Meet Sam Walker, host of the fabulous Sam Walker's Desert Diaries podcast, which she started to document her move from Manchester, UK to Phoenix, Arizona. Sam is a master storyteller, an award-winning radio and TV broadcaster, a multiple podcast producer and presenter, a writer with a book being published next year and a woman who's encountered coyotes, snakes and scorpions in the desert. Since we recorded this she won three (yes three) awards at the British Podcast awards!

We talk about:

• Why Sam decided to up sticks and move from Manchester to the desert
• How she pushed through the fear both before making the move and after, given all the issues she has faced
• Having support when making a big life change
• Trusting the universe when there are signs along the way
• The importance of trying to live our dreams no matter how big or small those might be
• The difficulties and highlights of her life in Arizona
• The many quirky things about adapting to US life
• Trying to function in the US without a credit history
• The delights of the US medical system
• The beauty and history of US landscapes
• Whatever brings you joy is what is right for you
• The importance of following your dreams whatever they are
• Getting rid of the word should
• How Sam stays upbeat despite the many setbacks she's encountered
• How it's been coping with Covid as a Brit in the US
• Coping with being away from sick loved ones
• Coming to terms with gun culture
• Realising her white privilege when things got really tough
• Being grateful the basics
• What Sam has learnt by making this huge change in her life

And lots more!

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