Travel Seen founder Jen Atkinson launches podcast after life-changing event

Chris Maguire and Jen Atkinson have teamed up to launch a new podcast called The Holiday That Changed My Life

A UK travel leader has launched a new podcast on the “power of the holiday”, after experiencing a number of major personal and professional shifts of her own while abroad. 

The Holiday That Changed My Life will see Travel Seen founder Jen Atkinson and journalist Chris Maguire joined by a line-up of high-profile guests, all of whom will discuss one or more trips that had a profound impact on their future. 

The goal of the podcast, which is currently fortnightly but will soon move to weekly, is to explore how travel, even of a short duration, has the potential to change the trajectory of someone’s entire life path. In doing so, it hopes to reshape the perception of the holiday as an isolated event, highlighting how, in many cases, it is escaping to another place that forces us to confront our reality at home. 

“It’s about the power of the holiday,” Atkinson tells TTG Luxury. “There’s loads of reasons people go on holiday other than to drink wine and get a sun tan. A lot of people do a lot of soul searching and reflection on holiday. You might go to heal or to recover, to reward yourself, or even to just put something like a horrible divorce behind you.”