Nextbiteoflife Podcast

An ex-pat currently based in the Canary Islands (where she had originally started her journey). Born in the U.K. to a Jamaican mother, Jeanette shares about her horrendous experience as a teacher, and declining mental health. Dubai was great to her, and she went on to Columbia and that did not work out either. Life was not great in the area she was in, and she lost her business.

Her strength saw her through the ordeals, and she is determined to make things work in the Canary Islands. The U.K is no longer her home and she hopes that things will change for the better.

A conversation with author Danielle Des on being both budget conscious and financially savvy. Her tips for saving and her debt journey - $63,000 in student loans paid off in four years. Buying her home at the age of 27 a few years ago, she now shares her knowledge with others looking to do the same.

After a rough start in Dubai dealing with her husband's infidelity upon joining him, Caneisha found her true calling as a relationship coach helping others deal with problems she herself had experienced. She discusses the healing and getting rid of the victim mentality, life abroad in Dubai, then China, racism, and adjusting to life back home in this turbulent time.

A podcast interview with Caroline Conner where she discusses her life from her troubled past growing up in London, Paris and then back to the U.S., past alcoholism, and eventually parlaying her passion for wine into a full fledged business in Lyon, France where she lives currently. She offers virtual tasting plus an online course on everything you need to know about wine.

Karl is a young, driven, and successful businessman who found his calling after realizing that he embodied the ENTP Myers Briggs personality. Some of the topics of discussion include a few of his passions, including real estate and 1€ Italy homes, a Home Health care business, and his growing YouTube audience where he shares both the good and the bad, advice for future entrepreneurs, and unlearning racism that he had been exposed to growing up. His plans for the future, including the country where he plans to settle in.

This podcast is with Anita, an ex-pat in Portugal. Traveling with her husband and best friend of decades, we talk about making sure you have solid plans, dealing with eventual loss, and how she has been handling it all. We also talk about co-sharing, a newer phenomenon with mature people. Other topics include what life might look like post-covid-19 with regards to travel.

Shannon and Debbie, a longtime married couple discuss what led them to early retirement. Toxic work environment, being pushed out of a job (ageism) are some of the topics discussed. Free ebooks to help navigate retirement and how to keep yourself occupied, plus how much they think you need to retire, an alternative to the 4% rule that is the accepted norm.

This episode features Colin, A Jamaican who grew up in Canada and emigrated to the U.S. Our topics of conversation included life in Kentucky, struggling with his speech impediment, graduating from college and going on to work for companies like IBM (often as the sole minority) before striking out on his own to form Oligye Enterprises, a life and expat coaching service. In China at the beginning of the pandemic, he talks about the experience, his PSA's to inform others, his new, free 40x40 initiative and advice for future businessmen.

This episode features Cinnamon, current expat in Lisbon. Previously living in the U.S., she decided to try a new place after some stinging loss. She discusses how and why she chose Lisbon. What it felt like to miss home, racial discord, current life, cost of living, recent breakup with a man she met in Lisbon and her portable job among other things..