Freedom Now! Travel

" Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. ” ― Ibn Battuta. This episode is the last of Season's 2 "Stories of the Seas".  Episode 24 is "Exploring by the Seas - Solo Journeys". I bump into two fascinating people, Bryant Lee (@Bryantlck88 on Instagram) and Shgys (@Sarsenbay.s on Instagram) while on my 17 day journey around the Mediterranean from Venice to Athe...

In Season 2 "Stories by the Seas," this week we talk with someone who makes his living by the sea. In this episode 23, "Working by the Seas", Anthony Sulchia, a photographer in Venice, shares with us just a little bit about the joys and some challenges in working by the sea in Venice.  I met Anthony while in Venice and got a chance to enjoy a fantastic gondola ride through the city because of...

In keeping with our Season 2 theme "Stories of the Seas", we have episode #22 " Spilling the Tea abou t Living on the Seas "! Ever wanted to know what it's like to work on a cruise? We get the inside scoop from Chantelle, a cruise Excursion Manager, Pablo (Manager for booking your next cruise), and Phyo and Alex, both bartenders and baristas! Sail away with us to discover all the hidden gems of wo...

Season 2 "Stories of the Seas" starts now: first episode is about couples cruising.  On this 17 day journey on Viking Cruiselines, your host, Antonio Goodwin, travels from Venice to Athens to Istanbul and stopping at ports in between.  During this trip, he meets a variety of couples. This episode talks with Neal and Lisa and Tom and Karen. These two couples were traveling together, with several mo...

It's been an amazing journey all over the world with the guests we chatted with for Season 1.  We've hiked all over North Carolina's state parks to RVed across the USA 4 times, even hitchhiked in Ireland for 6 months.  We had family trips -- it seems quite a few trips to Italy -- and adventures in serendipity.  We've chatted about serendipity superpowers -- who do you tend to meet o...

Do you know anyone who struggles with "relaxing?"  I often wonder what people have in mind when they say, "Relax."  It can be euphemism for "Calm down," or "take the load off."  Often, my family and friends think I should relax because they think I'm always working.  They may be right. My life, however, is designed with breaks and trips and fun work. So, my life is a vacation.....

College can be a great time of exploration. Expressing and experiencing freedom and passion during that time is perfect!  In this episode, we hear inspiring travel stories from 7 college students who share their adventures, formative experiences with travel, and the impact traveling has had on their lives.  Thanks to Riccardo Frisiani (Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy), Pearce Quinn (UNC...

What does it feel like to be a magnet for amazing people showing up in your life? What does that mean about you? In this episode, we hear just that.  Darren Reed shares with us the people he met and how they continue to impact his life.   Darren Reed loves to travel, is a trilingual interpreter (Spanish, American Sign Language, English) and stellar presenter and trainer. He provides...

In this episode, Darren Reed, cultural specialist, polyglot, interpreter and traveler, among other things, shares with us his transformative experience living in Honduras for 4 1/2 years.  Things he had taken for granted and what he thought was important get examined and redefined because of his experience.  We hear how life long relationships and the impact they have in and on his life...

In this bonus episode with Andria Alefhi, we hear about Mooney, her dog, and his "leader of the pack" debut at a Naples, Florida beach dog park. How his expression of freedom and passion showed up and caused everyone else to enjoy the same!  We also touch on solo travel and how Andria wants it to impact her everyday life. Antonio Goodwin, Host and producer Jonathan Murphy, Student intern, Uni...

Have you ever wanted to get out into those wide open spaces, see the country's amber waves of grain? Maybe you just wanted to touch all the continental states at least once while driving.  In this his week's episode we talk about RVing as a way of expressing and experiencing freedom and passion through travel. Andria Alefhi highlights some of her RV experiences, and we get a special treat abo...

It's not enough to stay in just one country, Jen not only takes road trips in a country, she hops over to other countries and extends her stays to take full advantage of expressing and experiencing passion and freedom through travel!  In this bonus episode we finish our conversation about our trip on El Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Portuguese. Jen also shares how she winds up in South...

Sometimes you want to go where you're just a 5 minutes walk to the beach, or even just beach front. Period.  Jen Olson is the guest on this week's episode and she share's with us her love for the water, and how she creates a life she loves: she simply does it.  We also share what we both got out our travels together - especially how differently we travel. And yet, it still works.  I...

This episode we hear about Janet and Jada's serendipity superpower: who usually shows up around them in their chance meetings!  We also get some valuable nuggets on how experiencing and expressing freedom and passion through travel has amazing mental health benefits! Antonio Goodwin, Host Janet Young and Jada Young (Mother - Daughter travelling duo) guests Jonathan Murphy, editor - intern fro...

O Sole Mio!  That's what you'll be singing after listening to Janet and Jada young's Mother/Daughter duo travel stories.  They know how to create experiences of freedom and expressed passions through travel!  In this episode we hear about Jada's birthday celebration in Italy.  Cordoned off plazas, emptied restaurants just for her to practice and delight in culinary treats (both...

Our guest Adrienne Streater from episode 8 ramps it up even more, as if that's possible.  Adrienne shares what she's doing so that generations to come will know freedom through travel in her family.  Let freedom ring beyond geographical constraints and live. Check it out! Host: Antonio Goodwin Editor: Jonathan Murphy, Intern, UNC Chapel Hill 

In this week's episode, we explore how to live out loud! We talk about what it means to be authentic and true to yourself, and how that can lead to a more fulfilling life.  We also hear the importance of following your passions, and how doing so can lead to a life of freedom and adventure not just for you, but for your spouse and your kids, too.   This week's guest is Adrienne Streater....

Whenever we think of traveling, the first thing that comes to our minds is escaping from our busy lives and exploring new places, but what about the people you're traveling with? Traveling with loved ones can be an effective way to strengthen relationships with those that you care about. In this week’s episode, you’ll hear from our guest Tamara Henderson who shares the way in which she cultivates...

"Traveling just opens up the universe."  Ocea Meddling states this as we wrap up the episode where she and husband John Meddling talk about serendipitous meetings with people who's lives are inevitably altered for the better because of this chance meeting. I share how strangers tend to open up their homes and invite me to stay with them.  I guess that's some hidden superpower that I didn...

Martin Miguel has been running since 2008.  It wasn't his passion for running that got him started:  it was a hater. A co-worker dubbed him "lazy" for not wanting to walk up the office stairs to the 3rd floor, and Martin wanted to show her how wrong she was.  The opportunity showed up in a flyer being passed out about marathon training and raising funds for AIDS Project LA through r...

I take a walk down memory lane with my nephews Christopher and Jonathan about the 4-country European trip I took them on the summer of 2017, just before they started back to school.  It's an easy going conversation that shows the passion and freedom expressed and experienced on the trip as a family and during this recording while we reminisced. We visited Madrid, Berlin, Rome, and Paris. Chri...

Have you ever met a couple who just seemed to fit?  They have synergy, connectivity, and passion.  Meet exhibit A couple - John and Ocea Meddling. In this episode we hear how John and Ocea express and experience passion and freedom for one another through travel adventures. John is a physical therapist with a small practice in the Atlanta, Georgia area.  Ocea is the City of Tampa's...

Listen to stories about how Catrina Murphy expresses and experiences passion and freedom through hiking travel! As a bonus, listen to her story about her 24 hour turnaround trip to Rome, Italy. Catrina is a mom of two college-aged boys.  For the past twenty years, while raising her two sons, she obtained her PhD in higher education administration from the University of Virginia and co-founded a no...

What is this thing about passionate living?  Can you stay home and feel enlivened, energized, alive?  Regular life versus a life of freedom - are they mutually exclusive?  In this episode I share stories about travel and share how I've experienced living a passionate life through travel.  These stories are just intros to what an impassioned life causing the expression of freedo...