The Globetrotter Lounge

In this episode I talk with Rita Golden Gelman - an extraordinary and delightful world traveler. Now 80 years old, she spent 30 years of her later life without a permanent residence. Author of the New York Times bestseller: Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World, she has endless travel stories and lessons to share. A prolific children's book author who wrote while on the road, Rita was a working nomad well before the current "digital nomad" trend.  She also edited and published a collection of stories from women travelers: Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World.

Rita has literally traveled around the world – living in often rural places in Mexico, Indonesia, Africa, Laos, Thailand, Guatemala, Colombia, India, Tanzania and more. Trained in Anthropology at UCLA, Rita mostly lived with families, immersing herself in local culture as much as possible. Join our conversation as we explore the importance of connecting authentically with people wherever you travel, trusting your unfolding experiences, and going with the flow.

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I talk with Suzanne Lacey, founder and Executive Director of Museum Without Walls, which takes middle and high school students on unique trips to explore accounts of intolerance and racism at the sites where they happened. The non-profit organization's vision is to educate and inspire students to become informed, engaged and motivated leaders who promote social justice in their communities. Along with her work leading civil and human rights trips, Suzzanne also started Sterling Silver Tours, which leads regular group tours to the U.K. Join our conversation as we explore meaningful travel, the pros and cons of traveling for work, and thoughts on traveling as a woman of color. 

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I talk with poet, author and speaker Libby Wagner about how she’s developed a lifestyle that blurs the lines between work, personal life and travel. Formerly a tenured university professor who never traveled, Libby now has an unusual and creative career as a corporate “boardroom poet” and leadership advisor. Her work and personal life now regularly include extensive travel (for example leading a writing workshops in Ireland), and extended stays in foreign countries, working wherever she lands. Her story inspires us to reach beyond the mainstream boundaries of work and career, and dive into what truly calls us – without putting limits on what we can achieve and experience.

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In episode 3 of the Globetrotter Lounge, I talk with Jet Set Christina about her very successful career launch last year as a luxury travel blogger and influencer. Her blog was recently ranked in the top 7 travel blogs on Buzzfeed, and was featured in The Daily Mail’s top luxury Travel bloggers list. Her Instagram account was named # 1 by Travel & Leisure, Trip Advisor and Yahoo of top travel accounts to follow. She also was featured in Forbes in an article about the most beautiful Beaches according to the World’s Top Instagrammers. Our conversation left me inspired - and it may do the same for you.

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International pet sitter Kelly Scott talks about how she has embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. She quit her job, sold almost everything, and headed out to travel the world - one pet sit at a time.  She has taken care of pets and homes in England, Switzerland, Dubai, New Zealand, Australia, with sits scheduled in Scotland, Spain and London. Find out more about this great way to see the world, and how you could do it too.

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In the first episode of the Globetrotter Lounge, Katharine Harvey, project manager and Seattle native, shares the multiple ways she’s been able to spend more time at her travel destinations, immersing herself in a full cultural experience. Extended trips have become her top travel strategy – with month long stays in France, Peru, Argentina and Belize. Her story includes pet sitting, house swapping and living in Mexico for a year. She shares tips and resources - and outlines how she was able to make travel and living abroad a priority.

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