Being A Lot - Digital Nomad Life and Mental Health

Elizabeth created online friendships that saved her mental health as a digital nomad, long before she ever met them in person. That's what pushed her to build an online community for young female founders. I sat down at a café in Da Nang with Elizabeth to talk about online community, friends online and friends in real life. We talk about: why online friends can be just as real as the ones you...

In this episode I sit down with Jason Nelson, author of A Balm for Your Soul: The 6 Seeds of Happiness, at one of my favorite cafes here in Da Nang, to talk about finding happiness as a digital nomad and why being kind to yourself is the foundation everything else is built on. We talk about: finding happiness as a digital nomad the six seeds of happiness from Jason Nelson's book self compassio...

Avoiding burnout as a digital nomad and freelancer starts with setting boundaries with your clients. In this episode I sit down with my friend Camilla, a Finnish video editor and digital nomad based in Da Nang. We talk about starting a business when you don’t know what you want to do and why setting boundaries from the beginning as a new business owner is important. We talk about: how to avoid bur...

Digital nomad mental health looks different for everyone. For Kesha, leaving corporate life ands starting Digital Nomad life changed everything. She decided to start an art account with storytelling and made sure it was going to work. In this episode, we talk honestly about depression, art therapy, living abroad as a digital nomad. We talk about: how depression led to art therapy and leaving the 9...

Starting this podcast about digital nomad life and mental health is one of the scariest things I've ever done. I almost burned out trying to make it perfect, I froze, and I couldn't bring myself to publish for months. But it lies so close to my heart that I had to keep going. So this is a new start. I'm moving out of the polished studio in Chiang Mai and recording Being a Lot from the...

Making friends as a digital nomad turned out to be one of the best surprises of this life. I thought I would be alone. I thought I would need a partner to do this with. I was completely wrong. In this episode I sit down with my best friend Evelina, who I met here in Chiang Mai, to talk about how to make friends as a digital nomad, why it is so much easier than you think, and what to actually do wh...

Moving abroad doesn't fix your mental health, but it doesn't have to hurt it either. It's more complicated than either of those things, and that's exactly what we got into in this conversation. I sat down with Julie Martin, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in working with expats and digital nomads, to talk about what actually happens to your mental health wh...

If you want to be a digital nomad but feel nervous about going alone, this episode is for you. I've done nomad trips both solo and with friends, and the experiences could not be more different. We talk about: Why traveling with a friend as a digital nomad can hold you back from the real experience The clean slate you get when you arrive somewhere and no one knows who you are How going solo forces...

"Alignment" gets thrown around a lot. But what does living in alignment actually mean, and why is it so hard to get there even when you know what you want? I sat down with Willo Sana, transformation business coach and author of Double Down On Your Genius, to dig into the real work behind alignment: limiting beliefs, nervous system regulation, the fear that feels like death but isn't,...

Kirsti is a career break and sabbatical coach who thought she'd be back at her job within a few months. I invited Kirsti on because I had one question: is a sabbatical a gateway to nomad life? I didn't get the answer I expected and the conversation turned into so much more. Instead she became a yoga teacher and a coach for those who want to do a career break or a sabbatical. We talked abou...

I thought digital nomad life would be to travel to loads of new places. I don’t . My day looks a lot like yours, wake up, work out, sit down and work, grab lunch, work some more. The difference is just that I'm doing it in Da Nang och Chiang Mai or some other nomad-friendly place. And honestly it is so much better then I ever could have imagined. But of course it has its cons too. This episode...

Gah, I started a podcast!? Hi, I'm Ebba. I'm a Swedish digital nomad, business owner, and mental health survivor. Sober, single in my 30s, and childfree. An overthinker, a fitness lover, and apparently now a podcast host. This is the podcast where we talk about digital nomad life, mental health, and what it actually looks like to leave the 9 to 5 and build a life on your own terms. Because...

Hi, I'm Ebba and I'm a lot - A digital nomad, mental health survivor and business owner. Maybe you just came out the other side of anxiety, depression or burnout and are asking "now what?" In this podcast we talk about what life looks like when you've been through mental health struggles and feel like there must be more to life than sitting in an office 9 to 5.For me, that me...