On this week’s episode, our next guest is another friend/mentor that I met whilst on Koh Tao at Ban’s Diving Resort. She has become a role model for me and my friends, I nicknamed her “Mama Claud,” affectionately. Of course, our next guest is Miss Claudia Catlett from Arkansas, United States. Claudia was born in Mexico but was adopted during infancy by a Mexican mom and an American dad. She grew up to join the American Marines as the supply guy, she still gets great thanks every day for her service. Post-service, she attended college but at age 23 her path was changed when she was in a motorcycle accident. The accident severed her left arm and, tragically, it could not be reattached. Claudia shares the entire story with our listeners as well as her path to healing. She tells the story of how she and her boyfriend, Grant, met and how they ended up becoming scuba diving instructors together. For our listeners that know Claudia and Grant, this episode is a treat. For listeners that don’t, this woman has been through everything you could imagine and has persevered through it all. Her story is a beautiful one. Enjoy :) 

 

Links: 

Coapt - Pattern Recognition Control Technology

https://coaptengineering.com/technology

Cleveland Clinic 

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 

 

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On this week’s episode, Jessie is joined by a dear family friend and professional life coach: Kat Frati! Kat is the first American Jessie has brought on the podcast!  As a life coach Kat has a wealth of knowledge, life experience, and compassion for helping young people. Kat graduated from Tufts university and started her career as a software engineer, but after 16 years in the business and 4 children later, Kat was feeling burnt out. She turned to the Clifton Strengths to help her find her path forward. She’s now a Gallup-certified Strengths coach and works with young adults on how to use their “strengths” to their advantage. Her thought process is, “If you put all your energy towards fixing your weaknesses you will still only end up being average.” By tapping into our strengths we, as individuals, can live up to our very best potential. Kat was one of the very first people to encourage Jessie to create a podcast and has been it’s biggest fan and supporter ever since! 

 

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Check out her website justbecomeyou.com (Link in Bio)

Go there now to connect with Kat and get your FREE CODE to take the Clifton Strengths Assessment! 

 

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Welcome to the 10th episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast! On this week's episode of the podcast Jessie Rae brings on another friend she met whilst volunteering at Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. Her guest, Clare Hebdige, moved around a bunch during her younger years, but her family eventually ended up in Singapore. Clare still calls Singapore home, though she has been in the United Kingdom for most of her higher education. She’s now studying to be a veterinarian! During this episode Clare and Jessie have an important conversation about animal tourism. Clare speaks about the five freedoms an animal needs to thrive and tells listeners what to look out for when engaging in animal tourism. Clare is a passionate animal advocate so she gives some great tips on what to look out for when booking an experience with exotic wildlife. While the pandemic begins to wind down in the UK, Clare shares about her future goals, travels, as well as a tidbit of life advice for listeners. 

 

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On this week’s episode of “Let it Flow” I bring on a young singer/songwriter, photographer, and videographer: Antonia Buchner! She is an almost 21 year-old from a small town outside Munich, Germany. Over the course of the pandemic Antonia has been honing her music and has published her first EP titled “Bloom.” Her music, she says, is influenced by all the countries she’s visited and from poems/lyrics she wrote as a young teenager. I met Antonia on Koh Tao at both of our favorite hostels, Spicy Tao! We gush about living in the magical place that is Koh Tao and the beautiful unique people we met there too. Antonia is just beginning her musical journey so do listen to her music on Spotify! 

 

Music by Antonia Buchner - Song: “Empty Words”

EP- “Bloom” on Spotify 

Follow her on Instagram @antoniaabuchner

https://linktr.ee/antoniabuchner

 

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On this week’s episode of “Let it Flow” Jessie’s next guest is a freelance freediving instructor and underwater photographer: Tony Myshlyaev (aka @tones.ofblue)! Tony was born in the south of Ukraine close to the Black Sea, and at six years old his family moved to Vancouver, Canada. Now 32 years old, Tony left home to travel at 24 to pursue his travels and photography.  Eventually, like so many do, he found Koh Tao, Thailand and has been living on and off the island for the past 7 years. As a formally trained fine art photographer, Tony loves to shoot portraits in natural environments. Eventually he combined his two loves, freediving and underwater photography, and began creating the work that drives him to this day! Tony tells listeners a little about his life, what freediving & photography mean to him, and also gives some  advice for all the “perfectionists” out there. Genuine, patient, and kind; Tony was a joy to speak with and I can’t wait for y’all to get to know him! 

 

On Instagram:

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S/O to Keenan Pereira (@kee_bee ) for helping me come up with some great questions for Tones :)

NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!

Our next guest has a unique and beautiful life story. She is another friend from the WFFT clan and I can’t wait for you guys to get to know her too! Her name is Mara Matagne and she is a French speaking Belgian who moved to the United States for 14 years...that is until her dad got another job back in Belgium! She speaks fluent American English and Parisian French (listen to how I found this out) and is currently attending art school in Dublin, Ireland. Where she is studying sculpting clay and animation. On top of that coolness, she’s also a pole dancer! Her pole dancing style is artistic, elegant, and beautiful. Lastly, we hit a quick tangent speaking about traveling and having the will to travel. Mara and I bring our own versions of sugar & spice to this week’s episode, we hope you enjoy it! 

 

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On this week’s episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast Jessie is joined by her good friend, Larry Capuno! Larry is from the Philippines and is originally from a province about 7 hrs north of Manila, the country’s capital. Larry is residing in Manila while studying at medical school. He is currently in his third year! Like many other developing countries, the Philippines is still suffering under the heavy burden of the coronavirus (aka Covid-19). Larry offers a medical student’s perspective on the coronavirus and how the virus is severely affecting his country. As well as discussing Covid-19, Larry also opens up about his own struggles with mental health over the past couple of years. Larry is another friend Jessie made while at Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand, in 2017,  and they have kept in touch ever since. Though this week's episode is a bit heavier than previous episodes, we hope that our listeners will find value in our discussions of the coronavirus and our personal journeys with mental health. 

 

Mental Health Resources:

US - National Suicide Prevention Hotline, 24/7 call: 1-800-273-8255 

International - Befrienders Worldwide - visit https://www.befrienders.org/ is find a suicide prevention hotline near you 

Better Help - Download the app (Android or Apple) and get started with a therapist today! 

 

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Another episode of the "Let it Flow," means there is yet another friend/guest from Jessie Rae's travels! On this week's episode, Jessie catches up with a friend she made whilst working as a divemaster in Thailand: Keenan Pereira. The two friends met during Keenan's Open Water diving course and became fast friends. They bonded over their love of sunsets, good music, local Thai food, and, of course, photography. After being neighbors on the island and seeing each other every day, the two friends/travelers went back to their respective countries. Once the pandemic struck, the two stayed in touch as best they could (facetiming, messaging, sending memes to each other, etc). Naturally, Keenan's voice needed to be heard on the podcast and he was kind enough to Zoom with me despite being in Bombay, India! There he is a freelance photographer and dog daddy to a beautiful husky-lab mix named Skye. Listen to hear Keenan and I rehash how we met and chat about what Keenan is up to now! 

~There is still time to donate to the Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand! Do visit their website at covidsupport.wfft.org for more information. You have until the end of the month to donate!~

 ~Again, Thank you SO much for joining me, Jessie Rae, on the "Let it Flow" podcast!~

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On this week’s episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast, Jessie is joined by yet another of her friends she made at Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand. Volunteers from all over the world found out earlier this month that Wildlife Friends Foundation will be forced to close at the end of April if they do not receive immediate funding. The sanctuary has over 700+ animals to feed so without funding they will have to look at relocating options for every animal. We keep the episode light by talking about both our stories at WFFT! We talk about how we ended up at the sanctuary, how we met, what a normal workday looked like, what we did on our days off, and also how easy it was to make friends with like-minded people (look out for the name drops ;). Kristen is a 22-year-old from the Netherlands who grew up in a bi-lingual household (mum Dutch/dad British) so she has a soothing voice to listen to and an adorable accent. Kristen is currently studying at university from the comfort of her home so she joined me to talk about our favorite place: Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT).

TO DONATE: 

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand Website is: www.wfft.org

https://covidsupport.wfft.org/

Netherlands donation page (Warning: In Dutch, see a full translation of the cite on @letitflowpod Instagram):

https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doneeractie.nl%2Fwildlife-friends-foundation-thailand%2F-44739&h=AT3KZk5qSLfFKESWvzLT7IpjaPew7FxoaWce53kFx3bz6fEam_uyOHxsg830Ee3hY8qs5aaJXfsVrqrG5fK5DuMRGiCsFgbSeQsaQqrvKC5FExLIPBJbS1BxB1X2Ajid-d6XIgX50Ll0Q2ax_AvGffc

Pre-COVID-19 video of WFFT Thriving (for comparison):

https://youtu.be/wutESa7Sgr4 

 Or PayPal them, just search: 

Wildlife Friends Foundation (icon is a Monkey!)

~Thank you SO much for joining me on the "Let it Flow" podcast!~

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The second episode of the "Let it Flow" podcast features one of Jessie's closest friends, Jessica Williams! Jess, for short, is from Wales in the United Kingdom and is currently residing in Hong Kong. Their friendship began at Wildlife Friends Foundation in Petchaburi Providence, Thailand. Though unlikely friends, the two backpackers hit it off and ended up traveling together for a short stint and have remained friends ever since. Over the course of the episode, Jessie and Jess talk about Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), stories of their travels together, backpacking in Asia vs. Australia, Jess's job at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, how she got the job, etc. We also catch up with Jess about what she is currently doing with her life and how things have changed since the world has shifted during the global pandemic. 

 

~Find pictures of Jess and of "Mule" the horse on the @letitflowpod Instagram~

PSA:

~Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand needs help RIGHT NOW or they will be forced to close their doors at the end of April. I hope by bringing more awareness to the amazing things they do that we can get more people involved in saving the organization.~ 

TO DONATE: 

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand Website is: www.wfft.org

https://covidsupport.wfft.org/

Netherlands donation page (Warning: In Dutch, see a full translation of the cite on @letitflowpod Instagram):

https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doneeractie.nl%2Fwildlife-friends-foundation-thailand%2F-44739&h=AT3KZk5qSLfFKESWvzLT7IpjaPew7FxoaWce53kFx3bz6fEam_uyOHxsg830Ee3hY8qs5aaJXfsVrqrG5fK5DuMRGiCsFgbSeQsaQqrvKC5FExLIPBJbS1BxB1X2Ajid-d6XIgX50Ll0Q2ax_AvGffc

Pre-COVID-19 video of WFFT Thriving (for comparison):

https://youtu.be/wutESa7Sgr4 

 

~Thank you SO much for joining me on the "Let it Flow" podcast!~

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See you soon, loves!