'Travel psychologist' explains the benefits of exploring new places

By Mark Brodie
Published: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 7:55am

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A Southwest Airlines attendant prepares a plane for passengers to board in 2019.

Lots of us will be traveling over the next several weeks, sometimes to visit family and friends and sometimes just to get away.

Michael Brein calls himself the first "travel psychologist" — it’s a term he says he coined while he was in grad school. He says the desire to travel is an important one, and spoke about it more with The Show.

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