What Are Grief Trips and Why Do They Help You Heal?

How We Navigate Grief with Blair · Jan 28, 2026 · 7m

I have always loved to travel.New people. New places. New conversations. New versions of myself.

For most of my life, I thought that made me adventurous.

What I did not realize until much later was that I was also very good at not being home.

Home was where the hard stuff lived. Abandonment. Anger. Anxiety. The quiet grief of a family that broke apart long before anyone explained why.

Before I was old enough to book flights, summer camp was my escape. An island. A long drive and boat ride away from my real life. A place where my nervous system could finally exhale. I did not have language for…