In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kathy Dragon.Kathy has over three decades of experience spanning every facet of the travel industry and continues to believe in the power of travel to bring about positive change in the world. Since she began in the travel industry in 1987, Kathy has been involved in over a dozen startups, with limited success and extensive personal lea...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Sharon Houghton.With over 15 years of experience in the media and Outdoor industries, Sharon is a sales and revenue leader who oversees notable brands and leads a robust team of creative, results-oriented, and passionate people. As the SVP of Sales at Outside, Sharon is focused on delivering results that impact the organization and its ...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Amanda Riffee.Amanda is an Internationally Certified Executive Coach for Women. She is a thought leader and event speaker with a business degree and 17 years of corporate experience. Amanda is also the host of the Unleashing You with Amanda Riffee podcast, a happy wife, and a mom of two. Her mission is to help women unlock their mindset...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a special soulful and unscripted conversation with Dee Gibson.Dee is an award-winning British Sri Lankan designer and hotelier. She built Kalukanda House in 2017 to reconnect with her heritage. Dee has a vision to create space for women to use their voices. She believes that there is a wealth of talent and dynamism in Sri Lanka and that we should reframe the way w...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Alice Morrison.Alice is an author, adventurer, and TV presenter living in the heart of Morocco. For the first 8 years of her life, Alice got to run free in the African Bush, roaming around the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon in Uganda, hunting tadpoles and running away from snakes. She studied Arabic and Turkish at Edinburgh Univ...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Mickela Mallozzi.Mickela is the four-time Emmy-winning host of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance that airs on PBS nationwide and on Amazon Prime around the world. A professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a journey around the world, taking her camera with her ...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Alexis Bowen. Alexis Bowen is a respected expert in the travel and tourism industry and co-founder of Elsewhere, a travel marketplace connecting travelers with local experts worldwide. She has been featured by top publications such as the New York Times, Vogue, and USA Today, and was chosen as the face of Canva’s ‘Start-up Success...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Allison Boyle. Allison Boyle is a backpacking educator and life coach. She is the founder of the outdoor blog She Dreams of Alpine and the creator of the outdoor coaching program, Become a Backpacking Badass, where she teaches women how to become safe, confident, and self-sufficient in the outdoors. Allison loves having the chance to...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Maria Baltazzi. Happiness explorer and travel designer Maria Baltazzi is an Emmy-winning veteran television producer and wellbeing teacher whose extraordinary life has taken her to every corner of the globe. Her remarkable journey across all seven continents, walking over 8,500 miles for charity, summiting Kilimanjaro twice, and...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Beth Santos.  Beth is an award-winning changemaker out to change the landscape of travel for women worldwide. She founded Wanderful as a travel blog aimed to explore the diverse and shared experiences of women traveling the world. Today, Wanderful has exploded into an international community and social network with the active membership...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kirsten Gardner. Passionate about the people, landscapes, and cultures of the Americas and Asia, Kirsten is the Co-Founder of Outlier Journeys, a small tour operator offering thoughtfully crafted private adventures for the modern explorer. She's been lucky to spend her entire career - all 18 years - working in various arms of the...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with community facilitator and creator of WOACA the Camino, Alysa Golden. Alysa loves empowering women to reach their potential through psychotherapy, coaching, and community development. She has recently added “pilgrim” to her resume as she prepares to solo walk 900km across Spain on the Camino de Santiago this Spring. She created WOACA,...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kelly Kimple. Kelly assumed the reigns of Adventures in Good Company in 2020, successfully leading the company through the industry’s biggest crisis and returning it to pre-pandemic levels. Her vision is to build a business that makes a difference in the world, inspires women, builds community, and is the world’s most trusted tour...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Jessica Brooks. As an experienced international tour leader, Jessica’s journey led her to Mongolia, where she has been based since 2006. In 2010, she co-founded Eternal Landscapes with a local partner, challenging traditional tourism perceptions of the country. Eternal Landscapes is a business with a social conscience driven by a clear...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Kat Medina. Writer, world traveler, and public speaker, Kat Medina is the author of The Joys of Jet Lag: How to Use a Traveler’s Mindset to Not Be an A-Hole in Daily Life. She’s traveled to more than 35 countries and lived in Ecuador, Argentina, France, and Spain. Kat draws upon her passion for travel to inspire joy in others, teaching...

In this very special episode of Soul of Travel, we take a look behind the scenes for a soulful conversation between podcast creator and host Christine and guest Carly Oduardo, who is SOT’s podcast producer and content magician. Christine and Carly discuss: · How Carly and Christine met and formed a lifelong friendship · Behind-the-scenes details of the podcast · Celebrate our milestones and accomplishments · Take a look into the future of the Soul of Travel Join Christine now for this soulful...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Megan Ryder-Burbidge & Linsey Sherman-Zekulin. Sororal was co-founded by women's rights advocates Megan Ryder-Burbidge & Linsey Sherman-Zekulin to prioritize safety education and economic security for women in hospitality and tourism spaces around the globe. Through consultation and collaboration with women-owned and led...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Jayni Gudka, Founder and CEO of Sama Sama International and Unseen Tours. Jayni is a social entrepreneur with the vision of making the tourism industry more inclusive of marginalized communities and their stories. She founded Sama Sama International in 2023 following a research project where she designed a toolkit for co-creating...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Dr. Morgan Brosnihan. Dr. Morgan Brosnihan is a physical therapist, thru-hiker, and van dweller dedicated to combining her passions to bring quality injury care to long-distance hikers. She has a sidekick with four legs named Honey and has helped over 1,200 hikers continue on their journeys to hike from Mexico to Canada with her unique...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Samantha Smits. Samantha is a Sustainable Tourism Consultant with a passion for travel and a commitment to making a positive impact. She has dedicated her entrepreneurial journey to helping tour operators and travel agencies embrace sustainability. Samantha empowers them to integrate sustainable practices into their operations through...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with bestselling travel author Nikki Vargas. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, Nikki Vargas is the author of the newly-released bestselling CALL YOU WHEN I LAND (HarperCollins 2023), named one of the best women's memoirs of 2023 by Glamour Magazine, selected as a Staff Pick by Apple Books, and a recommended read by Good Morning America,...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Tara Busch, creator of the Conscious Travel Collective. Tara was raised in California, the only child to a fearless single mother who gave her lots of rope to explore in her backyard on her own. Tara started Conscious Travel Collective with a mission of doing right by the destination and giving travelers an authentic experience, and...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Sherry Ott, Founder of Ottsworld.com. Sherry is a pioneer in the world of new media, writing about her travel lifestyle and adventures around the world on Ottsworld.com since 2006. In her 11 years of living nomadically, she’s circled the globe multiple times, visiting all seven continents and providing continuous blog coverage. She...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Akvile Marozaite, Founder and CEO of Expedition Cruise Network. Born in Lithuania, Akvile moved to the UK in 2007 to pursue her career in travel. In 2011, she joined a luxury cruise brand where she discovered a passion for expedition cruising. Having traveled to some of the remotest corners of the world and worked in various roles in...

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Fernanda Villacis, Managing Partner at Neotropic Expeditions in Ecuador. Being born and raised in Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse places on earth, has shaped Fernanda’s love for exploring and her deep appreciation for the natural world. She is an adventurer at heart that truly believes travel has the power to transcend boundaries...