Travel Therapy Mentor

Semi-Retirement as we define it means working only part of the year (6mos or so) while taking off the rest of the year to pursue other interests! A semi-retirement lifestyle is easily achievable with a career in travel therapy. In this episode we discuss how we’ve designed our own lifestyle to work only part of the year while spending several months traveling internationally/domestically and taking time for lots of other endeavors. We also discuss methods for you to pursue a similar path and design your own semi-retirement lifestyle!

This is week 3 of our 6 Week mini-series on the basics of travel therapy! In this episode we discuss finding short term housing as a travel therapist. Join us each week as we bring you a new podcast/video and article on each topic including: 1️⃣ What is Travel Therapy 2️⃣ Travel Therapy Pay 3️⃣ Finding Short Term Housing 4️⃣ Travel Therapy Licensing Process 5️⃣ Travel Therapy Recruiters 6️⃣ Tax Homes for Travel Therapists!

In this episode we discuss how our travel plans have changed in 2020, how we’ve shifted gears, and plans for our upcoming road trip around the US! We also give some insights on what we think are the best ways to be conscientious while traveling in 2020. Last- we’d love your feedback on our route for our road trip!

This is week 2 of our 6 week mini series on the basics of travel therapy! In this episode we discuss travel therapy pay & how it works! Tune in each week as we bring you a podcast/video + an article on each topic including: 1️⃣ What is Travel Therapy 2️⃣ Travel Therapy Pay 3️⃣ Travel Therapy Housing 4️⃣ Travel Therapy Licensing Process 5️⃣ Travel Therapy Recruiters 6️⃣ Tax Homes for Travel Therapists!

Financial Independence (FI): having enough income to pay one’s living expenses without working. Jared was able to achieve Financial Independence by age 30, based on living a modest lifestyle with low expenses! In this episode we discuss what financial independence is, ways to achieve it, why you should care, and how travel therapy can help you get there!

This is the first week of our 6 week mini series on the basics of travel therapy!

Tune in each week as we will bring you a video and article on each of the following topics:

➡️What is Travel Therapy & How Does it Work?

➡️Travel Therapy Pay

➡️Travel Therapy Housing

➡️Travel Therapy Licensing Process

➡️Travel Therapy Recruiters

➡️Tax Homes for Travel Therapists

Should SLPs travel during their clinical fellowship year? The SLP clinical fellowship year is quite different than the first year out from PT and OT school. In this episode we discuss the pros, cons, and considerations for SLP grad students thinking about traveling during their CFY. Tune in to learn all the details!

Finances are a big part of all of our lives. In personal finance, there are two major sides to the equation: income and expenses. Right now income may be a tricky part of the equation for a lot of people, especially travel therapists who may be out of work. In this episode, we discuss some ways to lower your expenses as a travel therapist to improve your financial situation. These tips should help you now and moving forward in your future. (Episode recorded via Facebook Live video on 6/22/20)

There are lots of reasons why therapists might choose to pursue travel therapy jobs. One of them is often to try out an area before planning to move there permanently/semi-permanently. However, there are some limitations to this strategy. At the top of the list is that it’s not always easy to secure a travel job in a specific city— especially recently with how poor the job market is. In this episode, we discuss some of the limitations and considerations for trying to pursue travel therapy jobs in order to relocate to a specific area/city. (Episode recorded via Facebook Live video on 6/14/20)

In this episode, we discuss discrimination issues faced by traveling healthcare professionals. While discrimination occurs worldwide and is not unique only to travel healthcare professionals, we as travelers may be subject to potential discrimination more often as we move around and insert ourselves into new communities and work environments very often. We’ve gathered insight from a variety of our colleagues from all over the country with different backgrounds who have faced varying forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. We will be providing a platform to discuss these issues, as well as provide insight and suggestions we’ve gathered on how we as healthcare professionals can help to improve these issues and reduce discrimination within our community of healthcare providers nationwide. (Episode recorded via Facebook Live video on 6/7/20)