Helen Russell is a British best selling author, and a Scandinavian correspondent for The Guardian. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, studied the culture and lifestyle of the World’s happiest country, Denmark, and her follow up book, The Atlas of Happiness uncovers the secrets of how happiness manifests around the world. In this episode she shares what she has learned, and what we can borrow from other cultures to live a happier, more fulfilled life.

BBC Two recently aired a travel show where five teams competed to travel overland from London to Singapore in the shortest time. Natalie and Shameema share their ups and downs, plus lessons learned along the way. In this episode, we discuss being stranded in The Caspian Sea for 5 days, coping with a lack of sleep, and Natalies challenges and anxieties about unwanted attention in certain countries because of the colour of her skin.

Emily Luxton is a full time travel blogger and specialises in deeper travel. In this episode she shares her tips on how we can all have a slower, more immersive experience when we travel. We also talk about how to avoid travel burnout and how to truly enjoy the area we are visiting. With a focus on local, authentic experiences rather than rushing through.

Lindsey Cole has been affected by loss, grief and self harm. In this episode she shares her experiences of turning a harrowing time in her life, into a positive adventure. Lindsey is the kind of person who pushes herself and just goes for it. She has, so far, walked the length of the Rabbit Proof Fence, swam the length of the River Thames and cycled from the top to the bottom of Africa.

Danielle Desir is a travel finance specialist, speaker and podcaster at The Thought Card. In the past few years, not only has she managed to save thousands of dollars on travel, she has also done it whilst paying off her student debt, and becoming a homeowner. In this super-useful episode, she shares her easy-to-action money saving tips and hacks, to help you travel on a tiny budget.

Travel writer Amy Baker shares some of the warnings she received before embarking on her 6 month solo trip to South America, such as ‘You’re 100% going to die!’ And ‘Beware of men with wooden jewellery’ and why she chose to ignore them. Amy also shares her (somewhat more useful!) advice on solo travel, and why we should ignore the naysayers.

I’ve been travelling solo since 2002 and haven’t always got it quite right. I learned along the way and have shared my top five tips for solo travellers. I also talk about how I manage to travel solo even since becoming a Mum to my four year old daughter, Rosa.

One of the biggest worries we have as solo travellers, is how to stay safe on the road. I know that I have personally found myself in a few sticky situations, and I wish I had equipped myself with some tips and strategies on how to stay safe.  Lloyd Figgins is THE go to person for travel safety. An international risk expert, Lloyd is a regular on The BBC and Sky News, when they need expert analysis on travel security. He also shares his essential travel safety packing list.

My guest this week, Sarah Mikutel moved from the United States to the beautiful Lake District in the UK when she was just 18 years old. She’s been trying out life in different countries ever since and she is also the founder of the wonderful expat podcast ‘The Postcard Academy’. We talk about the best ways to take the leap and make the move, how to meet people and settle in to your new home and some little surprises we learn about different cultures (and ourselves) along the way.

I recently stayed at co-living space, Outsite, which was set up to provide a living and working space for digital nomads. Whilst there I chatted to three different people who are all doing their own thing and making a nomadic life work for them. 

We discuss how to manage your client relationships, the costs associated with long term travel, and also what a typical day might look like (if there is such a thing!).

 It really opened my eyes to talk about productivity, creativity and flexibility.

So far, Dave Cornthwaite has completed 14 out of 25 unique 1000 mile journeys, all on non-motorised transport, since quitting his job way back in 2005. Dave's ethos in life is to 'Say yes more’, and in this episode we learn how we can all have more adventures. Interviewing Dave felt like chatting to an old friend. He is the nicest, most easy going guy with an infectious joie de vivre. We joked about how city life can wear you down and stress you out, and how easy it can be to have more...

I took the train to sunny Margate to meet up with contributing travel editor of Stylist Magazine, Anna Hart to discuss her new travel memoir ‘Departures’ and to talk about solo travel and why we should all push ourselves outside of our comfort zone. We also discussed how travel can change you as a person, and how we can always learn something from every single journey.

International Photographer Laura Pearman shares her top tips on solo travel and how to shoot like a pro when you’re on the road. Laura has even given me a free kit checklist at the end so stay tuned! Such a great value episode!


In this first episode, I’m chatting to Wanderlust Magazine’s resident medic, Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth about how we can all stay fit and healthy when we’re on the road. Jane has decades of long distance travel experience and has encountered all kinds of maladies from around the world. We discuss how to avoid getting Delhi belly, what to do if you have an accident or are taken ill when you’re travelling and what essential medical kit we should all take with us on each trip.