In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I meet the ever-gorgeous queen of collaboration, Elana Jadallah. If you haven't heard of Elana, she is a creative consultant who believes in the power of collaboration as a means to create beautiful, intentional work. Elana is living nomadically with her husband, seeing the world and experiencing every nook and cranny of the country while they work location independent. Hear us talk about the art of collaboration, her insights and experience with working with brands in meaningful ways and the importance of valuing experiences over objects.

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• Elana's job creating content online and creative consulting other entrepreneurs so that they stand out and flourish

•  Her tips for sharing ourselves honestly in a curatorial way online so that it can create great relationships with other creatives online

• Elana's background in marketing and how she's adapting to the constantly changing social media space

• Building community around brands and art in powerful and strategic ways through collaboration

• Her dream collaboration, Madewell and her perspective on what makes a dream brand and business cooperation

• Living nomadically and the joy of fulfilling her desires to see the world while experiencing places fully

• Working for herself and her gratitude for the ability to make her own schedule

• Intentional living and the task of actually practicing the process of un-attaching ourselves to physical things

• Valuing experiences over objects

• The three things that inspire Elana

• Her advice for working creative adventurers to include one thing that brings you joy in every single day of your life

• Madewell

• AirBnb's #onelessstranger

• One Less Stranger Blog Post

• Elana's Blog Post: Why Being Social Will Save You As An Entrepreneur

• Elana's Instagram (@elanaloo)

• Elana's Twitter (@elanaloo)

• Elana's Blog & Consulting Website
   

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)

• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)

• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I chat with one of the original conscious lifestyle bloggers out there, Rae Tashman! Rae is an ex-pat living in Berlin, a city that she loves and is constantly inspired by. As a UI designer, blogger, writer, podcaster and public speaker... Rae is one well spoken lady who doesn't believe in fitting in one type of creating. Our conversation circles around our mutual love of adventure and Rae's insight on how we can take tiny, small steps toward living a more intentional life. Check it out!

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• Rae's interest in the digital arts, including photography, interactive arts and design and how she became interested in learning them through being a self taught student

• Life living in Berlin as an expat and former English teachers with young students

• Why Berlin's artistic community has kept Rae interested in establishing her home there

• Rae's hidden gems to explore in Berlin and her hometown in Virginia

• The patience needed to learn foreign languages

• The power of having mentorship and having someone believe in your work and building a comradery of women online to support each other in our creative support

• Rae's mission to lead a conscious life in her diet, choices, environmental awareness, self care and our other interactions with the world

• Being mindful of those who are directly around us and how we can help our local communities in volunteer work and other outlets of help

• Rae's adventures around the world and her desire to go to Korea to find with her birth mother

• How adventure and the excitement of "newness" can happen locally and abroad

• Exploring her style phases unapologetically

• The online space's "rules" that should be ignored and the importance of staying true to yourself and your intentions

• Sunflower Restaurant in Vienna, Virgina

• Manassas Battlefield

• Chay Village in Berlin

• Volunteer Planner

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)

• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)

• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)
   

• Rae's Blog: Love From Berlin

• Rae's Instagram (@lovefromberlin)

• Rae's Twitter (@lovefromberlin)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, we're catching you up with all the goodness we experienced during our time exploring Iceland! Guys, this island is the stuff of fairy tales and we're here to tell you all the need to know details of our trip, our favorite places and memories from our ten days in the land of fire and ice, plus some recommendations for any of you who are considering hopping a plane to this epic place. P.S. We're SO excited to share more of our adventures this summer, so if you want to peek at what we're up to... make sure to follow us on Instagram (& Snapchat too)!

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• The two words we would choose to describe our experience exploring Iceland
• Favorite memories and locations from our time living on the road
• The few things we would have chosen to pack differently
• Our tips and need-to-know advice before you hit the trails in the land of fire and ice
• The flexibility of driving around Iceland, compared to taking tours
• How Iceland is the place of fairy tales... and the one creative outlet I found myself needing during our ten days here

P.S. MORE PHOTOS OF OUR ICELAND ADVENTURES TO COME!

• Iceland's Ring Road
• Reynisfjara Beach (Vik's black sand beach)
• Suorurland (the magestic island near Vik's black sand beach)
• Skogafoss
• Saegreiffin Restaurant, who serve the BEST lobster soup and fresh fish ever!
• Svata Kaffid Tavern in Reykjavik, for the warm, delicious bread bowls you've always needed in your life.
• Iceland Camper Van Bookings: Kuku Campers, Go Campers, Happy Campers
• Iceland's grocery stores: Bonus & Kronan

• Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I have one of the most amazing chats with Mattie Tiegreen, the branding, web design and creative director gal dreams are made of. As the co-founder of Gather, a workshop to educate, encourage and support other creative entreprenuers, Mattie is well stocked with ammunition to get you inspired and welcomed in the creative industry. This episode is perfect for anyone looking to create intentional, meaningful work for themselves (not for the buyer in mind) or anyone needing to give themselves grace in their artistic process.

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• The crazy seasons in our life and the need to be intentional about our time

• Branding’s “branding” and how Mattie describes her job as a brand designer, bringing her clients’ ideas to life and putting a face to their inspiration

• Creating with reckless abandon, without a need for praise or a need to sell and how avoiding the pressure to make money off of her art made it easier for her to hone her skills

• Showing personality through deeper shares and avoiding the fluff

• Mattie's artistic process by truly her taste in design, the textures and colors she loves and including these aspects into her work

• Being self taught through mindlessly learning her art form as an escape after a long day at work

• Having an analogue desk separate from her digital desk to spark her imagination instead of spending hours in front of a computer screen

• Her creative community workshop "Gather" and how it all began

• Cultivating a creative community of women who understand the ins and outs of wanting to live a creative life

• Her advice for working creatives to keep their spark alive (which is such a goodie!)

• Why we need to stop yelling at your art and giving ourselves grace in our artistic process

• Investing in something outside of your creative work can fuel our inspiration

• Elizabeth Gilbert's "Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear"

• Austin Kleon's "Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative"

• Austin Kleon's "Steal Like An Artist Journal: A Notebook for Creative Kleptomaniacs"

• Keri Smith's "How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum"

• Gather Workshop

• Green Tie Studio

• Citizen Supply

• Mattie's Instagram (@greentiestudio)

• Mattie's Facebook

• Mattie's Pinterest
   

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)

• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)

• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)
   

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I get into it with Melissa Cripe, a filmmaker with an eye for all things odd and wonderful. Think of her as your rad friend with an eye for punchy, cool color like you would not believe! Our conversation was not only intensely inspirational, but one that was incredibly insightful. As someone who navigates the churning waters of the online creative world, hear us talk about the good stuff, including a look behind Melissa's recent rebrand that reflects her love for the absurd, jazz, the lovely and wild and strange. Seriously guys, Melissa is a GEM and I still find myself referring to her observations on staying honest with ourselves when sharing our creative work and avoiding the need to please.

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• Taking ownership of wanting to try all art forms
• Melissa’s weird and wonderful Los Angeles favorites (Bunny museuems? Oh yes!)
• Her story behind hanging mediums for the sake of personal inspiration
• Why exercising the creative muscle is incredibly beneficial when seeking inspiration
• Being a weekend creative warrior
• A look inside Melissa’s rebrand to reflect new changes and tastes in her life
• Having deeper level of conversation amongst artists... instead of living in the “fluff” of a happy go-lucky branding
• The need to please vs. the honest truth in our artistic hearts
• Abolishing the need to feel fulfilled through numbers and followers
• Drawing inspiration from real people and conversations, observing the creative moments and sparks of ideas from honest experiences
• Melissa’s tips for finding inspiration and thinking outside of the box while staying true to who you are

• Melissa’s Tumblr post announcing her change
• With the Locals Los Angeles Guide
• Ban.do & Jen Gotch
• ">"Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered" by Austin Kleon
• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative">"Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative" by Austin Kleon
• Iris Apfel’s documentary "Iris"

• Melissa's Short Film Project "The Claw Of Life"
• Melissa's Blog "Specs & The City"
• Melissa's Instagram (@specs_and_the_city)
   
• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers join me as I interview two lads from the U.K. who (besides having the cutest accents in the world!) created and run the ever-famous travel blog, Hand Luggage Only. Yaya and Lloyd are a trip and a half and together we chat all about the blogging industry, why the cliches that come along adventure have truth, and their tips on booking your next trip. Together we take an adventure into their experiences around the world and, hopefully, you'll leave inspired to go out and see more of it!

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• Yaya & Lloyd's story about how they met in university and created Hand Luggage Only
• Traveling endlessly together and the dynamics of adventuring and understanding each other's ins and outs
• How sharing their adventures on Facebook grew into their current blog
• Their favorite destinations: Iceland, Norway, Thailand and the Maldives... and why those places resonated with them
• Sampling humanity and how travel can open perspectives of those seeing a new side the world
• Why we should choose adventure in our lives as a means to open our opportunities and broaden our horizons
• The cliches that hold truth: go see the world and find yourself!
• Yaya and Lloyd's tips for saving for travel and budgeting young travelers and creating unique adventures without comparing your experience to others

• Yaya & Lloyd's wonderful travel blog Hand Luggage Only

• Hand Luggage Only's Instagram
• Hand Luggage Only's Facebook
• Hand Luggage Only's Snapchat (@handluggageonly)
• Hand Luggage Only's Twitter
• Hand Luggage Only's Pinterest
   
• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

Oh goodness gracious, today's episode is far from a "mini"sode... but man is it stocked with some gooooood stuff. Hope you're not hungry for this one. Because listen, if you love pizza and if you're looking for an adventure this weekend, you NEED to organize a pizza crawl like this one! Hear our adventures hunting for Philadelphia's best pizza, our insight on other local "crawl" ideas and find out which pizzeria won our hearts (and stomachs).

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• OUR IN DEPTH BLOG POST FOR TIPS TO ORGANIZE YOUR OWN PIZZA CRAWL IN YOUR TOWN

• Other "crawl" ideas including: ice cream, tacos, chicken, burgers, beer and, of course, wine

• Sara's post and round up of our experience on her blog Cake Over Steak... be sure to check out her gorgeous illustrations!

• Last year's Feast Of Saint Pizza: Lebanon Edition (which we did in our very own town!)

• Lorenzo & Sons

• Stogie Joe's Tavern

• Dock Street Brewery

• Zavino

• Pizzeria Vetri

• Pizza Brain

• Tacconelli's Pizzeria

• Pizzeria Beddia

• Nomad Pizza

• Pizzeria Stella

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I have a lovely chat with Whitney Justesen, a photographer who's work is so wanderlust-y it's guaranteed to make you want to get out into the wild. Whitney and I's conversation centers around the core beliefs we preach here at Roam + Golightly, so if you really want a sense of what it means to be creative and live adventurously... you have to hear from this girl.

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• How doing a 365 photography project helped refine Whitney's creative process
• Never questioning her artistic intentions to create
• Referring to other artist's work to inspire, not compare
• Whitney's creative influences and the exhilaration of collaborating with them later on!
• The power of social media as a means to connect with our influencers
• How music inspires much of Whitney's work
• Whitney's list of wanderlusts and the feeling of longing for adventure
• How adventure is a perspective, not always an experience
• Observance has a personal responsibility to find the beauty in your life

• Flickr
• Rosie Hardy
• Elizabeth Gadd
• "Here & Now"
• Robert Cornelius

• Whitney's gorgeous portfolio and website
• Whitney's Flickr
• Whitney's Vimeo
• Whitney's travel blog

• Whitney's Instagram (@whitneyjustesenphoto)
• Whitney's Facebook Page
• Whitney's Twitter (@whitneyjustesen)

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I sit down with Amanda Marko, the creator, editor-in-chief and publisher of Trouve Magazine. If you haven't heard about Trouve, you need to check out their beautiful bi-annual issues all focused around celebrating the creative lifestyle. This is honestly one of the best conversations I've had about inspiration, the creative lifestyle and how travel can be a muse for artists.

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• Amanda's career path from a sportswear graphic designer to publisher, editor in chief and creator of "Trouve Magazine"
• Amanda's pieces of advice for anyone who's interested in starting a magazine
• Trouve's mission to celebrate the creative lifestyle and those who live in
• Storytelling through editorial work
• The online community Amanda has created through #trouveon and #creativityfound
• The joy of the process of creating
• What we can learn from the masters of their craft
• Amanda's insight on keeping our eyes open in order to experience adventure
• And can you notice the reoccurring theme here.... our mutual obsession with ROME?!
• How travel can be a muse

• The Louvre
• Pantone's color of the year

• Trouve's Website
• #creativityfound's Instagram following and creative community

• Trouve's Instagram (@trouvemag)
• Trouve's Twitter (@trouvemag)
• Trouve's Facebook
• Trouve's Pinterest

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)

In this episode of Roam + Golightly: A Podcast For Creative Adventurers, I sit down and chat with Bianca Cash, an illustrator, typographer, graphic designer and photographer (whew!) all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Get ready to hear the cutest accent ever!  Bianca is the definition of a multi-faceted creative and together we chat about her approach to adopting a flexible approach to processing her work and creating quirky, cool designs.

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• The weird relationships that come with Internet friends who turn into real friends!
• Melbourne's hidden gems & cool coffee shop scene
• Bianca's decision to leave college for freelance work and her desire to return to the collegiate environment
• How Bianca sources her inspiration from past artists in galleries and books
• Her multifaceted process for working on creative projects
• How travel allows Bianca to take a break from typography and reinvigorate her imagination
• Our love for Japanese culture
• Personal style and branding

• Wabi Sabi- Japanese Ceramics
• Melbourne Coffee Scene

• Bianca's Gorgeous Portfolio & Store (her print shop is beyond!)

• Bianca's Instagram (@biancacash)
• Bianca's Twitter (@biancacash)

• Laura's Instagram (@roamandgolightly)
• Laura's Twitter (@roam_golightly)
• Laura's Snapchat (@roam_golightly)