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Some say travel has the power to transform you, but change doesn’t just strike out of the blue. It sneaks its way into those of us who give ourselves the space and grace to evolve and the courage to answer life’s what ifs with let’s find outs.

Like Valeria in Mexico who left a career in music to become a tour leader. Like Khoy in Cambodia who saw an opportunity to help women and refused to shush it. Like Eric in Ghana who wondered what if how we leave this life could look a lot more like how we lived it.

Like Maacah, a traveller drawn to her late father’s homeland of Timor-Leste who opened herself up to a community of elders who welcomed her ‘home’. And Emma, a new mum who felt her identity as a traveller was fading away until she sat for a moment with a reflection of her younger self.

Each of them asked: what if there’s another way to think, do, be and feel – and chose to go on a journey to find out. Each of their stories bears a little reminder that, when you’re open to it, a change – of scenery, of pace, of perspective, of tune – can be the cure to all that ails you.