THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST

Abby Lewtas 12/3/19 Abby Lewtas 12/3/19

Stepping into her passion after travelling the world with Chloe Santarossa.

Chloe Santarossa is a Holistic health coach, yoga teacher & personal trainer. She believes that life is meant to be lived to the absolute fullest! Along side health and fitness, she loves to travel and live freely enjoying life and everything it has to offer. It is Chole’s mission to inspire you to live a life full of passion so that you are motivated to jump out of bed everyday feeling amazing with the confidence to do anything your heart desires. She is here to empower you in making healthy sustainable choices through full body nourishment so you can feel strong, sexy and confident.

Chloe started travelling the world after a break up and after returning home and dabbling in a few jobs she decided to set up her own health and wellness business.

About Chloe

Chloe Santarossa is a Holistic health coach, yoga teacher & personal trainer. She believes that life is meant to be lived to the absolute fullest! Along side health and fitness, she loves to travel and live freely enjoying life and everything it has to offer.

It is Chole’s mission to inspire you to live a life full of passion so that you are motivated to jump out of bed everyday feeling amazing with the confidence to do anything your heart desires. She is here to empower you in making healthy sustainable choices through full body nourishment so you can feel strong, sexy and confident.

Chole set off on her first soul searching adventure after ending a long term relationship. She headed for Europe and her travels unfolded from there.

“Just do it [Travel] because you will not regret it at all.”

— Chole Santarossa

In the episode...

After coming out of a long term relationship, Chloe went on a soul searching journey to rediscover herself, which she confesses, in the beginning, her intention was just to party and have fun meeting new people.
How easy it is to meet like minded people and talk about common interests.
Chloe and I met in Central America.
Having an intention when you travel and a way to give back.
Chloe went on a 26hour bus ride to work on a conservation project deep in the amazon. They had to trek into the project, crossing 14 rivers along the way and lived in a cage, hiding from monkeys in an extremely primal and unique way.
Travelling meant she had to step outside her comfort zone and face her fears many times having to figure out ‘little things’ like boarder crossings, language barriers, currency etc. Its all about working towards an end goal. This mimics life as there are so many times when you are faced with uncertainty and fearful situations that you need to push through to reach the end goal.
The fear mongers that scare you when you are going to travel on your own or to a country slightly different.
Staying smart when travelling, you can avoid many problems that a lot of people face.
Live a life thats inspiring and passionate. Have a career and community that you are passionate about and that you are excited to come home to.
Chloe worked through my life coaching program where she had an incredible transformation which reignited her spirit to set up a life which she is passionate about and doesn’t have to ‘run away’ and travel all the time.
We are the creators of our lives if you are willing to do the work, hold the vision in your mind and keep taking the steps towards what you want.
Chloe now travels for a month at a time with her partner. They have relationship goals and always sets and intention and purpose for their travels.
You can choose to live a life that inspires you.
Chloe was excited to come home and tell all her friends and family about her travels but realised that they had not had the same experiences that she had and it would be difficult to have those conversations. She also felt lost and unable to find her place.
Its ok to outgrow people, look for the people that have similar interests, attend workshops so you can up-skill yourself.
Chloe’s advise to people who are holding back about having travels and adventures - Just do it as you will not regret it. It will help you to have more confidence and expand your experiences that will later help you in your life.

Rapid fire round

What was the last place you visited? Egypt
A place you tell everyone to visit? Croatia, Switzerland, Central America, Colombia, Brazil
Scariest place travelled to? San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Your favourite thing about travel? The freedom to decide what you want to do and the experiences you want to have.
Wheres your next trip? Sri Lanka & The Maldives

Why Chloe continues to seek out travel and adventure? Being fulfilled!

“We are all fearful of certain things and I think a little bit of fear is good, and when you overcome that it helps you grow as a person.”

— Chole Santarossa

Abundance, Gratitude and Adaptability with Zoe Davenport.

Zoe Davenport was born with extra sensory abilities and has been extensively studying self-love, quantum physics and spiritual ascension for the past 10 years. Today, Zoe uses her multi-dimensional gifts to inspire and support the visionary leaders of the new paradigm. She seeks to guide them towards self-love, authenticity, creative potential, energetic mastery and the embodiment of their higher selves.

Zoe is an author and travels the world inspiring and supporting the visionary leaders of the new paradigm.

About Zoe

Zoe Davenport was born with extra sensory abilities and has been extensively studying self-love, quantum physics and spiritual ascension for the past 10 years.

Today, Zoe uses her multi-dimensional gifts to inspire and support the visionary leaders of the new paradigm. She seeks to guide them towards self-love, authenticity, creative potential, energetic mastery and the embodiment of their higher selves.

Her ability to hold the multi-dimensional field open accelerates a person’s potential and allows them to make a quantum shift in reality, jump to the highest timeline and ground their creative expression into the human experience. She is here to support those ready to expand upon their leadership roles - using her intuitive gifts of potential outcomes to easily guide a person towards their most aligned journey.

“I just feel so rich to have these experiences and all it takes is to trust in yourself that you can make anything that you want, to make happen in your life a reality, you just have to have faith and take that giant, massive, scary baby step forward and let the universe open up for you and help you become aligned with these amazing adventures and people and experiences.”

— Zoe Davenport

In the episode...

Zoe reminds us how incredible it is that we can get to pretty much anywhere in the world in a very short time. You can land in such a different place to where you left.
Zoe takes time to ensure her travel is abundant and joyful and really wants to feel grounded when travelling.
A story about when Zoe felt out of her comfort zone. She was in Costa Rica and faced with a challenging situation on her bus ride with the bus driver.
About stepping into her own energy and standing up for herself.
Not being in judgement of other people based on the situation you find yourself in.
Communicating through body language when you dont speak the local language.
Why saving money is not always the best option when you are travelling.
The biggest lesson Zoe has learned from travelling is how to be adaptable.
Zoe believes its so important to have gratitude and feel blessed for all the opportunities she has at her fingertips.

How Zoe challenged herself to be abundant with her travels and let go of a money story she had.

When returning home how its important to do things that bring you joy and make you feel grounded.

How you always have the ability to change your circumstance no mater what situation you find yourself in.

If your holding back with an adventure find a group that you can join to experience what you want.

Rapid fire round

What was the last place you visited? Sri Lanka
A place you tell everyone to visit? Canada
Scariest place travelled to? A street in Budapest
Your favourite thing about travel? Freedom
Wheres your next trip? Costa Rica

Why Zoe continues to seek out travel and adventure? Getting to connect with people around the world.

“Don’t try to fit into a lifestyle that isn’t serving you anymore, create your own lifestyle at home.”

— Zoe Davenport

Running towards travel because it inspires your soul with Jade McKenzie

Jade McKenzie, owner of Event Head, is 5 x internationally award winning event professional and business coach with over 15 years’ experience in event management and business development in the corporate, not for profit and entrepreneurial sectors.

Jade McKenzie travels for business and personal enjoyment. She is a gypsy soul and loves the experiences and opportunities it brings.

About Jade

Jade specialises in working with thriving entrepreneurs and businesses ranging from start-ups to multi-millionaires who want to create successful and sustainable events. Having created, managed and executed a wide range of small and large scale events, she has worked within Australia’s most well-known venues, worked alongside celebrities and engaged high level corporate partnerships, whilst assisting to raise over a million dollars in charitable donations.

Jade's work has been enjoyed by thousands of people globally, with her events featuring in national and international media including TV, radio, print and digital platforms. She has taken to the stage delivering presentations and MC’ing in New York, London, Paris and across Australia and regularly presents online via masterclasses, webinars, podcasts, YouTube channels and video interviews.

Her passions include mentoring women in business, developing leadership in the workplace and empowering entrepreneurs to create impactful and sustainable businesses.

“Every time I travel, its like I just get the first chapter and I want to read the rest of the book. That’s what it feels like to me, honestly, it’s just a taste and I have to come back for more.”

— Jade McKenzie

In the episode...

Why home didn’t feel like home anymore and Jade started to feel like travelling felt more like home.
The big dived around being home and being away, in particular when her marriage was breaking down.
How her ex-partner questioned her about what she was running away from….but realising that she wasn’t running away from something she was running towards something.
Understanding that travel is part of Jades blood and it fuels her soul.
Why we dont question professional travel writers, photographers and people working in this industry, yet we question this on our own personal journey.
The biggest moments and insights come when Jade has space as the inspiration can flow in.
Taking the opportunities that she has access through her business and life situation.
How Jade feels when she is travelling and how she processes them and how she can bring that into her home life. She describes it as her ‘soul crying.’
Jade feels a part of her heart where ever she travels and always feels a sense of yearning to go back, but knows its more about appreciating that experience as it can be recreated
If you are wanting to travel and you are not, start small. Learn how to be savy.
Travel is not always glamorous - especially as a business owner and mum. Sometimes she feels confronted and conflicted and its important to work through these challenges.

Rapid fire round

What was the last place you visited? Queenstown, New Zealand
A place you tell everyone to visit? New Zealand
Scariest place travelled to? Shenzhen, China
Your favourite thing about travel? Being Braver by going out into the world and not knowing what will happen.
Wheres your next trip? Queenstown, New Zealand

Why Jade continues to seek out travel and adventure? It feels like just a taste…as if its the first chapter and she wants to go back and read the entire book.

“I wasn’t running away from anything, in fact, I was running towards something.”

— Jade McKenzie

The richness of travel, art and culture with Olympian Peter Van Miltenburg.

My very special guest on TWM Podcast today is one of my Coaches mentor and life long friend, Peter Van Miltenburg. Peter is a former Australian sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. In 1984 he was the Australian 200 metre champion. He also went to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics where he competed in the 100/200 metres.

Travelling the world for athletics, art and fun to foster a global perspective, deep compassion, connection and empathy with culture and people.

About Pete

Peter is a life member of the Anglesea SLSC where he still competes and coaches one of Australia's most successful beach sprinting teams. More recently he has been coaching at Xavier College, Kew, Victoria as the Head Coach of Athletics and Cross Country.

Peter has an intense passion for art and recently completed a Masters in Art Therapy and wrote his thesis “An art enquiry into the experience of loneliness and aloneness.”

“When I came home, I had a reality check. How lucky we are here and also in terms of letting go, I realised it is a big world it is a global world and people live their lives according to how their lives, it’s not right or wrong. Some people are multi billionaires and some people have nothing.”

— Peter Van Miltenburg

When coming home...

The differences Pete faced - Comforts of home were very alluring and he was very appreciative. He felt grounded and conscious of the choices he was making back home. Is not as connected to material things.
What had changed for Pete - Felt far more conscious of his life and and developed deep compassion other peoples lives.
Biggest stress - Now struggles with seeing people who struggle with the basics of life.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

Humanity and how precious it is - we are so connected, no matter where we come from.
Resilience - I can 'fall over' and I have the ability to 'get up.'
Humour - The one thing that connects people - there are some things that make everyone laugh and laughter is a global language.

Advise to himself for returning home - Whatever the experience is, good or bad, wherever you find happiness and love, wherever you provide happiness and love and share happiness and love that, wherever it is, home, or somewhere in some little country then seek that out and find what it is in life that you truely want and if that is where you are, then you are a very lucky person, if not go and find it.

“We really are connected in so many different ways.”

— Peter Van Miltenburg

“Whatever the experience is, good or bad, wherever you find happiness and love, wherever you provide happiness and love and share happiness and love that, wherever it is, home, or somewhere in some little country then seek that out and find what it is in life that you truely want and if that is where you are, then you are a very lucky person, if not go and find it.”

— Peter Van Miltenburg

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Igniting friendships when returning home from travel.

One of the hardest things, I found when returning home from long term travel was re-establishing my friendship circles. There was a mixture of old friends, plus new ones and other friends I was meeting along the way. There were often times when I so desperately wanted to meet with an old friend and it just take off from where we left off, but instead I found that I was the one, pushing and driving and hoping the friendship would be the same, when it was never going to be that way, it had taken a new path.

One of the hardest things that so many people face I when returning home from long term travel is re-establishing my friendship circles.

“People come into our life for a reason, a season or a lifetime, when you figure out which it is, you will know exactly what to do.”

What I have learned when reconnecting with old friends.

APPROACH EACH FRIEND WITH ENTHUSIASM AND A ‘PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF’ MENTALITY.

Be the one to actively approach and reach out to old friends to arrange to catch up.
Be interested in what they have been doing with their life as well as sharing your story.

RELEASE EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIPS ‘SHOULD’ BE.

Relationships may now be different closer or more distance depending on what has changed.
The friendship doesn't have to be the same as it was.
Acknowledge you have changed.
Your friends may have changed or they may not have, both is ok.

CONTINUE TO SEEK NEW FRIENDS IN YOUR OLD HOME.

Like on your your travels don’t let go of this skill just because you are now at home.
Seek like minded people though community and events.
Be the one to go first even if it feels out of your comfort zone

Sora Surya No - Travelling intentionally, uncovering rituals and leading sacred circles.

Sora Surya No is a sacred space holder, strategy alchemist, transformative business coach, international retreat leader, inspirational speaker, fire igniter, heart whisperer, and world traveler. She works with sovereign awakened women entrepreneurs to incorporate the art of feeling sacred into their business through rituals, ceremonies, and the divine feminine. Sora loves to sit in ceremony with sisters and share the art of holding circle. She leads women through powerful experiences in her mastermind, on retreats, and from the stage. Sora blends real world experience with mystical transformation, ritualistic practices, inner reflection, and deepening community to help soulful feminine leaders create great impact while priestessing their life. She is a believer of sisterhood and living a life that is wild, free, and calm. You can find out more about Sora and her work at www.sorasuryano.com.

Sora Surya No has always been a traveller at heart. She was called to hold circles and now travels the world leading sacred ceremonies for her sisterhood.

About Sora

Sora Surya No is a sacred space holder, strategy alchemist, transformative business coach, international retreat leader, inspirational speaker, fire igniter, heart whisperer, and world traveler.

She works with sovereign awakened women entrepreneurs to incorporate the art of feeling sacred into their business through rituals, ceremonies, and the divine feminine.

Sora loves to sit in ceremony with sisters and share the art of holding circle. She leads women through powerful experiences in her mastermind, on retreats, and from the stage. Sora blends real world experience with mystical transformation, ritualistic practices, inner reflection, and deepening community to help soulful feminine leaders create great impact while priestessing their life. She is a believer of sisterhood and living a life that is wild, free, and calm. You can find out more about Sora and her work at www.sorasuryano.com.

“Being nomadic and travelling a lot...it’s a lot of energy you’re constantly on the go and you’re constantly mindful of your awareness of things around you.”

— Sora Surya No

When coming home...

Emotions Sora faced - Boredom, Cave in and turned into an introvert, Sometimes the best thing to do was to travel again.
Challenges Sora faced from travel - Living in a location is more challenging than travelling through, recognising herself being judgemental of people when she was travelling.
How Sora supported herself - Learning about her own cycles, finding community and friends, learning to create new experiences of travel whilst at home, creating intentions for travel, creating rituals, finding ways to feel grounded, do the things that helped prepare her to have a good routine (find the good coffee shops, yoga classes, health food shop). When Sora has a desire or frustrated about home she realised it is time to go somewhere new.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

We are all similar in our worries and our fears….this gives us the opportunity to feel more connected.
Deeper understanding of self and that you can be closed off and to recognise that you need to be open for the greatest gifts to occur.
Feeling a deeper respect for herself and her connection to earth - learning about the medicine of earth.

Advise to herself for returning home - Honour and be grateful for your experience and travels, acknoledge the lessons you have learned and apply them to your everyday life.

“What do I have to learn from the land and its people and can I do it with a lot reverence so that I am feeling that I am learning and getting more out of it than ticking a box.”

— Sora Surya No