Leap In Life

After thriving in a male-dominated workplace, Sue Ginsburg, now a marketing specialist wanted more time freedom and flexibility. She quit her job and landed several roles until she finally found her career in remote work. Today, she is helping companies around the world grow through SEO and travels the world. You catch her in Machu Pichu spending her evening with good food and a magnificent view.

[00:01 - 09:25]  Introducing Sue to the Show

• Starting out her career in a male-dominated industry
• Balancing her time as a career woman and a mother

[09:29 - 36:31] Flexibility Through Remote Work

• Quitting her full-time job for a business partnership

• Starting remote work and international travel  

• Sue’s role in her children’s career choices

• Starting her SEO career

• From being a podcast listener to a business partner
• Sue’s fun adventure in Lima

[36:56 - 42:34 ] Wrapping Up! 

• Sue’s recommendation for the best Lima experience
• Her inspirational quote
• Sue’s parting words of wisdom

Key Quotes

“No doesn't always mean no, not ever. It may mean No, not exactly how you think it might be.  - Sue Ginsburg

“Say yes to adventure.” - Sue Ginsburg

“Don't put a period where you can place a comma.” - Sue Ginsburg

Connect with Sue

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Instagram: @sueggg - https://www.instagram.com/sueggg/

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Defying the norm of going to a great university and getting a high-paying job, Omar Diaz paved his own path to the life he always wanted to live. A successful Informatics Engineer turned Finance Analyst now entrepreneur, he is now running a successful tourism company and a business partnership with an Argentinian software company. Get to know how he took the leap and how this could be possible for you too! Let’s get started.

[00:01 - 09:25]  Introducing Omar to the show

• Transitioning from Informatics Engineering to Finance Analyst

[09:29 - 36:31 ]  Living The Dream Life

• Feeling stuck in a well-paying 9-5 job

• Discovering Remote Year and Work from  Home set up in 2015

• Living his dream life: traveling while working

• Entering the entrepreneurial world - software and tourism company

• How the pandemic level up the game for his tourism business
• Chatting over Jerald’s experience in Machu Pichu hosted by Omar’s team

[36:56 - 42:34 ] Wrapping Up! 

• Omar’s recommendation for the best Lima experience
• His on one of the books that inspired him

Key Quotes

“My best memories come from traveling, I would say, okay, and that's why I always like to travel.” - Omar Diaz

“If your goals are not aligned with everyone’s goals, why are you following their path? Try to choose your own path, follow or chase your lifestyle, make your own decisions, and those decisions will take you to the place that you want.”  - Omar Diaz

“Why do you want to do or what's the lifestyle you want to follow? No, where do you want to live? You have to ask those questions to yourself and then choose whatever you want to do. Yeah, actually is like you only live once.”  - Omar Diaz

Connect with Omar

Website: https://guruexplorers.com/en/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guruexplorers/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guruexplorers/

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From feeling stuck to a nine-to-five job to traveling the world. Angela Balzano, a UX Designer decided to dive into the whole new world of working remotely. Now, she enjoys her role at her job, gets to travel with people who have the same interests, and is continuously discovering herself along the way. 

[00:01 - 6:04] Introducing Angela to the show

• A quick backstory - how it all started

[6:54 - 57:36 ] Taking the Leap to Work Remotely from Latin America

• From being stuck at work to traveling the world whilst being efficient at work
• The barriers of starting a remote work
• Establishing a work-life balance
• Take care of yourself. Sleep enough.
• Signing up to a remote year program
• Traveling in the middle of a pandemic
• Angela shares her fun travel experience
• Catching the Covid-19 virus amidst her new lifestyle

[58:42 - 1:02 ] Wrapping Up! 

• Jerald and Angela share their memorable trips to North America together
• Angela’s advice to listeners who are in the same situation as she was

Key Quotes

“You're not stuck where you are, and you don't have to live with the restrictions that this particular company or particular job put on you. Because there are others out there that will support even living the life that you want to live.” Angela Balzano

“if something seems too scary, you don't have to tackle it. You don't have to do it all at once. You just do one little bit at a time.” - Angela Balzano

Connect with Angela on Instagram

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Instagram: @leap.in.life

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Lamar Pinson is a nomadic entrepreneur within the business infrastructure mentoring and fitness space. As founder of fitness company, Precision Lyfe, Lamar is driven by the desire to revamp the fitness industry, giving power back to its consumers with empowering training and nutrition education.

In this episode, Lamar walks us through how having a strong faith in God gave him an extra push to finally take a leap in his life. He also shares with us the importance of going through the challenging times in starting a business, the lessons we will learn through the difficulties, and the importance of letting go of our ego. Lamar also shares with us his story of leaving America and moving to the beautiful place of Colombia. All this and more in the episode, let’s dive in! 

[00:01 - 16:55] Talking About Lamar's Leap in Life

• Lamar talks about the journey of launching something
• The importance of giving yourself deadlines and being accountable
• Lamar shares about his early days as a new entrepreneur 
• Learning to set boundaries as an entrepreneur
• Importance of having faith in kick starting his business 

[16:56 - 39:06 ] Things to Learn in Taking a Leap in Entrepreneurship

• Learning to delegate as an important skill in entrepreneurship
• Being an entrepreneur requires a mindset shift especially in outsourcing 
• Letting go of your ego and your pride as an entrepreneur
• Having the courage to push boundaries especially if it does not feel right
• Lamar talks about taking the leap in Colombia 
• Lamar’s experience in Colombia and the country’s beauty 

[39:07 - 46:28 ] Wrapping Up! 

• Things to do in Colombia 
• Lamar’s favorite book 
• Lamar’s favorite poem
• Final advice from Lamar
• Connect with Lamar through the links below! 

Products and Resources:

• Check his latest nutrition book Counting Macros with Chef P
• Book a free discovery call with Precision Academy
• Book a free discovery call with Business Infrastructure Coaching

Key Quotes

“As you grow, and as you develop, you're going to realize that launching is less stressful, and you're going to be operating your business versus working for your business.” - Lamar Pinson

“​​Sometimes we have to be pushed into situations, but it does take the necessary faith to continue to move forward.” - Lamar Pinson 

Connect with Lamar on Instagram and Facebook and check out PrecisionLyfe's Instagram and Facebook accounts! 

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Facebook: Leap.inLife

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Tara Dinoski is a business and marketing strategy consultant, solo female entrepreneur and a certified reiki master practitioner. She’s a thought leader in the Ecommerce and email marketing industries, a global traveler, and an advocate for former foster youth.

In this episode, Tara shares about her life in foster homes, how this experience led her to advocating for foster youth, and how it also fueled her desire to fulfill her dreams as an entrepreneur. Tara’s story of strength and resilience is truly something that a lot of us can get inspiration from, so make sure that you listen until the end. Let’s dive in! 

[00:01 - 10:17] Talking About Tara's Leap in Life

• Tara talks about her background and her life in foster homes
• Viewing education as a means to improve her life 
• How her experience led her to advocating for foster youth 
• Advice for people who experienced the same thing 

[10:18 - 19:56 ] Having Self-Confidence and Staring Her Own Business 

• Being a first generation college student and graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Advertising and Public Relations.
• Finding her way through entrepreneurship 
• Getting over her self-limiting beliefs and having the confidence to launch her business 
• Having the chance to travel and work through Remote Year 

[19:57 - 25:36 ] Wrapping Up! 

• One thing to do in Colombia
• Tara’s favorite book 
• Tara’s favorite poem
• Final advice from Tara
• Connect with Tara through the links below! 

Key Quotes

“I knew that education was going to be a way to better better my living circumstances and to just better my life in general. So going to college was a huge aspiration of mine.” - Tara Dinoski

“There's one constant in life and that's change, and being able to have self confidence and know that regardless of my circumstances, that I'll be able to survive and thrive based on what I can provide for myself.” - Tara Dinoski

Connect with Tara on LinkedIn! 

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Instagram: @leap.in.life

Facebook: Leap.inLife

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Sarish Khan is an actor, model, and performer, with an entertainment career that has ranged from leading roles in international films, pageantry, and walking runways at New York Fashion Week. Sarish is also a practicing lawyer in the ecommerce and tech space, a graduate of George Mason University School of Law. She has advocated for and worked with a number of female focused nonprofits over the years and hopes to continue working and contributing towards Women Empowerment initiatives.

In this episode, Sarish talks about taking a new leap, her experience in the entertainment industry, and the importance of using your platform to inspire. She also talks about the importance of being authentic to ourselves especially when taking the leap, and allowing ourselves to choose a different path that is anchored to our why. All this and more on this episode, so make sure to tune in until the end! 

[00:01 - 14:23] Talking About Sarish's Leap in Life

• Sarish talks about her new leap
• Slowing down as a form of leap
• How her life now is different from her life in New York 
• Experience in acting and being in the entertainment industry
• Using pageantry as a platform to influence younger girls 

[14:23 - 25:36 ] Being Authentic and Learning from Setbacks 

• Importance of  staying authentic to yourself 
• Knowing what you want and not being stuck with your leap 
• Studying and learning from other people’s setbacks and failures 
• Being mature with your choices and always going back to you “Why” 

[25:37 - 25:36 ] Wrapping Up! 

• What’s next for Sarish 
• Trying new things, evaluating, and redirecting
• Answering the question: who would be if you were a Disney princess? 
• One thing to do in Mexico City
• Sarish shares an inspirational quote
• Sarish’s favorite book 
• Final advice from Sarish 
• Connect with Sarish through the links below! 

Key Quotes

“Nothing is final, unless you want it to be. So, don't be afraid to make choices, you can make steps in every different direction, including backwards, and there's no shame in that.” - Sarish Khan

“I think part of taking leaps is just being authentic to who you are.” - Sarish Khan 

Connect with Sarish on Instagram! 

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Instagram: @leap.in.life

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Carrie Veatch helps ambitious female entrepreneurs bust through self-doubt to build wildly profitable online businesses. Carrie combines neuroscience, teaching clients to rewire their brains through mindset work, and a safe container for clients to create lives of time and financial freedom. She hosts the innovative, community based podcast: Set Yourself Free which shows the behind the scenes of what it takes to be profitable online.

In this episode, Carrie talks about what motivated her to be a digital nomad, taking the leap without a plan but with only a plane ticket in hand, and building a successful coaching business while achieving location and financial freedom. Carrie also generously shares with us some tips and advice for those who also intend to live a nomadic lifestyle. All these and more on this episode, so make sure to tune in until the end! 

[00:01 - 14:02] Talking About Carrie’s Leap in Life

• Carrie shares about her background and what motivated her to be a digital nomad
• Finding out that she can live her life now
• Tuning out the people who were not on-board with her vision
• Finally taking the leap and quitting her day job with only a plane ticket and without a plan
• Having self trust is just as importance as having a business plan
• Finding freedom in traveling 

[14:03 - 25:50 ] Taking the Leap and Building her Own Business 

• Building her first online business 
• Eventually started her coaching business
• Navigating through her own fear
• Launching a successful podcast and sharing meaningful stories
• Listening to your gut and having the courage to follow it  

[25:51 - 41:31] Wrapping up! 

• One thing to do in Mexico City
• Quick Questions: 
• • Inspiration quote 
  • Tips for achieving location and financial freedom
• Connect with Carrie thought her links below

Key Quotes

“I learned to tune out the people that weren't on-board with what I was doing. And not that they were bad or wrong, but I had to make sure I was listening to my guidance.” - Carrie Veatch

“You just need that next right step. You don't need the whole plan.” - Carrie Veatch 

“I have to make sure that what I do is enough. And trust that it's enough and then go out and play and enjoy my life because I want to be able to do both.” - Carrie Veatch

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Instagram: @leap.in.life

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Welcome to another episode of the Leap in Life podcast. In today’s episode, we have Charlie Huynh, founder of an ethical fashion brand called Wande Industries. Charlie was born and raised in Australia to refugee parents, and after understanding the privileges he grew up with, he wanted to extend a better quality of life to a wider community. He has now been traveling for over 3 years and has witnessed great things as well as sad realities as a result of tourism across the world. His desire to tackle some hard issues in the Fashion and Tourism Industry and his hopes to revolutionize both industries resulted in him building his own ethical fashion brand. 

In this episode, Charlie walks us through how being a high school teacher inspired him to create more positive impact to bigger communities, how this desire led him to traveling, and how traveling eventually opened his eyes to different problems and issues in other countries. Charlie also talks about his ethical fashion brand and how this enterprise allows him to have an impact on two industries: fashion and travel. He also stresses the importance of taking action now especially if we want to change the world in the little way that we can. Listen in!

[00:01 - 14:18] Talking About Charlie’s Leap in Life

• I introduce Charlie into the show 
• Charlie shares about his background and what inspires him to do more
• How being a highschool teacher sparked his desire to have an impact to the community 
• Seeing different perspectives through traveling 
• Envisioning a rather dramatic impact to communities

• How traveling was able to change things for Charlie 

[14:19 - 35:00 ] Initiatives Impacting Fashion and Travel 

• Being aware of the problems and issues of different countries
• • How these problems are being normalized in some countries
  • Having the desire to be part of the solution as tourists
• How Wanda Industries also helps travelers to be aware
• • Using his enterprise to fund their mission 
  • Launching a new product line as a new avenue for consumers to show support and help 
• Talking about the 2-in-1 backpack 
• • Providing a backpack that is very convenient for travelers
  • Creating something simple and versatile 
• Desire to change 2 big industries: travel and fashion industry 

[35:01 - 41:31] Wrapping up! 

• Connect with Charlie and pre-order the 2-in-1 urban travel backpack through the links below 
• Quick Questions: 
• • Inspiration quote 
  • Tips to becoming a responsible traveler 
• Final words 

Key Quotes

“We should do things now. If you want to help, help now if you want to change the world. Change the world, now.” - Charlie Huynh

“I think we just need to be aware of what sort of impact that we have when we go to these communities and these places, and either we're going to ignore what they're going through, or we address those things when we go there.” -Charlie Huynh

Connect with Charlie on Instagram, through his website, or support his IndieGoGo campaign for urban travel backpack! 

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Facebook: Leap.inLife

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Welcome to another episode of the Leap in Life podcast. Today we’ll be catching up with Valerie Russel, ​who has 20 of travel experience and over 30 countries visited. A native of Nyack, New York, she was educated in Washington, DC, and Bournemouth, England and settled down in the New York metro area, prepared for a career in law enforcement. After a decade of working to travel, Val decided to finally live the life she had been dreaming about and quit her job as a Narcotic Investigator to start Due South Travels. She arrived in Guatemala in July 2017 and now lives in Antigua with her two expat felines. For Val, giving in to the wanderlust was the easy part.  The challenge of changing careers and learning a new industry has been nothing short of an adventure all its own, just the thing Val thrives on!

In this episode, Valerie shares with us how her love for travel began and how speaking to someone from her day job inspired to actually take action and pursue her dream to travel and live abroad. Val talks about taking the leap and moving to Guatemala, starting her own business in a foreign country, and why people should not be scared of giving their dreams a shot. All this and more in this episode, so make sure to tune in until the end! 

[00:01 - 15:19] Talking About Valerie’s Leap in Life

• How her love for travel began 
• Difference between traveling abroad vs. living abroad 
• Valerie’s life before getting into traveling 
• Learning that traveling does not have to be intimidating 
• Made a full time job serving travelers 

[15:20 - 29:47] Serving Travelers and Living Abroad 

• Challenges with living abroad 
• Researching the countries that she would live in 
• Falling in love with Guatemala 
• The importance of making travel comfortable for travelers

[29:48 - 33:37] Wrapping up! 

• Advice for people who plan on taking the leap 
• Connect with Zakia through the links below
• Tune in every Wednesday
• Don’t forget to share this podcast with someone who needs inspiration 

Key Quotes

“Why are you letting your career define who you are? That's not what life is about.” - Valerie Russel 

“​​Success for me is not measured on the financial gains. It's really how many people have found me and left with a smile on their face?” - Valerie Russel 

Connect with Valerie through her Facebook, Instagram, or through her website! 

Let’s Get Connected!

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Instagram: @leap.in.life

Facebook: Leap.inLife

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Leap in Life podcast. In today’s episode, we’ll be sitting down with CEO, coach, speaker, traveler, writer and co-founder of Our Periods Matter, Inc., Zakia Haughton. She helps coaches and consultants turn their knowledge base into a premium offer experience and get into the hands of their dream clients by leveraging the power of simple frameworks, research, and storytelling without the hustling, throwing money into ads, or content overwhelm required. 

In this episode, Zakia and I talk about how listening to her calling and paying attention to her inner nudes brought her to where she is today. She shares with us her several leaps of faith that she has taken since 2017, how this allowed her to travel the world, and how having faith that everything will eventually work out in the end gave her courage to do it all. Let’s dive in! 

[00:01 - 13:29] What is Zakia’s Leap in Life?

• Taking leaps of faith since college 
• The desire to live her dream life 
• Acknowledging her skill sets and always being open to opportunities

[13:30 - 38:07] Zakia’s Entrepreneurship Journey and Her Journey Around the World  

• Started as a VA and a content writer
• How her father inspired her to be an entrepreneur
• Having faith that her businesses will pull through 
• Having the courage to let go of something that she built 
• Listening to our calling and our inner nudges

[38:08 - 40:01] Wrapping up! 

• Connect with Zakia through the links below
• Tune in every Wednesday
• Don’t forget to share this podcast with someone who needs inspiration 

Key Quotes

“Because we are big believers, and following the nudges, and listening to the wisdom that drops in, we explored the conversation and we explored the dream that I had that prompted this whole idea.” - Zakia Haughton 

“And it reminds me that even through the challenging, confusing times that make zero sense, and even when we're taking leaps of faith, that sometimes we don't even understand, our steps are being ordered. And that we can find rest, and that we can have faith, and that we can be certain of that even if we are unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel as we're taking the leap, even if we can't see the Landing, we can trust that it exists.” - Zakia Haughton 

Connect with Zakia through her website and join her Facebook Group! 

Let’s Get Connected!

leapinlifepodcast.com 

Instagram: @leap.in.life

Facebook: Leap.inLife

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