FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home
FAR OUT chronicles the shared human experience of returning home to ourselves.
What does it mean to heal and follow life’s guidance?
How do we cultivate faith and connection?
What meaning do we find and give in the experiences of being human?
Always in a casual, humorous and real way, you’ll hear about Alasdair and Julie-Roxane’s ongoing journey, others’ stories as they navigate healing, meaning and connection in our current world & impactful conversations with guides and thought leaders that have dedicated their lives to the important work of restoring wholeness for ourselves and the world around us.
We’ll explore our human stories through the lens of ancient spiritual traditions, shamanism and archetypal work.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 226
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
What not to do on a hike
Listen to this episode and explore:
- 4.48 Life updates
- 9.39 Our walk on the Camino
- 24.42 Plan your trip well
- 30.33 Let someone know where you’re going
- 30.49 Bring a map and a compass (and know how to…
Bonus episode: bloopers
Mentioned in this episode:
- FAR OUT episode 20: 20 episodes later: what's changed since we started a podcast
Connect with us:
- Email us at [email protected]
- Follow us on Instagram: @alasdair…
A day in our lives
Listen to this episode and explore:
- The day begins (7:16)
- Alasdair hires someone to draw a pelidragon (17:55)
- Julie-Roxane accuses Alasdair of stealing her bread (25:02)
- Alasdair gives a tour of the…
Renovating the caravan: the things we wish we knew (pt. II)
Listen to this episode and explore:
- We move into the caravan (8:50)
- Installing the water system in the caravan (14:20)
- Renovating the caravan challenges our relationship (23:59)
- Installing the elect…
Renovating the caravan: the things we wish we knew (pt. I)
Listen to this episode and explore:
- Where our story begins (4:39)
- What the caravan looks like now (7:21)
- Buying the caravan (12:42)
- Gutting the caravan (23:42)
- Insulating the caravan and getting the…
100 Hours of meditation in 10 days: our experiences and what we've learned
Listen to this episode and explore:
- (4:36) Updates: we were interviewed on other podcasts!
- (6:37) What have we been up to?
- (7:41) Vipassana courses and their structure
- (20:57) The 3 meditation techn…
20 episodes later: what’s changed since we started a podcast
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Listen to this episode and explore:
- Where the podcast began (7:30)
- Quick recap of our podcasting journey (10:40)
- The equipm…
The story of how we met (part 2)
**Listen and explore: **
- Where we left off (3:25)
- The happy little guest house full of travelers (5:20)
- JR shaves her head and freaks out our Indian hosts (8:53)
- We find ourselves alone (15:41)
- One …
How we manage our finances as a couple
Listen and explore:
- UPDATE: Alasdair got to pet Fatty Patty (3:11)
- UPDATE: We got some board games (3:59)
- A simple system we use for managing our finances as a couple(8:19)
- How the board came to be …
Selling blackberries
Listen to this episode and explore:
- UPDATE: Our new neighbors (3:50)
- Turning an idea into cash in one day (5:36)
- Where our story begins (8:33)
- The idea is sparked (9:40)
- Where the rubber meets the r…
The story of how we met
Listen to this episode and explore:
- Update: icicles in the caravan?! (3:35)
- Update: cacti party (4:18)
- Trekking in the Himalayas (5:40)
- The story doesn’t start in India (7:05)
- Alasdair’s backstory (…
The life-changing magic of buying other people's junk
Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their LOVE for buying second-hand and 6 reasons why not to buy new.
Listen to this episode and explore:
- Life update #1: New box of incense (3:00)
- Life update #2: Alas…
From $0 to $1,000+: How JR built a location independent business in 3 weeks
Listen to this episode and explore:
- Update: It's Julie-Roxane's birthday (5:55)
- Julie-Roxane's podcast producing business (7:37)
- Where it all started (10:00)
- Seth Godin's The Podcast Fellowship (17:…
The "self-indulgence" myth
In this episode, Alasdair and Julie-Roxane discuss the label "self-indulgent" which has been applied to Alasdair many times. They explore the pain of being an introvert in an extroverted world, the m…
Yosemite 2019 (or how we founded a travel company)
In this episode, Alasdair and JR share how they founded a travel retreat company. They discuss the value of retreats, the healing power of walking as well as their excitement around their upcoming ba…
The uncertainty of 2019
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair shares their fears, desires and plans in 2019.
Listen to this episode and explore:
- The value of an annual review (5:30)
- How getting engaged is changing how we think about t…
Making space for depression
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair sit down to talk about 2019 and end up having an impromptu conversation about depression and how they make space for it in their lives and in their relationship.
Listen to t…
Welcome to L-Town
This week's episode is a special one. Alasdair and Julie-Roxane share their most disturbing travel story. Crime. Drugs. Sabotage. Charles Manson. It's a small town with a dark past and a malevolent s…
Doing a yearly review
Listen to this week's episode and explore:
- Alasdair and Julie-Roxane recap 2018 (2:12)
- An annual review starts with stopping (15:17)
- Conscious effort versus unconscious process (21:40)
- Pain as an al…
We're engaged!?
Julie-Roxane and Alasdair share how their engagement was meaningful without being expensive and explore how a wedding might be too.
Listen to this week's episode and explore:
- The role Brexit played …