THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST

Abby Lewtas 20/11/18 Abby Lewtas 20/11/18

Embracing opportunities, motherhood and moving to Australia with Kate Reynolds

Kate supports and coaches courageous women to create the life they deserve when they relocate to a brand new city or country. Her first international move was to Qatar, where she lived for over 5 years she then relocated to Australia and has been living here for the past 2 years.

Kate Reynolds started her career in the airline industry where she moved to Qatar for her job. Later she returned home to the UK and ended up moving out to Australia.

About Kate

Kate is passionate about helping other women who are planning a move, have just moved and who want to start creating the life that they want to lead.

“If something is presented to you, really do weigh up the pros and cons of it.”

— Kate Reynolds

When coming home...

Emotions and differences that Kate faced - Expected it was going to be the same as when she had left but realised that life had moved on without her. In particular her friendships had changed as she had not balanced them as well as she had liked.
What had changed for Kate - Kate had not lived in her home town for about 10 years, she was so used to being away and being the ‘external family member.’ Kate felt really lost after living the ex-pat life and noticed she had really changed as a person. Didn’t think it was the place for her to settle.
Biggest stress - How to fit back into the life that had moved on whilst you had not been there.
How Kate supported herself - Took time out to look after herself. Kate started to build some self-care rituals and have some time out for herself.
How her mindset changed - Enjoy the opportunities that are in front of you, be in the moment and enjoy it. Learned how to manage homesickness and saying goodbye to her friends and family.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
1. The importance of routine, keep busy.
2. Embrace the opportunities that are presented to you
3. Balancing friendships and keep them going however you can.

Advise to herself for returning home - Id start planning to meet like minded friends when I was returning home so I had a support network and people who would understand what I was going through.

“The stress was how to fit back into life that had moved on so much when you have not been there.”

— Kate Reynolds

Shining as your true self with Danielle Knight

Danielle Knight is your go-to girl for adventurous, wild + soulful living. As a Life + Soul Coach, Travel Mentor, and host of The Sip + Soul Podcast she's on a mission to empower her fellow dreamers, seekers and gypsy souls to unlock their potential, believe in themselves + confidently do, be, have, and experience all they desire, on their own terms. Danielle fuses her experience from traveling the world for the last 10 years with her coaching skills to help others break free and connect with themselves, their passions and one another.

Danielle Knight has grown up travelling the world which has lead her to understand why its always so important to be unapologetically yourself.

About Danielle

“It’s a lot easier when your travelling to make new friends because everyone is in that zone but its hard when you come back home and everyone is in their normal routine.”

— Danielle Knight

When coming home...

Emotions and differences Danielle faced - Not loose herself in the process of integrating as she didn’t realise she would stay for so long. Things are familiar and the same which is different to when you travel where everything is new and exciting. Not experiencing as much diversity as in her travels.
What had changed for Danielle - There was a big contrast in her friendship groups and what their interests and experiences were.
How Danielle supported herself - Went to workshops and events that resonated with her and put herself out there to create a community and network. Used Meet up to find new friends. Allow yourself to shine and be the person you want to be, if not you risk not attracting the people who you ultimately want to connect with.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

To be unapologetically myself - there is no such thing as normal or one way to do things.
The power of connection with other humans.
The value of giving back and sharing your life in someway with others - being involved in stuff that matters to you.

Advise to herself for returning home - Just breath, dont be in a rush to have all the answers, trust the opportunities that come and put one foot in front of the other.

“You have to be vulnerable and brave enough to show all the parts of yourself.”

— Danielle Knight

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Abby Lewtas 6/11/18 Abby Lewtas 6/11/18

Falling in love with a new way of life with Lisbet Mellgren.

Lisbet is half Swedish and half Canadian and grew up in Sweden. She has always had an itch to travel, see the world and learn about new places. In 2008 Lisbet spent a lot of time travelling before moving to Canada where she ended up staying for four years. In 2012 it was time for her to leave and return to Sweden.

Lisbet quit her day job in Sweden and had a plan to go be a ski bum in Whistler. But one month before leaving she got a job offer to be the area manager for a Swedish ski company based in Fernie, British Columbia. She took the job and planned to go for a season. Little did she know that she would fall in love with a town the lifestyle and stay for four years.

Lisbet left Sweden bound for a one year job in Canada. Four years later she returned home to start her own project management company.

About Lisbet

“How can I make something good out of this instead.”

— Lisbet Mellgren

When coming home...

Emotions and differences Lisbet faced - Felt lots of love from family and friends but part of her was telling her to leave and go somewhere new.
What had changed for Lisbet - Friends had started families and were at new stages of life. She felt most of the changes were in herself. Living in Canada took her to a new level of herself.
How Lisbet supported herself - Talk to other people, made new friends, enjoy her time where she was.
How her mindset had changed - Became more open and willing to do things. She felt more Canadian. She worried less and would try new opportunities and be more eager to take risks.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

Not sweat the small things - have a mentality that things will work out and stay calm.
How to connect and learn from people that you normally wouldn’t not befriend.
Let go of the sense that having an ‘itch’ to change and move is not a negative thing but rather a positive t

Advise to herself for returning home - Stay calm and give yourself time to adjust and settle and ease back into life and work towards finding a new plan.

“You always hit things not at all what you expect (when travelling)”

— Lisbet Mellgren

Travelling with space and feminine essence with Leticia Ringe.

Leticia is a Life & Purpose Coach, Host of the Create a Life that is Beautiful Podcast and qualified Theta Healer supporting her community to find inner peace, clarity & fulfilment through aligning with their purpose, embracing their feminine essence and creating a life that is beautiful to them. Empowering her clients to draw from both their masculine and feminine she created her signature online course, Embrace Your Feminine Essence, to teach you how to reconnect with your creative power, listen to your inner voice and develop a supportive lifestyle & mindset that allows your body, mind & soul to thrive.

Leticia was once a lawyer, she has since moved to London, set up her Life Coaching business and teaches how to have space and bring feminine essence into your life.

About Leticia

Prior to this work, Leticia worked in the legal industry for 10 years. She was a qualified & practising lawyer in Sydney, Australia before deciding to move to London to find her purpose. At this time, she felt completely lost & alone, however with dedication, trust & surrender she was able to create a meaningful career, business & life doing what truly lights up her soul. It is Leticia's mission to support as many people as possible find work or create a business they also love & she believes understanding our feminine essence, including our cyclical nature as women is the missing ingredient.

“Each time I go back to Sydney, I find it really difficult because the environment is more difficult than willpower.”

— Leticia Ringe

When coming home...

Emotions and differences Leticia faced - Frustration and feeling out of alignment, sometimes feels angry but also feels joy, fun happy grateful and appreciative. She describes it as a whirlwind.
What had changed for Leticia - She had changed quite a lot and been more involved in personal and spiritual development. Finds it really difficult when returning to Sydney as she knows that environments is more powerful than willpower. Sometimes she reverts to old habits and patterns. Difficult to reconcile the person who she is now with the person who she once was.
Biggest stress - The constant whirlwind of emotions on the opposite end of the spectrum.
How Leticia supported herself - Grounds herself, Meditation practice, practice her usual rituals (appreciation, intuition journals, ways to set up and close her day)
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

There is a whole other world out there and its so important to see difference.
Importance of removing yourself from your environment to see how you might change and grow.
Look at space as an investment in yourself and be able to create that on your travels.

Advise to herself for returning home - Appreciate as much as possible the time she had on her travels but honour and respect how she is feeling in the now and give herself plenty of space.

“You take a lot of things for granted, but there are a lot of ways of doing things and sometimes it takes a trip to realise that.”

— Leticia Ringe

Learning from the French by finding joy in 'living' with Alex Morton.

Alex, 25, is a self-proclaimed lifelong explorer who has started her own website design business, Alex Morton Creative, to achieve her dream of working remotely from anywhere in the world. Over on her blog, she delves deep into life- and entrepreneurial stories, and she loves meeting and connecting with other female travellers, business owners, and wanderlusters.

Alex moved to France to study abroad and returned to California for University. She knew this trip was not the ‘be all and end all’ of her travels.

About Alex

Alex, 25, is a self-proclaimed lifelong explorer who has started her own website design business, Alex Morton Creative, to achieve her dream of working remotely from anywhere in the world.

Over on her blog, she delves deep into life- and entrepreneurial stories and she loves meeting and connecting with other female travellers, business owners, and wanderlusters.

Alex, originally from California, has always been called to France - from the language to the culture to the appreciation of the simple things. Her life in France began in 2013 when she arrived in Paris to study for a semester. She later returned and 'cemented' herself into her life in France. Since then, Alex has been au pairing, teaching English, falling in love and is now making arrangements to become a full resident!

“Put yourself out there for opportunities but do not stress out if it doesn’t work out.”

— Alex Morton

When coming home...

Emotions Alex faced - Found it to be like a puzzle on how to fit back in with her community, friends and family, including how her thinking had shifted.
What changed for Alex - Was really excited to come back to take advantage of her university experience. Had a feeling that she would return to France.
The biggest stress - Getting caught up in the different identities that she had in different communities and how she would show up in the world.
How Alex supported herself - Focused on university, found people that she could talk to and who could relate to her. Pick and choose who support you.
How Alex used her mindset - Aimed to feel comfortable and feel grounded in a place that is not her home. Not feeling like you have to stay in the town where you grew up.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

Be adaptable and be open to experiences.
Cultivate relationships you have with your friends and family.
Treat everyone as an adventure and be ok with not knowing.

Advise to herself for returning home - Dont stress about having a plan in place because everything will change. Put yourself out there for opportunities but do not stress out if it doesn’t work out.

“People are not going to be like you and are not going to do things they way you are used to doing things.”

— Alex Morton

An intuitive journey to Finland and her soul purpose with Tahlee Rouillon.

Tahlee Rouillon is music composer extraordinaire at Sonesence. She helps people become the calmest person they know, through her transformational meditones music. Meditones help produce relaxed brainwaves with a simple pair of headphones, making deep meditation effortless. Tahlee has been described as 'a musical genius', and 'the voice of an angel’.

Tahlee followed her intuition and returned to writing music, meditons and meditation tracks and found herself on an artist residency in Finland.

About Tahlee

Tahlee Rouillon is music composer extraordinaire at Sonesence. She helps people become the calmest person they know, through her transformational meditones music.

Meditones help produce relaxed brainwaves with a simple pair of headphones, making deep meditation effortless. Tahlee has been described as 'a musical genius', and 'the voice of an angel’.

Tahlee went to Finland, travelling solo for the first time to write her meditones album True North. It was based on the silence and stillness of a Nordic winter. She returned to Finland in 18 months later to write my follow up album, Luminous, based on a Nordic summer.

“You have been uprooted. You need to take time and space to take care of yourself.”

— Tahlee Rouillon

When coming home...

Emotions Tahlee faced - Felt very homesick for Finland.
What changed for Tahlee - Moved cities which she thought would be the same things as travelling.
How Tahlee supported herself - Relied on her meditation practice and her meditones. Cried a lot and called friends. Ended up creating a program called gentle transition to help herself and others.
How Tahlee used her mindset - Used the resilience that she had cultivated on her travels.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

Life is not the same as travel.
People vary and people are different.
Tahlee is a highly sensitive person and needs to nourish in her downtime.

Advise to herself for returning home - Slow down, take your time, there is no rush. Allow things to unfold in divine timing because they are going to anyway!