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Tom hitchhiked alone from Cornwall to Australia to challenge the idea that the world is inherently dangerous. Along the way, he encountered territorial wolves, the Russian Secret Service and overcame terrible self-doubt. He learned a lot about what we need as humans and developed some unique perspectives on resilience.

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'I had a mental breakdown after hitchhiking across the world!' - Episode 4

March 11, 2025 • Tom Greenwoods • Episode 4

The two-year adventure from Cornwall to Australia had changed me so much, there wasn’t enough of me left to function in normal life. My self-image had inflated too and I’d become delusional. This realisation was so sudden that I began to go insane.

Thanks to finding the right books and being in the right place, I managed to rebuild myself into someone new. The old me remains dead, but the new one grew out of that.