Traipsin' Global on Wheels Podcast Hour

In this digital world, boundaries are blurred more and more and we are left chasing for an income that is seemingly always late on arrival. This guided meditation will leave you feeling grounded/centered, enough, and confident for what this 24/7 digital life throws at you.

If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed, give this short blend of a guided meditation and visualization a try!

Stephanie Bowman is the founder of the non-profit, One Heart for Women and Children. They serve an average of 20,000 individuals by providing basic human needs such as high-quality food and life-coping skills.

Mirjam Versteegh is known for her leadership in the accessible travel industry. In 2017 she became the owner of Disabled Accessible Travel, based out of Barcelona. Under her guidance, the company expanded its services and geographical reach, and established itself as Europe’s leading accessible travel agency. Disabled Accessible Travel offers private travel experiences, with a specific focus on accessible shore excursions in the majority of the European ports of call. Mirjam also developed the app ‘accessaloo’, an innovative application, providing a comprehensive directory of accessible restrooms worldwide. This free app allows users to find, add and share accessible toilets on the go. She has travelled the world extensively, and lived and worked in various countries and continents. This experience has allowed her to bring a global perspective to her work, and drive solutions and empower individuals with disabilities to access essential services and experiences worldwide. With her professional background in consulting, always covering the bridge between Business and IT, she is dedicated to create inclusive and online solutions, making holiday planning easier, more reliable, and more fun!

From a challenging beginning in Kansas City, Missouri, Wesley Hamilton has created an extraordinary life story of resilience and transformation. Following a traumatic incident at 24 that resulted in him being paralyzed below the waist, Wes channeled his adversity into a personal revolution, focusing on fitness and nutrition, and astonishingly losing 100 pounds despite his physical limitations.

Amu Urhonen is a disability activist and disability rights expert based in Tampere, Finland. She has worked with disability rights since 1997 when she was 17 and joined a disability rights organisation when she realised the importance of persons with disabilities working for their rights.

Currently, she is working at FELM (Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission) as a disability inclusion adviser and as a chairperson of Abilis Foundation that provides funding for grassroot level organisations of persons with disabilities in developing countries. She is a member of ODIHR panel of politicians with disabilities. She has worked in research projects about disability history, disability activism and political participation of persons with disabilities. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked for IFRC making sure disability inclusion would be considered in their COVID measures. Urhonen is a Theologist and Sexual Counsellor who has also studied Social Sciences. On her free time, Urhonen enjoys literature and travelling in Europe by train. 

Driving is so key to our human dignity, access to employment and social well being, and yet adaptive driving programs are so sparse. I share a couple of the adaptive driving programs I went through to give you an idea of what resources you can tap into to learn how to drive.

I list a few types of meditations and what I have benefited from practicing meditation more consistently over the last few years...