Travelling Minds

Travelling Minds

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Travelling Minds episodes

  • #38. Education for All! Canada's One of a Kind Student Refugee Program

    Over the past 40 years, the Student Refugee Program has offered post-secondary education to over 2000 incoming refugees, the only youth-to-youth resettlement program worldwide. Libby talks with the co-chairs of the U of Manitoba's WUSC Local Committee Carly and Ameen at Les Saj Middle Eastern restaurant, over shawarmas and fries. 

    For shownotes and more, go to http://libbyj.ca/podcast/

    • For tickets to the March 7, 2020 event on forced migration, https://bit.ly/2VTjRFT 
    • To donate to the U of Manitoba WUSC Local Committee, click here (WUSC Student Refugee Sponsorship Endowment)
    • Follow WUSC on Facebook, @WUSCUofM, or on instagram, @uofm.wusc
    24 min
  • #37. 3 Simple Questions to Become More Curious

    Let's get curious! Libby tells what she's learned about curiosity since starting Travelling Minds, and how to become more curious with 3 simple questions.

    Well travelled starts at home, with a dash of curiosity!

    Shownotes at www.libbyj.ca/podcast/

    • Tim Ferriss Podcast with Brené Brown
    • Marie Forleo
    • Related episodes: 14 and 33!
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    • Episode artwork by Laura Studney
    10 min
  • #36. An Inner Journey in Mental Health and Gender with Kai Solomon
    Sometimes the greatest trips happen without leaving home.  In this episode, Kai shares about their gender transition to non-binary. As a mental health and gender advocate, Kai has learned to “...Keep discovering. Keep exploring who you are and different parts of yourself.” For show notes and blog posts, go to www.libbyj.ca Kai mentions Winnipeg organizations that provide support: Sunshine House, Rainbow Resource Centre, Klinic They learned a lot about transitioning from @alionsfear (instagram) Find K
    27 min
  • #35. Remote Year: 12 Countries in 12 Months with Cynthia Fortlage
    If you could work from anywhere, would you? Solopreneur Cynthia has begun 2020 in Chile with the program Remote Year Zenith. I find out about how she is travelling to 12 countries alongside 27 other travellers, AND continues her consulting business in co- working spaces worldwide. This isn’t Cynthia’s first leap. In the past 5 years, she has done a major career change, transitioned from male to female, and built a business anchored to the concept of ‘acceptance without understanding’.  Insurance
    35 min
  • #34. 4 Steps to Make Your Travel Goals a Reality
    Do you have a travel goal that’s always in the back of your mind, but never actually happens?  Black.Kintsugi has an ambitious travel goal to see every country in the world, and has recently gone to the 60th country on her list! In this episode: 4 Steps to Make Your Travel Goals a Reality, get motivated for the New Year!  Check out Episode 23, where Libby learns all about Pelumi's travel goal and travel philosophy. Find @black.kintsugi on instagram and @PhD_flygirl on twitter Watch the episode on Youtub
    27 min
  • #33. Design Your Own Adventurous Life!
    “This life you are living is one of many you will live.” - Designing Your Life.  Libby explores her favourite self help book of 2019: Designing Your LIfe, to help YOU Design your own adventurous life. Grab a pen and paper, and flick your curiosity switch to ON! Odyssey Plan Worksheet Designing Your Life Website What is an Odyssey Plan? Video Choose Your Own Adventures: Search for the Mountain Gorillas
    21 min
  • #32. Why did you start a podcast?

    At the Manitoba Podcast Festival (Park Theatre, Winnipeg), Libby asked local podcasters: Why did you start a podcast? Here are the various show details, in the order that they show up in the episode! This is the last episode for season 3 of Travelling Minds- after a November break, we'll be back + better than ever!

    • Sean and Todd from SeanGeek Podcast 
    • Sam from Witchpolice Radio
    • Marc and Scott from This Ain't Babysittin
    • Mike and Cory from 2 Black Geeks 
    • Steve from Primarily Critical 
    • Jas and Shar from Giving up the Ghost 
    • Mark from Rise Up!
    • Episode Artwork by Laura Studney. 
    20 min
  • #31: Connecting Through Language Learning with Laura Lussier

    Bilingual actor, director, writer, TV personality, coach, Laura Lussier tells about going on a cross-Canada tour promoting Canada's Official Languages, her own rediscovery of French in Ottawa, France and Benin, and her Spanish studies for an upcoming trip to Peru. We relish in the discomforts, the connections and the importance of trying to understand one another at home and while travelling!

    • Toured across Canada in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the official languages act with CBC's Bonjour my friend!
    • Represents Western and Arctic Canada on the Radio-Canada show 100% locale
    • Find out more about Laura at http://www.lauralussier.com/home/ 
    • Worked as a tour guide at Vimy Ridge in France 
    • Learning Spanish at College Universitaire Saint Boniface 
    • Episode Artwork by Laura Studney
    39 min
  • #30: Travel Hack with Michelle (Feat. Axel!)
    What’s travel hacking? Since having their son, Axel, Michelle and her husband Jonny’s travel style changed. In this episode, we talk about her discovery of Travel Hacking with credit cards, deal websites and tips for international family travel. Axel also joins us at the end with his take on their travels, and becomes the youngest podcast guest on the show!  Michelle has put together a Top Travel Rewards resource which you can find here. Note: American Credit Cards only Are you Canadian? Check out this
    36 min

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Host Libby Jeffrey's travelling mind loves to find people who make their own rules, set big goals and are guided by curiosity. Subscribe and embrace your travelling mind- after all, "well travelled"…