trips for families and friends.
[02:09] Paul Partridge: So I’ve seen firsthand what works, what doesn’t, and I think the number one thing I realize that it’s not about the place or the destination. It’s really about having the chance to be together in a way that doesn’t happen often enough, you know? And so I’m not just planning trips. I think about it as designing time together in an amazing place. Hopefully with some unforgettable experiences thrown in and, you know, try to make it feel natural and unforced, right?
[02:41] Paul Partridge: So it’s, I think it’s [unclear phrase] people think about me as a travel planner or advisor or whatever. But I think it’s more about creating the conditions for meaningful time together.
[02:54] Dr. Leslie Davis: I love that so much. And I, because I’ve met you and because we’ve talked before this podcast, and I’m so impressed with your life’s work and what you’ve done and what you’re doing now, I’m going to go a little off script.
[03:06] Paul Partridge: Yeah. Okay.
[03:08] Dr. Leslie Davis: I would love for you to tell a little bit about like the story and your journey on how you got here because we were talking before about your background, if you’re willing, your background in the advertising arena and how the rat race of it all and where you came to be like, you know, I just want this connection. And I just want to walk forward into something I very much enjoy. And because our audience is business owners, I think that that journey is so valuable to hear.
[03:40] Dr. Leslie Davis: Would you be willing to talk about that?
[03:42] Paul Partridge: Yeah, sure. We can talk about it. You know, I was in the advertising world for a number of years. I worked on Madison Avenue in New York, you know, which is kind of sort of the epicenter or the Mecca for some folks way of thinking. And, you know, I’ve done a number of things, but you know, it’s funny whenever I had downtime, you know, when I wasn’t working, it was always, I was always thinking about what’s the next trip we’re going on.
[04:12] Paul Partridge: And I thought, you know, once I, so I had a business that I ended up selling and then I thought, well, what are we going to do next? It was, hey, why don’t we do that thing that we always thought about doing when we were working, right? And, you know, I had been doing it. Obviously, if our family had been taking these kind of trips for many years, luckily, we’ve been very, very blessed. But, you know, I started doing it for friends, you know, they were hearing about our trips and saying, hey, can you do it?
[04:45] Paul Partridge: And I thought, you know, whenever I go somewhere, I think you’re like this too. If I go somewhere and I have a fun experience or something that I wasn’t expecting or was really a big wow, like the first thing I think of is who else can I share this with? Who else can I show this to? And that was kind of the impetus of a lot of the trips. And then we started sending people and they came back with stories that were even better than ours.
[05:12] Paul Partridge: So that’s kind of how it started. I’m trying to, you know, that same kind of connection in wow and wonder moments that I have. I’m trying to just share that with other folks. That’s what I really want for people.
[05:25] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s awesome. And so like, you’ve spent all this time traveling, you’ve spent so much time in the rat race and you did so good about getting away to the trips. You know, not everybody does that super well. People will get into the zone and then forget to enjoy life in the midst of all of it. And I know that as you’ve spent so much time in your life, writing, doing photography, doing all of these things that make you who you are.
[05:53] Dr. Leslie Davis: And while you’re so uniquely positioned to help people find these connection points, what did you start noticing about the things that people remember when they went on these trips?
[06:02] Paul Partridge: Yeah, I think the thing that really started to hit for me, Leslie, is that most people plan trips the same way, which is, okay, let’s pick a destination, find a hotel, and then just try to build everything around it, catch as catch can. And at some point, I realized, you know, this approach is backwards. The trips that people remember the most and cherish the most, they don’t start with the place. They start with the people, you know, who we’re going with.
[06:35] Paul Partridge: Why are we coming together? What would make this time feel meaningful and special? And, you know, the moments that people talk about years later when they’re, you know, sitting around at Thanksgiving, it’s not about where they were, per se, it’s about what happened, who they were there with, how it felt. And, you know, these days to have a moment where you feel fully present, whether you’re with your friends or with your family or with, you know, three generations or whatever.
[07:07] Paul Partridge: But, you know, that laughing and connecting and discovering something new together, that’s what stays with you. And I think, you know, in a very real way, that’s what people are looking for when they travel. But it’s not really the way travel is marketed. People want to feel connected. They want to feel more present. They want to be happier, you know, in that deeper sense. But there’s no planning around that. And if you don’t plan for it, you’re basically, you know, it’s kind of potluck, you know, it might work sometimes.
[07:39] Paul Partridge: And it might not. And, you know, it’s so these times that we have with each other are so few that, you know, why don’t we just try to get it right?
[07:50] Dr. Leslie Davis: Right. Right. I love that. We, as a people, you know, we were just like craving connection because we live in such a digital world. And as entrepreneurs and leaders in our space, we’re relied on a lot. And, you know, it was, I think it was a few weeks ago, and it might even have been you I was talking to, I planned myself into a corner and everything worked out in my schedule, just so that I missed the partnerships that I had for that week.
[08:19] Dr. Leslie Davis: And I had them scheduled for the week after, and they both had it scheduled the week before. And I was like, how did I miscommunicate this? And so as I looked back and I put everybody into the same week, and then all of a sudden I had a free week, I realized I haven’t given myself a break. I haven’t taken the time to just like step back and breathe. And I have a partnership every single week.
[08:42] Dr. Leslie Davis: I have work every single week. And when I work for someone else, my breaks are built in at the school when I was teaching at the high school, you know, you’d have summer off, you have spring break, your breaks are built in, you can plan around it. But working for yourself, you often can just get into the grind and forget that you need to plan some vacations and plan some time off and plan some time to get grounded and reconnect to who you are and why what the purpose in life is even just we can get mixed up in it.
[09:12] Dr. Leslie Davis: So I think about that and what you do and how we plan trips in order to get out of our scenery, get into a new place, and even get to know the people we know best better. So what do you have to say more in that area of connecting with those kind of experiences?
[09:34] Paul Partridge: Yeah, travel is the great getaway. And I agree, I don’t know that we all do it enough, but it’s kind of how I guess, you know, for me, it’s how it’s being done. You know, it’s how the way travel is presented to us. I don’t think people are doing anything wrong. I just think they don’t know another way, right? So when you look at travel, you know, how travel is presented to us, it’s, you know, what are the top destinations?
[10:01] Paul Partridge: Where’s everybody going this year, you know, and what are the best hotels and what are the must-see lists? What’s my checklist or whatever, right? So that’s kind of, you know, just actual how people plan. And then before you know it, the trip is more about the logistics, where to go, what to see, and how to, you know, cram everything in. We’ve only got five days here in Paris. How are we going to cram these, you know, 27 things in?
[10:26] Paul Partridge: And meanwhile, I think, you know, generally in our crazy busy lives, what we really want is time together. We want to slow down, not speed up. We want to, you know, reconnect, and just be around the people that we care about. And, you know, I have this thing where sometimes when we go away, you know, people, we all will take votes on what, you know, everyone wants to do. And sometimes my answer is I want to be bored.
[10:56] Dr. Leslie Davis: Tell me more about wanting to be bored.
[10:58] Paul Partridge: Yeah, because, you know, I can’t remember the last time I was bored because, you know, these days, there’s just so many things that that’s pressing for our attention. Like, we never, we never have time to be bored. We never have that downtime. And it gets hyper crazy when we go away because we feel like, oh gosh, you know, this might be my only chance to see Tuscany, right, or whatever it is. And, you know, we’ve got a, we’ve got to cram it all in.
[11:27] Paul Partridge: And I think to me, that’s a recipe for forgetting everything rather than, you know, if you just have a chance to breathe in, breathe out and maybe be bored a little, it’s kind of sink in with the place, you know, feels like, smells like, tastes like, and kind of stays with you a little bit longer.
[11:47] Dr. Leslie Davis: Yeah. So do you have any, like, exciting stories from some of the trips that you’ve taken or anything that, like, happened that it was out of the ordinary that just you’re still laughing about as a family?
[11:59] Paul Partridge: Well, a zillion of them. There’s a couple of them that popped into mind when you said that, but as a family, we were in St. Lucia at one time. And at dinner, they had one of these, you know, fire-eating people. They would, like, you know, they would put like, I don’t know, those swords or sticks around fire, and they would, you know, they would eat the fire, you know? I’m sure you’ve seen it.
[12:26] Dr. Leslie Davis: I think on TV, not in person.
[12:28] Paul Partridge: Yeah. Well, it was the first time I had seen it in person as well. We were there with my girls, and some other friends. And anyway, the man who was the, you know, performer, he was amazing. At one point, he said, I’d like to have a volunteer from the audience to try this. And much to everyone’s surprise, including my own, I raised my hand. So I’ll try that. And that put a charge into our table. I’ve got to tell you, everyone thought that that I was going to be put on fire in front of the crowd, especially, you know, since then I have this growth here.
[13:06] Paul Partridge: Anyway, I’m happy to report that it went swimmingly. And I did swallow fire, and I did live to tell [unclear phrase].
[13:15] Dr. Leslie Davis: Oh my goodness. You’ve got to dig into that just a little bit more. You swallowed fire. Did it burn? Was there, like, did you have any preparation that you had to do?
[13:25] Paul Partridge: Well, he pulled me aside and gave me like a couple of little pointers, mainly, which was, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. And he talked about, you know, like trying to open up your throat a little bit. And actually the sensation, well, you could, you know, you can feel the heat, right? So fire next to your face. That was one sensation that you normally don’t feel every day. So that was one, the thing that I remember from it, other than the look of horror on everybody at the table, family and friends, was the taste because, you know, he, they dipped the, I forget if it was a sword or a skewer or whatever it was, you know, they dipped it in, I think it’s kerosene, you know, because that’s how they, you know, light it up real quick.
[14:11] Paul Partridge: And I remember the taste of the kerosene. That’s kind of what I remember about it. Before I blacked out.
[14:20] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s amazing. I bet y’all are still talking about that one.
[14:23] Paul Partridge: Yeah. So that’s one for sure. Yeah. I mean, we have a zillion of them. Just trying to think of another one. We were down in, in the Galapagos and that was, that was really nice. And what I remember from that was getting to swim with some sea lions. And, you know, that was, yeah, that was, that was pretty incredible. One of them came, I had, you know, the goggles on, you know, and one of them swam right up to my face.
[14:57] Paul Partridge: And I swear it was like laughing or smiling. And then, and then darted off immediately went over to where my wife was swimming. She was, she was on her stomach. She, because she had a, you know, snorkel. And she was, you know, looking in the water from the top in that the sea lion jumped right over her as if he was performing in SeaWorld. He just leapt right out of the water, right over her. And I just remember everyone on the beach that was watching.
[15:26] Paul Partridge: They just burst into applause.
[15:29] Dr. Leslie Davis: And did it scare her?
[15:30] Paul Partridge: No, because she didn’t know what’s happening because she was just, you know, she was swimming along. And he just came and jumped over her body. And she was none the wiser. But, you know, I just jumped out of the water and looked at, you know, some of the folks at the beach. And I was thinking, wait, did that just happen? It was, you know, it was just one of those moments. It was just, you know, surprise and pure joy.
[15:55] Paul Partridge: And, you know, your mouth is just hanging open in awe. And, you know, I mean, that’s again, going back to my first thought was, who can I share this with? Who can I bring? Who can I bring here? Or, you know, who can I help plan a trip around this because everybody should have that experience?
[16:16] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s awesome. Yeah. So you have a resource for people who are wanting to get away and reconnect with their family and to make this a gift of travel and to be together as a family, make those deep connections. Can you tell us a little bit about what that’s about?
[16:34] Paul Partridge: Yeah. Yeah. So it’s called The Gift of Time Together. And, you know, that’s kind of what that’s what all our trips are about. And we’re trying to help people, you know, spend more time together and do it in an extraordinary place in a beautiful, private home. And the guide is just a short little guide and it’s three steps about how to give The Gift of Time Together in a really meaningful way. And, yeah, I’m happy to share with the audience.
[17:07] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s beautiful. Now, tell me a little bit about why you choose to make this connection point in other places other than just having a movie night or family game night or the difference between, like, getting away together and just spending some quality time right here at home.
[17:26] Paul Partridge: Yeah. And, you know, I don’t think one necessarily replaces the other. But when I was a kid, I grew up in New England. And we used to my dad, you know, always had the same two weeks and we get in the car and we drive to Cape Cod, which is about an hour and a half from where we live. And that was our thing, you know, for my whole childhood. And it was funny because it just takes on a different, there’s a different level, I think, of connection, you know, if you’re when you’re around home or you’re watching a movie, it’s great, or you go into the park together, it’s great riding bikes.
[18:05] Paul Partridge: When you’re somewhere that you haven’t been or you don’t know, you all get to discover it together. So when you share an experience together, you don’t really think about it, but it actually is creating a stronger bond.
[18:20] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s good.
[18:21] Paul Partridge: You have a shared memory, number one, but there’s just also that thing of like, remember when you, from that point on, you can say that. Remember when we did that? Remember when we had that thing happen to us? And it’s not about, you know, let’s spend a lot of money. We were on a trip and the thing that I noticed, we went to Greece, we were in an island called Paros. We stayed in an amazing place.
[18:47] Paul Partridge: The home was absolutely drop dead, beautiful. And it came with, we didn’t, you know, so to speak, order this, the home just came with a chef, which was if, you know, if you’re renting the home, the chef just came with it. And so, you know, we didn’t say no to that. He said,
[19:05] Uncertain speaker: Right. This is pretty great.
[19:07] Paul Partridge: And, you know, over the course of the week, we got to really know the chef. He was wonderful. And, you know, I don’t know, did we like him more than he liked us? I don’t know. It doesn’t matter. We all just get along wonderfully. And by the end of the week, he said, you know, before, before you go, I’d really love to show you where I live. He lives in a farm. He had a family farm.
[19:31] Paul Partridge: He said, would you be open to coming to visit my farm? And of course, we all said, of course, we would love that. Let’s go right now. And so he took us to the farm. We spent, you know, I don’t know, the better part of the day on his farm. And of course, he had chickens and he had dogs and he had, you know, pigs and he had, you know, a huge garden and he had a well.
[19:59] Paul Partridge: We were drinking, you know, drinking from the well water. And he had fruit trees and he just was so proud to like show us around. It was, you know, it wasn’t on any checklist. It wasn’t on any, you know, Google list of these are the 10 things you should do in Paros. It was, you know, spontaneous and unscripted and really, you know, amazing. And I see in the years since it’s, you know, when we talk about that trip, that’s the thing.
[20:34] Paul Partridge: That’s the thing that everybody talks about.
[20:36] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s awesome. I love that so much. The stories that you bring home after you’ve connected as a family, I can remember, I went to, I probably shouldn’t tell this on a podcast, but I have a hilarious story.
[20:49] Paul Partridge: I love it already.
[20:49] Dr. Leslie Davis: So I lived in England for a certain period of time. And oh my gosh, maybe I shouldn’t tell this on a podcast, but I’m going to tell you anyway.
[20:56] Uncertain speaker: Just between us.
[20:59] Dr. Leslie Davis: Yes, just between us. But my sister came to visit when I was living in England and we wanted to travel around the countryside some more. And so being that we’re from the south, we just, this was all new terrain for us. There was so much to see, so much to do. And she was there on a trip with her chorus from high school. So they went like on a school trip. And I was there because my husband and I, he was military and we were there on a military assignment.
[21:30] Dr. Leslie Davis: And I had all our passports and all the things. We were all good to go. And then I was pregnant with my 21 year old son at the time. So this was a long time ago. And we met up and decided we were going to go take the train to Paris and spend the day in Paris. So it was a day trip. Early morning train ride over late night train ride back. And my sister and I are almost identical.
[21:56] Dr. Leslie Davis: We, we are not twins, but you would think that we might be if you didn’t know us very well. We look so much alike. And we get to the line, we get to the train station, we’re standing in line on our way to Paris. And I realized that I had left my passport at home. Bad idea.
[22:12] Paul Partridge: Yeah.
[22:12] Dr. Leslie Davis: Well, we have this amazing story in our back pocket because my sister and I looked so much alike. She went through the line, slipped couple people back, handed me her passport and I got right through the country with her passport.
[22:27] Uncertain speaker: [Unclear short reply.]
[22:29] Dr. Leslie Davis: And we spent the day in Paris. And I was scared to death. I wasn’t going to be able to get home.
[22:34] Paul Partridge: Yeah.
[22:35] Dr. Leslie Davis: I get on the other side and we did it again. She and I got back home. I got back home. I don’t think you could get away with that these days. And that’s probably an illegal thing to talk about, but that I snuck into another country on my sister’s passport.
[22:46] Paul Partridge: But the statute of limitations, I think, is over.
[22:49] Dr. Leslie Davis: Yes. Yes. It was like 20, 21 years ago, almost, because I was pregnant with my 21 year old. So it was a long time ago. But it’s a story that we laugh about still. Like how in the world did you, how do I sneak into another country?
[23:02] Paul Partridge: That is good.
[23:04] Dr. Leslie Davis: Yeah.
[23:04] Paul Partridge: You’re very unique. There’s not many people that could ever do that.
[23:09] Dr. Leslie Davis: But I just remember those connections that we made and the laughs about it and the the fear around it, you know, like, yeah, it was almost like nervous laughter, you know, oh my gosh, can we, did we actually just get away with that? And yeah, how in the world did that happen? And we still talk about it 20 years later. So I can see why.
[23:29] Paul Partridge: I mean, that’s amazing. I love it.
[23:31] Dr. Leslie Davis: Oh, goodness. So tell me, what’s the difference? Like when someone’s traveling together and just making it memorable versus making it meaningful, and so that those connections are things that last, like you have these stories, I have these stories. And when we come back, they’re conversation points. And we want to talk about those things. And how do you see that being the difference between just meaningful or just memorable or both?
[23:59] Paul Partridge: Yeah. So I would say a couple things. One is that I would say that a nice trip checks the boxes, you know, there’s a probably a pretty place that you visiting. It’s a nice hotel, maybe good food. And you enjoy it. But it doesn’t really stay with you. And we have a little test that we that we kind of give to all trips. We call it the five year test. And it’s, what are you talking about five years later?
[24:28] Paul Partridge: And the trips that you end up talking about five years later tend to do a couple of things well. Number one is they bring people closer and they create moments that make you feel something. That’s the key thing is feel. And our brains are wired, you know, more to more to feelings than to anything else. And so we’re thinking about that. And we actually tried to figure out how to kind of quantify that a little bit.
[24:54] Paul Partridge: So we came up with this thing. We have two little measurements, one’s called the Connection Quotient and the other one’s called a Meaning Meter. And I know that that sounds a little bit technical or nerdy. But it’s really just a way of asking, you know, how naturally does time together happen throughout the day. So does the experience create moments that people will actually remember and talk about, like five years later. And, you know, we found it’s a helpful way to look at trips.
[25:24] Paul Partridge: We go into it a bit deeper on the website in terms of how we figure out the numbers and everything behind it. And, you know, anybody that wants to visit us at TravelVillaGuide.com, they can find out more information about that there.
[25:40] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s awesome. Well, I would love to hear anything else you have to say about these experiences and how that gets you in touch with the alignment of your inner voice and your outer expression so that we are fully aligned in our most authentic selves. And that we are radiant leaders and how our experiences are part of who we are. And they become part of us. They become part of the way we present ourselves to the world.
[26:06] Dr. Leslie Davis: And can you talk to that just a little bit before we go?
[26:09] Paul Partridge: Yeah. And I think this is something that really I don’t see get talked about so much. But when you have a one-on-one with people and you ask about it, I think people are feeling this same way. You know, life gets busy. And, you know, people are in different places. They have different routines. They are pulled in a lot of different directions. And it’s surprisingly hard to find time where everyone’s just together, not rushed, not distracted, not on their phones, you know, just present.
[26:46] Paul Partridge: And when that does happen, when you can create the conditions that allow that to happen, I think something shifts inside of us. And you get to have conversations that you normally wouldn’t have. You laugh. You share moments that you didn’t necessarily plan. And that’s the thing that kind of sticks [unclear phrase]. You know, because at the end of the day, it’s that, you know, what do the experiences make us feel? It gets back to that word feel.
[27:19] Paul Partridge: You feel more connected. You feel more like yourself. You feel happier. That kind of is the framework for our thinking of The Gift of Time Together.
[27:28] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s good. I sometimes think of it like when you look at your personality types and all that kind of stuff, I’m a pretty driven personality. But I also really value adventure. Like it’s one of my core values is adventure. And so I think about, you know, all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy. Well, it’s the same for all of us, right? So if we just work all the time and we’re always in survival mode, then we’re not giving our nervous system the reset to know that we are actually safe in this world.
[27:57] Dr. Leslie Davis: And when we can take a step back and give our nervous systems a break and get out of survival mode. And it’s almost like, I think we’ve talked about it before, where you say, you know, there’s a pattern interrupt there. And that pattern interrupt is on a life level on a nervous system level. And so when we get out of our normal environments to go on an adventure, whether that’s taking a hike out in nature, whether it’s getting on a plane and going to some exotic place, I think that that gives our nervous systems the space to reset a little bit and we can get in touch with the fun part of ourselves again.
[28:34] Dr. Leslie Davis: And I know for me personally, that’s really important for my family. So that I’m not this really driven, stressed out survival mode mom all the time. Instead, I’m more grounded and able to connect and have these experiences with my kids that we can take with us into the future.
[28:51] Paul Partridge: Yeah, I think also the other I think is perspective Leslie, because you know, when you go to different places and you know, it doesn’t have to be, you know, it doesn’t have to be Rio de Janeiro.
[29:03] Dr. Leslie Davis: Right.
[29:03] Paul Partridge: If you go to another place, it can just be another state, right? You see, hey, you know what, people live differently. And you know, there’s a lot of people out there that do have a kind of a more calm and less stressful, I would say, you know, existence than we tend to have. And that’s really inspiring when you see they, oh, wow, it’s really possible. It’s really possible to do this. And, you know, you see, and you find out, you know, these are people that live to 102, you know,
[29:40] Dr. Leslie Davis: Yeah, I heard about that like down in the the islands, I had a student the other day talking to me about he’s from Colombia. And he was telling me he missed Colombia, because they had an unhealthy lifestyle too. They drank, they party, they, they ate things they weren’t supposed to eat, but they lived long lives because they didn’t have the stress levels. It was island life. They enjoyed their fast cars and their afternoon naps and friends of ours that live in Puerto Rico say the same thing, the island life is just a different pace.
[30:11] Dr. Leslie Davis: And I think that that is something very valuable that we can learn and take with us from things that people do in other cultures that are maybe even healthier than how we do it and gives us another paradigm to live from.
[30:24] Paul Partridge: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. I agree.
[30:27] Dr. Leslie Davis: That’s awesome. Well, Paul, I have super enjoyed spending some time with you this afternoon talking about all the things that we can do to connect and step outside of our normal. And I am so grateful that you took the time to chat with me today.
[30:43] Paul Partridge: Yeah, well, I loved it. I would just say one thing I didn’t close the loop on. We mentioned the guide. And I don’t know that I gave a way, if people actually do want to see it, to get it. And it’s just, it’s pretty simple. It’s just gift — the word gift — dot TravelVillaGuide.com. That’s where they can go and get that for free if that’s something they’re interested in.
[31:08] Dr. Leslie Davis: That sounds wonderful. And I’ll have it in the show notes too, so that everybody can, that is interested in looking at this gift of, not just gift of travel, but the gift of a reset of our nervous system and the gift of connection, the gift of connecting with ourselves again and the people around us that we care about most and connecting with people outside of our circle too. I think that’s really important.
[31:30] Paul Partridge: Yeah. Yeah. Time together is what it’s, I mean, just more people I meet, the more I hear is the same thing. Just what do you really want, you know, well, you can’t get time, right? You can, you can buy a lot of things, but you can’t buy time.
[31:45] Dr. Leslie Davis: Amen. That’s so good. That’s so good. It’s our one nonrenewable resource.
[31:51] Paul Partridge: Yeah, it’s exactly. Yeah.
[31:53] Dr. Leslie Davis: Exactly.
[31:54] Paul Partridge: I enjoyed it. I didn’t, I really didn’t think I’d be talking about swallowing fire, but I’m glad we did. And I’m glad I heard about how to get across the border if I don’t have a passport. Just have to find a twin. That’s all.
[32:09] Dr. Leslie Davis: Great. Oh my goodness. It’s, it’s fun times, you know, you can get, you can have so many fun stories when you talk about places you’ve been and experiences you’ve had. It’s just, it’s really fun.
[32:20] Paul Partridge: Yeah, it’s the best.
[32:22] Dr. Leslie Davis: Well, thank you so much.
[32:24] Paul Partridge: Thank you, Leslie.
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