THE WANDERLUSTERS MIND PODCAST

Abby Lewtas 6/11/18 Abby Lewtas 6/11/18

Falling in love with a new way of life with Lisbet Mellgren.

Lisbet is half Swedish and half Canadian and grew up in Sweden. She has always had an itch to travel, see the world and learn about new places. In 2008 Lisbet spent a lot of time travelling before moving to Canada where she ended up staying for four years. In 2012 it was time for her to leave and return to Sweden.

Lisbet quit her day job in Sweden and had a plan to go be a ski bum in Whistler. But one month before leaving she got a job offer to be the area manager for a Swedish ski company based in Fernie, British Columbia. She took the job and planned to go for a season. Little did she know that she would fall in love with a town the lifestyle and stay for four years.

Lisbet left Sweden bound for a one year job in Canada. Four years later she returned home to start her own project management company.

About Lisbet

“How can I make something good out of this instead.”

— Lisbet Mellgren

When coming home...

Emotions and differences Lisbet faced - Felt lots of love from family and friends but part of her was telling her to leave and go somewhere new.
What had changed for Lisbet - Friends had started families and were at new stages of life. She felt most of the changes were in herself. Living in Canada took her to a new level of herself.
How Lisbet supported herself - Talk to other people, made new friends, enjoy her time where she was.
How her mindset had changed - Became more open and willing to do things. She felt more Canadian. She worried less and would try new opportunities and be more eager to take risks.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

Not sweat the small things - have a mentality that things will work out and stay calm.
How to connect and learn from people that you normally wouldn’t not befriend.
Let go of the sense that having an ‘itch’ to change and move is not a negative thing but rather a positive t

Advise to herself for returning home - Stay calm and give yourself time to adjust and settle and ease back into life and work towards finding a new plan.

“You always hit things not at all what you expect (when travelling)”

— Lisbet Mellgren

Andrea Lewtas - Living in joy and helping others through holistic health.

Andrea is a certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga teacher and avid traveler. She is truly passionate about Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, travel and life in general!In 2016 she founded Ananda Ayurvedic Wellness, here it is her aim to help people overcome their health issues and enable them to live their life to the fullest potential.

Living, working and travelling in Europe for 2 years returning home. Then living, working and traveling in South America and Canada before settling home and practicing Ayurvedic health.

About Andrea

Andrea is a certified Ayurvedic Practitioner, Yoga teacher and avid traveler. She is truly passionate about Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, travel and life in general!

In 2016 she founded Ananda Ayurvedic Wellness, here it is her aim to help people overcome their health issues and enable them to live their life to the fullest potential.

She grew up in a small beachside town in Victoria, Australia, and after travelling the world for many years, discovering herself and what this amazing planet has to offer. She now finds herself living the beach life once again with my partner in sunny Perth.

“You need to do things that make you joyful in life.”

— Andrea Lewtas

When coming home...

Emotions Andrea faced - Resisted but ready to come home, knew what she would face when coming home. Starting from scratch with no money. Some anxiety.
What had changed - Appreciation for Australia and home town.
Biggest stress - Not having any money. Having to rely on her parents. Finding a job and finding a place to live.
How Andrea supported herself - Went to family for support and her Aunty who lived where she wanted to work. Spent time with her best friend to reminisce about the travels.
3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.

Everything always works out in the end.
Go with the flow - there will be ups and downs in life but you need to be able to work with that.
Always choose and adventure in life - keep life interesting.

Advise to herself for returning home - Dont stress, the stressing wont help the situation. Have a little bit of money in the back when you come home, you will eventually find your feet again.