Mel Cook - From Peru to Miami and falling in love.

From shy Mel to confident body and lifestyle transformational specialist.

About Mel

Once known as shy Mel, she is now a girl full of swag who loves the opportunity to stay in shape. Mel is a body and lifestyle transformation specialist who loves life and loves inspiring people to achieve the body and lifestyle that they have always craved.

Mel travelled for 4 months, a month in Peru and 3 months living in Miami. She spent her time training as a sprinter with an Olympic development coach, volunteering and working on herself.

“The way I do things in life is, I dont make my decision once I know how to do something...I make the decision and find a way of making it happen.”

— Mel Cook

When coming home...

• Emotions Mel faced - Numb, floating and looking down on her life, unsure about next steps

• How Mel supported herself - You always need something to look forward to, life coaching

• How did her mindset change - Mindset is extremely important, you cant stop you have to keep doing things towards your vision.

• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

1. Its hard work coming back home and feeling grounded and settled again.

2. Having a focus and a vision. Where you put your focus is where your energy goes.

3. Look within

• Advise to herself for returning home - keep looking within

“We travel to get the high, adventure and excitement, but we can actually get all of that when were focused, disciplined and working hard towards something.”

— Mel Cook

Links

Website: www.imanifit.com

Mels Instagram: @meljaydeoliech and Imani Fitness Instagram: @imanitribetransformations

Facebook: Mel Cook

Facebook: Imanitribe

“When you make a decision whole heartedly, everything just falls into place.”

— Mel Cook

Michelle Steele - 2 time Olympian living and competing in the Northern Hemisphere.

Racing Skeleton in the northern hemisphere Winter Olympian Michelle spent half a year (for 10 years) living and competing abroad.

About Michelle

2 time Winter Olympian Michelle, was the first Australian woman to compete in the event of Skeleton at the Olympics. Following a 10 year career in the sport Michelle retired in 2014 and now lives in Brisbane with her husband and 2 daughters.

Michelle transferred into the sport of skeleton in 2004 at the age of 18 from Surf Life Saving and Gymnastics. Her first overseas experience was in Calgary with a team of Aussie girls learning to slide skeleton tracks. Michelle then followed the world cup circuit each northern hemisphere winter for 10 years. She spent a lot of time in Europe and North America, also raced in Japan and Russia.

“You cant have what you want, on the day sometimes, and thats how it goes.”

— Michelle Steele

When coming home...

• Emotions Michelle faced - Eger to return home, intense and burn out but good to come home.
• What had changed - Came home to work, starting a family.
• Biggest stress - Missing the sport, setting herself up financially.
• How did her mindset change - Continually reflecting on the ups and downs and learning from that.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock

1. Everything comes to an end - ebbs and flows, highlights and lowlights.
2. Be open to new things - you can always find another way of doing something.
3. Life is to be enjoyed.

• Advise to herself for returning home - know that there will always be another adventure, and it may look and taste and smell different and I may come about it differently but there are always good things to come if you apply yourself if you keep an open mind.

“You always through life pick up a little bit more insight and I always try to be reflective. There are so many benefits from the ups and downs from travel and racing and the good hard looks at yourself, the things that you have to get yourself through when there is no one else to help get you through.”

— Michelle Steele

Links

Australian Olympic Committee: Michelle Steele

“Everything comes to an end... there are always ebbs and flows. You cant expect life to be highly exciting and special and the ultimate. There are always times in between and those times are needed, it doesn’t need to be emptiness but it does come back down and normalise.”

— Michelle Steele

(Header photo source: Adam Pretty/Getty Images Europe.)

(Photo Source: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Europe)

The Wanderlusters Mind - Podcast Introduction.

A podcast about travel stories, navigating the return home and stepping into an inspired adventurous life.

About this episode

Welcome to the Wanderlusters Mind Podcast. I'm your host Abby Lewtas and in this podcast my guests share their travel stories, returning home and stepping into their inspired adventurous life.

In this podcast I share with you a little about my introduction and my story as well as who this podcast is for.

Please enjoy the show.

“May you find somewhere beautiful to wonder.”

Who is this show for?

Anyone who might experiencing this transition after returning home from a big adventure or travels.

• You feel stuck or lost or just dont know which way to turn next.
• You find it hard to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Anyone who might be preparing to come home from a long time abroad.

• You're currently working or living overseas, but planning to return home soon.
• You may have been traveling on a gap year.
• You're on an extended travelling journey for 10 or more years and are ready to return home.

Anyone who is interested in travel and adventure and hearing travel stories.

• With stories some incredible guests from your everyday traveller, to extreme adventures.

Finally anyone who is interested in growth and mindset.

• I believe that travelling helps you to grow and expand as my guests can also relate to this concept.
• Learn more about yourself, expand your mind, adopt new ways of thinking and continually adjust the way you perceive life and the world

Links

Website - www.abbylewtas.com

Abbys Instagram @abbylewtas