Having a home base and growing communities is what Sienna Brown does...from Spain! Originally from Brooklyn, NY and now living in Spain for 4 years, Sienna runs a community and business for women of color to help them move abroad to Spain. She is also the marketing director for the first coworking and coliving space on the mediterranean. Find out why she chose the small town of Jávea, Spain to maintain a home base, and how she got her growing community started to help women of color move...

In today's episode, I'm reading from a book I've been getting a lot out of, and thought I would share something important with you here today. The book is called Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, PhD. I opened it to this section while on a quick break, and found it useful and applicable to me right now. Give a listen as I read a page from this book that talks about a common problem that women have in everyday situations of daily life. Stay emPowered, Beck

An impromptu episode from the beach in Playa del Carmen Mexico. Joined by previous NomadMe Podcast guest Mariza Montiero! (Episode 55: Cryptocurrency) Getting stuck doing the same thing the same way is a situation I've been keeping myself in with some of my businesses. I use NomadFly as an example of how I need to simplify the offer and strategy, rather than the complications I've been adding for a variety of reasons. Mindset and copywriting have a ton to do with this also, and you can hear...

I keep a few negative people on my friend's list to help me. It doesn't always work, but the people who are constantly negative about everything in the world (especially about things that don't even affect them) can be useful as a reminder to NOT BE LIKE THAT. It takes a bit of work to not let it drag you down, and you definitely don't want to keep too many of this type of person in your circle. You don't want to become that. Listen today to hear some examples of how I deal with these...

I never quite understand how people can spend so much time hating and spreading negativity. Spreading positivity is one of my core values, yet there always seems to be a couple of dickheads in any crowd. Listen to today's podcast to learn how best to deal with, think about, and cope with haters, dickheads, and negative people. Stay emPowered, Beck

Being rejected by people you hold dear is one of the more traumatic events for digital nomads. People who are close and don’t understand the appeal of your chosen lifestyle will reject you and try to hold you back to their own standard of living. Listen today to the story of my expected life’s blueprint, how I’ve learned to deal with it, and how to get on with life regardless of those who try holding you back. Stay emPowered, Beck

Bitten early on by the travel bug, Blake Boles dug into the different ways he could fund a traveling lifestyle for himself. Since 2008, he’s built his own travel tour company that allows him to follow this dream life as a digital nomad. Learn how he built the business running only one or two trips a year and funds his lifestyle the rest of the year. Stay emPowered, Beck

Naomi is an actress with full citizenships in three countries. She has been location independent since 2007, and a full-time nomad since 2016. All while running her time-intensive consulting business.  She’s learned to use house sitting strategies to both travel full-time and dramatically cut down her expenses and pay down excessive debt at a much higher rate than normal. She runs a virtual team that works in the areas of assistant services, bookkeeping, copywriting, organizing, tech...

This one took me a bit of time to figure out, but it is of priceless benefit to my life once I started to work it out. Being nomadic and moving from place to place makes building a typical local community difficult. Since your local changes from place to place, it certainly isn’t a traditional lifestyle. It is critically important to have a community of your people for the times when things won’t quite go your way and you just need support. I’ve been fortunate that I worked it out...

Travel to most countries doesn’t really matter much, but when traveling as a lesbian, you do need to exercise a bit of caution in many cases. I would never discourage anyone from travel, but as a single female traveller, you will want to be wary of who you tell about your situation. Most regular people aren’t used to the idea of a woman traveling alone, and I get asked about my husband or boyfriend all the time. Sometime it doesn’t matter, but in most cases, a little extra discretion about...

Today is a quick episode about selling off or otherwise getting rid of excess stuff. I’ll give you some of the many ways to sell off your stuff so you can move on relatively light. It seems like it can’t be helped when you take up a home base for any length of time. You just accumulate stuff. You can’t reasonably take it all with you when moving on to another country to make a different home base. Listen to today’s episode for my advice on how to make the process as painless as...

There’s a situation that comes up among female digital nomads. It’s a subject that gets talked about quite a bit, and that’s being approached by creepy men. Not all men, of course. But it happens quite a bit. It’s not something that should prevent you from traveling at all, but it is something that seems to happen more often than back at home.  It’s a conversation that needs to continue, as we continue to blend into different cultures and groups so that women can feel safer and respected,...

Every Digital Nomad will have to deal with goodbyes.  Friends, relationships, even cities will come and go from your life as long as you are driven to explore. Some people struggle with this even more than leaving home to start their travels. Tune in to today’s episode to hear my take on this as I prepare to say goodbye to one chapter of this nomadic life, and am excited at what’s to come! Stay emPowered, Beck

M. Shannon Hernandez helps her clients establish themselves as the experts they already are. She quit her 15-year career as a teacher making usual low teacher’s pay, and now lives mostly in Costa Rica working 3 days a week while generating $30k per month in revenue from her business. If you want to be a thought leader, build a brand, and a business that you’re proud of based on your knowledge and authenticity — this is an episode you don’t want to miss! Stay emPowered, Beck

On today’s podcast, we’ve got freelance writer and co-host of the amazing Nomad & Spice Podcast Viv Egan. A Digital Nomad since 2014, she now considers herself Location Independent, since she does work from a home base in the UK, but travels whenever she likes (and of course can run her business from anywhere). Viv dishes out tips, resources, and some of the many types of writing jobs out there to get started with a freelance writing career, and tells you what you really need to get...

Shortcuts are a great way to get ahead, if you can find real ones. Focus on your business and it’s purpose, then the platforms will come easier, because you’ve been focused on the right thing. Put in all the effort you can before moving on to something else from your business platforms. Stay emPowered, Beck

Healthy lifestyle is important when adding the stresses of travel and running a business. In today’s episode, I’ll give you my recipes on how I start each day at my home base in Bangkok. Stay emPowered, Beck

Regular vacation travelers pack up and drag around luggage sometimes bigger than they are.  Doing all this then moving it all to the new place every couple of days is tiring, even for people only traveling only a few weeks. This excess packing of giant bags of things you’ll never need would make Digital Nomad life impossible. When I travel, no matter for weekend trips or a 4 week trips, I always bring the same small bag. Listen to today’s podcast for the many ways to deal with things you...

Thailand is such a widely-known Digital Nomad hub, mostly congregated around several major hubs. But there are many places still that work great for Digital Nomads, even if most of them never go. I recorded this when just back from our short trip to Khao Sok. Find all about this secret (for now, lol) place in today’s podcast Stay emPowered, Beck

People always ask what skills they should learn to become a Digital Nomad. But that's the way it really works. Learning random skills if you have no goal for what you want to do is pointless. The way I think about Digital Nomad skills is more about the type of work you want to do, and each has it's own skills Hear the way I break it down in today's podcast. Stay emPowered, Beck

Prepare to be amazed in this episode, because I'm talking to Lise Cartwright. Lise is pretty much THE BOMB. Yes, she's a prolific author and coach. Yes, she wrote 7 books in 7 weeks but she also has a strategy. (She would have to, right?) She's sharing that strategy with us today - not just to write a book, but to self publish it and everything that entails. The goal here is to show you that writing a book doesn't need to be the big scary thing everyone thinks. It's more about breaking it...

I was introduced to Amar recently and was blown away by his action taker personality - I really love that kind of entrepreneur. Amar co founded Zenmaid, software as a service for companies that organize maid services. He also runs entrepreneur retreats at Italian volcanoes. Epic. Stay emPowered, Beck

When I first arrived in Thailand, I lost my bank card immediately. It was a huge problem. I just always thought I wouldn't be able to set up a Thai account, so I didn't for about two years. Now I have accounts in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the USA and the UK. And working on more! I think it's a lot easier to just have a local account for things so I set them up all the time. Honestly if you want something you will find a way to do it. And if you don't want it enough you will find a lot...

In this episode, I take a question from a nomad Facebook group and give some advice. It's just advice from my experience, and what I would do. The question is about leaving home for a year and whether or not to prepare all the visas in advance. Listen in to find out the (my) answer... Stay emPowered, Beck

The advice in today's episode is pretty simple. You might not like it. You ma not want to hear it. It's not going to make things more fun. But it's true, and I wish I would have listened to it years ago. It's to focus on one thing, don't give up on it, be consistent with it and OWN it. I was so indecisive for so long, I wasted a lot of time. Enjoy this episode! Remember to jump over into our Facebook group, 6 Figure Digital Nomads. Stay emPowered, Beck