The Road Less Traveled with The Traveling Burns

Episode Overview For a long time, we thought remote work was the answer. No commute. The ability to work from anywhere. More flexibility. More freedom. And in many ways, it was. Getting a remote job completely changed what was possible for us. It allowed us to move into the RV, travel full-time, and build a lifestyle we'd been dreaming about for years. But after a while, we started noticing someth...

Episode Overview It's one of the most common phrases we hear every week. "Thank goodness it's Friday." "Only a couple more days." "I can't wait for the weekend." Most of us say these things without giving them a second thought. But when you stop and really listen to what they're pointing to, a bigger question starts to emerge. Why are so many people spending five days looking forward to two? In th...

Episode Overview A lot of people spend more time trying to quiet certain thoughts than they do actually listening to them. Not because they don't know those thoughts are there. Because they do. They tend to show up in quiet moments. On a Sunday evening. During the drive home from work. When life finally slows down long enough for a question to surface. Questions like: "Is this actually working for...

Episode Overview A lot of people tell themselves they're waiting for clarity. A little more certainty. A little more confidence. A little more proof that they're making the right decision. And on the surface, that sounds responsible. But what if the thing you're calling a lack of clarity is actually a lack of guarantees? Because when we look back at many of the decisions that ended up shaping our...

Episode Overview We've all heard some version of the advice: Don't quit. Stay committed. Push through. Be resilient. And honestly, a lot of the time that's good advice. But what happens when the thing you're pushing through no longer feels right? In this episode, we explore the tension between persistence and reassessment. We talk about why perseverance is so heavily praised, why many people stay...

Episode Overview We've all heard some version of the advice: Don't quit. Push through. Stay committed. Be resilient. And honestly, a lot of the time that's good advice. But what happens when the thing you're pushing through no longer feels right? In this episode, we explore the difference between a difficult season that requires persistence and a path that may no longer be aligned with who you've...

Episode Overview A lot of people assume feeling stuck means something in life has to be obviously wrong. But what if it doesn’t? In this episode, we talk about the quiet kind of disconnect that can happen when life looks stable, successful, and “fine” on the outside… but internally still feels off somehow. We explore how stress, exhaustion, autopilot routines, and constant busyness have become so...

Episode Overview We talk a lot about wanting to make more money, but when you really sit with it, most of the time that’s not actually the end goal. In this episode, we dig into what’s really underneath that desire: time, freedom, flexibility, and control over how your life actually feels day to day. We share how this showed up in our own lives and why shifting the question from “how do I make mor...

Episode Overview Stability is something we’re all taught to chase - steady job, steady income, steady life. But what happens when you actually have all of that… and it still doesn’t feel the way you thought it would? In this episode, we talk about the disconnect between what we’re told is “safe” and what actually feels safe in real life. We share our own experiences with stability, why it started...

Episode Overview When people hear “we sold our house and moved into an RV,” they usually assume it was a huge, impulsive life overhaul. But for us, it felt more like we stopped forcing something that didn’t fit and started making decisions that actually felt aligned. In this episode, we unpack what was really happening behind that decision - the tension, the conversations, and the shift in how we...

Episode Overview We’re talking about the moment when your life looks “right” on paper, but something still feels off. The kind of feeling that’s hard to explain because nothing is necessarily wrong… yet you still find yourself questioning whether the life you built actually fits you anymore. In this conversation, we share some of our own experiences with burnout, going through the motions, and con...

Welcome to The Road Less Traveled with The Traveling Burns - a podcast about questioning the default path and building a life that actually feels aligned. In this trailer episode, Eric and Laura share what this podcast is really about: redefining success, rethinking stability, creating more freedom and flexibility, and having honest conversations about the tension so many people feel, but don’t al...