Welcome to Restful Mind Travel
Welcome to Restful Mind Travel. We are a blog and website that specializes in traveling, exploring, and experiencing the world while living with a mental illness. We offer advice, how-to’s, travel guides, experiences, and a community environment all related to mental health.
Our travel guides offer exclusive insider advice and techniques to help you acquire up-to-date information for travel destinations around the world.
All the travel guides are written from my personal travel experience and are completely honest from my perspective.
No exaggeration or fluff, just real-world experience.
Here you will find recommendations on places to stay, things to see and do, what to avoid or keep an eye out for, and where to eat.
It doesn’t matter what type of trip you are going on – solo vacation, cruise, island getaway, two-week holiday, round-the-world trip, backpacking trip, or a family vacation.
Our Most Recent Blog Posts
- Mud, Swamp, and Tears -1,100-Mile Thru-Hike On The Florida Trail – Part 2
As you walk up to the desolate gates, North of Big Cypress you come upon the trail register. You grasp the mailbox door. It is warm from baking in the sun. You have made it… You kept going despite all the challenges and pain. The trail has provided you with more than you could have ever imagined. You fill out the notebook tucked safely inside and then reinsert it into the mailbox for the next hiker’s passage. It represents a… - Bravely Venturing: My Epic Thru-Hike of the Florida Trail – Planning
Are you ready for an adventure of a lifetime? Look no further than the Florida Trail, a 1,100-mile trek that will test your limits and leave you with memories to last a lifetime. I recently set out on this challenging journey and I am here to share my experiences and insights with you. From the swamps of the Everglades to the rolling hills of the Panhandle, the Florida Trail offers a diverse and breathtaking landscape that is sure to leave… - Mud, Swamp, and Tears -1,100-Mile Thru-Hike On The Florida Trail
Thru-hiking is something that can either bring you to the precipice of enlightenment or take you to the dark empty pit of despair. It will test your will and break you. It will show you the strength that lies within you. Strap that pack to your back and take that first step into the unknown. There are few moments in our lives when we have the opportunity to take a step outside our comfort zone and find meaning in the… - My Mental Health Journey – World Mental Health Day
Every life story that has been written is unique. The character’s journey along the path of life is their own. The struggles and suffering cut deep and leave scars that can be felt for decades. Then there is the flip side of that coin, all the beauty and courage experienced throughout life strengthens the soul. You can feel the wings on your back grow and expand. With sadness comes joy. With day comes night. With birth comes death. 37 years… - Is It Safe To Travel Now During COVID-19
Summer is coming to an end. Strangely it has flown by even as the pandemic has slowly lingered on. You take a look back at the past 9 months and there seems to be very little that represents your normal life. Your daily life has entailed locking yourself into your home and feeling fear when coming into contact with your neighbors and friends. Always wearing a mask and staying 6 feet apart from others outside your house. Working from home…