Coloring My Way Across The Globe

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren What better day to launch season two of Coloring My Way Across The Globe than on INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY—Monday, September 30, 2024? We begin this second podcast season with my new colleague and friend, Devaki Das, the founder of Weave A Thousand Journeys (WATJ), a travel company specializing i...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren This week I have the privilege and joy to talk shop with fellow architectural color consultant Lisa Jenkins. Lisa is a world renowned, certified architectural color specialist who has worked on projects both internationally—many areas in the Middle East—and domestically.  Lisa has worked in all a...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Today’s guest is Danny Goldman, professional clarinetist and world traveler.  In this episode we cover Danny’s travels and entrepreneurial life as a professional clarinetist, his most recent performances in Paris and Dublin, and how he went about developing his unique playing style! Danny picked...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren This week we recap season one, list all of the 28 countries from which we had listenership, and provide a preview of the upcoming season two’s focus. We thank all of our guests from season one and look forward to season two launch in September. https://www.lfbcolor.com/

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Join the colorful conversation in our first ever video podcast. Today I have the privilege of introducing one of the world's most prolific young artists, Clara Woods. Clara's art is vivid, soulful, animated, playful and heavily inspired by Frida Kahlo. I hope that you will watch the epi...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Our esteemed guest, Nicole Schumann-Sizaret, is a teacher and practitioner of the Feldenkrais method, which uses specific movements to open up thought processes and unleash creativity—while promoting wellness on many levels. Nicole’s specialization is expressing our creative skills through consci...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Nestled in a small pocket on the outskirts of Houston and a mere two miles from major highways to its west and east is Tomball, Texas , ladies and gentlemen. With its very own Main Street dotted with boutiques, eateries, antique and resale shops, Tomball is a small slice of idyllic charm and an e...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren A continuation of last week’s interview with Reverend Dennis Flach, this week’s episode covers Rev. Flach’s years spent in church planting, global missions and family travels to many parts of the world. Enjoy, my colorful friends!  https://www.lfbcolor.com/

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Third generation New Orleanian, proud husband, father and grandfather, Rev. Dennis Flach joins us today with some stories and remembrances of his childhood and early adult years in the internationally blended, cultural melting pot that is New Orleans, Louisiana. We journey from there just across...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Learn about the day in the life of an archaeologist, professor and lecturer with today’s guest Bruno Soltic. Bruno takes us on his journey around the world both for personal adventure and archaeological digs. Born and raised in Croatia, he now resides in south Florida and is a proud father of twi...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Back in the mid 90s, I learned Spanish as a second language through a full immersion program in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. Newsflash: it didn’t involve a single textbook. In today’s episode I am discussing the non-traditional learning methods I employ to learn language, and why sitting...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Today’s guest Carmen Sognonvi and I met in a tiny ramen bar in Tokyo, Japan last May as she and her family were wrapping up their three-week tour of the country. I was there as many of you know on my own two-week journey with my son. Carmen owns and operates Top Flight Family, a resource for all...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Join us today for some adventure and comedy as we discuss Julie’s first global travel experience to Greece, how we merged our distinct traveling styles, and other aspects of life from real struggles of entrepreneurship to pursuing dreams at any age! Follow all of Julie’s adventures at: www.instag...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Join in on this week’s episode with Dr. Carmen Landrau, my long time friend and fellow entrepreneur!  Carmen is a cardiologist, motivational keynote speaker and executive business coach. A proud native of Puerto Rico and long time Houston resident, Carmen offers cultural and language insights abo...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren As I interviewed this week’s guest Henri Sizaret, it became abundantly clear that he represents everything that this travel and culture podcast is about: that is, telling stories of colorful places, life experiences, travels, and adventures from a multicultural, multilingual perspective. We discu...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren 2023 proved to be the year of the sabbatical for host Lauren Battistini. In this episode she expounds upon what led to the “gap” year and lessons gleaned from the time away. Traveling 12 out of the 52 weeks in 2023, Lauren gained not only rest, but also direly needed family, creative and adventur...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Last fall I registered for a 3k open water swim competition off the island of Spetses, Greece, a 3-hour ferry ride from Athens. This proved to be the most challenging open water swim of my life, and at certain points I considered throwing in the towel! Thankfully I kept going and finished well, m...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Last fall I registered for a 3k open water swim competition off the island of Spetses, Greece, a 3-hour ferry ride from Athens. There for a week, I stayed at the idyllic, cozy, traditional guesthouse of 7 Islands. Family owned and operated since 1987, this guesthouse delivers what it promises to...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren In today’s episode I visit with Marina Tsekoura in her quaint writing studio in a lovely Athens suburb. We are here to discuss places off the beaten path in and around Athens, as well as equally enchanting parts of mainland Greece. Hear also about Marina’s international travel, language learning...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren In May of 2023, my son Christian Battistini and I set off on our first ever international adventure together. We chose Japan as the destination and spent two magical, action-packed, fully immersive weeks in this culturally rich land steeped in so much beauty and tradition. In today’s episode we s...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Today’s guest has been exploring Japan and gathering insights since 2000 to bring us an exhaustive resource library for planning our own Japanese adventures! When my son and I planned our 2023 Japan trip, we employed the services of Rob with much success. Our two weeks in Japan were colorful, adv...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren What do the terms “digital nomad” and “location independent” call to mind when you hear them? For many, this is just a dream, but for today’s  guest Danielle Hu , this became her reality once she chose to walk away from a big corporate job on Wall Street.  Join us for an engaging, colorful discus...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Who better to be my first podcast guest than the world’s most prolific color expert and forecaster, Leatrice “Lee” Eiseman? Lee is my teacher, mentor and a dear friend. Recorded from Lee’s studio in Tucson, Arizona, we discuss “color across the globe” as art form, science, business and a multi-bi...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren Welcome to the podcast, friends. Today I sit down in my color and art studio to introduce you to my latest creative pursuit, Coloring My Way Across The Globe. What began as a casual hashtag on social media has evolved into both a podcast and a newly launched art career. This episode articulates m...

What did you think of the episode? Have comments. Text us here! We’d love to hear from you. XO, Lauren On a layover in Amsterdam, Holland, I met late one night with my long-time Instagram friend and favorite artist, Wendy Buiter. Woman to woman, we covered almost every topic under the sun, from single motherhood to the demands of running a globally focused business, to the almost radical confidenc...