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Amy welcomes travel writer and author Whitney O’Halek, a longtime community member and creator of Quick Wit Travel and Half Full Passport for single-parent travel. Whitney shares how a summer teaching in Japan sparked her travel-writing career, and how her fitness journey evolved from an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise to hiking, rock climbing, running, and strength training to prevent injuries. She explains how she stays consistent while traveling by using the BodyFit by Amy app (including downloading workouts), resistance bands, bodyweight routines, and creative setups like benches, stairs, and outdoor spaces, with morning workouts as her non-negotiable. Whitney discusses pregnancy and postpartum training, then recounts the sudden loss of her husband Steve, and how movement, community support, and grief counseling help her continue parenting and embrace traveling with daughter Iris.

Whitney is a travel writer, author of 9 books, entrepreneur, master packer, runner, heavy lifter, and dessert enthusiast. She and her 19-month-old daughter, Iris, travel the world and workout together, and Iris happens to be the world’s cutest weighted vest. Whitney’s accent is from Tennessee, but she’s lived in the DC area for nearly two decades. Her original website, quickwhittravel.com, is a massive resource for all things travel, and her new website halffullpassport.com focuses specifically on single parent travel.