Soul Wanderer : Mindful Travel for Women of Color

In this episode, I share how you can think about future travel this year with intention, including: • The value of creating a vision board and what's on mine for 2025 • Special occasion trips with a type of trip I enjoy • The impact you have • Reiterating points of conscious travel • Planning a trip around festivities such as Lunar New Year Episodes referenced: 15. Purpose, Entrepreneurship, and T...

In this episode I welcome my first guest, Youmie Jean Francois. Youmie Jean Francois is a transformational speaker, a brand strategist, a money trauma expert, a private pilot, an author, and the proud Founder/CEO of Flex-N-Fly, The Flex Bags, and The Flex-N-Fly Foundation. Throughout her career, she's dedicated herself to enhancing the well-being of travelers and helping small business owners scal...

In this episode, I share recent life updates including travel, what's to come for my business in 2025, and ways you can mindfully plan for your travels in 2025. Including: • Looking into your Astrocartography chart to figure out why you're drawn to a place or what place is best for you • Human Design type and authority to help inform you while you think about where to next Resources: What is Astro...

In this episode, I share some tips and takeaways from my recent visit to Japan : • IC cards will help make transportation easier in Japan. What are they and how do they work? • Experiencing over-tourism in Kyoto and what a local friend hopes for • Visitors to Japan are diverse both in where they're visiting from and age range • What getting off the beaten path means for you Episode referenced: 5....

In this episode, I wanted to share suggestions for how you can plan a future mother-daughter trip based on numerous trips with my mom. I cover these topics: • What to book first and why •The value and importance of space and time to yourself • What to keep in mind for a better and more meaningful travel experience for you both Soul Wanderer is a podcast for mindful women of color who want to trave...

In this episode, I discuss a concern that solo travelers have about spending during solo trips and how you can be mindful of where and how you spend. The topics I cover are: •Using time to your advantage •Aligning spending to your values •An effective way to create change in your finances and the world •Have a dedicated account for travel •Using debit and credit cards •Travel hacking •Accommodatio...

In this episode, I answer an important question: when do you start planning a trip to Japan? I share my work process with past and future clients and more of what it's like to work with me. I share these aspects of planning your trip to Japan: • What to keep in mind when planning • The ideal time frame for planning a trip • How many nights for a trip • Holidays and peak seasons to consider • Fligh...

In this episode, I lay out ways to avoid contributing to overtourism in an area/city/country that is experiencing overtourism. As conscious travelers, we want to be mindful of overtourism and how we can help avoid it, instead of contributing to it. I go into: -When to visit -The importance of working with local experts or guides -Get off the beaten path and out into nature  -How to know where...

In this episode, I share how I became a lifelong traveler, my upbringing, education, visiting grandparents, and what I wanted to become as a child. -How Human Design has helped me -My first flight -The closeness I had to my Japanese grandparents, particularly my grandfather -Growing up bilingual Episodes referenced: Episode 7 Choose Quality Over Quantity Episode 2 How Women Impact The Travel Indus...

In this episode, I share why I recommend choosing quality over quality when traveling. -How to choose quality over quantity -What questions to ask yourself -Environmental benefits -How this has guided me in other areas of my life -Cultural contrast around friendship -Heritage travel Episodes and resources referenced Episode 1 What Does Conscious Travel Mean? Episode 6 The Trip That Changed The Way...

In this episode, I share about a birthday trip with friends that began the shift of how I travel. -A 30th birthday trip to Mexico and Cuba and why we decided on these two places -What went into organizing this trip -How it differed from a previous trip I did with these same friends -Why I moved to Mexico after one visit What I refer to in this episode: Third Places https://www.thegoodtrade.com/fea...

In this episode, I share tips if it's your first time traveling to Japan: Footwear How to behave on public transportation Use of cash and contactless payments Solo dining Why I recommend staying at a ryokan (Japanese Inn) Tipping culture -when and how Knowing the Japanese language Do I need a visa? I also talk about my client's experience working with me on her first time trip to Japan Episode ref...

In this episode, I share why Japan is a great choice for female solo travel- whether it's your first time or you're an experienced solo traveler. I cover: Safety Transportation is efficient and clean  Solo dining is common  Tipping isn't customary  With a weaker yen, this means that foreign currencies like the US dollar, Euro, and the British pound are strong and it makes traveling...

In this episode, I share some reasons to travel solo and what that can bring for you. I also reflect on my solo travels. What to do if you've never traveled solo before to get comfortable with a solo trip This report found that Americans are especially vacation-deprived Why you're the one to define solo travel  A solo trip in college that almost escaped my memory  How your mindset and at...

This episode gives context to the travel industry and the impact of women in it.  I also share more of my travel experience and having a mom who worked in hospitality.  The economic power women have in travel  Women working in the travel industry Solo travel statistics about women including the biggest reason for solo female travel and the biggest concern What's changing in the indu...

If you're a female traveler, especially a woman of color, who wants to travel with more intention this is the show for you! In this first episode, I break down what conscious travel is so that you can understand what it is, who it's for, and why it's important.  This biweekly show is for the women who don't see themselves represented in the travel podcast space. This is also for wom...