November 19, 2023

My SURRENDER EXPERIMENT explained: Why I moved to SE Asia for 3 months without a plan.

1 hour 2 minutes

In this weeks episode I do a Q&A on my ‘surrender experiment’ trip to SE Asia.

Watch the 2 Part Youtube Video Series here. Part 1 and Part 2.

In late 2022, I decided I needed to take a MASSIVE LEAP into the unknown and finally give my dream of being nomadic a go. I gave myself 3 months. At the time, I didn’t really know what I was doing- on the outside it looked like I’d lost my mind. I was going to pack up my entire apartment and leave everything I was familiar with (including my partner) to go on some ‘eat pray love’ experiment? Yeah, nuts.

I’d never travelled solo for this long, I had zero plans, minimal income and knew nobody in the countries I was visiting. Although I had no clue where this would take me, I just knew I had to do it. & So began my surrender experiment

After building what looked like a successful business on the outside, moving into the apartment on my vision board and buying a brand new car… I soon realised that my definition of “success” did not look like this. Or at least only part of it did.

By western society’s standards, I was supposed to be fulfilled- to a degree I had “made it”. Female solopreneur, boss girl, making moves.

Yet deep down, I felt unfulfilled. As the yearning inside me to travel, wander and be nomadic (as the younger me used to dream)- the dissatisfaction grew. The longer I delayed giving myself the permission to “try out” a nomadic lifestyle, the more I felt the ache of my soul.

I felt myself longing to be uprooted from this rigid, urban life. I craved deeper connections, I wanted to tap into my intuition, I wanted to express myself in ways that my current environment just could not allow for. You see, everybody around me was so fixated on “settling down” meanwhile I just wanted to go out and explore the world and have experiences.

So despite all the resistance my mind and logic offered me, I knew I had to do it. One small step at a time- browsing for flights, daydreaming about the lifestyle, watching YouTube vlogs and tiktok videos of others who’d done it too… I finally decided to take the leap.

I booked my flight and stepped into my next era of Surrender.

Tune into this weeks episode to hear me answer these questions:

What was your situation before going on your surrender experiment? What were your main struggles?

Decision making process before going. How did you know it was the right time to go?

What were the biggest factors that held you back & how did you move through them? DId you have any doubt about your decision?

What it was like for you there? Key moments you remember?

What lessons did the experience teach you?

How has it affected your life since?

What was it like coming home & integrating? Were there any challenges? How did you move through them?

What does true SURRENDER mean to you now?

How are you embodying a lifestyle of SURRENDER now?How does one embark on their own Surrender Experiment?

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Related episodes:

Asking my partner how my move to SE Asia affected him. Open conversation.

My intentions & predictions in life & business for the next 3 months as I pack up and move to SE Asia