Lost & Found with Karmen Wiid

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Your twenties are weird, beautiful, confusing, electric, exhausting. Lost & Found is a podcast for anyone stumbling their way through this decade, one lesson (and existential crisis) at a time. Hosted by writer and wanderer Karmen Wiid, this space is all about solo travel, self-growth, relationships, creativity, and the messy magic of becoming who you’re meant to be. From digital nomad life to heartbreak, identity shifts to spontaneous reinventions, we talk about it all, honestly and unfiltered. Whether you’re chasing a fresh start, healing your heart, or just trying to feel a little less alone in the world, you’re in the right place. New episodes every Thursday. Listen on any podcast platform or watch on YouTube.  Come as you are.

  1. FEB 19

    How To Be Healthier (And Stick To It)

    When did “being healthy” become so exhausting? After completing a year-long health coaching diploma and unlearning everything I thought I knew about discipline and dieting, my perspective shifted completely. In this episode, we talk about: – The concept of “crowding out” instead of dieting – How to actually nourish your body (without under-eating) – Moving in ways you genuinely enjoy – What the Blue Zones teach us about connection, purpose and longevity You deserve to feel strong, clear, capable and awake in your own life. __________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 🌴 Join my Thailand wellness retreat June 2026 📹 Watch The Lost & Found video episodes on YouTube 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  📝 Read my blog  📸 Follow along on Instagram  💌 For collabs email: karmen@krause.co.za

    38 min

  2. FEB 12

    What Actually Is the Meaning of Life? Different Philosophers Try to Answer

    In this episode, we’re asking the biggest question of all: What is the meaning of life? I’ll talk you through how different theories and philosophies have tried to answer it, from evolution, hedonism, religion, existentialism, nihilism and more.  This episode isn’t about giving you a neat answer. It’s about helping you examine the philosophy you’re already living by. Because even if you don’t consciously choose what you believe life is about… You’re still living as if something matters. And that “something” is worth investigating. ________________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 📹 Watch The Lost & Found video episodes on YouTube 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  🌴 Join my Thailand wellness retreat June 2026 📝 Read my blog  📸 Follow along on Instagram  💌 For collabs email: karmen@krause.co.za

    47 min

  3. FEB 5

    From Hitchhiking Afghanistan to Couchsurfing With Saudi Royals: Leon Harant on Travelling Differently

    In this episode, I’m joined by Leon Harant, a long-term hitchhiker who has spent nearly two years travelling across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia without relying on traditional backpacking routes, flights, or money-driven travel. From hitchhiking through the craziest countries and camping in the desert, to being welcomed into strangers’ homes across Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and beyond, Leon’s journey isn’t just a collection of wild stories. It’s a radical rethinking of how we move through the world. We talk about why and how you can travel this way too, what truths about human nature emerge across cultures, and why it’s easier than you think. If you’ve ever felt called to travel more slowly and more openly, or you simply want to see the world without much money, this episode is for you. _____________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: Follow Leon on Instagram 📹 Watch The Lost & Found video episodes on YouTube 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  🌴 Join my Thailand wellness retreat June 2026 📝 Read my blog  📸 Follow along on Instagram  💌 For collabs email: karmen@krause.co.za

    1h 18m

  4. JAN 29

    8 Toxic Habits That Are Ruining Your Relationships (And What to Do Instead)

    RELATIONSHIPS DON’T NEED TO BE CONSTANT HARD WORK! That’s a myth we tell ourselves to normalise s****y behaviour towards one another. In this episode, we confront the toxic habits that erode trust, intimacy, and self-respect, and keep us stuck in relationship patterns that feel heavy, confusing, and exhausting. This isn’t just a list of red flags or a guide to diagnosing other people. It’s an invitation to take responsibility for our own emotional maturity. Because relationships should feel like support, not survival. This one is for anyone who wants to do relationships better… with others, and with themselves. _______________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 📹 Watch The Lost & Found video episodes on YouTube 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  🌴 Join my Thailand wellness retreat June 2026 📝 Read my blog  📸 Follow along on Instagram  💌 For collabs email: karmen@krause.co.za

    49 min

  5. JAN 22

    What You Need to Reflect on in 2025 to Have a Better 2026

    + Free downloadable PDF with reflection prompts You probably have a laundry list of goals for 2026. But how many of those goals are the same ones you had last year, and the year before that? Why haven’t you achieved them yet? And what makes you think this year will be any different? I want to invite you to try something different. Instead of rushing into new goals, habits, and resolutions, what if you looked back, intentionally, at the year that was? What if the most powerful way to move forward isn’t by doing more…but by understanding more? In this episode, I guide you through 10 reflective questions to help you understand last year and step into 2026 with clarity and intention. We’ll talk joy, fears, relationships, insecurities, dreams… and I also share a deeply personal story about trust, jealousy, and healing, and what it taught me about learning to tell the difference between healthy boundaries and old, unhealed wounds. Because this podcast has never been about having it all figured out. It’s about figuring it out in real time, together. _________________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  🌴 Join my Thailand wellness retreat June 2026 📝 Read my blog  📸 Follow along on Instagram

    29 min

  6. JAN 15

    So… A Lot Happened, Let’s Catch Up (Bali, Wild Camping & the Hardest Goodbye of My Life)

    It’s been a wild few months, and this episode is the full catch-up. There was a passport situation that had me low-key committing administrative crimes. Bali, where I hosted my first-ever group trip, learned to scuba dive, and swam with manta rays. Then I hitchhiked through Thailand with a bunch of friends, slept in abandoned hostels and lost resorts, went wild camping on a deserted island, didn’t touch my phone for days, and had the most insane moment of my life. And then… I turned my phone back on and got news that changed everything. We’ll also talk: - Is Bali overrated now? - What I learned about environmental conservation - How to talk your way out of being detained at the airport for passport fraud - And what happens when grief shows up in the middle of magic So yeah. There’s a lot to cover. Let’s catch up. ____________________________________ Watch the Bali group trip video Watch the deserted island camping video Find out more about my upcoming Thailand group trip ____________________________________ ✨ Let’s Stay Connected: 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel 📸 Follow along on Instagram 📝 Read the blog

    46 min

  7. 11/21/2025

    Why Is My Skin Still Breaking Out in My 20s? And Other Skincare FAQs with Chief Cosmetic Formulator Eileen Botes

    Today I’m sitting down with Eileen Botes, chief cosmetic formulator for Willa Krause Skin Care and DC Laboratories. Eileen has a background in molecular biology and biotechnology, decades of experience in the industry, and a rare ability to talk about skin with both scientific rigour and deep nuance. We get into: Why your skin barrier is the real non-negotiable and how to protect it How climate and environment change what your skin needs How to tell the difference between science and marketing hype  How diet, sleep, stress and joy literally show up on your face And why your twenties are the “puberty of adulthood” for your skin (and how to deal with it) _____________________________ Find your nearest Willa Krause Salon or Consultant  Buy Willa Krause Skin Care Online Become a marketer and start selling Willa Krause Skin Care! _____________________________ Let’s Stay Connected: 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel  📸 Follow along on Instagram  📝 Read the blog  Join The Lost & Found Book Club

    51 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    How to Think for Yourself in an Age of AI & Algorithms

    + Free episode workbook In a world of hot takes, rage-bait, cancel culture, and instant certainty, thinking slowly has become an act of rebellion. In this episode, we talk about what we lose when we trade nuance for noise, how binary thinking flattens our depth in politics, in love, and even in the way we see ourselves. We’ll talk about how algorithms reward outrage over understanding, and how AI is training us to outsource our thoughts instead of forming them.  And because awareness isn’t enough, I’ll walk you through a 7-Day Mind Gym (free PDF included!)... a simple, reflective practice to start rebuilding your attention, your curiosity, and your capacity to think for yourself again. With help from Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin, Kierkegaard, and bell hooks, we explore how to hold more than one truth at a time, how to listen without rushing to defend, and how to stay human in a world that keeps asking us to react. This isn’t about neutrality. It’s about resistance. ____________________________ Let’s Stay Connected: 📕 Buy my book — Untethered: A Beginner’s Guide To Solo Travel 📸 Follow along on Instagram 📝 Read the blog 🌴 Join my group trip to Bali Join The Lost & Found Book Club Get the free episode workbook

    39 min
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Your twenties are weird, beautiful, confusing, electric, exhausting. Lost & Found is a podcast for anyone stumbling their way through this decade, one lesson (and existential crisis) at a time. Hosted by writer and wanderer Karmen Wiid, this space is all about solo travel, self-growth, relationships, creativity, and the messy magic of becoming who you’re meant to be. From digital nomad life to heartbreak, identity shifts to spontaneous reinventions, we talk about it all, honestly and unfiltered. Whether you’re chasing a fresh start, healing your heart, or just trying to feel a little less alone in the world, you’re in the right place. New episodes every Thursday. Listen on any podcast platform or watch on YouTube.  Come as you are.

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  • Creator
    Karmen Wiid
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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    Lost & Found with Karmen Wiid