Sober, Ginger Irishman traveling the 🌎 *** while on a long-term career break since 2020.

Portugal & Spain
(September & October 2024 - Buen Camino).

Writer ✍️, Podcaster (who isn’t nowadays?)

I accidentally lived in Vietnam 🇻🇳 for two years during COVID. An amazing experience. Here is a Google Doc with some of my favorite restaurants in Hoi An and Da Nang.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13YrQ8a--0Ujz-944KFnRQOV-hggYANm8-ob5-l5Gvmc/edit

I worked for six years in China, 3 years in Iraq, 2 years in Thailand. I’ve also lived in Mexico, Czech Republic and the UAE.

“While the rest of the species are descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats 🐈 !” - Mark Twain

*** This is an old account - I have previously stayed with hosts in Mexico and the UK***

My website: themindfulrecoverycoach.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect - to learn - to share - to serve.

And most importantly, to laugh.

Interests

Meditation, Reading, Yoga,

• writing
• meditation
• reading
• hiking
• stand up comedy

Music, Movies, and Books

👑 Tolstoy 👑 ,

Dostoevsky, Hemingway, Pete Hamill, Bukowski, Deepak Chopra, Hermann Hesse, Carl Jung, Robin Sharma, Emmet Fox.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent 5 nights in the World’s Largest Cave in Vietnam in 2024.

Practiced Yoga for a month in Rishikesh India - June/July 2024.

Walked 900km across France & Spain in 2023.
https://www.themindfulrecoverycoach.com/post/the-abandoned-camino-of-2019

Spending 28 Days in a Temple in Thailand practicing Vipassana Meditation.
https://www.themindfulrecoverycoach.com/post/overcoming-fear-through-vipassana-at-wat-chom-thong-thailand

Living and Working in Iraq between 2011-2014. Got kicked out of Iraq…now that’s a story!

Drove from Sydney to Ayers Rock in 2001 in an old Red BMW.

Got punched by a Mafioso in New York in August 2001.

Spent 5 weeks in Rehab in Thailand in 2019.
https://www.themindfulrecoverycoach.com/post/redemption-at-shawshank-a-k-a-hope-rehab-thailand

Interview on Roxanne’s Noor’s The Naked Life Podcast

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thenakedlife/episodes/Self-Forgiveness--Trust---Faith-in-Addiction-Recovery-45-e2i8u9r

Dived with Manta Rays & Sharks 🦈 in The Maldives.

Teach, Learn, Share

Podcasting - Meditation -

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, China, Czech Republic, England, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam, Wales, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England, Iraq, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam