Posts tagged Travel
Magi on Becoming a Digital Nomad, Solo Travel and Costa Rica

In this conversation, I am joined by Magi. Magi is an avid traveler, photographer, and, more recently, digital nomad. As travel opened up this year and through conversations with like-minded travelers on the app Clubhouse, the idea of becoming a digital nomad began to take shape. One of the silver linings of the last year is that the world is more accepting of such a hybrid lifestyle. We cover Magi's most recent adventure of a month-long solo backpacking trip to Costa Rica!

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Dierdre Wolownick: Stewardship, Traveling and Listening to Yourself

Dierdre is fascinating in what she provides to people, her outlook on the world. Being able to push back on norms of how people assume you should be. And also, the power of writing because she believes that what you tell yourself informs what you're capable of doing. When you say, Oh, I'm supposed to be this or I should be that that's another person Value. And she says, writes your own story. Or that's what she would say after talking to her. And so with that everyone. Please enjoy this conversation with Dierdre Wolownick.

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Derek Sivers: Creativity, Self-Reliance, and Dropping Assumptions

Derek Sivers(@sivers) is a creative thinker who is quite hard to pin down when trying to explain who he is. Here’s a shortlist of what he’s a done musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. If I could sum up who Derek is, I would say he’s a philosopher and introspective person looking to push his thinking in ways he hasn’t explored yet. He won’t hold any belief or assumption too tightly.

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Claudia Skowron: Stay In Your Situation

Claudia is someone who prefers to go by many hats. By day she works an adolescent/young adult mental health therapist in private practice. Outside of her professional career, she enjoys sports/exercise, dinners with friends, and above all, TRAVEL. 2019 was the year of battling several major health conditions while still trying to live life to the fullest.

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Andy Vasily: Travel, Recovery and Connection

Andy Vasily is a leading educator who has taught at International Baccalaureate schools in 5 different countries over the past 18 years. He completed his teaching training in education and psychology at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.

He is also an international educational consultant and founder of the award-winning blog www.pyppewithandy.com. Andy previously worked as a Child-Youth Counsellor at a young offender’s facility in Windsor, Ontario, and it was through this experience that he first realized the stumbling blocks and injustices that many of these young people faced in their daily experience. As a direct result of seeing a need for change, he pursued a full-time career as an educator.

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#63 - Mike and Mary Taccona: Nursing, Travel in the US and Costa Rica

Mike and Mary Taccona are both registered nurses. Mike works in the Post Surgical Unit, and Mary is in the Emergency Department. Outside of nursing Mike and Mary are avid travelers. They have traveled throughout the United States and time abroad as well while balancing Nursing school and jobs. In this conversation, we start with a look at adapting to their roles as nurses, pulling back the curtain to the type of stress the situation puts in them. From there, we transition to travel. We break down how and why they travel. We close on an impactful trip to a Field Station in Costa Rica.

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