Travel

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_post_title author="off" comments="off" featured_image="off" _builder_version="3.2.2" title_font="|700|||||||" title_font_size="37px"][/et_pb_post_title][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ViewFromSunsetPierWEB8.jpg" align="center" force_fullwidth="on" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" _builder_version="3.23.3"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Image Caption" _builder_version="3.23.3" text_font="||on||||||" text_text_color="#6d6d6d" text_font_size="10px" text_orientation="center" max_width="90%" module_alignment="center" saved_tabs="all"]An ocean view of a sailboat, seen from Sunset Pier.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.0.47"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.23.3"]Jennifer Harned was tired of waiting on her friends’ busy schedules to travel. The girl needed a beach and she needed it now. So, 12 years ago, Jenn made a decision that changed her life: She wasn’t going to wait on anyone to travel — she [...]

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row custom_padding="13px|0px|0|0px|false|false" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TodaysFamilyDominicanRepublicWEB0676.jpg" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" _builder_version="3.23"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]Coen, Weston and their parents visiting the Dominican Republic in October of 2018. (Photo Submitted) [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]It took our family six years, 10 months, and 20 days to get to the Dominican Republic. Considering modern air travel, that seems a bit extensive. But I’m speaking of our journey and not our travel time. Our journey actually began in 2010, following our second miscarriage. After about a year, we departed the place of grieving and set out with bags packed full of [...]

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3" custom_padding="0|0px|0px|0px|false|false"][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shivatemple.jpg" force_fullwidth="on" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" _builder_version="3.23"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]An Indian Shiva Temple used for prayer.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]After two weeks in India, Chelsea Grant, 30, will never be the same. The colorful country, home to the second-highest population in the world, has not only expanded her world view, but has also taught her a thing or two about contradictions, resourcefulness, and necessity.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_image src="https://todayswomannow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/view-of-rishi.jpg" align_tablet="center" align_last_edited="on|desktop" _builder_version="3.23"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.21.1"]Looking down on the city of Rishikesh from the top of the Shiva Temple.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.22.3"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.21.1"][et_pb_text [...]

For my 40th birthday this year, I wanted the opposite of a party: serenity, outdoor adventure, and introspection. So my husband and I packed our carry-ons and headed to Sedona, Arizona — the West’s most spiritual city and, according to the Sedona Tourism Board, one of the most beautiful places on earth. And after spending just one weekend there, I concur.