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When couples planning extreme expeditions get trapped in anxiety spirals

My spouse and I dreamed of sailing to Antarctica together for twenty years, but now that we're actually planning the Southern Ocean crossing, every conversation turns into an argument about risk management and backup plans. We've lost all the wonder and adventure that made us want to do this in the first place.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The magnitude of shared dreams can crush the lightness that made those dreams worth pursuing.

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“Where Are You with Extreme environments — poles high altitude deep ocean?”

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