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A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Grounding and Embodiment, Art and Sensitivity & Unlearning Hyper-individualism with David GaberleHow does one begin to write a description of something you truly have to experience for yourself? In this conversation with David Gaberle, a Czech photographer and artist, we discuss intentional living communities, westernization, life in Czech Republic under communism, micro dosing and mental health, planting roots and reconnecting with heritage, unlearning hyper-individualism, becoming more connected to body and how art can improve your life if you stick with it. This episode is truly for everyone, so listen and be soothed by David's buttery voice. Follow David and his work below: David...2024-09-261h 31A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Medicine Laughter, Intentional Service & Making Space for Love with James Terrell IIIThis next guest needs no flowery introduction, as he is always in full bloom. James is my surrogate brother and very best of friends. In this episode, we laugh. James and I reminisce on our most magical time in the Appalachian mountains of Boone, NC. We laugh some more. Through his childhood stories, James reminds us all that our inner child is always present and ready to come out and reteach us how fun it is to play. Why did we ever stop playing? James shares his "why" behind serving and how his upbringing informed his choice to keep...2024-07-031h 30A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Paradigm Shifts, Living Audaciously & The Theory of Everything with Fielding RussellIn this episode I speak with a friend who, many years ago, opened my eyes to the wonders of living abroad. The mystery of life is a wondrous thing because a decade later, I learn than Fielding was inspired to move to Taiwan after seeing my journey in Korea. We discuss unlearning societal expectations of adulthood and discovering what truly makes us happy. Fielding opens up about his childhood in Japan and moving back to the States after his father was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Fielding's resilience to live audaciously bleeds through this conversation. From building his own...2024-06-121h 33A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn A New Soul, The Vulnerability in Being Perceived & Solastalgia with Dominic DixonThis is a conversation with one of my favorite humans on planet Earth. Dominic and I reminisce on meeting in university, his British nationality, our serendipitous connections and cultivating a life that feels magical. As described by a friend, Dominic shares what it means to be "a new soul": someone who experiences life as if they're truly here for the very first time. He then retraces core memories of his youth, from his shy disposition to traveling cross-country as a teenager and unearthing a love of the natural world. Dominic is one of those people who make you feel...2024-04-101h 21A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Platonic Dating, Liking Yourself & Identifying as Native American with Rachel EnsingThis is a conversation with a Bumble BFF date turned dear friend. Rachel and I share how we met online, our journey of building a friendship as adults and falling in platonic love. Rachel walks us through her childhood and the journey she took to not just love herself, but like herself. She discusses growing up with divorced parents and the resilience that experience birthed in her. Rachel's introspection from a very young age has served as the gift that keeps on giving; she's become a natural mentor to many, while continuously excavating new depths within herself. Rachel graciously...2024-03-201h 10A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Financial Literacy, No Te Dejas & Community Building with Jalil CantareroIn this conversation with my university friend, Jalil, we discuss the necessity to make money stretch, the romance in friendship, and civic engagement. Jalil shares how his time at our alma mater impacted the trajectory of his life, specifically the relationships he was able to establish during those years. He opens up about his childhood and how he learned the meaning of 'no te dejas' from his siblings; we decided in the context of our conversation it translates to "don't let anyone play you". We also talk about learning to play as adults and figuring out what is actually...2024-01-171h 30A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Work Relationships, Starting Today & Anticipatory Parenthood with Jesse DiTullioThis is a conversation with my former colleague turned friend, Jesse. Jesse shares how he's carried his calm and laidback disposition with him throughout his life and the strong women who molded him into the compassionate human he is today. We discuss the importance of making time for our curiosities, interests and passions outside of the work. You'll hear me quote The Rock: "It's either day one or one day." Throughout our conversation, it's apparent Jesse leans into the "day one" mindset, as he is consistently evolving and creating. You'll hear him share his journey of building his first...2024-01-101h 17A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Reconnecting, Storytelling & Self-Liberation with Jayna Sánchez-LucaThis is an episode with a university acquaintance turned friend, Jayna. We share how we recently reconnected after a Facebook message and began cultivating a friendship in our adulthood. We discuss the different versions of ourselves from college to now and the beauty of experiencing each other in a more authentic way. Jayna tells of her imaginative childhood and her propensity to create stories and the journey she's been on to share them with the world. She talks about how writing has been a way for her to understand the world around her and to unearth her own inner-knowing...2024-01-031h 23A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Main Characters, Generational Strengths & The Passing of Time with Brieanna CareyThis is a conversation with my baby cousin, Brieanna. She is the most optimistic human I know and her positive outlook on life is so contagious. Brieanna shares where her optimism developed and how it's impacted the forward movement in her life. As someone who values family and community, she provides tangible advice for cultivating relationships. We chat about the supporting and main character roles each of us play in life and why it's so important for our mental health to acknowledge this fact. You'll hear us discuss how we've gone from cousins to friends over time and the...2023-12-211h 19A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Starting Over, Flowing with Life & Metaphorical Anchors with Simon Williams-ImIn this episode, Simon shares his experiences living in the UK, Belgium, Australia, Korea and Canada. A true global citizen! He reflects on a long season in his childhood where he stopped speaking altogether, which led him to speech therapy. Simon shares how relearning his mother tongue gave him a deeper empathy for language learners, which is a beautiful connection point as an educator. There's a part in our conversation where Simon introduces a concept of "not dropping anchors" in life and learning to go with the flow of experiences, fully embracing our journeys. His life journey is a...2023-12-061h 11A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Spiritual Journeys, Plant Medicine & Becoming a Death Doula with Corey WestburyIn this episode, Corey oozes vulnerability as she shares her journey as an offering to us all. It was truly an honor to spend this time retracing the steps Corey has taken to reimagine her life. Corey discusses her former work with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and how it led way to her current journey as an end of life doula. Corey shares how she has integrated her professional experience, what can feel like a windy road of corporate life, to meaningfully position her career around service. In this conversation, we break apart the stigma of...2023-11-291h 25A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Willpower, Trusting The Journey & Living Your Dreams with Farah FleurimaThis is an episode with my dear friend, Farah. She shares how her nomadic childhood influenced the way she moves through the world. Farah's life journey has taken her from a career as a writer, blogger, journalist, english teacher and back to journalism. She opens up about how the passing of her sister led to her moving abroad under the realization that nothing is promised. Though she thought she'd be giving up on a career as a writer, Farah shares how moving to Korea ended up leading her back to her dream of writing and now working for the...2023-11-151h 01A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Not Fitting In, Growing In Partnership & Confronting Mortality with Olivia LeClair KimIn this episode, Olivia and I recall how we met online to soon discover we live in the same city. Olivia shares her experience being an outsider, growing up and possessing a natural inner confidence in her interests. She talks about how not really caring what others thought of her, allowed her to connect more authentically. We both discuss how marriage has been a tool for personal growth and learning to communicate in healthier ways. Olivia opens up about her grief journey as she came to terms with reality versus the dreams she had for her own mother and daughters...2023-11-081h 05A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Learning Self Acceptance, Nature as a Healer & Sharing the Gift of Mindfulness with Eunha ParkThis is an episode with one of the most peaceful, inspiring and creative humans I know. Luna talks about growing up in South Korea, the origin story of her love of the great outdoors and her healing journey to self acceptance. She walks us through the path she took to begin living in her natural gifts and passions. Luna is a well of knowledge when it comes to travel, culture, Seoul neighborhoods and the most beautiful destinations in Korea. She talks about the path she took to fill her life with purpose and meaning: from hiking, teaching meditation, travel...2023-11-061h 10A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Discipline as a Foundation, Mental Fortitude & The Friendship Short List with Naja ChristmasThis is an episode with my Instagram connection turned life-long friend. Naja and I recount how we met in Seoul years ago and built a friendship that lives on. She shares how her father instilled discipline and self-determination as a foundation for her and her siblings. Naja is probably the most studious, healthy, driven and passionate person I know. In this conversation she talks about the tools she’s carried with her into adulthood that continue to serve her in achieving her ambitious goals and dreams of contributing to the South Korean society. We recount our time in Korea, di...2023-10-191h 11A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Magnetic Friendship, A South African Living in China & Connecting to Purpose with Geoffrey SealeThis is an episode with a dear friend of mine, Geoffrey Seale from South Africa. Ours was a magnetic friendship from the very beginning and this connection has kept us over a decade and continents apart. Geoff shares his experiences living in the USA, South Korea, Germany, and now China. He's had an insatiable desire to fill his life with as many adventures and experience as much as possible. He walks us through his childhood in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and the pivotal moments that shaped his world view. We touch on the importance of choosing friendships wisely and the...2023-10-111h 34A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Family Ties, The Korean Wave & #DeadParentClub and the Grief Supporter's Manual with Phil KimIn this episode, I chat with my friend Phil who shares his experience growing up in the States as a child of Korean immigrants. We retrace his childhood and how it shaped his independence and perspective on family and life. Phil and I talk about how the Korean wave has taken the world by storm and our shared love of K dramas. He takes us down memory lane during a season where he moonlighted as a student and rock star. Phil shares an alternative path he could have chosen as a performer with his punk rock band, "Hooking Up"...2023-10-041h 16A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Life in The Netherlands, Relationships as a Mirror & Unlocking New Levels with Tim SchröderThis is an episode with Tim who immigrated to the States from the Netherlands. He talks about growing up in an European village and the mysterious unfolding of his life journey to find love on another continent. He opens up about the mindset shifts he experienced as he allowed himself the space to evolve. Tim is an incredibly creative human, from playing the bagpipe, to beekeeping and even working as a pastry chef! He shares how he's been rediscovering parts of himself that were lost along the way to adulthood. In his beautiful words, "Don't lose your dreams and...2023-09-201h 28A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Cultivating Presence, Taking Risks & Self-Care as a High Performer with Stephanie JamesIn this episode I speak with a colleague turned friend, another kindred spirit. Stephanie shares how her outgoing personality, discipline and self-confidence have been a part of her magic ever since she was a kid. We discuss the ways her eclectic interests and forms of creative expression have opened doors for her to collect life-shifting experiences, like an internship in Beijing for the summer Olympics. An athlete, poet, writer, singer, world-traveler; Stephanie lives life to the fullest! She shares practical ways she takes care of her full self through bullet journaling, meditation, travel and other forms of self-care. This...2023-09-131h 07A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Creating Radical Community with Denzil Dean, A SymposiumThis is a special episode from a virtual symposium I hosted this summer on Creating Radical Community. As someone dedicated to innovative and transformative community building, I wanted to invite my friends in this space to join in on a curated conversation. Our guest of honor is my dear friend and community organiser, Denzil Dean (had to spell organizer with a “s” to respect the British!!). He is a leader in radical politics and creating spaces of belonging. Denzil shares insights from his work in the UK and participants discuss new ideas, strategies and the questions we grap...2023-09-061h 23A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn An Indomitable Spirit, Mount Fuji & Surrendering to the Timing of Life with Sophia KawaguchiIn this episode, I chat with my friend Sophia aka Little Fuji. She shares how her Buddhist faith has guided her as she navigates the ups and downs of life. There was point where she felt she hit rock bottom and took action to "change in her inner transformation." She shares how her deepest desire is to become as solid as Mount Fuji, to see things more clearly with an unshakable spirit. Sophia describes her journey of building her inner strength and the impact of her time in Japan. We discuss the windy road to uncover purpose and the...2023-08-301h 15A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn The Power of Imagination, Mind Over Mind & One Wild and Precious Life with Jared CameronThis is an episode with my cousin and New Yorker, Jared Cameron. Jared and I discuss our propensity to dream, his continuous journey to unearth all of his creative gifts and discovering ways he can use them to serve others. A model, actor, gamer, director, tech entrepreneur, life coach, and author; Jared is the epitome of reinventing yourself and following your curiosities and interests, while remaining present. In this conversation, we both touch on our struggle to build a mediation practice and how it has helped us cultivate awareness and presence. We’ve known each other since we were ki...2023-08-231h 10A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Riding Life's Inertia, Mexico to Slovenia & Gratitude for Humankind with Gabriela Buenfil NevárezI'm baaaaaaaack! Welcome to Season 2! I couldn't imagine a better conversation to share as the first episode. I sat down with my friend, Gabriela, whom I met in university. Gabriela shares her beautiful heart with us and the journey she traveled on to build a life she imagined for herself. She talks about growing up in Mexico, serendipitously studying abroad in the States and moving to Europe after a backpacking journey that led to expanding her career as a Montessori educator. We also discuss how one can become addicted to the extremes in life and how to find the...2023-08-161h 05A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn The Far East, Your Ikigai & Storytelling with Mariochukwu Washington-IhiemeTwenty conversations later and a life made more colorful, I hope. My British friend Mario, is the perfect bookend to this season. It seems we've come full circle as her and I share mutual friends in Jieun and Abdellah (both featured in this season). Mario is a powerhouse of a human who has been creating the life she desires since her adolescence. You'll hear her recount her journey into falling-in-love with documenting human stories through her photography. She tells how studying abroad at Hong Kong University opened up new creative avenues for her to explore the intersections of psychology...2022-08-311h 13A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn People Who Shape Us, The Grafted Tree & Becoming What We Behold with Athena RamseyIn this episode with my friend, Athena Ramsey, we reminisce on the early days of our friendship and the community that brought us together. She shares how her abuela, mother and a family she met while in university, impacted her life and inspired her to pay it forward to generations after her. Athena opens up about her journey into parenthood through adoption, and then healing her body from early menopause. She didn't expect to become a mother of four boys, but life rarely turns out how we expect and Athena speaks on the many ways her children open up...2022-08-1755 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn A Life-Changing Diagnosis, Growth Mindset & Paying it Forward with Ismael GomezThis is a conversation with my friend Ish, who was diagnosed with kidney failure during his senior year in university. In this episode, he walks us through what that experience was like and how he didn't allow it to get in the way of graduating and pursuing the life he imagined for himself. Ish shares how his family, friends and faculty at App State supported him so that he could put his health first, while still achieving his goal. This is not only a story of overcoming, but also one that highlights the importance of community and paying it f...2022-08-1052 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Expectations, The Superwoman Myth & Human Libraries with Samantha BagoodIn this episode, Samantha shares her story of immigrating from the Philippines to the U.S. and being tossed between two cultures with their own expectations placed on her. She reflects on the intentional way her parents surrounded her with Filipino culture to make sure she could experience that part of her heritage. Sam retells her journey of building community for Asian students at Appalachian State University and how her gift of connecting others birthed many of the relationships in our friend group today. She speaks of her journey into motherhood and unlearning the toxic belief that she had...2022-08-031h 12A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Rural Communities, The Voice Inside & Cultivating Authenticity with Orlando DobbinThis is an episode with a super fan, and my dear friend, Orlando. He shares his passion for rural communities and how they've shaped him into the human he is today. Orlando brings an informed perspective on small towns that sheds light on the beauty and magic these communities possess. He dives into why he's felt drawn to them most of his life, even during his travels abroad, as well as the lessons he's learned about himself and the world around him. Orlando talks to us about his experience as a Black man in the U.S. and sorting...2022-07-271h 08A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Kindred Spirits, Accessible Sustainability & Living Your Way into Love with Kelsey GaudeThis is a master class on creating friendship and being a friend, making life an adventure, accessible ways to reduce waste and how to ask the hard questions early on in a romantic relationship. Kelsey shares how she's grown into confidence in herself and the life choices she's made. I met Kelsey in university and here we retell our kindred travels through Europe and how those months together in foreign lands shaped the women we are today. Kelsey is passionate about sustainability, and provides practical ways we can all do our part in caring for the planet. There is...2022-07-131h 22A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Nigeria to America, Curiosity Paths & The Courage to Have a Soft Heart with Oluwatobiloba OlofintuyiIn this episode with my friend Tobi, he shares his experience immigrating from Nigeria to the States at the age of 10. He even plays the talking drum for us as he explains its relation to the Yoruba language. Tobi opens up about his journey to find his place in a new culture and some of the moments he came head-to-head with the nuisances of what it means to be Black in America. This conversation is filled with so much wisdom from Tobi's lived experience, as he takes us into his curious mind and how he continues to follow his...2022-07-0652 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn The Lesson in Silence, Existential Exploration & Educating Today’s Youth with Blakeley TerralIn this episode with my university friend, Blakeley, we discuss all things existential. Blakeley shares his experience of being forced to spend three months in silence due to breaking his jaw during a rugby game. He opens up about his journey of figuring out how to live a life of meaning and one where he continuously asks the question, "how can I be useful?" This exploration led him into teaching English in Chile, then backpacking through Peru and eventually moving to France. For the past few years, Blakeley has been living in New Orleans and teaching history. In this...2022-06-2959 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Gratitude in the Midst of Heartbreak, Platonic Love & Reclaiming a Sense of Self with Jenny TungThis is a conversation with my Kiwi (New Zealander) friend, Jenny. I met Jenny in 2014 while she was on a three-year solo trip around the world. We found ourselves as roommates for a week volunteering in an English language immersion program in Poland, where we formed a deep connection which has carried our long-distance friendship all of these years. Jenny shares her heart with us as she recounts the end of a five year relationship. She talks about therapy, how her friends came to her rescue, feeling gratitude while heartbroken, and being in the thick of a spiritual journey...2022-06-2255 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn The Beauty in Planting Roots, Living as a DREAMer & Becoming a Wife and Mother with Sumera SyedThe U.S. is home to more than 427,000 undocumented students, including DACA recipients, enrolled in higher education.* In this conversation with my Pakistani-American friend, Sumera, she opens up about her experience going through university undocumented. University is where we met, yet I had no idea that she was carrying a weight of uncertainty and the anxiety that surrounds many DREAMers. As we trace back the origin story of our friendship, Sumera being the reason I ended up studying abroad and thus traveling the world, we both relive the magic that dwells in connections and connecting people in your life...2022-06-151h 02A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Choosing Happiness, Free Diving as Meditation & Defining Beauty with Mark TalevskiIn this episode, I sit down with my Canadian friend Mark who is currently living in Jeju (제주), South Korea. He shares how he found himself at a crossroads in his career and decided to choose his own happiness over slogging through life. He went from the film industry, to teaching English abroad, to coding, back to teaching English. In this conversation, he'll share his journey and perspective on what it means to create a life that feels good to YOU. Mark is a serial hobby collector, but in the most beautiful and interesting way. Since I've known him, he's learn...2022-06-081h 01A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Hikikomori, Making 3D Art & What Loneliness Gives Us with Aske ThibergHave you heard of hikikomori? Frequently present in Japan, it's a form of severe social withdrawal. In this episode, I sit down with my Swedish friend, Aske who describes how learning about hikikomori influenced his art. Aske was a CouchSurfer of mine during his travels in South Korea at the age of 19. You'll hear about his journey through Korea, becoming the artist he is today, and what it was like growing up in an artistic household. Loneliness is a significant theme all throughout Aske's art and in this conversation, you'll hear the reason he fell so deeply in love...2022-06-011h 12A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Blogging Her Way Into Journalism, Living Through The Unimaginable & Finding Healing with Jieun Choi Part 2 of 2In Part 2, Jieun and I retell how we met one summer in Seoul and what caused us to continue nurturing our friendship throughout the years. She then shares how writing down what she refers to as frivolous thoughts, every day for half a year, paved way for her career as a journalist. This career took a striking turn; while she was covering a story about spycam porn culture in South Korea, she found herself victim to what turned into a high profile sex crime case. Jieun opens up about how this event changed her life, how it impacted her...2022-05-2557 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Working For The President, Unearthing Grit Through Life's Challenges & Decision Fatigue with Jieun Choi Part 1 of 2Here in part 1 of a 2 part episode with my Korean friend Jieun, you'll hear my candid reaction upon learning she was the social media manager for President Moon Jae-in. Jieun takes us down memory lane as she shares stories of her time living in Spain alone at 19 and how she developed fluency in Spanish. As we all learn, life has it's ups and downs, and Jieun is certainly no stranger to the variety of life. She talks about growing up under Korea's rigorous education system and taking a detour in life that ended up working out better than she...2022-05-1848 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Morocco to Hong Kong, The Art of Reinventing Yourself & #AbdelaStyle with Abdellah OumoussiThis conversation is with my Moroccan friend, Abdellah. I hosted him as a CouchSurfer when he traveled to Seoul in the summer of 2015. In this episode you'll hear Abdellah talk about his life in Morocco, studying in Europe and moving to Hong Kong where he's been living as an expat since 2014. He shares his career journey from engineering to photography and creative directing, as well as how he continues to hone his craft and reinvent himself as an artist. You'll hear about what it was like for him growing up in a little village in Morocco, speaking multiple languages...2022-05-111h 05A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Studying Abroad, The Romance of Science & Living Your Passion with Gonzalo Ortiz ÁlvarezIn this episode I sit down with Gonzalo, a dear friend of mine from Spain. We became friends while he was studying abroad for a semester in 2011 at my university in the Blue Ridge mountains, Appalachian State University. After 11 years of friendship, we finally discuss in depth his journey of becoming a scientist and living his childhood dream. Gonzalo shares how studying abroad impacted the trajectory of his life, the path to getting his PhD in Paris and moving to Barcelona to work for the first time in his home country. If you're like me and know very little...2022-05-0452 minA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn a Serendipitous Life, Losing a Parent & Finding Love in The 2nd Act with Adrienna OginI met Adrienna in Prague in 2014, years later, as it tends to do, life came full circle as we became colleagues in South Korea teaching ESL. In this episode, Adrienna opens up her world to us as she retells stories of feeling like an outsider in the country she was born in, her friendships that served as a force of nature in her life and her ongoing journey to unearth a life of meaning. You'll hear stories from her time living in Germany, traveling on a whim to the next country over, making friends on all corners of the...2022-04-271h 42A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Internet Friendship, Career Changes & Learning to Love the Middle Space with VickyDo you remember Tumblr? 10+ years ago I came across the most enchanted European photo diary, only to soon discover a kindred spirit of mine was living in Austria. In this episode, Vicky talks about university in Austria, discovering new passions and finding meaning inside the pandemic. You’ll hear us talk a lot about falling in love with change and the art of embracing the unknown. I believe this conversation is a timely one as we sort through how the pandemic will have changed each and every one of us. It is a truth we will be forced to co...2022-04-201h 12A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Radical Politics, South Korea & Creating Intentional Community with Denzil DeanIn this spicy episode, I chat with my British friend, Denzil Dean. There is a magic in how we met, and in this conversation, for the first time ever, we connect all the dots. Denzil talks about growing up in the countryside, his experience with loneliness and being made to feel insignificant. In this raw conversation, you'll hear about his story, his romantic worldview and his passion for community organizing. We also talk about what we learned about each other during our time in South Korea. You'll enjoy this chat if you're curious about travel, finding your tribe, unrequited...2022-04-131h 29A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyOn Entrepreneurship, Solo Travel & Couchsurfing with Sinan LeylekThis conversation is with my Canadian friend, Sinan Leylak, CEO of Spark Rentals Inc. and Ice Cycles, Canada's first ice bike company. Sinan talks about CouchSurfing with 80+ strangers during his solo travels across Europe and Asia, why and how he decided on a life of entrepreneurship post university, as well as how he balances the stress that comes with running multiple businesses. The way he lives his life with ease was one of the reasons I was drawn to Sinan when we first met in Poland in 2014. If you're interested in owning your own business for the freedom that...2022-04-061h 19A Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyA Colorful Life with Keiko Roy-CareyIntroducing: A Colorful LifeWelcome to A Colorful Life Podcast with creator, Keiko Roy-Carey. A Colorful Life Retreat | Interest page2022-03-2902 min