Christine Winebrenner Irick, Lotus Sojourns
Soul of Travel: Women's Wisdom and Mindful Travel
Soul of Travel: Women Inspiring Mindful, Purposeful and Impactful Journeys Hosted by Christine Winebrenner Irick, the Soul of Travel podcast explores the transformative power of travel while celebrating women in the industry who are breaking down barriers and inspiring others. Each episode features conversations with passionate travel professionals, thought leaders, and changemakers who share insights on mindful travel practices, meaningful connections, and purposeful journeys. The podcast highlights how travel can support personal growth, cultural understanding, and global sustainability, i...
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Christine Winebrenner Irick, Lotus Sojourns
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Jul 8, 2026
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Episodes
Soulful Summer Reading for 2024 26.06.2024 39:46
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a special summer showcase of authors who wrote some of our favorite books at Soul of Travel. Christine is so happy to share about her past guests’ recent books – as well as some favorites from the last few years! These women continue to show up i...
Disrupting the Travel Industry for Inclusivity and Change with Martinique Lewis 19.06.2024 59:34
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Martinique Lewis. Marty Lewis is an award-winning diversity in travel consultant, President of the Black Travel Alliance, both Travel and Leisure and Travel Pulse’s ''Most influential people in travel.” And d...
Inspiring the Next Generation of Adventurers to Travel Responsibly with Retha Charette 12.06.2024 1:06:31
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Retha Charette. Retha Charette, aka “The Roaming Nanny,” is an adventurer, blogger, and travel nanny based in Vermont, USA. Retha is all about women supporting women and has been from a young age because of her members...
Curating Purposeful Cultural Exchange through the Arts with Geetika Agrawal 05.06.2024 54:25
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Geetika Agrawal. Geetika is a designer, avid traveler and founder of VAWAA: Vacation With An Artist. She discovered her love for learning and travel during her early college days when she spent her summers working with...
Fostering Women’s Leadership in Adventure Travel with Kathy Dragon 29.05.2024 1:07:29
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kathy Dragon. Kathy has over three decades of experience spanning every facet of the travel industry and continues to believe in the power of travel to bring about positive change in the world. Since she began in the t...
Evolving the Outdoor Travel Industry with Sharon Houghton 22.05.2024 1:05:44
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Sharon Houghton. With over 15 years of experience in the media and Outdoor industries, Sharon is a sales and revenue leader who oversees notable brands and leads a robust team of creative, results-oriented, and passion...
Getting Back to Yourself with Amanda Riffee 15.05.2024 1:07:29
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Amanda Riffee. Amanda is an Internationally Certified Executive Coach for Women. She is a thought leader and event speaker with a business degree and 17 years of corporate experience. Amanda is also the host of the Unl...
Paradigm Shifts for Creative Female Leaders through Travel with Dee Gibson 08.05.2024 1:05:32
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a special soulful and unscripted conversation with Dee Gibson. Dee is an award-winning British Sri Lankan designer and hotelier. She built Kalukanda House in 2017 to reconnect with her heritage. Dee has a vision to create space for women to use t...
Live Your Life as an Adventure with Alice Morrison 01.05.2024 57:34
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Alice Morrison. Alice is an author, adventurer, and TV presenter living in the heart of Morocco. For the first 8 years of her life, Alice got to run free in the African Bush, roaming around the foothills of the Mountai...
Dancing Our Way into Connection through Slow Travel with Mickela Mallozzi 24.04.2024 1:06:06
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Mickela Mallozzi. Mickela is the four-time Emmy-winning host of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance that airs on PBS nationwide and on Amazon Prime around the world. A p...
Designing Impactful Travel with Local Experts with Alexis Bowen 17.04.2024 1:06:39
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Alexis Bowen. Alexis Bowen is a respected expert in the travel and tourism industry and co-founder of Elsewhere, a travel marketplace connecting travelers with local experts worldwide. She has been featured by top publ...
Following Your Curiosity into Travel and the Outdoors with Allison Boyle 10.04.2024 1:11:11
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Allison Boyle. Allison Boyle is a backpacking educator and life coach. She is the founder of the outdoor blog She Dreams of Alpine and the creator of the outdoor coaching program, Become a Backpacking Badass, where she...
Take a Shot at Happiness with Maria Baltazzi, Ph.D. 03.04.2024 1:04:51
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Maria Baltazzi. Happiness explorer and travel designer Maria Baltazzi is an Emmy-winning veteran television producer and wellbeing teacher whose extraordinary life has taken her to every corner of the globe. Her remark...
Leading Authentically to Change the Landscape of Travel for Women with Beth Santos 27.03.2024 1:12:20
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Beth Santos. Beth is an award-winning changemaker out to change the landscape of travel for women worldwide. She founded Wanderful as a travel blog aimed to explore the diverse and shared experiences of women travelin...
Immersive Global Travel and Business-Building for Humanity with Kirsten Gardner 20.03.2024 1:21:14
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kirsten Gardner. Passionate about the people, landscapes, and cultures of the Americas and Asia, Kirsten is the Co-Founder of Outlier Journeys, a small tour operator offering thoughtfully crafted private adventures for...
The Calling to Redefine Ourselves on the Camino de Santiago with Alysa Golden 13.03.2024 1:06:44
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with community facilitator and creator of WOACA the Camino, Alysa Golden. Alysa loves empowering women to reach their potential through psychotherapy, coaching, and community development. She has recently added “pilgrim” to...
Forging a New Path in Business Leadership and Adventure Travel with Kelly Kimple 06.03.2024 1:01:01
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kelly Kimple. Kelly assumed the reigns of Adventures in Good Company in 2020, successfully leading the company through the industry’s biggest crisis and returning it to pre-pandemic levels. Her vision is to build a bus...
Honoring Local Changemakers and Community in Tourism with Jessica Brooks 28.02.2024 1:11:17
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Jessica Brooks. As an experienced international tour leader, Jessica’s journey led her to Mongolia, where she has been based since 2006. In 2010, she co-founded Eternal Landscapes with a local partner, challenging trad...
Discovering the Magic of Life through a Traveler’s Mindset with Kat Medina 21.02.2024 1:09:42
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kat Medina. Writer, world traveler, and public speaker, Kat Medina is the author of The Joys of Jet Lag: How to Use a Traveler’s Mindset to Not Be an A-Hole in Daily Life. She’s traveled to more than 35 countries and l...
Soul of Travel Behind The Scenes Love-isode with Carly Oduardo 14.02.2024 1:18:34
Send us Fan Mail In this very special episode of Soul of Travel, we take a look behind the scenes for a soulful conversation between podcast creator and host Christine and guest Carly Oduardo, who is SOT’s podcast producer and content magician. Christine and Carly discuss: · How Carly and Christine met and formed a lifelong friendship · Behind-the-scenes details of the podcast · Celebrate our mile...
Values-Driven Social Impact and the Gift of Partnership with Megan Ryder-Burbidge & Linsey Sherman-Zekulin 07.02.2024 1:15:31
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Megan Ryder-Burbidge & Linsey Sherman-Zekulin. Sororal was co-founded by women's rights advocates Megan Ryder-Burbidge & Linsey Sherman-Zekulin to prioritize safety education and economic security for wome...
The Impact of Social Enterprise in Tourism with Jayni Gudka 31.01.2024 1:02:41
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Jayni Gudka, Founder and CEO of Sama Sama International and Unseen Tours. Jayni is a social entrepreneur with the vision of making the tourism industry more inclusive of marginalized communities and their stories. She...
Van Life and Creating New Possibilities through Travel with Morgan Brosnihan 24.01.2024 1:23:08
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Dr. Morgan Brosnihan. Dr. Morgan Brosnihan is a physical therapist, thru-hiker, and van dweller dedicated to combining her passions to bring quality injury care to long-distance hikers. She has a sidekick with four leg...
Sharing Meaningful Stories through Sustainable Travel with Samantha Smits 17.01.2024 1:14:34
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Samantha Smits. Samantha is a Sustainable Tourism Consultant with a passion for travel and a commitment to making a positive impact. She has dedicated her entrepreneurial journey to helping tour operators and travel ag...
Call You When I Land with Nikki Vargas 10.01.2024 1:12:06
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original , Christine hosts a soulful conversation with bestselling travel author Nikki Vargas. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Nikki Vargas is the author of the newly-released bestselling CALL YOU WHEN I LAND (HarperCollins 2023), named one of the best women's memoi...
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