Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on February 15 and 16, 2025 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in The Tonic Newsletter and on the Tonic Website. We’ll discuss the health and wellness benefits of small group travel with travel expert Laurie Hobbs, the meaning of elicitation in conversation with communication expert Chris Hadnagy, solo hiking with adventurer and author Christine Woodside and the power of intention in human performance with author Dr. Toper Taylor.

We specifically discuss:

The Health and Wellness Benefits of Small Group Travel

  • What are small group guided adventures?
  • What are the hot destinations?
  • What are the health and wellness benefits of small group guided adventures?
  • What level of fitness do you need to go on a small group guided adventure?
  • Do people tour in couples or solo?
  • Giving back to the local communities
  • The top reason to go on a small group guided adventure
  • The Tonic/Exodus Hiking Trip to Madeira Contest

 

Elicitation in Conversation

  • What is elicitation?
  • Why is elicitation important?
  • Why is it difficult to elicit information in a social context?
  • The internet and intimacy
  • Short attention spans
  • Mistakes that people make when trying to elicit information?
  • Active listening
  • …It’s usually the third thing
  • What can we do to do a better job of eliciting?
  • An exercise in elicitation

 

Solo Hiking

  • The evolution to solo hiking
  • Self discovery and resilience
  • Challenges of solo hiking
  • What are the benefits of solo hiking?
  • Being “in it”
  • Maps and plans and direction
  • Fatigue and spatial sense
  • Best advice to aspiring solo hikers

 

The Power of Intention in Human Performance

  • The correlation between intention and human performance
  • Quantum physics and energetic connection
  • 85% of our 80,000 daily thoughts are negative
  • An experiment in intention and athletic performance
  • Do our thoughts actually broadcast?
  • Energetic auras
  • The seed experiment

 

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To learn more about show sponsor Exodus Adventure Travel and Laurie Hobbs go here

To learn more about Chris Hadnagy go here

To learn more about Christine Woodside go here

To learn more about Dr. Toper Taylor go here