If your workweek is spent catching flights, chasing deadlines, shifting time zones, and navigating new cities, your nervous system becomes your true home base; the one constant you carry with you wherever you land.
Over the last year, as I’ve gotten to know a big-wave surfer and met him across continents, swells, and beach towns, I’ve noticed something unexpected. The same principles that keep someone safe in a sixty-foot drop are similar for traveling remote workers and executives on business travel, helping stay regulated, focused, and grounded in unpredictable environments.
Just as a big wave surfer keeps a constant pulse on the ocean, we need a constant pulse on our internal landscape if we want to mentally, physically, and emotionally thrive while working on the move.
Here are four observations I have made about nervous system regulation for big wave surfers and traveling business professionals alike.
1. Reading Internal Conditions Like Reading Swell
For a big wave surfer, the entire …
