Lost My Passport
I lost my passport, missed my flight, and stood up a podcast host in NYC. “My passport is missing. I’m freaking out. Can you call me.” Not the kind of message you want to send before an international trip.
Happy 2-Tips Tuesday!
Here are two ideas to consider this week.
By Jennifer Broxterman, RD
1. Lost My Passport
“My passport is missing.”
“I’m freaking out.”
“Can you call me.”
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Not the kind of message you want to send before an international trip.
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“Oh no! Oh no! OH NO!” (cue creeping panic)
“Where is it?!”
“I just travelled last month to the SuperCoach Summit, so I obviously had it to cross the border. Where can it be?!”
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With 10 minutes before I had to leave, I thought everything was perfectly lined up for the weekend.
Thursday:
- Drive 3 hours to Toronto for a routine cancer follow-up.
- Then, drive 1 hour to meet up with John Berardi for a hike and dinner, before my 7:00am flight from Buffalo.
Friday:
- Land at JFK, subway to Long Beach, NY. Solo traveler, big girl pants!
- Film a podcast with Dr. Sean Pastuch, have lunch, and spend the weekend exploring NYC.
Saturday:
- Meet up with an old friend for sightseeing.
Sunday:
- Early flight home, cousin’s engagement party.
I’m no Taylor Swift mastermind, but I was feeling pretty good about squeezing everything into one weekend—with time for laundry when I got home.
Except… no passport.
I looked everywhere.
Being a creature of routine, I was stumped it wasn’t in the ‘passport spot.’
Minutes ticked by.
I tore the house apart, searching everywhere it could have fallen.
A quick search online couldn’t confirm if a driver’s license and birth certificate would work to cross the border or get on my flight.
Eventually, I called it.
No Toronto appointment—I rescheduled.
The hotel let me cancel just before their 24-hour deadline—whew.
And since I hadn’t checked in, Delta gave me a flight credit for next year—surprise win!
Sean Pastuch was totally cool about rescheduling—no bridges burned.
I had mentally written off the hotel, flights, and podcast. With that weight off my shoulders, I thought about what to do next.
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“I should eat lunch and drink some water.”
(Forgotten in the panic of the past 3 hours.)
“The dog needs a walk.”
(Me too.)
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Then I texted Berardi.
“Hey JB. No passport. No New York trip. But let’s still go on that hike. You good if I come by?”
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And off I went, making lemonade out of lemons.
When I got back on Friday, I gave myself the weekend to look one last time before reporting my passport lost on Monday.
At the very least, I’d declutter—my guilty pleasure.
As I pulled down some books from the Coach Catalyst Summit, there it was—tucked between two Jon Goodman books. My husband must’ve scooped up the stack to keep them away from Asha (our puppy, a chewer) and didn’t realize the passport was in there.
So what’s the takeaway?
Scan your passport.
Having a scanned copy with issue date, expiry, and passport number makes it way easier to replace. Thankfully, I had all that info, so a replacement would’ve been under $50 and just 10-20 business days.
Don’t catastrophize.
It doesn’t help. The worst-case scenario—passport stolen, identity sold on the dark web—never happened.
Choose refundable options.
Book refundable flights and hotels, even if you’re sure you’ll be traveling.
AirTag important stuff.
An AirTag passport holder would've, at the very least, shown it was safe at home.
The Butterfly Effect.
I wasn’t meant to be in New York this weekend. Jon Goodman had extra books to clear out of his warehouse (IYKYK), Coach Catalyst gave them as gifts, and my passport got lost in that stack. It sparked a funny text thread between me, Sean P., John B., and Mike Doelha (one of the authors), and we all had a good laugh. The universe wanted me at home. Who knows what would’ve happened if Goodman didn’t need to unload those extra books?
2. Client Video Hack
Here’s a new hack I’ve been testing. When I have a message for a 1-on-1 nutrition client, I’ll film a reel speaking directly to them, then turn it into social media content.
For example, I recently made a video called Nutrition Coaching, Tough Love Edition for a client who wanted to put things on pause when her kid got sick, a pipe burst in her basement, and she was stressed at work. This video changed her mind.
I send the raw version to the client (via text or Coach Catalyst), save it in a folder, then my video team adds a quick touch up before posting it to YouTube.
Double win, for minimal effort! Watch an example here.
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