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In this episode, Cali shares an update as to why she's disappeared from her podcast, social media, and having an online presence.
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On a mission to touch lives through travel, Krysten Kaladkarin is journeying to hike and hitchhike the world while uplifting the communities she meets along the way.
Adventuring solo, unassisted, and with her weak passport, Krysten amplifies the realities of travel, from the cultural aspects and societal struggles of the places she visits to the inequalities she faces as a digital nomad from a developing nation.
She currently runs Krysten Kaladkarin, a social impact travel blog that focuses on solo travel, digital nomad life, and ways to adventure sustainably and ethically. Her platform also has a giving community, which has collected contributions for various causes such as the war in Ukraine and the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
Combining her love for travel with her many advocacies, Krysten has found a way to pass on the kindness she has received by the people who have welcomed her in their homes, hearts, and in her hitchhikes.
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Zya Be is a curious explorer at heart, whether exploring remote corners of the world or the depth of her own being. Taking a year long solo trip around the world at 30, before the influences of smartphones and social media, expanded her experience of life and set her up for creating a unique path.
After the adventure, she never worked for anyone else again. She was an independent organizational change consultant and then had her own consulting firm for 10 years until 2019. In the time since, she has reinvented her life to be one of fulfillment, of doing only what lights her up. She is now an abstract artist, co-author of a best-selling book and podcast host of Your Hell Yes Life where she celebrates women living life on their own terms.
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Ryan Crain is a first-time author, explorer, and entrepreneur who was born and raised in Mustang, Oklahoma. His travels have been featured on CNN, The Boston Globe, NPR, and many more. Gravel Roads is his debut book, a memoir highlighting his adventures around the globe and the deeply personal decisions that led to them. Currently, Ryan is settled in the small Mexican beach town of Sayulita along the Pacific Coast. When not writing, he can be found attempting to master the challenging sport of surfing or the Spanish language.
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Ryan's Book: Gravel Roads
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Kristin Secor was born with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy which affects her strength, balance, endurance, and breathing. Despite her health challenges, she has not let them deter her from pursuing her love of travel. She began her wheelchair-accessible travel blog in the hopes of inspiring people with mobility problems to travel to their dream destination and to provide information and resources to make accessible travel easier.
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Maliha is a dynamic, Bangladeshi adventurer who has travelled to a 100 countries, being only the third woman to reach this milestone with a Bangladeshi passport! Maliha is on a quest to visit all 197 countries and decolonise travel in the process by sharing perspectives, stories and narratives to places she visits which accurately depict the reality of the people of the land. She has an avid following in her blog and Instagram through which she promotes her brand of ethical traveling focusing on wellness, inclusion, decolonisation and sustainability.
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Rachael Levine is 30 years old and living in Austin, TX. Inspired by a love of travel and desire to see more of the world while she is still (relatively) young and childfree, she decided to embark on her own "adult gap year." In May 2022, she took the bold step of resigning from her corporate career in finance to travel the world with her husband. They visited 33 countries and now she wants to help people travel cheaper, smarter, more authentically, and more often - as well as help them along on their own gap year.
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My guest this week is Ashley McCurdy.
After losing her job, she got rid of my apartment in Los Angeles to travel the world and live in hotels (usually Marriott) full-time and vlog about her experiences on her YouTube channel.
In 2020, she stayed 103 nights at Marriott properties for $4356, a $42 nightly average which included properties like the Ritz Carlton in Cancun & W in Midtown Atlanta.
She is passionate about teaching others how affordable travel can be while sharing her experiences as she continues to travel, eat, explore, and live in hotels full-time for $500 per week.
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Ashley's Instagram
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Ashley's YouTube Channel
Ashley on Clubhouse
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My guest today is Jason Robinson. Jason didn’t see his 3rd country until age 40, and over a few years did some super methodical experiments to push his comfort zone. He decided to go nomadic, then 8 months later COVID hit...and eight months after that he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, an auto-immune disease that requires constant attention. But that's not stopping him... Jason recently published “The Beginner Traveler’s Guide to Going Nomad" to help others struggling to break into travel overcome their hurdles, as well as a new hiking journal and logbook specifically for people that hike with Type 1 Diabetes.
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Jason's Instagram
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The Beginner Traveler's Guide to Going Nomad*
Logbook for Hiking with Type 1 Diabetes*
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My guests today are Helen and Tim of Helen and Tim Travel. Helen and Tim are full-time adventure travelers based in the Pacific Northwest. They left their 9 to 5 jobs in January 2023 to travel the world. They have traveled and hiked in over 20+ countries and love to inspire others to get outdoors. Some of their favorite hiking destination Patagonia, Peru, Canadian Rockies, and the Swiss Alps. They are documenting their travels on their YouTube channel, "Helen and Tim Travel" with the goal to see the world one mountain at a time. They have enjoyed using the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) strategies to help them save money for the past few years in order to travel long-term.
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My guest today is Julie B. Rose. She has been solo traveling full-time since selling her house and most of her belongings in 2020. In late 2021, she quit her high-profile corporate remote job in social media to take a career break from traditional full-time employment — to regain her time, mental energy, and creativity — to work on her upcoming memoir and other creative pursuits — and fully enjoy her travels and nomadic lifestyle without constraints.
An unmarried, child-free woman who refuses to settle, she's passionate about financial freedom, female empowerment, and rebelling against societal expectations to be true to yourself. 50 states, 31 countries and counting.
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My guest today, Jazzie Más, is a stand up comedian, expat consultant & content creator. She’s lived in 6 countries the last 5 years and is the owner of Black Digital Nomad a resource site for digital nomads of color.
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Get ready to be inspired by my guest Cindy Sheahan!
In 2017, Cindy realized she wasn't getting any younger, the time was right and, "if not now, when?" so she quit her perfectly good job, packed a backpack and headed out the door alone to explore.
Five plus years later, she's been to 38 countries - mostly solo - such as Turkey, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Georgia, France, Italy and North Macedonia. She's visited over 400 cities and towns, countless hostels and homestays, hikes and treks all over the world including the Portuguese Camino.
Along the way she's flown in a hot air balloon over Cappadocia Turkey, was a caretaker at a haunted villa in Tuscany, paraglided over burial sites in Madagascar, worked in a vineyard in New Zealand...and met a French paraglider on Tinder while in Nepal trekking, with whom she's traveled to 6 continents. Cindy moved to Portugal in October of 2022 and is living in Porto...for now.
She's written for a women's travel group called She Hit Refresh, been featured in The Points Guy and the New York Times, and has been a panelist on a Digital Nomad online summit, and just recently, as a "Move to Portugal" expert in an online seminar by International Living. She has 4 amazing grown kids and one grandson, with another grandbaby on the way - they all live in Colorado and support, admire and join her when able to - and they are her biggest cheerleaders in this crazy adventure.
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My guest today is Loni James, a writer, storyteller and adventurer. She quit her job almost 1 year ago and started traveling full-time. She decided to go on a date in every country as a way to meet people and learn about local cultures. She accidentally started writing about it, created a blog and now she's planning to write a book full of her stories and everything she's learning along the way. On top of dating, she also goes on a hike in every country and this has been a unique way to experience the beauty of these places she's dreamed of for so long.
Loni's story has also recently been featured on CNN and Good Morning America.
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In the season 3 finale, to wrap up our season-long discussion on travel jobs, I summarize some key takeaways that showed up time and time again in the interviews this season! Success leaves clues, so listen to this short episode to gather some insight on how to land a travel job and then go check out specific episodes from this season for add tips and inspiration!
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Freddie Shires is a TV producer/cameraman/editor who mainly works in sports, travelling around to various major global events in places like Thailand, Israel, Bahrain and many more.
Learn more about Freddie:
Running Channel YouTube
UEFA YouTube
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My guest today Amanda Maughmer never intentionally planned on traveling to Antarctica for work, but when she was laid off from her previously role, the US Antarctic Program was eager to bring her on as a Business Process Analyst. She looked at the processes for various departments and used the knowledge of the staff in those areas, making the processes automated, streamlined, more efficient, etc. She deployed to McMurdo Station for about a month to examine processes and pain points happening on "the ice".
We also discuss life in Antarctica and the variety of contract roles they hire for annually. Ever wanted to visit Antarctica as an employee and not a tourist? You can't miss this episode!
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Born and raised in Venezuela, my guest Lu Colmenares is a Latina traveler, podcaster, speaker, psychology student that first emigrated to the U.S as an Au pair back in 2014.
In today's episode we talk all about the requirements and lifestyle of becoming an Au Pair and how it can be a great opportunity to live abroad without incurring many expenses.
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The Solo Female Traveler Podcast on Apple
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Daira Rodriguez is a Contracting Officer who is approaching 11 years working for the Air Force as a civilian. Originally she was hired as an office intern, but eventually was admitted to the “Copper Cap” program, and then in 2018 was granted her unlimited warrant, becoming a contracting officer. Throughout her career she has been able to travel, typically taking short trips in the US as needed to execute the mission or attend training. Her biggest work trip was in 2020 when she accepted a position in Europe and moved to Germany. From Germany she has had a really cool jumping off point for both personal and professional travel.
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My guest today is Bethany Wright, an international summer camp counselor. Bethany is a British female living in Toronto. She has been in the summer camp industry for over a decade and is truly passionate about summer camps. So much so that she created "Brit in the Six" to help international staff members prepare for their first summer at camp through her social media, blog and podcast called BITS & Pieces: For The Summer Camp Newbie.
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