THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST
The 'third space.' Growing up in Germany to a life in Australia with Kati Craythorn
From teenage years on, Kati has wanted to explore Australia but never quite envisaged getting "stuck" here. Kati grew up behind the Berlin Wal, in East Berlin. Travel always had a bit of an exotic allure to Kati and she has now lived almost half her life in Australia, and sometimes she wonders whether her "extended period abroad" will ever come to an end.
Travel became a reality for Kati after growing up behind the Berlin Wall. She has spent time in South Africa for her PHD but now resides in Australia.
About Kati
From teenage years, Kati wanted to explore Australia but never quite envisaged getting "stuck" here. Kati grew up behind the Berlin Wall, in East Berlin. Travel always had a bit of an exotic allure to Kati. She now has lived almost half her life in Australia, and sometimes she wonders whether her "extended period abroad" will ever come to an end.
Whilst still German at heart, Australia has changed her in so many ways that now find parts of the German psyche and mentality alien. Kati loves going back to see her family but admits that sometimes pretends not to be German because it makes life easier. When her family comes out to Australia, she is always struck by what they find curious and remark upon - things she doesn’t notice or take for granted.
“People smile because they genuinely want to smile.”
When coming home...
Emotions Kati faced - Life has gone on back home and Kati faces conflicting emotions like a deep sense of being home whilst also feeling isolated.
What changed for Kati - Going home felt like going back to normal life. Now, after 18 years she founds very integrated here in Australia. Family and friends change and she finds she is re-building relationships.
How Kati used her mindset - Working on letting go of judgment and letting go of what you see on the surface.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
You are stronger than you think.
The importance of smile.
How important her family is.
Advise to herself for returning home - Just let go!
“Just let go and go with the flow.”
Links
Website: www.queenslandandbeyond.com
Katis Instagram: @kati_qldandbeyond
Katis Pintrest: qldandbeyond
Pip Honour - A wellness journey and a travelling adventure.
Pip Honour is a Wellness Coach and Meditation Teacher. She works with women 1:1 and in groups to help them create more Confidence, Clarity and Calm in their worlds. Her work is grounded in the belief that transforming your mindset will create positive and lasting change.
Pip went on a six month adventure spending 2 months in Europe - Italy, Croatia, France, Germany and Hungary, 1 month in South Africa, 1 month in India and 1 month in Sri Lanka before returning to Australia to grow her life coaching business.
Creating a confident body image, mindset and setting up her own business during her travels through Europe, South Africa, India and Sri Lanka.
About Pip
Pip Honour is a Wellness Coach and Meditation Teacher. She works with women 1:1 and in groups to help them create more Confidence, Clarity and Calm in their worlds. Her work is grounded in the belief that transforming your mindset will create positive and lasting change.
Pip went on a six month adventure spending 2 months in Europe - Italy, Croatia, France, Germany and Hungary, 1 month in South Africa, 1 month in India and 1 month in Sri Lanka before returning to Australia to grow her life coaching business.
“What I’ve experienced is to be treasured by me.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Pip faced - Excitement and nervousness although felt ready to return home. Deflated. Frustration.
- What had changed - Her work and work environment from corporate to her own business. Not having a regular monthly pay check.
- How Pip supported herself - She got a puppy and took time to be appreciative for everything she had.
- How did her mindset change - Gained perspective. She didn't need a lot to live life.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
- Continue to be open minded and be considerate of others.
- We get to choose how we create our life.
- Remain present.
- Advise to herself for returning home - Consistancy and routine is so important and also plan your next trip to keep your adventure alive.
“By going on this big overseas trip, I felt a real sense of perspective and the simple life that I really want to create.”
Links
Website: www.piphonour.com Scroll to the bottom of Pips home page to access your Self Retreat Freebie from Pip.
Pips Instagram: @piphonour
Facebook: piphonour
“We are our own creators and we get to make our own decisions and when we sit in this space its really really empowering.”
Nikola Dóžová - Kenya, kayaking Europe to studying and consulting in digital marketing.
Nikola Dóžová is a lover great coffee, ultra marathon runs, books and nature. But most of all she love to do things in a different way.
Nikola travelled solo around Kenya for six months, paddled 1000 Kilometres in a sea kayak, went to walk the Pyrenees and many many other adventures. Right now she is in Iceland finishing my master degree in digital marketing and is a passionate adventure and travel blogger.
Six months in Africa to sea kayaking 1000km around Europe and now studying and consulting remotely from Iceland.
About Nikola
Nikola Dóžová is a lover great coffee, ultra marathon runs, books and nature. But most of all she love to do things in a different way.
Nikola travelled solo around Kenya for six months, paddled 1000 Kilometres in a sea kayak, went to walk the Pyrenees and many many other adventures. Right now she is in Iceland finishing my master degree in digital marketing and is a passionate adventure and travel blogger.
“We can do whatever we want (in life) its just up to us.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Nikola faced - Very sad and was very lost at home and was crying all the time. Felt very alone.
- What had changed - Not easy to find a job. Difficult to make money. Lost many friends.
- Biggest stress - Society.
- How Nikola supported herself - Implemented things from the new culture she experienced. Cooking and listening to music. Visiting old places. Spend time on her own and putting two cultures together. Getting back into sports.
- How did her mindset change - Very tough as in Africa there is time for everything. Felt more happy and free. 'Pole Pole' just slow down and take it easy. I was relaxed and happy and loved myself.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
- Everything has its limits and its different in different cultures.
- Being kind, help people and smile, it will come back to you.
- Its very important to be a bit wild but also be humble.
- Advise to herself for returning home - Make time for myself to put together my thoughts and leasons.
Amanda Kendle - 5.5 years of teaching English aboard.
Amanda is a lifelong travel addict who has lived and worked in Japan, Slovakia and Germany before returning to her hometown of Perth, Western Australia. She runs a travel blog at NotABallerina.com and is the host of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, all about how beneficial travel can be for us in so many ways. She lives with her seven-year-old son and two cats and is always on the lookout for excuses to take her son travelling.
Five and a halve years of teaching English in Japan, Slovakia and Germany to travel blogger and podcast host.
About Amanda
Amanda is a lifelong travel addict who has lived and worked in Japan, Slovakia and Germany before returning to her hometown of Perth, Western Australia. She runs a travel blog at NotABallerina.com and is the host of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, all about how beneficial travel can be for us in so many ways. She lives with her seven-year-old son and two cats and is always on the lookout for excuses to take her son travelling.
“I always think about a Christmas I spent in Tunisia in Northern Africa. I went there by accident as it was the only place that had available flights left.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Amanda faced - Resistance, hard work.
- What had changed - Many friends had left, no friends from home wanted to hear about her trip, missed out on pop culture for 5 years so just couldn't relate to those around her. Couldn't contribute to the 'normal' conversations and didn't feel like she could fit in.
- Biggest stress - Fitting back in with her friends, cost of living due to mining boom in Perth.
- How Amanda supported herself - Having the job and Friends from the english learning school. Once she had children she found common ground with old friends as she was at a similar stage of life. Started a travel blog and looked and started planing for more travel.
- How did her mindset change - Didn't want to have a 'liner' career path. Money became less important. Much more open minded.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
- Get outside of your comfort zone.
- Adaptability.
- Open minded and empathetic to others.
- Advise to herself for returning home - Step back and remember to be empatheic to those around me.
“I realised how much I had grown from travelling and that I really wanted to give that to other people.”
LINKS
Website: notaballerina.com and amandakendle.com
Amandas Instagram: @amandakendle
Facebook: NotABallerina
Twitter: @amandakendle
Pinterest @amandatravels
The thoughtful travel podcast
The Thoughtful Travel Podcast features chats with travel writers, photographers, travel bloggers and other travel lovers about topics centered around why we love traveling and what we learn from it. Abby featured in episodes
Annie Soulsby - Seeing Tanzania grow.
Annie Soul is a life coaching specialising in travel. She blogs about her expertise at www.soulfultravels.co.uk. She has spent over seven years as an expat in Tanzania. Annie moved to Tanzania in 2010 after six months of teaching scientific fieldwork skills to volunteers on a bush camp with no running water or electricity the previous year. She went with the ambition of starting her own NGO and spent every single effort trying to make that happen. She made some really lovely lifelong friends and had awesome adventures, but needed a change and decided to leave in 2016.
Leaving the UK for 7 years in Tanzania and returning home again.
About Annie
Annie Soul is a life coaching specialising in travel. She blogs about her expertise at www.soulfultravels.co.uk. She has spent over seven years as an expat in Tanzania.
Annie moved to Tanzania in 2010 after six months of teaching scientific fieldwork skills to volunteers on a bush camp with no running water or electricity the previous year. She went with the ambition of starting her own NGO and spent every single effort trying to make that happen.
In the end the political situation changed dramatically and the experience was not the same as when she had arrived. She made some really lovely lifelong friends and had awesome adventures, but needed a change and decided to leave in 2016.
“You have to take some time to nurture your own feelings to ensure your strong enough to continue”
When coming home...
- Emotions Annie faced - Upset to leave new friends in Tanzania behind, excited to return home, security, relax and not worry about basic needs.
- Biggest stress - No one understands the change you have been going through.
- How Annie supported herself - Concentrate on herself, take time to do things for yourself.
- How did her mindset change - Self action, open communications, being selfish and investing time in herself
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
- "Dont panic." (Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy)
- Dont always listen to people when they say negative things about travel.
- Research, Research, Research!
- Advise to herself for returning home - Enjoy everything that you can. You know your strengths.
Links
Website: www.soulfultravels.co.uk
Annies Instagram: @soulfultravelsuk
Facebook: Soulful travels
Twitter @soulfultravels
Kate Cashman - Following her soul calling after 9 months in Africa.
Kate is a rest and renewal coach, events creator, writer and speaker at The Breath Between. She helps busy professionals and entrepreneurs become leaders of their personal lives and find time, space and strategies to feel truly relaxed, renewed and ready to show up in their lives feeling energised and rejuvenated. She is also a lecturer in law, a mum to two small kids, a passionate traveler and lives in the green island of Tasmania.
Deciding to leave a corporate job as a lawyer and stepping into a PHD and Life Coaching business.
About Kate
Kate is a rest and renewal coach, events creator, writer and speaker at The Breath Between. She helps busy professionals and entrepreneurs become leaders of their personal lives and find time, space and strategies to feel truly relaxed, renewed and ready to show up in their lives feeling energised and rejuvenated.
She is also a lecturer in law, a mum to two small kids, a passionate traveler and lives in the green island of Tasmania.
“Travel teaches you to be courageous in times were you might not otherwise.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Kate faced - Anxiety, down, disconnect.
- What had changed - Her perception on the world.
- Biggest stress - Had no money and no car to get around, gut feeling screaming at her to change career paths.
- How Kate supported herself - became introspective, spent time on her own, meditation, yoga and then getting out and about.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.
- Flexibility.
- Open your heart to people
- We are so lucky to live where we do, we must be thankful for that.
- Advise to herself for returning home - Be ready to be a changed person, plan to have time for yourself and plan to have some things to do.
“Our hearts where burst wide open from the people we met.”
Hi, Im Abby...
About me...
Hi I'm Abby, Adventurer, Life coach, Speaker and Blogger.
After a successful sporting career I now love sharing what I have learned from my adventures and traveling the world.
I believe in turning into your adventurous life through your intuition and the little nudges from the universe.
Lets share the adventure. xo
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