Amanda Kendle - 5.5 years of teaching English aboard.

Five and a halve years of teaching English in Japan, Slovakia and Germany to travel blogger and podcast host.

 

About Amanda

Amanda is a lifelong travel addict who has lived and worked in Japan, Slovakia and Germany before returning to her hometown of Perth, Western Australia. She runs a travel blog at NotABallerina.com and is the host of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, all about how beneficial travel can be for us in so many ways. She lives with her seven-year-old son and two cats and is always on the lookout for excuses to take her son travelling.

“I always think about a Christmas I spent in Tunisia in Northern Africa. I went there by accident as it was the only place that had available flights left.”

— Amanda Kendle

When coming home...

• Emotions Amanda faced - Resistance, hard work.
• What had changed - Many friends had left, no friends from home wanted to hear about her trip, missed out on pop culture for 5 years so just couldn't relate to those around her. Couldn't contribute to the 'normal' conversations and didn't feel like she could fit in.
• Biggest stress - Fitting back in with her friends, cost of living due to mining boom in Perth.
• How Amanda supported herself - Having the job and Friends from the english learning school. Once she had children she found common ground with old friends as she was at a similar stage of life. Started a travel blog and looked and started planing for more travel.
• How did her mindset change - Didn't want to have a 'liner' career path. Money became less important. Much more open minded.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

1. Get outside of your comfort zone.
2. Adaptability.
3. Open minded and empathetic to others.

• Advise to herself for returning home - Step back and remember to be empatheic to those around me.

“I realised how much I had grown from travelling and that I really wanted to give that to other people.”

— Amanda Kendle

LINKS

Website: notaballerina.com and amandakendle.com

Amandas Instagram: @amandakendle

Facebook: NotABallerina

Twitter: @amandakendle 

Pinterest @amandatravels

The thoughtful travel podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast features chats with travel writers, photographers, travel bloggers and other travel lovers about topics centered around why we love traveling and what we learn from it. Abby featured in episodes

• 56 on Unique Travel
• 58 on Solo travel freedom
• 61 Travel and gratitude.
• 81 Culture shock in your home country

Mel Cook - From Peru to Miami and falling in love.

From shy Mel to confident body and lifestyle transformational specialist.

About Mel

Once known as shy Mel, she is now a girl full of swag who loves the opportunity to stay in shape. Mel is a body and lifestyle transformation specialist who loves life and loves inspiring people to achieve the body and lifestyle that they have always craved.

Mel travelled for 4 months, a month in Peru and 3 months living in Miami. She spent her time training as a sprinter with an Olympic development coach, volunteering and working on herself.

“The way I do things in life is, I dont make my decision once I know how to do something...I make the decision and find a way of making it happen.”

— Mel Cook

When coming home...

• Emotions Mel faced - Numb, floating and looking down on her life, unsure about next steps

• How Mel supported herself - You always need something to look forward to, life coaching

• How did her mindset change - Mindset is extremely important, you cant stop you have to keep doing things towards your vision.

• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

1. Its hard work coming back home and feeling grounded and settled again.

2. Having a focus and a vision. Where you put your focus is where your energy goes.

3. Look within

• Advise to herself for returning home - keep looking within

“We travel to get the high, adventure and excitement, but we can actually get all of that when were focused, disciplined and working hard towards something.”

— Mel Cook

Links

Website: www.imanifit.com

Mels Instagram: @meljaydeoliech and Imani Fitness Instagram: @imanitribetransformations

Facebook: Mel Cook

Facebook: Imanitribe

“When you make a decision whole heartedly, everything just falls into place.”

— Mel Cook

Mike Campbell - Corporate marketer to living immediately.

Slow travelling through North America and spending quality time with his wife and daughter.

About Mike

Mike Campbell is a speaker, podcast host and writer behind liveimmediately.com. He encourages parents and organisations to live more with less, and to spend as much time as possible doing things they enjoy with people they love.

During 2016 Mike, his wife and then 4 year old daughter went on a family adventure where they attempted to house and pet sit their way through North America.

They spent winter in the north woods of Wisconsin, in a log cabin in the middle of a national forest, in a town called Clam Lake that has a population of 37 people. When they arrived there daughter was the youngest person in the town and Mike was the second youngest.

They then had spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains of Breckenridge, summer in Rhode Island, and Autumn in Upstate New York.

“Everything works out in the end, if its not worked out its not the end.”

When coming home...

• Emotions and feelings Mike faced - finding life rhythm, juggle finances, career and life. Unknown of what will happen next.
• Biggest stress - Not wanting to come back to the 'normal,' trying to figure out what his next chapter was all about, continually maintaining the relationship with his wife and daughter.
• How Mike supported himself - Support has always been around him with his wife and family. Diving into setting up his new website and podcast.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.

1. Time is the true currency.
2. Our kids are always in contact with us.
3. The trip is only one part of the journey.

• Advise to himself when coming home - This is just another stop on the adventure, this is not the end, just another destination so enjoy the ride.

“You don’t know what the end result is and you think you might be able to predict how something will turn out, but more times than not it turns out completely different, but even more beautiful.”

— Mike Campbell

Links

Website: www.liveimmediately.com 

Podcast: Live Immediately

Mikes Instagram: @liveimmediately

Facebook:  Live Immediately

Twitter: @liveimmediately

Hashtag - #liveimmediately

“When you start saying yes to your kids, they start asking for less.”

— Mike Campbell

The Wanderlusters Mind - Podcast Introduction.

A podcast about travel stories, navigating the return home and stepping into an inspired adventurous life.

About this episode

Welcome to the Wanderlusters Mind Podcast. I'm your host Abby Lewtas and in this podcast my guests share their travel stories, returning home and stepping into their inspired adventurous life.

In this podcast I share with you a little about my introduction and my story as well as who this podcast is for.

Please enjoy the show.

“May you find somewhere beautiful to wonder.”

Who is this show for?

Anyone who might experiencing this transition after returning home from a big adventure or travels.

• You feel stuck or lost or just dont know which way to turn next.
• You find it hard to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Anyone who might be preparing to come home from a long time abroad.

• You're currently working or living overseas, but planning to return home soon.
• You may have been traveling on a gap year.
• You're on an extended travelling journey for 10 or more years and are ready to return home.

Anyone who is interested in travel and adventure and hearing travel stories.

• With stories some incredible guests from your everyday traveller, to extreme adventures.

Finally anyone who is interested in growth and mindset.

• I believe that travelling helps you to grow and expand as my guests can also relate to this concept.
• Learn more about yourself, expand your mind, adopt new ways of thinking and continually adjust the way you perceive life and the world

Links

Website - www.abbylewtas.com

Abbys Instagram @abbylewtas