Episode #8: Suitcases, Schedules, and Step Counts: Wellness Strategies for Business Travel

In this episode of Stay Current, we tackle a challenge nearly every professional knows too well: staying healthy while on the road. 

Conference days start early, end late, and often revolve around hotel coffee, rushed meals, and back-to-back sessions. Add frequent flights, disrupted routines, and packed schedules, and even the most disciplined wellness habits can unravel quickly. 

Joining the conversation are John McDonald (55 years of engineering experience and over 4.6M miles flown so far on Delta Airlines) and Matthew LaPorta (“Road warrior” 18+ years of sales experience), who bring candid, practical insight into what it actually takes to maintain physical and mental health amid business travel. 

Rather than chasing perfection, this conversation focuses on sustainability: 

• Small, repeatable habits that work in airports, hotels, and convention centers 
• How fitness, sleep, and nutrition directly impact leadership performance and decision-making 
• Realistic ways to move, recover, and refuel even during packed conference schedules 
• Reframing wellness not as a “nice to have,” but as a professional advantage 

Whether you’re logging miles between conferences or navigating frequent business travel, this episode offers grounded, experience-based strategies to help you show up energized, focused, and resilient no matter where work takes you next.