Summary:

In this inspiring episode, Grace Simmons chats with Michelle Plante, a travel advisor and pioneer in alcohol-free luxury travel for women. Michelle shares her journey to sobriety, her passion for creating meaningful travel experiences, and the transformative power of travel. From Boston to Costa Rica, Michelle’s focus on mindful connections and personal growth shines through as she discusses her luxury alcohol-free retreats and how travel can inspire change and self-discovery.

Guest Bio:

Michelle Plante is a travel advisor and a recent pioneer in organizing luxury alcohol-free trips for women. A dedicated member of the Wellness Tourism Association and the Transformational Travel Council, Michelle blends luxury, adventure, and wellness to create experiences that allow women to connect, thrive, and be their best selves.

Key Topics Discussed:

• Michelle’s journey to sobriety and how it led her to curate alcohol-free travel experiences.
• The importance of setting intentions for meaningful and fulfilling travel.
• How to find joy and connection while embracing an alcohol-free lifestyle.
• Michelle’s favorite self-care practices for wellness, both at home and during travel.
• Highlights of Michelle’s upcoming alcohol-free luxury retreats in Costa Rica and India.

Key Quotes:

• "It’s not about what you can’t do when you’re sober—it’s about the thousands of incredible things you can do."
• "Travel isn’t just about seeing new places; it’s a way to grow, connect, and rediscover yourself."
• "Set your intentions before you travel. Knowing how you want to feel afterward can transform your trip."

Takeaways:

• Sobriety can unlock a new perspective on travel and life, offering deeper connections and meaningful experiences.
• Setting clear intentions before a trip enhances its purpose and allows travelers to appreciate it fully.
• Simple self-care practices, like prioritizing sleep and disconnecting from devices, contribute to overall wellness while traveling.

Resources Mentioned:

Michelle Plante’s website: michelleplante.com

• Alcohol-Free Luxury Trips in 2025:
• Costa Rica: TBD
• India: TDB

Instagram: @michelleplantetravels

Connect with Michelle:

You can find Michelle on Instagram at @michelleplantetravels or visit her website for more information on her luxury retreats and travel advisory services.

Hello, travelers. My name is Grace

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to the

Random and Wonderful. Today, my guest is

Michelle. I'm really excited for you all

to meet her. And I'm going to let her

introduce herself, and then we'll get

started. Thank you, Grace. So excited to

be here. Hi, guys. It's so good to see

you. My name's Michelle Plant. I live in

Kansas City, Missouri. I'm

sober, period. That's what I'm excited to

talk about. I love wellness. I love

travel. I was recently connected with

Grace through a friend, Rena. And I

know that she's all about wellness and

travel, so just really looking forward to

having a good conversation today. Yes.

I am excited. So let's get into--

first off, your first declarating

statement was, I'm sober. How have

you found this new, I guess,

chapter of life?Were you always sober?

No. Or do you always plan to be that way?

Or how did you get for that to be

your welcoming statement?Oh, my

gosh. Well, I've just been really excited

about it lately, and I'll share why. I

have not always been sober, but it's been

nearly six years. And I use the words

sober and alcohol-free interchangeably.

So I might be saying alcohol-free or

sober. And there's this

thing called intuition. And I kind of had

an idea at some point that I would

stop. Like, I used to joke and say that I

would stop blacking out, and I quit

drinking when I was 29. So I kind of

always knew. It wasn't intentional,

though. I just woke up with a really

bad hangover one day, like I had many

times. And I said, never

drinking again. And this time, thank

goodness, it stuck. And so I've just

been really, really excited about it.

Well, congratulations on your six years.

Thank you. Yeah, I love it. So one of the

things, especially when it comes to

traveling, right, you want to jump into

the fun and. I don't know, merriment of

being in a new place. How do you

balance that?Like, how do you

maintain being sober, being alcohol free,

and actually enjoy your trip?Because some

people feel like, you know, even if

you're needing to relax or something,

like alcohol is a part of that relaxing

or social behavior. How do you

distinguish and set those boundaries?

Totally, 100%. And, you know,

travel is my profession now, and

I love helping people have really

intentional trips without alcohol.

And for me, that's getting

super settled into the place. So that's

taking a second, not feeling rushed. I

love going to parks anywhere and

visiting. I just got back from Boston and

Boston Public Garden was so beautiful. I

hung out there for like two hours, but it

just, it took a minute, you know, as,

as I started to travel.

More and feel more comfortable. I

learned that there's so much to do. Like,

it's not about what you can't do. It's

there's thousands of things to do

when you're sober. Yeah. So traveling

is your profession. Can you dive a little

bit more into that?How do you conduct

these trips and why is travel that

leading vehicle for you?Oh, man, it's the

best thing ever. It is. I mean, I'm

not going to disagree with you. No.

And I will share, it took me a while to

get here. I worked in a Fortune 500

company for a long time before, you know,

finding the confidence to

pursue a passion. And

so I work as, you know, a lot of people

call them travel agents. I refer to it as

a travel advisor. And

I love just, I'm obsessed with

hotels. Like I'm obsessed with hotels,

I'm obsessed with flights, I'm obsessed

with learning about other cultures. I

also love learning aboutother cultures'

wellness practices. So I'm really

into it, like Japan, I just love.

And I've learned that through

travel, we can also experience

transformation and have this

beautiful personal growth

experience while traveling. And

so for me, travel, like

it's obviously fun, but it's also like

this path to where I get to better

understand myself. And I've really

enjoyed that. Yeah. Going back to what

you said, actually, about the the parks

and finding wonderful parks. So

one of my favorite stories when I was in

Portugal was I was supposed to be

wandering and going somewhere else and

happened to just stop by this park. And

like you said, you ended up spending like

two hours, three hours just

being there, right, in the park and just

relaxing and just immersing yourself in

that peace. SoI

think people limit themselves sometimes

when it comes to the things that you can

do. And for some reason, that always

equates to active or activity or

something grand. And just being

still and in the moment is also

beneficial. Yeah, that's so beautiful.

I'm so glad you shared that. And that's

so cool because, you know, you're in this

beautiful country and still one of the

highlights was spending time in a park,

just being in nature. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

I love that. It's so beautiful.

Michelle, what are-- what's like a a

favorite travel story that you can share?

Oh, my goodness. I just

really find so much

beauty and

self-exploration through travel.

It's like hard to pick one. You know,

when people are like, what's your

favorite movie?Actually, what's your

favorite movie is like an easier

question. All right, while you're

thinking, what's your favorite movie?Joe

Dirt. Okay. That's

so good. Or the sweetest thing. Well, I

could keep going, but I I spend a lot of

time in Mexico, so I I love going to

Mexico. I love street food. So just

where I can just have a lot of street

food. But usually a lot of my favorite

trips are the ones where I put my phone

away. And I have been doing less and less

of that, but there will be a trip in the

future. But recently I've really been

enjoying trips where I travel with

people. I used to travel solo a lot and

now I'm starting to travel with people

and I'm just finding so much more

connection and community in that way.

Okay. Is that because it's through your

business or these are other trips that

you plan?Both. Okay. Yeah.

YeahWhat about you, Grace?I want to hear

about a trip that you love. So

usually I talk about my-- Portugal is

probably like a high for me, and Iceland

is usually my favorite because that was

my first one. But I went to Mexico this

year, actually, and I was in San Miguel

de Allende. Yeah, I was going to bring it

up. That's where I did have my phone for

a week. Yeah, I could see it. Like,

I love a beach. I love being near

the water. I'll take a river, OK?I love

being near water. But somethingkept

pulling me to go visit this place. I saw

it on like a a travel show, and I

wanted to go there. Like

So I was staying in the central, and then

I got to walk a little bit outside to, I

guess, like an old fabrics factory or

where that used to be. So it's a little

bit outside of the town. It's probably

like a good 20-minute walk one way. But

typically, I think I'd try to like get a

taxi or an Uber, especially if I'm going

outside of the the city area. But just

walking through and you can kind of see

like the different layers between being

in the city that's super crowded and

populated. You go out a little bit and

you start to go into the community. You

can see the schools, the homes, a little

bit more residential. And then go out

further to, I mean, what is another kind

of a tourist spot. But even that walk was

absolutely beautiful. And then again,

I, in my mind said I was going to spend

like one or two hours there. And I felt

like the path, the hallways just kept

leading to another room. And this is a

very artistic collection. And so

there were galleries, there were just

different people who were showing off

their little, they had little shops and

little posts and whatnot. There was a lot

to entertain your eyes

walking around in there. So that I

thought was really fun. It was quite a

reward for making that little track and

walking back. But yeah, I think that was

kind of a favorite moment, like, yeah,

let me let me see what's going on down

there. That's awesome. That sounds

amazing. Yeah, San Miguel's the best.

Cool. I'm so glad you shared that. Thank

you. Wait, so have you been to to

San Miguel?Yes. I went

for some serious healing. So

I went to a house

pretty much where-- I mean,

the short version is that I was going

through a breakup, OK?And

I was like,I need help. And so,

you know, friends connected me with

friends, and it's pretty much just like a

couple who supports you. Like, OK, it

sounds weird when I explain it now, but

it wasn't. It was like perfect. And I had

met that woman a couple months before, so

it was just pretty divine, if you will.

Yeah. So I turned my phone off. It was

over Christmas. I had skipped Christmas

that year too, because it was just like,

it was very clear, you know, it's never

about the breakup. It was just about

everything else that presents itself when

you're going through that. And so I was

like, okay, I'm ready to

shed a lot of this. So I just

turned the phone off. I probably read

like a couple books. I didn't bring any

of my own. They only, they had a lot, so

I just read books and then I

journaled for days at a time and cried,

of course. But I obviously got to

explore a couple of days, and they would

just drop me off, and I would just walk

around without a phone, like, boop, boop,

boop. You know, like, where am I going?I

had no idea. They're going to pick me up

in two hours. I hope I can get back.

Yeah. So it felt like a true adventure,

but it was really cool. Yeah, it's a

beautiful, beautiful city. If there is a

time where I kind of put my phone away a

little bit, there are these things called

getaway-- they're like little mini

cabins. And they're like

converted trailers. And so it's just a

cute little-- they've got like one or two

bedrooms, something like that. But they

are a community of these little

wooden cabins or trailers. It's like the

extent of camping that I think is my

limit, right?You still have access to all

the amenities, flowing water, but you're

in the middle of nature and they give you

a little lock box to put your phone in

and justEnjoy being there and the

entire idea like there's like, we have no

Wi-Fi. Again, we have no Wi-Fi. Just

enjoy yourself. But the way they've

designed it was just to take a wonderful

break. I think it was like my start of

what a personal retreat is,

how needed that is, you know, just to

take a break. I still long for I need to

do that again. And I find like, oh, I'll

go somewhere else. And San Miguel was

actually supposed to be my finally

fulfilling that, like, I need a personal

retreat, but. I think that was definitely

something I want to do again. Be in the

quiet, put your phone away. No

Wi-Fi. No Wi-Fi. Well, that's

cool. And you have that-- yeah, you have

that to go to whenever you know the time

is right. You'll be prepared. You'll know

exactly where to go and when. That sounds

awesome. Take me with you.

Essentially, I tell so many people about

it, and I'm like, I don't understand why

it's been years since I've been back.

It's all involved. I'm sold.

It's great. Can you tell me a lesson or

some experience that left a you know good

impact on you?Whoo.

Thousands. I mean, I use--

I believe that every person is a teacher

in our lives. So I'm always trying to

learn a lesson. And

my experience is that you will keep being

presentedwith the lesson

until it kind of clicks. And

so, whew, I

think, I mean,

honestly, this is like very

vulnerable and embarrassing, but it's

about having healthy relationships with

men like that. It's not something

I share a lot about, but

so here we are being random and

wonderful, but- Here we are.

It's, yeah, I had to learn that lesson a

long time, and now I'm in a super healthy

relationship with an incredible man. And

it took me a second,

but it was worth it. And of course, like,

I'm still learning. But that was

something I had, you know, spent a lot of

time and energy on. I like that

phrase. Everyone is a teacher. Yes.

Because one of the things I really try to

encourage is making sure you share your

story. because other people benefit, like

that's the entire reason why this podcast

exists is because so many people have

incredible stories to share,

advice that maybe they don't realize is

advice. They're just sharing their

experience and another person's like, oh

my gosh, I was going through that and I

was wondering about that or I was

struggling with that. And you never know

what people have gone through and how it

can help you depending on where you are.

So I'm glad you were

vulnerable and shared that. Well, thank

you, Grace. I felt safe to do so. And I

love that that's what you're doing here

because it hasn't been until

very recent where I've, you know, felt

confident in sharing about my sobriety.

Like, people, you know, over time

have made me feel like it's this bad

thing, like, oh, you had a problem. I'm

like, what?Okay, it doesn't even matter.

Like, I just made a decision for myself.

And I've found that through sharing,

I feel better. Like I feel

more excited about it. And that's how I

just rolled up here. I was like, I'm

sober. Like my, it's my favorite thing

about myself. And so I'm glad you can

take that back with you, that every

person is a teacher because too, I've,

you know, I've been to a couple, you

know, like personal development seminars

or or whatever over the years. And like,

One of my favorite is like when the

speaker will be like, okay, picture

someone you are so angry with.

And I'm like, yeah, like I'm, I'm

mad. And then like, I'm like, oh my God,

I need to like text them like whatever.

And the speaker will be like, that person

is a precious child of God.

And I'm like, umm

come on. Yeah. I'm like.

Okay.

Why'd you brow me up?Like, I'm

like, okay. What do you do now?

But it always like sinks like

so deeply, so like

every time. And I'm like,

and that has been a really beautiful

lesson for me too, Grace, is just like

having that belief and, and treating

people like that and

seeing the value that everyone can

provide in your life, like whether it's

tangibly or not, and most of the time

it's not, and just being open to that.

Yeah. I was talking to somebody about how

travel has been a great teacher of like

emotional intelligence, where I think

traveling, especially when I started

doing solo travel, was because I

initially was like, I'm trying to prove

that I can do this on my own. And then of

course there was a learning experience,

which is just like, you justNeed time

alone. That's different. And even on that

experience I connected with so many

people there and

learning how to. really

communicate, right?Get in touch with your

actual feelings and digging in and

learning those lessons in a way where

it's like, hmm, other people are

children of God, right?Like other people

have entire lives and we happen to meet

on a few points. And I don't know, it it

definitely helps your perspective, how

you engage with other people, how you

think about certain situations. Yeah,

that's a needed reminder. Yeah.

At what point did you connect travel and

emotional intelligence?I

studied emotional intelligence for my own

help. A couple years ago, I was going

through a really rough time, and I could

not figure out why I was so

frustrated and

angry and hateful towards myself. But it

was also coming out at other people, and

I couldn't really put those two things

together. And so after

my first trip to Iceland. It

was just like a an awakening. So,

okay, let me go back. Before the first

trip was skydiving. Skydiving is like my

life saving, get yourself together, sis.

So during that internal, just

internal hate seriously, and that was

coming out of other people and there were

things that were outside of my control

and I could have, I needed to change, but

there was no reason for me to feel the

anger that I was feeling. And so with

going to therapy and trying to rebuild

and find myself again and reconnecting

to the church, I've never stopped, but

like actually being present with my

church and actually being like, Hey God,

sorry, we have not had an honest

conversation in a long time, my bad. All

of that. And when I was in Iceland

then I started thinking about

how I could dig into who

I am and my emotions and actually like be

honest about what I was feeling and be

truthful about why was I feeling

frustrated. And the frustration came from

I felt like I didn't have control. And so

going on a solo trip is like, all right,

now you have control. What are you going

to do, right?I'm so

glad. This is amazing. Yes, keep going.

And so you're like, all right, here we

go. And II learned

great things from it. I learned to you

know be clear in what I wanted to say and

be respectful of my own boundaries

and let people know what those boundaries

are, because how are people supposed to

know?So that is kind of the

tie-in. So then when I came back, just

for me to learn a little bit more of

myself and then help people put into

words what I had learned, I started

studying emotional intelligence, and

there's so many different componentsthat

your emotions affect and can

impact. And if you don't have a good

handle on any of them, like your

finances, to social, to friends, to

food, your emotions can impact all

of that. And so if you aren't aware of

it, I think that's like the foundation

for me is my emotional intelligence as

well as my spiritual health. Those two

needed to be nursed back to health.

Whoo, amen. Yeah. I mean, I'm so

happy to hear all of that because how

easy would it have been for you to

continue going down the path of

self-hatred and outbursts

and not clearly checking in with

yourself. And you make-- it's a hard

decision to pay attention to your

emotions. It's not easy. It is not.

And it sounds like you've made so much

progress to where you're having

conversations internally and externally

You're able to identify and establish

boundaries. And you're like, I'm back.

Like, I'm good. That was weird. Like,

we're here now. So I'm

just so happy to hear that that is really

inspirational, because I feel like

it's so worth

the discomfort

of going through those really

challenging experiences of, like, going

in. It can be hard. Yeah.

It is. And thankfully, it's worth it.

Though that was weird, is legit a feeling

that comes up every once in a while.

Like, why was I so-- wow,

all right. I don't know who she was. But

yeah, it was something that needed to be

dealt with. Yeah, Yeah that's awesome.

Really cool that you can share that. Um

What is some advice

that you would give a traveler to

help them appreciate their

trip?So like when they get back, how do

they appreciate what they've gone through?

Yes. Set intentions like

first. And sometimes

what you're looking for may not

even be a trip in the first

place. So it's like, I feel like,

you know, I'm obsessed with this and I

just feel like a lot of times people are

like, oh, I need a vacation. I'm like, do

you need a vacation or do you need rest?

Or do you needto check in?Do you

need a new job?Do you need a new

relationship?Or do you just need to sleep?

Umm Maybe you just need to sleep, you

know, like before you go. And it's like

with anything in life, when people are

like chasing, chasing, chasing, you

know, like saying, this will make me

happy. And people project that onto

vacations too, and trips. Like as soon as

I get back, things will be fine. Yeah

And I'm like,That'd be really cool.

I don't think it's the case. I think when

you set intentions and you say, you know

this last trip that I went on to Boston

with my boyfriend was to celebrate his

birthday. And I was like, the

intention here-- and you can do this like

with friends or with your partner or with

yourself, you know journaling and just

saying, I want to explore the

history, I want to eat a lot of seafood,

and I want to be super present with my

boyfriend, I don't want to be lame or

whiny or just you know belike an annoying

girlfriend, like if like my feet hurt or

whatever, like I just want to really

honor him and make him feel

really special because it's his birthday

weekend and just remind him how cool he

is. And of course we

did. And something I always try to think

of before going on a trip too, is how do

I want to feel after?You know, when I get

back, do I want to feel inspired?

Do I want to feel rested?Do I want to

feelexcited?Do I want to

feel maybe a little nostalgic for that

trip?And planning that, like having the

vision for the entire time, in my

experience, has been really helpful when

it comes to traveling. I like that.

Setting your intentions before you go is

so key. Yes. YesVery much. Yes.

Yeah, yeahWhat's your favorite self-care

practice while you travel?Ooh,

waking up early and sleeping.

If a hotel has a bath, man, I am in

that bath.

Yeah. Yes. Like, that is important for

me. And, you know, just little things

that I do at home, I'm really proud of

the progress I've made when it comes to

my daily rituals and wellness. And it's

nothing crazy. Like, I'm just going to

say, it's really simple. But even things

like, I don't get on

my phone or my computer in my

bed. Like, they don't go in

my room. And when I'm traveling, my

phone does not stay next to the bed.

Like, it's, you know, whatever in the

bathroom or on the little

desk. And I do the same with my computer.

Like, just those devices don't belong in

the bed. And so my brain knows that bed

is for sleeping. So I think-- I don't

know if anyone else does that, but I

really like that. I do, too.

Prioritizing sleep and removing those

devices from near your your bed. Yes. So

that you focus on sleep 100%. 'Cause I'm

trying to wake up early and see

everything, you know, like it's a full

day. Yeah, I come back and I just want to

pass out. Like let's do it again

tomorrow. Like this was so epic. I'm

trying to see everything. I want to know

everything. I like that.

Awesome. All right, before I wrap up, do

you have any questions for me?

OohWell, I'm so curious about the

skydiving experience. Oh, yeah.

So, OK, skydiving. Yeah.

My cousin had her graduation in

Florida, and she was like, hey, my

gift to myself is I want to go skydiving.

And I was like, oh, yeah, let's do that.

Just agreed to it. And of course, later,

after I hung up the phone, I was like,

why did I agree to that?It's something I

wanted to do. However, I don't know if I

was ready yet, you know?And of course,

I'm trying to, like, psych myself out.

I'm watching videos. I'm reading

everything. At that time,

the job that I was in, it was this

administrative job that was around the

time where I was just like, I hate

everything. I hate my coworkers. I'm

hating this day. And I was looking

forward to that being like a nice escape.

But like you said, if you don't deal with

the mess before and

you try to hope that a trip is going to

somehowWipe everything clean.

You're in for a very rude awakening. And

so going through all the things that I

was going through, it really became like,

OK, you need to make a decision.

Either you want to live and take on

whatever life has given you, or you give

up. And I was really at a point where I

was trying my best not to admit,

but I think mentally I had given up on

everything. I didn't really see the point

of. Being here, I didn't feel like I was

contributing anything. I didn't see what

a future with grace in it would look

like. And I was like, I mean, I'm just

here, you know?And so her very random

invite was like, all right, sure, I

guess. And so we went skydiving.

And the whole buildup is like, you know,

we're going through this training, and

both of us like, mm-hm, mm-hm, you know,

we're ready. And we get in the plane, and

we're both like, yeah, yeah, we're good,

we're good. And they open the door, and

we were like, why did we do this?Yeah.

rushing fast, and we were like, huhWhy?

Why Who signs us up for this?And the

first couple people went out, and they

were all jumping. And you see them, and

they're just like, oh. And we're like,

oh, my God, OK, here we go. But we

were doing tandem jumps. I think that was

our first jump, of course, so where

you're attached to someone else. And that

is a whole thing of loss of control and

trust, because you are attached to

someone who knows a lot more of what's

happening than you do. And

soMaking sure I'm listening and all that

good stuff was like, okay, I just need to

make sure I don't panic, I don't worry,

whatever. We get out to the edge, and you

have to do like this little curve to fall

out of the plane, and we do,

and we are falling. And

I remember just screaming

for what felt like 10 minutes. I don't

know how long we were falling, but I was

screaming for a minute, like I inhaled

and continued to scream, and we're just

falling, and I'm just like, oh my God.

But that and that moment, it kind of

reminded me of like, yeah, so back to

that question, do you want to live and

enjoy your life or are we giving up?

And I kind of stopped screaming. I just

opened my eyes and I'm looking at the

earth rushing towards me. And I just

thought, this is so beautiful. All of

this is so beautiful. I. I'm

seeing the, you know, we're in Florida,

so there were a couple of like little

lakes around. So there's like mix of like

blue and green and there's the blue sky

that we're in. And it just, the way it

encapsulates the earth. And I was just

like, this is so gorgeous. There's no

way, there's no way that I put me on this

planet to just give up as I

have. And I decided I really wanted to, I

wanted to enjoy this life that I've been

given, this gift of a life that I've been

given. Yep. And so as we're

falling, I had stopped screaming. I'm

actually like trying to look through my

goggles and see everything. And the

parachute opens up, and you know, now

we're just gliding down. And it was such

a feeling of like, I was so

small, but I didn't feel

insignificant. I felt like

small in a way that I belonged

here. There was something completely

outside of me, and I was trying so hard

to take on everything. It wasn't

necessary. It wasn't necessary. I just

needed to chill out, just as I was doing

while we were gliding down. Just be,

right?And so, yeah, just being able to

see the Earth from that view is

incredible, first off, but also just a

great lesson of, like, there are so many

things beyond what you think you can

control and what you're trying to make

perfect. And when it doesn't happen, you

get depressed, you get upset, you get

frustrated. So yeah, we landed. There

were tears in me and my cousin's eyes,

and we were both just like, that was

amazing. You know And we're ready to go

back up, of course. But after that, I

think just that thought of like,

I don't need to control everything. I was

here. I was given life for a purpose,

and I don't want to waste it. And so

something that I have written, like all

my mirrors, I'm choosing to live, I'm

choosing toEnjoy this life. No

matter what comes, no matter what

adventure I have been suited up with for

today, I want to enjoy that life. And for

me, it's evolved into the way I

travel and being mindful, incorporating

wellness. But yeah, that skydiving trip

was a jump start to what decision do you

want to make?So beautiful. Mm-hmm

That was a lot really special.

SoYeah. Before we go, Michelle, could you

please let us know, first off, what are

you working on or what's coming up for

you?And then where can we find you?

Yeah, for sure. Grace, just thank you

again. Like, that was so, so, so special.

Like, I'm going to-- yeah, that

was just really special. Thank you so

much. And

I'm working on, right now, creating group

trips for women who are also

alcohol-free, are sober curious.

So in January we're going to Costa

Rica and in March we're headed to India.

And these trips are focused on

luxury, adventure and Wellness and just

having mindful connections in community.

They're really focused on experiencing.

the destination from a local's

perspective, but also having like really

nice accommodations, like that balance.

And I'm really excited about

that. And yeah, it's going to be

really special. Looking forward to doing

a lot more in the future, just giving

women an opportunity to connect and get

to see the world with other like-minded

humans. I know I'll add like

your website and your app and all that,

but where's a good place to find you?

Instagram. Michelle Plant Travels.

Awesome. OK. Love what you're doing. Keep

going. Really excited. Same to you. I

think that's a wonderful opportunity that

you're giving people instead of them

having to look for it or or try to make

it on their own. I like that you're

offering it as as your group trip. I

almost wore my Costa Rica shirt. I'm a

little upset. It's sitting out. I

was going to wear it. That's awesome.

Oh, Michelle, thank you so, so much for

being a guest and sharing your story and

your work with us. I'm so glad to have

had you as a guest. Me too. Thank you so

much. Hey there,

Grace here. I hope you enjoyed today's

episode and gained some useful takeaways.

Thank you so much for listening and

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who needs it. Bye bye.