Welcome to Season 2 of "The Journey to Freedom" podcast! After a short pause, I'm happy to begin the next season and I'm kicking it off with some exciting news: We are finally taking the first steps towards moving to the jungle! I fill you in on a recent trip to Costa Rica and some developments for the move date.  Around 30 minutes in, I read the rough draft* of my upcoming book's intro and Chapter 1. I first give a quick synopsis of the history of traditional retirement and why it is...

When we began looking into short term vacation rental investing, we thought of it as "passive income." But I laugh heartily at the thought of calling any of this “passive.” IT IS WORK. HARD WORK. I wanted to give you an honest description of what actively managing just two vacation rentals looks like in order to get the high return that you want.  In the first half of today's episode, I give you a realistic idea of the time and expense involved in running one, but in the second half of the...

Today I'm speaking with Beth Inglish, who happens to be an old friend from my Nashville days early in my career, and is now a professional motivational speaker and artist with a mission to connect people and to teach them how to put their creativity to work. She's built her entire life on openness, creativity and connection, and now she's teaching large audiences to feel the same way. She's blended her experiences with trauma recovery with 13 years of art-making and community leadership into...

Today's episode is a Friday Bonus--something I'd love to begin doing so that I can add some more mindset tips and non-interview content to the "Journey to Freedom" podcast.  Today's show comes from a blog I published recently. You can read the blog here, if you'd like to see a "transcript" of today's show.  Preview: If you want to achieve something wildly different from your present, then you have to break the habit of being your current self. To get from Point A to Point B you have to...

So this week’s podcast episode bio will be a little different than usual. No Forbes articles and blogger awards to list out and such. But man, is he awesome in all the other ways! This week, I can’t wait for you to meet my husband, Jeremy Fowler. He’s amazing. Originally from lower Alabama, he attended the University of South Alabama and Faulkner University for civil engineering and explored all sorts of engineering, until at the very end, realized he would make more money and --enjoy more--...

Today I’m chatting with A Purple Life-- an anonymous blogger that has caught the attention of a lot of folks as she is radically transparent about her finances at APurpleLife.com. She started her blog in 2015 and publicly hatched a plan to retire in 10 years at age 35. In the meantime, she decreased her spending, increased her wages, and took advantage of domestic "geoarbitrage" (meaning, she moved to a less expensive city) and instead reached her goal in HALF the time and retired in 2020 at...

Today we discuss my number one FAQ: "Is it safe to breastfeed while using CBD?" The short answer is "we don't know yet." But I go into detail on the related research that could help you better make your own decision on whether or not to use CBD while you're breastfeeding. I go through my personal thought process and what I personally choose to do. I also talk about what other health professionals say, which doesn't always align with my own views. I want you to come to your own educated...

Welcome to episode 2 of the Household Hemp Podcast! Today’s guest is Kayla Fiorvanti-- one of the co-founders of Ology Essentials, a research-driven brand of luxury skin care products made with high-quality hemp-derived CBD. Kayla has launched a natural personal care business once before and grew it from a $50 investment in her home kitchen into a large company that sold for millions. Ology is her newest endeavor. As she points out in our interview, the word “ology” means “a subject of study”...

In this inaugural episode, Meg Nordmann discusses the 8 reasons she believes the CBD industry is targeting the mother demographic in their marketing efforts & why we should care. This podcast is sponsored by Anchor