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| Jul 27, 2026

EP 435 Speak Kindly to Yourself — A Solo From Costa Rica | Traver Boehm

I left my suitcase on an airplane, sprinted through a Houston terminal, and blew out both calves in the process. That was day one of seven weeks in Costa Rica — and it was just the beginning of the jungle trying to teach me something.


In this solo episode, I'm sharing three lessons I brought back from Costa Rica — through injuries, a viral post about men's mental health, and a free diving course that scared the hell out of me.


Lesson one — slow the hell down, even when everything in you wants to move at full speed.


Lesson two — how you talk to yourself matters more than almost anything else, and why I made a promise to myself back in 2016 that I still keep today.


Lesson three — what free diving 15 meters underwater taught me about the power of a single thought, and how fast it can change everything happening in your body.


If you've ever felt like you're moving too fast to hear what's actually going on inside you — this one's for you.

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