Taking a walk

This is the superpower of the Walk and Talk — putting adults into a situation they may not have experienced since they were a kid: new people, unknown environs, continuous socializing, intense conversations. The walls breakdown quickly on a Walk and Talk and by the third or fourth day, you are no longer walking with strangers but seemingly old... See more

Anyone can organize a walk-n-talk, and walk-n-talks can happen anywhere. We’ve done a couple in Japan, one in Spain, and one in China. We’ve found it most useful to do them where luggage forwarding is possible since it’s much nicer to walk with a simple day-pack than 10kg of gear. This also increases the breadth of folks able to participate. Kevin... See more

Kohn decided to post a TikTok asking if anyone would like to join her on a walk. Simple. Straightforward. “I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll get coffee with a couple of girls,’” she recalls. “And at the first walk we had over 250 girls show up.”

That first stroll has now morphed into City Girls Who Walk, a New York walking club that has women strutting into... See more

“It’s such a big city,” Kohn tells me. “You live alone, you do things alone. People go to work, come home, and just want to relax...you’re not really meeting as many people as you’d like.”

It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. Very healthy for your brain, body, and friendships. I highly recommend it for anyone.

Very little of the richness of a walk like this can be explicitly planned. You must give yourself up to the walk.