Nomadme | The Digital Nomad Daily Show

Amy Scott is a pioneer of the nomad movement, starting after her cousins convinced her to quit her job in 2004!  Thirteen years later, she is a podcaster and freelance editor, with several other income streams to support her lifestyle.  She has seen the digital nomad world go through many changes and developments through the years. Give a listen to learn how her Nomadtopia hub has been a major part of the growth of the industry and lifestyle. Stay emPowered, Beck

Andrea Jordan is a fellow Kiwi who works as a business strategist and photographer.  This former lawyer helps business owners reduce their stress and systematize and organize their business systems through her company, all while traveling as a digital nomad for the past four years. Stay emPowered, Beck

Chelsea Glass had her heart stolen by Latin America.  She spends half the year running her travel company, giving tours around Guatemala.  The other half, she works on the internet to build her business while enjoying her adopted home region. Stay emPowered, Beck

Susan Shain is a recovering ski bum who followed the path of seasonal jobs that has taken her around the world for the past decade.  Listen to how she ended up a travel blogger and content marketer traveling full time as she built her freelance writing career. Stay emPowered, Beck

Nora Dunn is one of the original Pioneers of travel blogging going back to 2006, and has blazed a trail for literally thousands of others she's inspired through the years.  She makes her living as a freelance writer and blogger, and also teaches people how to become a digital nomad.  Nora is truly one of the original modern nomads who has lived and traveled in just about every way you can imagine. Stay emPowered, Beck

Amber Monaco and I get into kind of a taboo subject today.  Amber is an American Digital Nomad who has spent most of her time as a Copywriter and content creator, and has recently made a switch BACK from the digital nomad life.  Find out why in this week's episode… Stay emPowered, Beck

Megan Jerrard from Mapping Megan has one of the most popular travel blogs around since 2007.  Her adventure and adrenaline filled stories with her husband Mike have been featured in places like National Geographic, the New York Times, and Forbes.  Listen to find out how she has made such a name for herself in the competitive world of travel writing. Stay emPowered, Beck

Having a home base and growing communities is what Sienna Brown does...from Spain! Originally from Brooklyn, NY and now living in Spain for 4 years, Sienna runs a community and business for women of color to help them move abroad to Spain. She is also the marketing director for the first coworking and coliving space on the mediterranean. Find out why she chose the small town of Jávea, Spain to maintain a home base, and how she got her growing community started to help women of color move abroad and live the life of their dreams. Stay emPowered, Beck

In today's episode, I'm reading from a book I've been getting a lot out of, and thought I would share something important with you here today. The book is called Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, PhD. I opened it to this section while on a quick break, and found it useful and applicable to me right now. Give a listen as I read a page from this book that talks about a common problem that women have in everyday situations of daily life. Stay emPowered, Beck

I keep a few negative people on my friend's list to help me. It doesn't always work, but the people who are constantly negative about everything in the world (especially about things that don't even affect them) can be useful as a reminder to NOT BE LIKE THAT. It takes a bit of work to not let it drag you down, and you definitely don't want to keep too many of this type of person in your circle. You don't want to become that. Listen today to hear some examples of how I deal with these people and exercises to make life a much more fun adventure through the power of positivity. Stay emPowered, Beck

I never quite understand how people can spend so much time hating and spreading negativity. Spreading positivity is one of my core values, yet there always seems to be a couple of dickheads in any crowd. Listen to today's podcast to learn how best to deal with, think about, and cope with haters, dickheads, and negative people. Stay emPowered, Beck

Being rejected by people you hold dear is one of the more traumatic events for digital nomads. People who are close and don’t understand the appeal of your chosen lifestyle will reject you and try to hold you back to their own standard of living. Listen today to the story of my expected life’s blueprint, how I’ve learned to deal with it, and how to get on with life regardless of those who try holding you back. Stay emPowered, Beck

Bitten early on by the travel bug, Blake Boles dug into the different ways he could fund a traveling lifestyle for himself. Since 2008, he’s built his own travel tour company that allows him to follow this dream life as a digital nomad. Learn how he built the business running only one or two trips a year and funds his lifestyle the rest of the year. Stay emPowered, Beck

Naomi is an actress with full citizenships in three countries. She has been location independent since 2007, and a full-time nomad since 2016. All while running her time-intensive consulting business.  She’s learned to use house sitting strategies to both travel full-time and dramatically cut down her expenses and pay down excessive debt at a much higher rate than normal. She runs a virtual team that works in the areas of assistant services, bookkeeping, copywriting, organizing, tech services, and business structure consulting. Stay emPowered, Beck

This one took me a bit of time to figure out, but it is of priceless benefit to my life once I started to work it out. Being nomadic and moving from place to place makes building a typical local community difficult. Since your local changes from place to place, it certainly isn’t a traditional lifestyle. It is critically important to have a community of your people for the times when things won’t quite go your way and you just need support. I’ve been fortunate that I worked it out imperfectly, but have my group of friends (family), so that when this latest breakup happened, I had my people to go to rather than sitting alone in my room. Go out and make yourself approachable to be sure you build up your core group of your people before you really need to. Stay emPowered, Beck

Travel to most countries doesn’t really matter much, but when traveling as a lesbian, you do need to exercise a bit of caution in many cases. I would never discourage anyone from travel, but as a single female traveller, you will want to be wary of who you tell about your situation. Most regular people aren’t used to the idea of a woman traveling alone, and I get asked about my husband or boyfriend all the time. Sometime it doesn’t matter, but in most cases, a little extra discretion about who you tell is all you need to otherwise make this point of travel a non-issue. Stay emPowered, Beck

Today is a quick episode about selling off or otherwise getting rid of excess stuff. I’ll give you some of the many ways to sell off your stuff so you can move on relatively light. It seems like it can’t be helped when you take up a home base for any length of time. You just accumulate stuff. You can’t reasonably take it all with you when moving on to another country to make a different home base. Listen to today’s episode for my advice on how to make the process as painless as possible. Stay emPowered, Beck

There’s a situation that comes up among female digital nomads. It’s a subject that gets talked about quite a bit, and that’s being approached by creepy men. Not all men, of course. But it happens quite a bit. It’s not something that should prevent you from traveling at all, but it is something that seems to happen more often than back at home.  It’s a conversation that needs to continue, as we continue to blend into different cultures and groups so that women can feel safer and respected, men can learn how not to be creepy, and even ways to offer up assistance, if needed. Stay emPowered, Beck

Every Digital Nomad will have to deal with goodbyes.  Friends, relationships, even cities will come and go from your life as long as you are driven to explore. Some people struggle with this even more than leaving home to start their travels. Tune in to today’s episode to hear my take on this as I prepare to say goodbye to one chapter of this nomadic life, and am excited at what’s to come! Stay emPowered, Beck

M. Shannon Hernandez helps her clients establish themselves as the experts they already are. She quit her 15-year career as a teacher making usual low teacher’s pay, and now lives mostly in Costa Rica working 3 days a week while generating $30k per month in revenue from her business. If you want to be a thought leader, build a brand, and a business that you’re proud of based on your knowledge and authenticity — this is an episode you don’t want to miss! Stay emPowered, Beck