In S3E9 “When the Tide Turns,” The Latitude Adjustment drops you onto Isla Bastimentos where the reggae floats in from Old Bank, the jungle has opinions, and your nervous system quietly suspects the calm is a trap. Erica Schwarting Harrison and Randolph “Rusty” Harrison get real (and funny) about why peace can feel threatening after long seasons of stress, how hypervigilance and negativity bias keep you bracing even when nothing is wrong, and what it actually takes to trust the good without waiting for the other shoe. You will leave with a simple two-minute daily practice called “Best of the Best: Evidence of Good” to help your body register safety in real time, plus a reminder that joy is not fragile, sometimes the mud and the belly laughs are part of the healing, and you do not have to earn calm by staying tense.

In S3E8 of The Latitude Adjustment, Erica and Rusty take you straight into a rainy surf lesson in Bocas del Toro, Panama—panga boat, deep water, no beach, and a nervous system that would like to speak to the manager. Using surfing as the metaphor, they unpack why fear often spikes right after you make a healthy choice—setting a boundary, resting, quitting numbing, telling the truth—not because you did it wrong, but because your brain is leaving a familiar pattern and treating “new” like danger. You’ll get practical positive psychology and strengths insight, plus the official Aging Heroes Challenge: Three Breaths in the Channel—name the moment, name the wave, breathe, and choose from clarity instead of panic—so you can ride the wobble, build self-trust, and keep paddling toward a second half that actually feels like yours.

After a major life crisis, the storm isn’t the hardest part—it’s what lingers after everyone expects you to be “fine.” In this episode of The Latitude Adjustment, Erica and Rusty use one unforgettable metaphor—Charleston fish stew spilling in the trunk on a mountain road—to unpack what “aftermath” really feels like: the way your nervous system stays on alert, your identity gets shaken, and your life starts smelling like what happened even when the event is technically over. You’ll hear the difference between “Febreze coping” (busy, numbing, pretending, over-explaining, toxic positivity, going it alone) and “vinegar work”—the sharp, honest practices that actually neutralize what’s stuck: acceptance, grief without deadlines, boundaries, consistency, and rewriting your story without erasing the hard parts. Plus, an Aging Heroes Challenge you can do in 24 hours—because you don’t need a full reinvention… you need one real next step.