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The show is back! (Albeit about a year later than Chris said it would be.) Just in time for spring break, this thrilling episode is all about bad trips and vacations. Laura Maltz returns to talk about volunteering on a Spanish farm — and a shocking incident that happened there that made international headlines. Plus, Chris reminisces about a cursed Florida family vacay. Despite the troubles they faced on their respective excursions, Laura and Chris conclude there's an awful lot to be grateful for too.

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Though it may sound like a TLC show, sex actually sent Montreal storyteller Alexia Côté to the emergency room. But the most humiliating part actually happened four years later while she was at work. In the end, it taught her to embrace embarrassing experiences and use them as fodder for her performances.

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Public speaker and performer Christina Blacken tells Chris about flying through a dangerous storm on her way to Mardi Gras that had even the flight attendants looking terrified. It’s a wild ride of a story that touches on lack of control, anxiety, and worst-case scenarios — and how we can actually channel those things to our benefit.

Christina is the founder of The New Quo, a leadership development and equity consultancy that uses narrative intelligence to help organizations achieve status-quo-breaking goals by turning their values of diversity, equity, and inclusion into powerful policies, practices, and communication habits. Learn more at: thenewquo.com

Christina’s podcast, Sway Them in Color, is available on all podcasting platforms.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower by Morra Aarons-Mele – https://a.co/d/eEj37B0

Panic Free: The 10-Day Program to End Panic, Anxiety, and Claustrophobia by Tom Bunn – https://a.co/d/9sKONbl

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