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The Return: Adjusting After Long-Term Travel

The Return: Adjusting After Long-Term Travel

Update: 2025-11-18
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In this episode, we reflect on what it’s been like to return home after months of travelling. We talk openly about reintegration, grief, identity, work, friendship, and rebuilding life back in the UK. This is our first episode together since April. From emotional highs to unexpected challenges, we share the honest reality of coming home changed.Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro & catching up

01:10 – Last days in India

03:10 – Reflections on our India journey

05:42 – Benji’s Bihar volunteering

07:43 – Returning to India someday

07:55 – Judah’s return home

10:58 – Surgery, grief & “soul surgery”

13:38 – Burnout & taking time off work

15:21 – Benji’s South Africa season

19:24 – Friendship, identity & coming home changed

24:01 – Leeds 2.0 & rebuilding life

26:28 – Not understanding our story yet

27:15 – Outro

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The Return: Adjusting After Long-Term Travel

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