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Leap In LifeTips On Travel Hacking And Redeeming Rewards with Caroline Lupini“Finding somebody who's interested and able, to either work from that time zone or take that like the right amount of time off work is a challenge.” - Caroline Lupini Caroline Lupini is the managing editor for Credit Card and Travel Rewards for Forbes Advisor. She is a journalist, traveler, and pilot and has been location independent since 2014. In this episode, Caroline discusses how she started her journey into travel hacking while researching ways to save money on her trip to Europe in 2011, and learned about it while blogging about it after graduating college. Her blog...2022-11-0936 min
Leap In LifeBuilding Connections And Growing Your Audience As A Digital Nomad with Sergio Sala“When I chose a career, I wanted something that was creative but also had an impact on the world.” - Sergio Sala Sergio Sala, originally from Mexico, is a digital nomad who has lived in over 25 cities and visited more than 40 countries around the world. He started working online as a web designer, then a blogger, and now is a full time YouTuber, filming cities to live and work in remotely. He shares how he first became interested in YouTube when he saw how people could make an income from it. He began making videos about...2022-08-311h 06
Leap In LifeSystemize Your Job Search for Maximum Success with Jordan Carroll“Find a way to figure out what company you want to work for or companies you want to work for. Put yourself in proximity of the people. Put yourself inside the ecosystem of the company, know how it is that they talk to their customers.” - Jordan Carroll Jordan Carroll, aka, The Remote Job Coach, As a remote worker, Jordan has built a life around travel, living, and working in 15 different countries on 5 continents. As The Remote Job Coach, he helps high performing individuals land remote jobs to gain freedom and flexibility in their...2022-08-1946 min
Leap In LifeFreedom Is Not Free: Continue Staying with Ukraine“We are basically dealing with the entity that understands the only language, which is a brutal power, nothing else works. And unfortunately, we are facing a situation when military is the only way to resist and to restore peace.” - Orest Zub Orest Zub, from Lviv Ukraine, is a freedompreneur, a digital nomad who has visited 129 countries, a blogger, and an author. Orest has been in the Ukraine documenting events on the ground during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has shifted his focus to supporting the resistance against Russia. He provides information on Ukrainian cultu...2022-08-1138 min
Leap In LifeOnline Business Models That Supports Your Independent Lifestyle with Yury Byalik“The one thing that is easiest for beginners to absolutely start with, is not necessarily like an online business, is just freelancing... and it's a good way to eventually transition into an online business by offering these services, seeing what's in demand, seeing how much you can charge, and even just learning a certain skill.” - Yury Byalik Yury Byalik left New York five years ago in pursuit of location freedom as a digital nomad. He is the Director of Strategy and Acquisitions for Onfolio, a holding company that acquires and runs online businesses. He share...2022-07-2530 min
Leap In LifeUnbound Yourself From Any Obligations and Expectations with Alejandro Pedraza“One of the beauties of the way that we are traveling is the degree of freedom that we get from the level of growth that we have as individuals. I thought it was beautiful, I would not think of doing some of the things that I'm doing right now.” - Alejandro Pedraza Alejandro Pedraza is a psychologist, a passionate traveler, and a human experience enthusiast. He is also the community leader of a 12-month Remote Year Program. He discusses the traveler’s mindset of stepping outside of your comfort zone and how this can be a growt...2022-07-181h 00
Leap In LifeOff The Beaten Path with Patricia Serrano“You can leap if you want, I'm a leaper, I'm someone who just jumps right into things, but I know not everyone's like that. However you want to get there, whether you want to tip-toe, crawl, roll, or just leisurely walk, as long as you're going in that direction, it doesn't even matter when you get there. Just keep going.” - Patricia Serrano Patricia Serrano is a travel-host, actor, writer, and producer with a passion for one-of-the kind life experiences and off-the-beaten path adventures. She has her own travel business (FreshTraveler.com) where she designs vacat...2022-07-081h 02
Leap In LifeWhy You Should Seize the Chance to Be a Digital Nomad with Reid Paryam“I know I'm gonna die. I never want to be 80 years old and afraid to die.” - Reid Paryam Reid Paryam, originally from Denver, Colorado, was a member of the inaugural Remote Year program in 2015. He has been traveling internationally and working remotely ever since. In total, Reid has visited over 60 countries. [00:01 - 14:39] Remote Year, Football, and Chatting Talking about Football and how Jerald and Reid met and formed a friendship in Remote Year Experiencing the cultural differences in sports in foreign countries as a travel...2022-04-291h 06
Leap In Life#12 Challenges Faced by Digital Nomads as They Do Remote Work with Krystal PinoKrystal Pino is the Founder and Chief Nerd in Charge of Nomad Tax. She is a CPA and PFS with a BA in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Pino, as her travel companions know her, has been a digital nomad for nearly five years, visiting 49 countries. In this episode, Krystal shares her experience after leaving her corporate accounting job to pursue a career in digital nomadism. Krystal runs into some bumps in the road but manages to grow Nomad Tax into a successful business serving the needs of...2022-04-1637 min
Leap In Life#11 - Travel the World as a Digital Nomad (With No Regrets) with DC CastellanoTraveling through different countries, experiencing different cultures, not paying rent anywhere, getting off to the beach after work. Sounds like a dream? This is what life has been like for DC Castellano, a former US Navy now a successful Sales Account Executive. After going through a major breakup, he decided to leave everything behind and embark on a journey he never imagined he’d be doing a few years ago. Join us today as we dive deep into his journey and how this could be an option for you too! [00:01 - 03:28] Introducing DC to the...2022-04-0845 min
Leap In Life#10 - Leave a Legacy and Live the Life You Want with Sue GinsburgAfter thriving in a male-dominated workplace, Sue Ginsburg, now a marketing specialist wanted more time freedom and flexibility. She quit her job and landed several roles until she finally found her career in remote work. Today, she is helping companies around the world grow through SEO and travels the world. You catch her in Machu Pichu spending her evening with good food and a magnificent view. [00:01 - 09:25] Introducing Sue to the Show Starting out her career in a male-dominated industry Balancing her time as a career woman and a mother [09:29 - 36:31] Flexibility Through R...2022-03-3027 min
Leap In Life#09 - Get Out of Complacency and Chase The Dream Life with Omar DiazDefying the norm of going to a great university and getting a high-paying job, Omar Diaz paved his own path to the life he always wanted to live. A successful Informatics Engineer turned Finance Analyst now entrepreneur, he is now running a successful tourism company and a business partnership with an Argentinian software company. Get to know how he took the leap and how this could be possible for you too! Let’s get started. [00:01 - 09:25] Introducing Omar to the show Transitioning from Informatics Engineering to Finance Analyst [09:29 - 36:31 ] Living The Dream Life F...2022-03-1742 min
Leap In Life#08 - Finding Balance: Work Remotely and Travel with Angela BalzanoFrom feeling stuck to a nine-to-five job to traveling the world. Angela Balzano, a UX Designer decided to dive into the whole new world of working remotely. Now, she enjoys her role at her job, gets to travel with people who have the same interests, and is continuously discovering herself along the way. [00:01 - 6:04] Introducing Angela to the show A quick backstory - how it all started [6:54 - 57:36 ] Taking the Leap to Work Remotely from Latin America From being stuck at work to traveling the world whilst being efficient at work The...2022-03-101h 02
Leap In Life#07 - The Importance of Having Faith in Taking a Major Leap with Lamar PinsonLamar Pinson is a nomadic entrepreneur within the business infrastructure mentoring and fitness space. As founder of fitness company, Precision Lyfe, Lamar is driven by the desire to revamp the fitness industry, giving power back to its consumers with empowering training and nutrition education. In this episode, Lamar walks us through how having a strong faith in God gave him an extra push to finally take a leap in his life. He also shares with us the importance of going through the challenging times in starting a business, the lessons we will learn through the d...2022-03-0246 min
Leap In Life#06 - Finding Strength in Vulnerability with Tara DinoskiTara Dinoski is a business and marketing strategy consultant, solo female entrepreneur and a certified reiki master practitioner. She’s a thought leader in the Ecommerce and email marketing industries, a global traveler, and an advocate for former foster youth. In this episode, Tara shares about her life in foster homes, how this experience led her to advocating for foster youth, and how it also fueled her desire to fulfill her dreams as an entrepreneur. Tara’s story of strength and resilience is truly something that a lot of us can get inspiration from, so make...2022-02-2325 min
Leap In Life#05 - Taking Multiple Leaps and Choosing a Different Path with Sarish KhanSarish Khan is an actor, model, and performer, with an entertainment career that has ranged from leading roles in international films, pageantry, and walking runways at New York Fashion Week. Sarish is also a practicing lawyer in the ecommerce and tech space, a graduate of George Mason University School of Law. She has advocated for and worked with a number of female focused nonprofits over the years and hopes to continue working and contributing towards Women Empowerment initiatives. In this episode, Sarish talks about taking a new leap, her experience in the entertainment industry, and the importance...2022-02-1639 min
Leap In Life#04 - Trusting Yourself and Setting Yourself Free with Carrie VeatchCarrie Veatch helps ambitious female entrepreneurs bust through self-doubt to build wildly profitable online businesses. Carrie combines neuroscience, teaching clients to rewire their brains through mindset work, and a safe container for clients to create lives of time and financial freedom. She hosts the innovative, community based podcast: Set Yourself Free which shows the behind the scenes of what it takes to be profitable online. In this episode, Carrie talks about what motivated her to be a digital nomad, taking the leap without a plan but with only a plane ticket in hand, and building a...2022-02-0930 min
Leap In Life#03 - Creating an Impact in the Fashion and Travel Industry with Charlie HuynhWelcome to another episode of the Leap in Life podcast. In today’s episode, we have Charlie Huynh, founder of an ethical fashion brand called Wande Industries. Charlie was born and raised in Australia to refugee parents, and after understanding the privileges he grew up with, he wanted to extend a better quality of life to a wider community. He has now been traveling for over 3 years and has witnessed great things as well as sad realities as a result of tourism across the world. His desire to tackle some hard issues in the Fashion and Tourism Industry and hi...2022-02-0241 min
Leap In Life#02 - Living the Dream Life Abroad with Valerie RussellWelcome to another episode of the Leap in Life podcast. Today we’ll be catching up with Valerie Russel, who has 20 of travel experience and over 30 countries visited. A native of Nyack, New York, she was educated in Washington, DC, and Bournemouth, England and settled down in the New York metro area, prepared for a career in law enforcement. After a decade of working to travel, Val decided to finally live the life she had been dreaming about and quit her job as a Narcotic Investigator to start Due South Travels. She arrived in Guatemala in July 2017 and now live...2022-01-2634 min
Leap In Life#01 - Living Life with No Regrets with Zakia HaughtonWelcome to the very first episode of the Leap in Life podcast. In today’s episode, we’ll be sitting down with CEO, coach, speaker, traveler, writer and co-founder of Our Periods Matter, Inc., Zakia Haughton. She helps coaches and consultants turn their knowledge base into a premium offer experience and get into the hands of their dream clients by leveraging the power of simple frameworks, research, and storytelling without the hustling, throwing money into ads, or content overwhelm required. In this episode, Zakia and I talk about how listening to her calling and paying attent...2022-01-2640 min
Leap In Life#00 Why I Started This PodcastDo you struggle for motivation to make the 5-feet trip from your bed to your desk every morning? Do you dream of the day you finally take that big leap, whether it’s walking into your boss’ office and turning in your notice, or moving to another country to start your own business? Maybe you just need some inspiration. On this podcast, you’ll hear the incredible stories of people who took that leap. Welcome to the Leap in Life podcast with Jerald Crowser. This is the podcast where guests from around the world share their sto...2022-01-2406 min