THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST

Abby Lewtas 26/11/19 Abby Lewtas 26/11/19

Thank you and wrapping up 2019

Taking a look back on 2019 and thank you all for your continued support. Thank you to all my guests, listeners and supporters.

Thank you so much for tuning in to the Wanderlusters Mind Podcast in 2019.

Thank you

Taking a look back on 2019 and thank you all for your continued support. Thank you to all my guests, listeners and supporters.

Travel for growth and how it impacts our perspective with Aaron Yeak.

Aaron is driven from within. He is an entrepreneur, traveller, and lover of great coffee and people’s stories. His career spans Formula 1, sport and recreation, management consulting and now takes him on a business journey with an unknown destination. Much like his travel he enjoys the journey as well as the destination in life and business and takes every opportunity to see the world through the eyes and footprints of others. Aaron is documenting his business journey to a “destination unknown” and has also written a book about his career transitions from standing track side at motor sport events to inside boardrooms as a management consultant.

Aaron Yeak has been travelling since the age of 2. For him travel is all about how you can grow and gain perspective of others. He loves taking his learnings and applying them into his life and business back home.

About Aaron

From the age of 2, Aaron has been fortunate to have spent multiple periods overseas including studying in China, Austria and Finland. As well as travelling to over 40 countries throughout Europe, Australasia, Asia and North America. Much of his time abroad has been spent exploring the local scene with friends who are locals.

“Your mindset, in the moment, is so important as has the potential to be an enriching experience or something you can grow from and learn from or something you can get stuck on and go on a bit of a negative spiral which you really don’t want to be in when you’re away from your comfort zone.”

— Aaron Yeak

In the episode...

Aaron has always travelled to visit family and friends.
Studying abroad in many different countries.
Aaron likes to travel ‘through the eyes of a local.’
Figuring out the way the locals live and learning to adopt their ways in their country.
How technology has changed the way we travel, the pros and the cons and how we should not let these changes override the purpose and reasons for why we travel.
When Aaron got scammed on his recent trip to Helsinki and how it made him feel.
Why your mindset is so important when you are travelling.
What Aaron learned from the way scammers operate.
The appreciation and different perspective that travel offers you.
How Aaron gets excited for travel, even if its just talking to others about their travels.
Using the learnings from his travel to impact others in their life.
What you interpret as travel and adventure is up to you and may be different to others.
Scratch the itch or inkling for travel because ‘what if you dont?’
How travel has formed who he is.

Rapid fire round

The last place Aaron visited - Melbourne/Sydney, Out of country - Vietnam
A place Aaron tells everyone to travel to - Scandinavia
Scariest place travelled to - Malaysia
Favourite thing about travel - Meeting people from all around the world
Aarons’s next destination - Vietnam

Why Aaron continue to seek out travel and live abroad? Curiosity and wondering what else is out there.

“Travel has made me less materialistic.”

— Aaron Yeak

Living in Spain and the complexity of the english language with Dani Jauregui.

Dani is a Spain aficionado who first discovered the country she now calls home, during a study abroad semester in Alicante, Spain. While studying a double major in Sociology and Hispanic Studies at a small, liberal arts school (Illinois Wesleyan University), Dani was incredibly encouraged to study abroad and she hasn’t looked back since. Danis life since her graduation has been primarily lived abroad.

Dani went to Spain on a study abroad program, she returned many times and now lives there and teaches English. She loves diving deep into the complexity of the english language.

About Dani

“I realise how little we pay attention to our own language and our own culture until we have this opportunity to see the differences from another one.”

— Dani Jauregui

In the episode...

Dani went to study in Spain and loved the country so much that she returned for more study. She continued to return to Spain and now lives and works in Granada.
Dani feels confident with the language and spent a lot of time in Spanish speaking countries so has not really felt outside of her comfort zone.
There has been so many lessons she has learned along the way and has loved learning from the students she is teaching.
How little we pay attention to our own language until we have to explain it and use it with others.
The way we use our words and our language and how it can be used in a more empowering way.
Dani now tries to apply this in her own language so she is speaking in a more empowered way.
Dani teaches mostly in English so does not often pick up the other languages through the teaching process.
How some countries and cultures give words to particular things which takes a while to explain as the English language has not given this ‘thing’ a word.
When Dani returned back to the United States she feels as there is conflicting energy as some people haven’t changed as she has. She also notes that you have missed out on so much of their life and that it is hard to find your place.
Dani thinks that sometimes her friends from home might not want to talk about the life they have been living aboard. Her friends have been able to see what her life is like on social media but may not be interested in learning the details.
Danis mindset has changed and she initially adopted the ‘no-passa nada’ attitude which can be translated to ‘its all fine, just go with the flow!’ But agrees that sometimes its not that easy to live in that mentality when you are setting up your life in a different country.
The advise Dani would give to people who are thinking of traveling, studying or living in a new country is use the resources that are out there to meet people ahead of time, in particular the local people.

Rapid fire round

The last place Dani visited - Sierra Nevada Mountains, Spain.
A place Dani tells everyone to travel to - Granada, Spain.
Scariest place travelled to - Dani has not felt scared in any place she has travelled to.
Favourite thing about travel - Meeting the people.
Dani’s next destination - Valencia, Spain.

Why Dani continue to seek out travel and live abroad? She likes to keep things interesting rather than falling into a routine. She likes to discover and get excited about the world.

“It says so much about a culture, the things that they have bothered to give a word to and the things that maybe we didn’t.”

— Dani Jauregui

Responsible tourism and accessing inner wisdom with Bianca Caruana

Bianca is a freelance journalist & sustainable tourism blogger from Sydney, Australia specialising in stories that ignite thoughts surrounding compassion, ethics and the happiness of all beings. She travels the world as a digital nomad with the aim to promote ethical values and give a voice to those who are making the world a better place.

Bianca Caruana AKA the altruistic traveller has left Australia on three separate occasions, she now shares her knowledge of we can all travel in a more ethical way.

About Bianca

Bianca left Sydney for the third time in October 2018, committing to full-time travel as a digital nomad. This means that she had no single home, her home is where her backpack and heart rest. Bianca wanders from place to place, working online and connecting with local communities, offering her storytelling skills and connections in the social and environmental impact space.

“While Nepal may seem chaotic from the outside, actually from the inside people are quite happy and peaceful and patient and going with the flow.”

— Bianca Caruana

In the episode...

How places like Nepal can seem so chaotic on the outside yet the people are at peace where as many places in the western world like Australia can be opposite Chaotic on the inside and looking at peace on the outside.
How anxiety can seem to be so much more common in the world and in youth today.
Bianca’s experience of when she was stuck in traffic on a bus in Nepal and how it made her thing about being in the present moment.
How we make a ‘catastrophe’ of things that really are not that big of a deal!
How travel has taught her about change and how beautiful it is and how she can let go of fear.
There are so many things that are removed when we travel on our own which is why it can be a great vehicle for self inquiry.
When coming home, it can feel like an identity crisis. Bianca finds it hard to use her wisdom when returning as she feels challenged by the ‘chaotic’ energy of home?
Confronting her physical fear of riding a scooter and how she did it.
The importance of using the right words such as “I cant” or “I can.”
Some ways that travellers can lower their negative environmental and social impacts on countries when they travel abroad.
Bianca’s advise for people who are holding back from travelling is that its so much easier than it seems. Also really understanding what your reason for travel is.

Rapid fire round

The last place Bianca visited - Bali
A place Bianca- Ko Pha-ngan, Thailand
Scariest place travelled to - India’s North
Favourite thing about travel - Meeting incredible trip
Bianca’s next destination - Nepal

Why Bianca continue to seek out travel and adventure? The wisdom and knowledge that she is able to access from others.

“The best thing about travel is that it puts you in a scenario where you really get the chance to do self-reflection.”

— Bianca Caruana

Travel is a privilege with Bianca Raby.

Bianca is a passionate educator and entrepreneur with over 12 years of professional experience spanning sectors, communities and countries. From classroom teaching in Australian remote Indigenous communities to launching her own digital education company Bianca is a global citizen with the passion and conviction to change the world for the better.

Bianca Raby was so keen to learn about the world but didn’t know how to do that through a textbook. Instead, she went out and explored it for herself.

About Bianca

She started travelling in 2010 after divorcing her high school sweet heart. Since then, she has found it hard to stay put and is designing her company to be fully online so she can have the freedom to be anywhere that she desires.

“We have the privilege to leave.”

— Bianca Raby

In the episode...

Started dreaming about all the places she wanted to visited as she knew she could not learn about the world through a textbook.
Her first plane trip was to Hawaii!
Felt outside her comfort zone when she moved to Siem Reap. She constantly wondered if she should be be there and the best way to integrate with the community.
Bianca’s experience at the Turkish baths.
Her experience living in ‘two worlds’ when she was in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The privilege that we have, as citizens of the western world.
Bianca’s experience when travelling to a digital nomad conference where nobody thanked the country for hosting the conference.
How ‘western citizens' are changing the landscape of local communities.
How Bianca walked into a supermarket with so many staff how she challenged herself to look at the situation with an entirely new perspective.
Being open to discussions that challenge you.
How Bianca is finding it difficult to find a place to call home.

Rapid fire round

What was the last place you visited? Chang Mai, Thailand
A place you tell everyone to visit? Venice, Italy
Scariest place travelled to? Cape Town and Camping in Africa
Your favourite thing about travel? The first day of arriving in a new place.
Wheres your next trip? Adelaide and then to the South of Thailand.

Why Bianca continues to seek out travel and adventure? The people that you meet, the personal growth that you get and the diversity of perspectives that you are exposed to.

“We are impacting communities, we are changing the landscape of different suburbs we are gentrifying things we are expecting services like home and those services are being created for us and so we have to be really careful that we are always acknowledging that the local people are inviting us in and letting us do this.”

— Bianca Raby

Broadening your perspective through travel with Jamin Heppell

Before co-founding Mountains and Marathons, Jamin was the director of three leadership organisations centred around the development of health and resilience. He has had the privilege of working with over 15,000 people from diverse communities across Australia and North America.

Jamin had a vision to run a marathon and climb a mountain on every continent. He wanted to create community and a business around his idea, so he drew on his passions and abilities to bring it all together.

About Jamin

Having bounced back from burnout, depression and seven major surgeries, Jamin knows what it's like to struggle and what it takes to transform. He is committed to peak health and performance and supporting others to do the same.

“Courage is not comfortable.”

— Jamin Heppell

In the episode...

Jamins first taste of travel was when he went on a trip to Japan with his school.
Things such as lining up for a train and selling alcohol in vending machines really ‘blew his mind’ and started understanding how different cultures can be.
Jamin found himself outside his comfort zone when he couldn’t communicate in Puerto Rios, Argentina and he had to find a way to withdraw cash in a very small town.
The real reason Jamin travels is to understand and explore different cultures and realises that this broadens his perspective.
Jamin loves that getting into different places and cultures really enables him to connect with a new level of creativity. When in this space he believes he feels that he is able to step into bigger things that he is capable of.
He is trying to create the digital nomad lifestyle whilst travelling around the world. This demands him to continually be creativity, innovative and think on his feet.
Jamin found that running his business can be difficult, especially when they travel to places with unreliable business. He knows when this happens its time to move.
Jamin sees his travelling similar to the ‘heros journey’ where he has an inner personal transformation so recognises that when he returns home he wants to make sure that his community is aware of this. He has planned to create a big homecoming which fits into his business and celebrate his return.
Advise for people who have not yet taken the leap to go out and travel is the same as what he would give anyone facing their fears and that is in line with the quote ‘courage is not in never having fear, but in having fear and doing it anyway.’

Rapid fire round

What was the last place you visited? Munich, Germany
A place you tell everyone to visit? Chamonix mont blanc, France
Scariest place travelled to? Moshi, Tanzania
Your favourite thing about travel? The stories you create and the people that you meet.
Wheres your next trip? Uncertain - formally Tanzania but hoping to fit in a trip in-between

Why Jamin continue to seek out travel and adventure? An insatiable curiosity.