In this episode, one of my Couchsurfers, Reda, and I discuss his few months volunteering at the Polish border.

Intro 1:57

2:20 Volunteering at the Polish border

3:49 Reserving a full hostel… but that still wasn’t close to enough

5:15 Harsh weather conditions

7:10 A typical day there

8:07 How to stay strong in order to help someone else

9:45 God’s mission

11:55 The real definition of appreciation

14:00 The biggest thing(s) that affected Reda at the border

16:40 Mental health after the volunteering

19:10 Why he eventually left the border

21:05 Self discovery, and how the media works

24:05 What can YOU do to help, now?

27:40 The benefits of volunteering

28: Final thoughts/advice

31:00 How everything, for humans, becomes “normal” after a while

32:33 How to remind yourself of what’s normal or not

34:28 Help as YOU can

35:00 Final thoughts/closing

Be sure to check him out at www.instagram.com/reda.traveller

and stay tuned for more episodes!

Intro 

1:37 Halid intro

6:37 Halid’s story

12:45 Entering recovery

14:33 The key: acceptance

16:45 Processing fears

19:08 Lightbulb moments

20:00 “I thought I was the center of the universe”

22:21 Art as the ultimate therapy - “it should have no boundaries”

27:59 Every story (piece of art) has a different message

32:00 If you’re lost too… (tips)

33:30 Closing

33:45 Huge personal revelations… another (painful) breakthrough

Discover’s Halid artwork (Surrealism and cubism):

IG: @halid_underscore

www.halidartworld.com

In this very special episode, I interview my first ever Couchsurfer (meaning the first person I've hosted) who also quit everything to travel.. the only difference is that he's doing it by motorbike and started his journey with a 30h boat ride from Cyprus to Athens! 

Timestamps:

Intro

4:33 Costas - growing up in Cyprus/Scotland/Leeds

7:34 The rat race… “this is not for you” vs the crisis

10:40 The big breakdown

14:11 That decision to.. CHANGE.

18:19 You can’t know unless you take that leap of faith

22:00 Everyone has their own shit/feeling of not being a burden

27:15 “Do you actually listen to your body”?

35:50 Social media during travels

41:11 “Who does 30h on a boat”?!

44:00 You don’t need a lot of money to travel

48:35 It’s never too late (age wise) to quit everything and travel

54:32 Have faith & get out of your comfort zone

56:45 Upcoming goal/objective for the trip

1:03:02 Closing questions

In this fifth episode, Brock and I discuss how daily non-negotiable habits will change your life. You want results? You got to work for it, and daily habits are the blueprint that will take you from Idea --> Results.

Timestamps

Intro

2:03 Wes Watson as one of our role models

2:30 Brock & Wes

3:13 Quitting drinking through non negotiable habits motivation

4:35 How to find the balance with these habits

5:45 In hard times, do you push through the habits, or adapt?

6:53 Non negotiable habits to grow or a coping mechanism to life?

8:05 Brock’s non negotiable habits (2 years + streak)

11:05 How can YOU start implementing daily non negotiable habits?

14:03 Habit stacking

15:13 Hesitation about getting back to non negotiable habits

17:27 Daily habits as a guide to life

19:55 Doing daily habits WILL get you what you want - no doubt

23:53 NOT adapting habits to FEELINGS (but on how you want to feel AFTER the habit)

25:20 You can only reap benefits from daily habits.. if you balance them out well. JK DISCIPLINE = FREEDOM

Closing

29:08 Best/Worst advice Brock ever got

Book mentioned: Atomic Habits - James Clear

Welcome back! 

In this shorter episode my guest Mina, owner of MyFrenchPA/entrepreneur/single mother/friend/woman/child of God, and I embark on a totally impromptu discussion on... time, and living in the present moment.

Do you agree with her 3 tips on how to live in the present? Have you ever applied any of those methods? Are you mindf*cked as well now after listening and need to Google "time" like I did?

Join Chancy, my Couchsurfing host in Stuttgart, and I, as we discuss our CS experiences. We touch upon quite a few topics and some can be triggering - please check the timestamps before listening/watching.

Timestamps:

2:52 Intro Chancy

4:10 Intro CS experiences

5:45 What is a “sketchy profile”

8:26 The importance of references

9:05 Inviting to stay from the host (vs. requesting to be hosted from the surfer)

11:22 Give people the benefit of the doubt (or expect the worse and let them build up trust)

12:48 Red flags to look out for

14:15 Couchsurfing (Chancy’s bad experience) at a nudist’s home (TRIGGER WARNING-sexual misconduct/privacy violation)

24:07 Victim blaming vs taking responsibility

26:42 Hindsight bias vs “that hunch”

27:58 “Shared room” experience (C) (TRIGGER WARNING-sexual misconduct/privacy violation)

30:17 Sneaking out of my host’s in Mexico to.. catch an STD (TRIGGER WARNING- drugs and sex)

40:56 Does everyone have stories like C?

44:13 Why I still surf at men’s places despite bad experiences

46:15 Tips for the LGBTQI+ CS community

49:40 Message to (future) hosts

51:20 Closing thoughts & final tips

Welcome back to my podcast, so far named "Ambr Talks".

In this second episode, my guest and I talk about fitness and recovery.

DISCLAIMER: "Going into too much details without context is a recipe for misunderstanding" - J. Which means... listen to the whole podcast in its entirety - don't take things/clips out of context.

I'm not going to put timestamps for this one (read the disclaimer again), but we have covered:

- Intro

- The beginnings of M's addiction

- Sports as a kid

- Mini "war story" (drunk story)

- Early days in recovery

- Battle with food

- Solution/ways to deal with these issues

- Obsessive thoughts

- Being "attractive" vs humility

- "God"'s will vs not taking responsibility

- Ending questions

Thanks for watching/listening, and keep watching this space!

Welcome to my first ever podcast; it's raw, it's basic, it's very minimally edited... it's REAL.

Thanks for listening, and watch this space!