Chronicles Abroad

Tyler & Chantal Patton are growing up without borders with their three daughters Julia, Angelique & Chloe have traveled to 98 countries since 2003.

They have watched their children flourish as international travelers for the last four years. They figured, instead of learning about history in history books their children can physically be there to experience it. They've watched their daughters ability to connect easily with people from various cultural backgrounds.

The Patton family has stepped out on faith. They have been homeschooling their children and living a dream lifestyle. Find out what they do for work and what their older daughter Julia thinks about traveling the world.

In this episode, you'll be inspired by the following:

1. There's never going to be "a right" time. Don't wait and eliminate the what-ifs. 2. Even if it doesn't make sense, just take the first step. 3. For some reason things always work out, they just do.

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Growing Up Without Borders

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What is the tomato story? Well, first, do you have a scarcity or an abundance mindset? How do you know the difference?

The scarcity mindset believes, "There will never be enough." Whereas, the abundance mindset believes, "There will always be more." The idea that there isn't enough isn't true. It's a story that you told yourself that keeps you in either scarcity or abundance mindset.

Exploring which mindset you are is important because what you think holds power in your mind, which translate to your words and in the end your behaviors. These mindsets will dictate the life you would like to live.

Most of the time these ideas come from old stories that you've learned growing up as a child. You've continued the narrative but in your own way.

In this episode, she shares how tomatoes can show us enough is enough.

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Nikki is a conscious traveler who is spreading wellness from around the world. She hopes to shed light on the idea that we are very much the same than we are different.

She believes it's important to travel to countries with intention. We break down what it means to travel well and how to include wellness into your travels. It's not just about eating healthy foods.

Wellness is how you move through the world. Everything you do has a purpose. The brands are thinking for you when you're not a conscious traveler. Nikki shares the three foundational pillars of living a "well" life.

Nikki sold her house and committed to traveling the world for a year. Tune in to find out which country had the most profound effect on her.

In this episode, you'll be inspired by the following:

1. Rather than going to job go to joy. 2. Conscious traveling gives back to the locals. 3. Wellness is about the whole you and not pieces of it.

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Instagram @Nikki_Travels_Well

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It's been a whole year since Chronicles Abroad launched the Monday Message. It was an idea that Frantzces sat on for a few months, but with the encouragement of her co-host Nubia, she launched the Monday Message.

The messages shared over the year were things Frantzces either personally experienced, things that she was currently dealing with or conversations she had with people.

It's clear that everyone isn't that different from each other. No matter where everyone is along their journey, there are still struggles and things that have to be overcome so everyone can live a life they love.

In this episode, she shares the three goals of the Monday Message. And how absorbing information like this will help you as you continue to make positive changes in your life.

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Kenya says travel has been very introspective for her. She isn't new to living and traveling abroad.

Kenya has been to 30 countries thus far. She first moved abroad to teach ESL in South Korea in 2013. Then she taught in Saudi Arabia.

The teaching job in Saudi Arabia went sour after a teaching agency pulled the rug underneath her. But she tried to make a difficult situation into a more positive one.

Now Kenya, is 100% remote, working as a content writer and an online ESL teacher while living in Colombia. She says there's a lot of isolation with traveling solo.

She's learned about herself, friends, and how to be in groups. Travel has helped her to develop a thicker skin. She's learned to be okay with herself and by herself. "Solo travel is hella introspective." She says.

In this episode you'll be inspired by the following:

1. Even when things don't go your way and you don't get what you want, just go with it. 2. Make a plan and just try it out. 3. You always have options.

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Instagram @MzWanderWoman YouTube: The Metamorphosis Channel

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This is a mid-year check-in. Can you believe that we're half way through the year? Where are you along your journey?

Some of you had set out to achieve certain goals for the year and some of you may have achieved those goals. But for some of you, who are still having a hard time figuring things out, it's not too late. Each day is a new day to start again anew. Start where you are, no matter what. A mid-year check-in is a great way to reflect on where you've been and where you're going.

Frantzces provides a step by step process to work through what is getting in the way of you doing the things you had set out to do. Is it the goal or the mindset that needs adjustment? Without checking in with yourself, it's kind of hard to know.

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Would you like to continue the conversation? Reach out to Frantzces at [email protected]

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Adrienne and Chris are a couple that quit their stable careers to travel throughout Southeast Asia. They committed to preparing for a life-changing journey and sacrificed their careers and financial stability.

Adrienne and Chris put themselves on a one-year plan. Then saved enough money to travel long-term without any of them having to work.

It's easy to get wrapped around a job right after college and feel like you're stuck.

Most of their travels before traveling the world included just local travels or 2-hour flights to The Dominican Republic. They knew there was more out there in the world.

In this episode you'll be inspired by the following:

1. Leave some room for flexibility for when you arrive abroad, don't try to plan everything once you get there.

2. Couples need to communicate, compromise, ask the other what they want to do, easy to get caught up with what you want to do.

3. You never know what you're going to get unless you ask for it.

Want to see keep up with Chris & Adrienne from The Black Pear Journey? Check them out on the following media platforms:

Instagram @blackpearjourney

Black Pear Journey

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Emotions are information so when we avoid to feel them we miss out. When we're going through it, we often don't always want to acknowledge the pain and the hurt. So we do everything that we possibly can to avoid feeling it.

But again emotions are information, they are our compass. They tell us what we need. Whatever is going on right now, take a moment to explore it and process it.

Frantzces provides a step by step process to work through the difficult stuff. Because sometimes an inspirational quote or a passage or anything can't always make it better.

Sometimes the one thing we need to do is the one thing that's the hardest to do.

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Nicole is The Blue Backpacker who says trust yourself. She is the Founder/CEO of Capitol Creative, a global firm specializing in the creation of business development seminars that connect inspirational speakers to organizations internationally.

As a teen mother, her life revolved around what she had to do and not what she wanted to do. After getting laid off from her corporate job, she decided to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nicole has traveled the world honing her skills, meeting new people and discovering that it really didn't matter where she went, people were the same and many were being held back from "living their best life" by one thing–FEAR.

She then began to recognize a pattern among African American women that devasted her. Far too many women of color tended to everyone else but themselves.

These women were tired and dejected. Many had given up their personal dreams by the time they hit their 40s. Nicole vowed to change their story and help them understand their time is now.

While traveling throughout South America she learned two distinct things about herself: that she truly loved nature and she was a backpacker.

In this episode you'll be inspired by the following:

1. You can do anything regardless of the odds. 2. Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do 3. Keep it simple.

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Instagram @_bluebackpacker

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