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Beach Commute: Whether you are currently a digital nomad or aspiring to become one, this is the podcast for you. We talk all things remote work and travel, including how to get a fully-remote job, how to become a digital nomad, how to optimize your experience as a current digital nomad, and top travel destinations and personal experiences. Need customized help getting a fully remote job? Join our program: https://form.typeform.com/to/euZx1miM Get access to 300+ companies that let you work from anywhere: https://anywhereatlas.beachcommute.com Contact: hello@beachcommute.com

  1. 29/12/2025

    Our biggest year of growth: 2025 reflections & lessons | Ep 230

    2025 hit like an earthquake: extremes of highs and lows, massive personal growth, and forced reinvention. In this raw year-in-review, we reflect on the lessons from a challenging year as digital nomads: rethinking travel, slowing down, community, belonging, and what "freedom" actually means when the old patterns no longer fit. 🌪️ 2025 in a nutshell: A year of extremes, intense personal shake-ups, and uncomfortable growth that ultimately transformed everything. ✈️ Evolving relationship with travel: Slowing down, embracing beach-bum life (tank tops and sandals included), craving bases, and ditching the need to constantly bounce around new places. 🌱 Personal growth unlocked: Jeff's dive into feeling emotions over overthinking, grounding practices, and solving problems from the body instead of the head. 👥 Community, belonging & loneliness: The raw truth of isolation, learning to spot genuine connections, and putting people on the "chopping block" who don't meet you in the depths. 🔥 Burning old ideas: Letting go of people-pleasing, head-heavy decision-making, and the myth that digital nomads must always be on the move to "qualify." 🧠 Advice our past selves needed: Stop making decisions just to avoid disappointing others, say no unapologetically, and redesign life around what actually feels good. 🔮 Looking to 2026: Building a life of 2–3 hour workdays, deep passions (like writing a book), meaningful community, and true time freedom. 💡 Redefining digital nomad life: Dropping the pressure to travel constantly, embracing slower rhythms, and focusing on joy, belonging, and meaningful work over endless wanderlust. ❓ Was your 2025 an earthquake too? Share your story—we'd love to hear what resonated.

    1h 57m

  2. 22/12/2025

    A real look into the day in the life of a digital nomad | Ep 229

    Everyone thinks digital nomads are sipping coconuts on the beach all day… so let’s actually talk about what they do. In this episode, we break down a real, honest day-in-the-life of a digital nomad, from morning routines to work hours, productivity myths, and what the lifestyle actually looks like when Instagram isn’t watching. We talk about: 🕗 "Do digital nomads even work?” A brutally honest breakdown of how many hours we actually work ☕ Morning routines that aren’t aesthetic (and why most nomads don’t start their day at sunrise yoga) 💻 Where the work really happens — cafés, apartments, coworking spaces… and why beaches are mostly a lie ⏰ Time zones: the silent killer of the digital nomad fantasy 🧠 Why productivity looks different on the road (and how nomads structure their days to stay sane) 🏖️ The biggest misconception non-nomads have about “working from anywhere” 📅 What a normal weekday looks like vs. travel days (spoiler: they’re not the same thing) 😬 The part of nomad life nobody brags about — routines, discipline, and invisible stress 🌍 Why flexibility ≠ freedom (and how experienced nomads actually design their schedules) ❓ Listener question that sparked this episode — and why it hits the core of the nomad myth Looking for help getting a job that lets you work from anywhere? Apply here for our program with hiring experts who help you land a remote job.

    1h 10m

  3. 15/12/2025

    Is your career path holding you back from a better life? | Ep 228

    🧠 “Are you your job… or did your job eat you alive?” It's the identity crisis we don't talk about in the West. 🌍 Why travel exposes the lies you’ve told yourself about career success, and what happens when your old identity stops fitting. 🏋️‍♂️ How losing structure makes some people lose themselves and how to rebuild without falling apart. 💼 The subtle ways your career rewires your personality, and the moment you realize you don’t recognize who you became. ✈️ How a nomadic life forces reinvention...clarity, confidence, and why freedom is the best (and scariest) mirror. 😬 Why people cling to job titles like life rafts, and why you need to finally let go. 🧩 How to rebuild a life that actually feels like yours again without burning everything down. Looking for help getting a remote job? Fill out this form to apply!

    1h 7m

  4. 08/12/2025

    The dark side of digital nomad life that nobody talks about | Ep 227

    This episode dives into the uncomfortable truths beneath the Instagram gloss of digital nomad life...loneliness, decision fatigue, shallow connections, and the emotional cost of constant mobility. Jeff and Marisa crack open the paradox of “freedom” that often leaves people more disconnected, overstimulated, and rootless than they expected. The “Replace, Upgrade, Move On” Trap: How consumer culture trains nomads to treat cities, friendships, and even partners like disposable products. Perpetual First Dates: Why relationships rarely deepen when you're always leaving in four days. Menu Anxiety, But for Life: The paradox of choice - too many destinations, too many options, too many apps - leads to chronic dissatisfaction. Community Erosion: Every time you pack a bag, you lose a layer of belonging you didn’t realize you were building. Lonely in Paradise: Why having “everything you want” on paper can still feel emotionally empty on the road. Nomad Time Warp: The way constant movement stretches and distorts friendships - some intensify fast, some vanish instantly. Emotional Velcro Problems: No city or person feels quite right, because nothing sticks long enough to matter. The Secret Longing: The quiet craving for routine, depth, and people who actually know your history - not just your next itinerary. Identity Whiplash: Reinventing yourself in every new city sounds freeing… until you realize you’ve slipped away from yourself. Freedom Fatigue: The overlooked emotional weight of making every decision - where to live, how to socialize, who to trust, what comes next - alone. A message from our sponsor GigSky: Tired of paying high roaming fees on your phone when you travel abroad? 📱🛩️ Try GigSky, with mobile data coverage in over 200+ regions — even on cruise ships! So you can get fast, reliable, high-speed internet on your phone while you travel (at a fraction of the cost!) Special holiday event: save up to 40% on most GigSky data plans…

    1h 12m

  5. 30/11/2025

    The 7 most common jobs digital nomads actually do | BC Classics

    One of our all-time favorite, and most listened to episodes for folks looking to start working from wherever in the world they want. What's the first job you think of when I ask "what's the most common digital nomad job?" Most people would think "Instagram influencer" or "Travel blogger." Right? Turns out this this is rarely accurate. Jeff and Marisa pulled the latest digital nomad statistics, job salaries, and first-hand data from their 1k+ digital nomad network to come up with the top seven most common jobs they see in the digital nomad community. They also provided salary ranges you can expect and experience needed for each. This is not the regurgitated list you will see circulating around the internet - this is what you will actually see in the wild! This is first-hand knowledge and advice on how to get out there and working and traveling ASAP. Want help getting a fully-remote job? Our Remote Job Fast Track program was designed by digital nomad career coaching experts specifically to get you hired with a company that lets you work from anywhere in the world. Apple Here! https://form.typeform.com/to/d6Vvtaa8

    54 min

  6. 25/11/2025

    9 Locations to live as a digital nomad for under $2k | BC Classics

    One of our all-time favorite, and most listened to episodes for current and digital nomads looking for their next destination. Contrary to many people's beliefs, becoming a digital nomad often makes your cost of living more affordable rather than more expensive. The reason being is that the majority of major digital nomad destinations have a relatively low cost of living. As a matter of fact, it's one of the biggest criteria when digital nomads choose their destinations. In this episode, Jeff, Marisa and Diego selected 9 awesome locations to live as a digital nomad. The criteria they used were: Cost of living under $2k per month, including rent. A digital nomad presence/community. Reasonably safe. Strong internet. Easy to navigate/travel to the destination. Need help finding a remote job that lets you become a digital nomad? We help people like you find legitimate remote jobs every day! Join our email list and get remote jobs sent directly to your inbox. https://beachcommute.com/email/

    56 min

  7. 11/11/2025

    Your brain wasn’t built for a 9 - 5: The science behind creativity & productivity w/Sasha Farley | Ep 225

    In this episode, Jeff sits down with Sasha Farley, a remote work expert and consultant, to break down what most managers, teams, and companies get totally wrong about productivity, focus, collaboration, and remote work. There is science and biology behind the traditional 9-5 doesn't make sense for your brain or body. In this episode you’ll learn: What do people still misunderstand about “productivity” with knowledge work and why your brain doesn't work like a manufacturing plant. Why many meetings are wildly inefficient and ineffective. How remote workers actually think, process, and create Why bosses still get concerned about employees “doing laundry” and “chores” during the workday? The science behind burnout, context-switching, and Zoom fatigue Why “just power through it” is terrible advice for your brain It’s neuroscience… and wildly relevant for anyone who works online. You can find Sasha on her website: https://www.sashafarleyconsulting.com/ And LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashafarley/

    1h 14m

  8. 03/11/2025

    Your biggest questions answered: Healthcare, housing & the death of the American Dream | Ep 224

    This week Jeff and Marisa answer your most-asked questions about life as a digital nomad. From healthcare abroad to giving up your home base, they're breaking down the logistics that keep people from taking the leap. No fluff, just honest answers from people who've lived it. Here's what they covered: 🌍 Digital immigrants vs. digital nomads — Are remote workers settling down abroad for good? The shift is happening. 🏠 The home base dilemma — Keep paying rent back home or cut ties completely? There's no right answer, but there are patterns. 💰 Is the American Dream actually dead? — The numbers are brutal. We talk about what's replacing it and why people are looking elsewhere. 🏥 Healthcare abroad — The fear that stops most people. What it's really like, what it costs, and the stories you need to hear. 😨 "What if something goes wrong?" — Real talk about the risks, the unknowns, and how to think about them differently. 🛂 The post-national generation? — Tax residency, passport games, and whether digital nomads are creating a whole new identity. Want daily remote job alerts sent to your inbox? Sign up here: www.beachcommute.com/email Want our support that can help you land a fully remote job faster? ⚡️ Apply to Remote Job Fast Track here: www.beachcommute.com/apply

    40 min
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Beach Commute: Whether you are currently a digital nomad or aspiring to become one, this is the podcast for you. We talk all things remote work and travel, including how to get a fully-remote job, how to become a digital nomad, how to optimize your experience as a current digital nomad, and top travel destinations and personal experiences. Need customized help getting a fully remote job? Join our program: https://form.typeform.com/to/euZx1miM Get access to 300+ companies that let you work from anywhere: https://anywhereatlas.beachcommute.com Contact: hello@beachcommute.com

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