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What is Travel?

7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Travel is about being able to relate to the world around you, not just about taking pretty pictures for social media. It is about comprehending life outside of our own and learning from others.

I'm Frances, a university student who has visited, resided, and pursued her education abroad. I wanted to share my experiences with you in the hopes that you would discover how similar our travel and life experiences are, no matter where we were raised.

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Episodes

Episode 6. Life On A Sailboat

December 31, 2022 09:08 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

Vickie Leuenberger, an inspiration to myself, originally from Canada, resides aboard a sailboat! You read that right—she and her partner packed up and shipped out to travel, and currently lives in the Caribbean. Vickie not only resides aboard her sailboat but also operates her business from it. She is a networking host for @hourleague, she's a mindset coach with an amazing friend @xennialtraveler (Lori), and she's all about supporting and sharing with women strategies on how to create and bu...

Episode 5. How travel can help you mentally and physically

November 06, 2022 11:33 - 19 minutes - 6.8 MB

Episode 5! Uncle Henry Gaskins, an expert at CRUSHING your physical and mental health, joins us from North Carolina in the United States. His podcast is called "C.R.U.S.H Your Mountain," and he is a fantastic resource for learning how to improve your physical well-being. Uncle Henry, who is also a pastor, serves the Lord by encouraging people to take care of their health as well as by preaching the gospel.  He shares his experiences of struggling for years with chronic joint pain, fatigue,...

Episode 3. Living in the UAE (Shifting from Western culture to Eastern culture)

July 23, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

We're back with episode 4!  Today we are joined by our amazing friend Malak Rose, who is of Cook Islander & Māori decent but is currently living Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates). Malak has been here almost 10 years on and off, she is also a makeup artist by profession, click her link below and follow QUEENS ALLEY BEAUTY SCHOOL 👑 (@queensalleybeauty.school) • Instagram photos and videos Malak shares her experience of shifting from Western to Eastern culture, she shares her memories ab...

Episode 4. Shifting from Western culture to Eastern culture

July 23, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

We're back with episode 4!  Today we are joined by our amazing friend Malak Rose, who is of Cook Islander & Māori decent but is currently living Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates). Malak has been here almost 10 years on and off, she is also a makeup artist by profession, click her link below and follow QUEENS ALLEY BEAUTY SCHOOL 👑 (@queensalleybeauty.school) • Instagram photos and videos Malak shares her experience of shifting from Western to Eastern culture, she shares her memories ab...

Episode 3. From the Lebanese Perspective

July 10, 2022 02:00 - 19 minutes - 6.59 MB

Episode 3. Today we are here joined Tarek Mrad, host of Heston West Big Local Podcast in the England. Tarek discusses his cultural experiences as a Lebanese person and how he manages to live independently in a society where having a physical disability can make daily living challenging or unwelcome. Being disabled in a Third World country is extremely difficult because there is no financial assistance from the government and little help for those with physical disabilities. When Tarek was y...

Episode 2. Fears of Travelling

September 26, 2021 07:37 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MB

Just like life, we have something we fear, and travelling can be one of those fears, and that's okay! We are all human, but we need to challenge our fears, whether it's going to another country because you've never been outside of your own country, or it could be travelling for the first time in your life, because you've never been on a plane, or fear of travelling to another part of the world that doesn't speak the same language as you. Fear can come in many different shapes and forms, but...

Episode 1. What is travel?

September 26, 2021 07:33 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MB

Is travel really about sitting on the beach and drinking a martini? Or taking a picture and uploading it onto social media? You tell me what you think it means, for me, personally, it means being able to understand people from different societies, how they think, how they feel, how they see the world around them. Remember no one perfect, and we all have different experiences of life, but we can learn from each other to create a better understanding of our world, and of each other. Travel i...