Chapters

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Aitza. In this chapter, Aitza talks about travel being a part of her life from the beginning, the women in her family living to the beat of their own drum, and how she went from pre-med to leaving North America for the first… Continue reading Chapter 99-Aitza of Petitely Packaged + Aitza B Creative

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Siarra. In this chapter, Siarra shares how she went from not traveling much, to shifting her mindset and challenging herself to explore a new city every month for a year. We get to hear all about her first international trip and how from… Continue reading Chapter 98-Siarra of Prepare for Landing Podcast + Your Obsessive Planner

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Nadeen. In this chapter, Nadeen talks about her experience going to school in Jamaica as a child and moving to the States where she experienced racism to the point of having health problems. She says because she had an affirming family, later on… Continue reading Chapter 97-Nadeen of The Sophisticated Life

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with dCarrie. In this chapter, dCarrie, a ’round the way girl from Queens describes a time when all of her friends were getting married and having kids, how she felt about that, and how time has helped her to believe that that kind of… Continue reading Chapter 96-dCarrie of Travel N Sh!t

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Yaa. In this chapter, Yaa shares her experience of being born in Ghana and growing up in Canada, something she’s wanted to talk about for some time. She inherited her name from her 100 year old grandmother who still lives in Ghana, and… Continue reading Chapter 95-Yaa of Femmebnb

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Claire. In this chapter, Claire takes us back to her days of road tripping between Connecticut and Virginia as a child. She recalls a series of decisions she made that helped her to find what she was interested in, some of which included… Continue reading Chapter 94-Claire of Up in the Air Life

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Shar. *cue “It’s So Cold in the D”* In this chapter, Shar absolutely glows about her upbringing in Detroit, and as a first generation Jamaican American, her family that got her there, and how they’ve always been the blueprint for a supportive family.… Continue reading Chapter 93-Shar of The Xpat App + #XpatChats

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Jamie-Lee. In this chapter, Jamie-Lee shares her gratitude for growing up in Barbados, and relocating to London as an adult for school. She talks about the wisdom and example her mother set for her, and how when looking for friends in London, she… Continue reading Chapter 92-Jamie-Lee, The Travel Marketer

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with Danica. In this chapter, Danica shares a bit about how being a shy kid growing up in government housing in Toronto impacted her ideas about the life she could live. Those ideas would follow her into her professional life as she worked at… Continue reading Chapter 91-Danica of WatchDanicaWork

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week’s episode with DeAnna. In this chapter, DeAnna describes her childhood growing up in North Carolina, and how being seen as overweight as a child has impacted her life. She takes us back in the day, when her life was all about lawyering, being a personal… Continue reading Chapter 90-DeAnna of Broke And Abroad Life + Travel Noire