{"id":109504,"date":"2020-01-31T20:14:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T20:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/mental-health-travelling\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:36:19","slug":"mental-health-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalteer.org\/us\/mental-health-travelling\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take care of your mental health when travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-109504\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-109504-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-109504-0\"><div id=\"pgc-109504-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-109504-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-109504-0-0-0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW238247476 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238247476 BCX0\">Travelling abroad <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW238247476 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW238247476 BCX0\">and getting outside of your comfort zone allows you to grow as a person as you experience a new culture and meet new people. 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