IBIs Digital Nomad Stories

Guest: Jennifer Chuu Career: Comic Artist and Writer Based: Nomadic Instagram: @moonsia_art Webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-witch-and-the-bull/list?title_no=1892 --- Jennifer's Current Work Jennifer is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for the physical book version of her comic "The Witch and the Bull." The campaign ends in 14 days and features both Volume 1 and 2 of the se...

Guest: Kristen Womble Career: Writing Coach, Editor, Publishing Consultant Based: ½ Year in DC and ½ year Nomadic Instagram: @kristenwomble_wanderer and @chapterkew Website: https://passkeypublishing.com Episode Description Kristen Womble spent years living divided. There was travel Kristen and there was home Kristen, and they didn't talk to each other. She'd studied abroad in France at twenty, an...

Guest: Yelena McElwain Career: Retired Data Analyst Based: Nomadic Instagram: @meditationcompass Website: www.meditation-compass.com   Episode Description Yelena McElwain discovered FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) at 25 when she read Tim Ferriss's "The Four Hour Workweek." But she didn't want to start a business like Ferriss did. Instead, she kept working as a data analyst, saved...

Guest: Andreea Rusu Career: Marketing Manager Based: Nomadic Instagram: andreea.rrusu   Episode Description Andreea Rusu was sad and depressed in her Bucharest flat in June 2021, post-COVID, with no money to travel. So she bought a one-way ticket to Spain, spent half a year researching on YouTube and Google, and discovered the World Packers platform. She applied to 40 volunteer opportunities,...

Guest: Ab Khurana Career: Sales Executive Based: Nomadic Instagram: @ab.photolab LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abkhurana/ Episode Description Ab Khurana treats his entire life as a series of experiments, including the experiment of having a normal life. Two years ago, the timing was right to settle, so he signed a lease in San Diego, built a routine, joined sports leagues, dated normally—all the stand...

Guest: Elle Ota Career: Program Officer, Human Rights Foundation Based: Nomadic Episode Description Elle Ota spent her summers underwater, diving to fourth-to-sixth-century Roman shipwrecks off the coast of Sicily. She studied classics and ancient Greek, worked as an underwater archaeologist, and seemed destined for a PhD analysing ceramics under microscopes. Her professors pushed her toward acade...

Guest: Miranda Miller Career:  Writer, Editor, Marketer Based:  Nomadic Instagram:  @themidlifenomads LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mirandamillerwrites/ Personal Website:  miranda-miller.com Midlife Nomads Website: Midlifenomads.com Newsletter:  midlifenomads.com/subscribe Episode Description Miranda Miller didn't wait for the remote work revolution. She was already there. Sin...

Guest: Jocelyn Macurdy Keatts Career: Political Communications Specialist Based: Nomadic Instagram: @jocelynmacurdykeatts  Episode Description Jocelyn Macurdy Keatts spent ten years trying to save the world from inside Washington, DC. She worked as a political consultant, produced events for politicians, reported on protests, and built a career in progressive activism. But the system swallowe...

Guest: Kayleigh Franks Career: Head of Digital Marketing Based: Nomadic Instagram: @kayleighrf Episode Description Kayleigh Franks didn't stumble into digital nomadism. She hunted it down. In 2016, she flew to Chiang Mai and spent three months interviewing 24 digital nomads for 90 minutes each, studying them for her bachelor's thesis. Then she made it her life's mission to become on...

Guest:  Dave Neale Career: Game Designer and Writer Based:  Home in Cambridge but also Nomadic Website: www.dneale.com Instagram:  @davenealewriter Episode Description Dave Neale did the sensible thing. He studied English literature at university, got a PhD in psychology from Cambridge, became a Cambridge professor, and built a proper academic career. Then one evening, he rewro...

Sarah Cols: The Dream Catalyst Guest: Sarah Cols Career: Experience Designer & Dream Catalyst | La Casita de la Magia Creator Based: Nomadic (Co-living spaces across Europe) Project: La Casita de la Magia www.lacasitadelamagia.com Instagram: @lacasita.delamagia Episode Description Sarah Cols spent six years as a career counselor in Brussels asking unemployed people about their dreams—ques...

Katia Dimova: The Catalyst Guest Katia Dimova Co-living Founder | Remote Work Pioneer Based: Normandy, France (Chateau Co-living) Website: https://chateaucoliving.com/ Instagram: @chateaucoliving Episode Description Katia Dimova pioneered remote work years before COVID made it mainstream, managing a distributed team across Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria with nothing but Facebook Messenger. She never...

Yello Balolia: The Optimist Guest: Yello Balolia Publishing Company Director | Co-living Founder Based: Cornwall, UK  Website:  froomies.org Instagram: @froomiescoliving Episode Description Yello Balolia started a publishing company 15 years ago with zero business experience, zero publishing knowledge, and zero qualifications. His strategy? "How hard could it be?" Today, he's published 1...

Mathilde Andersen: The Virtual HR Consultant Guest: Mathilde Andersen Virtual HR Consultant | Freelance Human Resources Expert Based: Worldwide (Currently Paraguay) Website:  mathildeandersen.com LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/mathilde-andersen-virtualhr Services: Virtual HR consulting for Swiss companies Episode Description Mathilde Andersen left Switzerland with no clients, no business pla...

Jeanne Fontaniere: The Slow-mad Guest: Jeanne Fontaniere Digital Nomad | Co-Living Host | Former Events Manager Based: Normandy, France (3 months on) | Worldwide (3 months off) Role: Community Leader at co-living château Instagram: @colivingforaliving LinkedIn: Jeanne-Elise-Fontaniere Episode Description Jeanne Fontaniere didn't plan to become a digital nomad. She was just bored during Paris's sec...

Tracy Bellevue: The Hustler   Guest:  Tracy Bellevue Digital Nomad | Marketing Consultant | Writer Based: Worldwide (Travelling through Europe) Instagram: @bellevueabroad Substack: substack.com/@bellevueabroad Episode Description Tracy Bellevue quit both jobs, broke her lease, sold her car for cash, and left America with nothing but savings and a book she needed to write. No clients. No...

Edouard Renard - The Maverick Guest: Edouard Renard Online Robotics Educator | Former Robotics Startup Co-Founder Based: Nomadic (Currently planning co-living space) Teaching Platform: Udemy Website: www.auluscoliving.com Episode Description Edouard Renard walked away from a thriving robotics startup just before they were set to raise outside investment. Today, he teaches robotics online to studen...