Mike Campbell - Corporate marketer to living immediately.

Slow travelling through North America and spending quality time with his wife and daughter.

About Mike

Mike Campbell is a speaker, podcast host and writer behind liveimmediately.com. He encourages parents and organisations to live more with less, and to spend as much time as possible doing things they enjoy with people they love.

During 2016 Mike, his wife and then 4 year old daughter went on a family adventure where they attempted to house and pet sit their way through North America.

They spent winter in the north woods of Wisconsin, in a log cabin in the middle of a national forest, in a town called Clam Lake that has a population of 37 people. When they arrived there daughter was the youngest person in the town and Mike was the second youngest.

They then had spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains of Breckenridge, summer in Rhode Island, and Autumn in Upstate New York.

“Everything works out in the end, if its not worked out its not the end.”

When coming home...

• Emotions and feelings Mike faced - finding life rhythm, juggle finances, career and life. Unknown of what will happen next.
• Biggest stress - Not wanting to come back to the 'normal,' trying to figure out what his next chapter was all about, continually maintaining the relationship with his wife and daughter.
• How Mike supported himself - Support has always been around him with his wife and family. Diving into setting up his new website and podcast.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.

1. Time is the true currency.
2. Our kids are always in contact with us.
3. The trip is only one part of the journey.

• Advise to himself when coming home - This is just another stop on the adventure, this is not the end, just another destination so enjoy the ride.

“You don’t know what the end result is and you think you might be able to predict how something will turn out, but more times than not it turns out completely different, but even more beautiful.”

— Mike Campbell

Links

Website: www.liveimmediately.com 

Podcast: Live Immediately

Mikes Instagram: @liveimmediately

Facebook:  Live Immediately

Twitter: @liveimmediately

Hashtag - #liveimmediately

“When you start saying yes to your kids, they start asking for less.”

— Mike Campbell

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.)

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Kate Cashman - Following her soul calling after 9 months in Africa.

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.”

— Kate Cashman

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.

1. Flexibility.
2. Open your heart to people
3. 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.”

— Kate Cashman

Links

Website - www.katecashman.com

Kates Instagram - @thebreathbetween

Mike Richardson - Adventure sports athlete cultivating unshakable self belief.

Living remotely in New Zealand, skydiving through Europe, scuba diving in Thailand and Vanuatu and becoming a wing suit pilot.

About Mike

Mike spent a year in NZ at the age of 12 years old. He lived secluded in the forest and mountains with his Dad.

Mike travelled solo for 2 months in the UK , has lived in Thailand and Vanuatu training as a scuba dive master/instructor and dived with tiger sharks in Florida.

Mike had a near death experience on a skydiving trip to Europe and has been on expeditions to Costa Rica living in mountain tops and in tiny houses.

“We love to have steps (set out for us) in front of us...and a lot of us dont question them.”

— Mike Richardson

When coming home...

• Emotions Mike faced - Rollercoaster of emotions, difficulty, struggles.
• How Mike supported himself - Tapping back into support groups of close friends and family. Find the next project and adventure.
• How did his mindset change - Go with the flow.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.

1. Resilience.
2. To have an open perspective on life.
3. Believe in what you do and follow that relentlessly.

• Advise to himself for returning home - Its ok to ask for help.

“I dont really believe in a plan B. I believe in relentlessly pursuing what you’re passionate about and there will always be detours but allow yourself to experience those detours.”

— Mike Richardson

Links

Mikes Instagram: @skybeard

Project Aware - Ocean and shark conservation

“If I know so little about the world, how can I make these crazy life decisions, so I set out to learn more and travel quickly became my life.”

— Mike Richardson

Megan Wycklendt - Biking the Americas and connecting with people.

Meeting amazing people on a 2 year bike adventure.

About Megan

Megan Wycklendt is a 28 year old adventure seeker who recently made the shift from a life as a nomad bicycle traveler and travel guide to a school counselor in Wisconsin, USA. 

In 2015 she began life as a full-time traveler when she embarked on a bicycle tour from Alaska to the bottom tip of Argentina. After roughly 2 years on the bike, Megan and her friend Gordon reached their destination and Megan continued the adventure life working as a travel guide in the Indian Himalayas.

Content in the nomadic lifestyle, Megan was contacted by an old friend about a job back home in Wisconsin. Although reluctant to leave the traveling lifestyle, she couldn't let the opportunity pass by so she packed my backpack and moved back to Wisconsin where she is currently living and working.

“I completed my dreams....and now I could think of other dreams”

— Megan Wycklendt

When coming home...

• Emotions Megan faced - Excitement, Mixed emotions.
• What had changed - Her identity.
• Biggest stress - The difference of lifestyle.
• How Megan supported herself - Self compassion and setting small weekly attainable goals.
• How did her mindset change - Continued to lean into Meditation.
• 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock.

1. People are good.
2. I am resourceful.
3. Go with the flow.

• Advise to herself for returning home - Not to lose focus on her main source of energy.

“Plans are going to fall through and I have to be open to ....”

— Megan Wycklendt

Links

Website: www.bikelivingtheamericas.com

Megans Instagram: @mindbodybike

Facebook: BikeLiving the Americas

“It’s up to me to form my life”

— Megan Wycklendt

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