13 episodes

Digital nomads behind the scenes shares inspiring interviews from successful digital nomads and conscious entrepreneurs or leaders in their fields— their journeys, failure(s), exclusive experiences, and best practices to uncover some useful tips, inspire you to unlock your inner genius and live your best nomad life. Matthieu Zeilas is a digital nomad and entrepreneur, co-founder of Palmacoliving.co, conscious coliving places in sunny locations where digital nomads live, work, and grow together.

Digital Nomads behind the scenes Matthieu Zeilas

    • Society & Culture

Digital nomads behind the scenes shares inspiring interviews from successful digital nomads and conscious entrepreneurs or leaders in their fields— their journeys, failure(s), exclusive experiences, and best practices to uncover some useful tips, inspire you to unlock your inner genius and live your best nomad life. Matthieu Zeilas is a digital nomad and entrepreneur, co-founder of Palmacoliving.co, conscious coliving places in sunny locations where digital nomads live, work, and grow together.

    Transforming your life with yoga, living ouf of it & the power of manifesting - with Flo Becichi

    Transforming your life with yoga, living ouf of it & the power of manifesting - with Flo Becichi

    Today we share exciting life stories and experiences with Flo Becichi, more known as @flow_yoga_journey. She has built an incredible Instagram community sharing her knowledge as a Certified Yoga Teacher with over 120k followers! Flo managed to make a living out of yoga practice and get to travel the world while designing yoga experiences around Europe. Based in Bali at the moment, Flo will also share how yoga saved her life as she was sick for almost 6 months without the ability to walk anymore. She will share useful tips about the power of manifesting, how to make a dream reality and how to jump on uncertainty.
    Timeline for this episode:
    - 02"30: Why yoga is a state of mind?
    - 14"34: How did you start? From 0 to 120K followers: how did you make it happen
    - 16"54: Why Bali? How did you decide to be home-based in that country?
    - 24"16: Do you use some of the spiritual values in your yoga sessions?
    -30"21: You spent 6 months without the ability to walk: what happened and what have you learned from this?
    - 40"56: Bali, Italy, Nicaragua… you have been travelling a lot organizing yoga retreats: what is your vision about it?
    - 42"54: Manifesting and journaling: best tips
    - 51"41: What is your daily routine & points of action for the ones that are unsure about quitting everything?
    More info about Flo Becichi:
    Instagram Website/Portfolio TikTokLinkedinThank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 58 min
    Building retreats, facing burnout and death or never compare yourself - with Michelle Maree

    Building retreats, facing burnout and death or never compare yourself - with Michelle Maree

    Michelle is from the Netherlands, after starting her journey as a digital nomad, she has built up more than 30 business retreats in exotic locations that helped to support over 1000 professionals from all over the world. From being homeless, and isolated, to burnout & facing death, let’s embark on her amazing journey that led her to create unique services to help people during their journey. In this episode, we’re sharing some inspiring key facts: how to warm up your heart, the art of building emotions, how to identify your drivers, be vulnerable or never compare yourself.

    Timeline for this episode:
    03"31: How did you become a digital nomad and did you start your journey09"36:
    How did you find your first entrepreneurial villa in Bali?11"58: From Australia to Bali to your digital nomads retreat: the art of transformation22"17: What is the Nomad Escape concept?29"08: What are the holistic experiences in your retreats?33"13: Your drivers: how did it happen that you became homeless? burnout, loneliness etc.41"21: From 0 to 30 retreats, how did you make it from scratch?45"34: What is the Island Fest about?48"36: Never compare, one of your biggest lessons?53"45: How about your daily routine & new project?More info about Michelle Maree:
    -The nomad escape website
    - Instagram
    - Vimeo
    - LinkedIn Michelle

    Thank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 1 hr 2 min
    From 0 to 10 millions views, reflecting people into your Photographic art & how to find your higher frequency - with Mathias Fernandes

    From 0 to 10 millions views, reflecting people into your Photographic art & how to find your higher frequency - with Mathias Fernandes

    In today's episode we'll reveal beautiful secrets behind Mathias Fernandes, a Portuguese artist who became famous online for his inspiring travel photography skills. From 0 to 10 millions views, or thousands of thousands of followers, we will dig into the artistic process: how to create the job of our dream as an artist? how to make it works for a good living? how to manage to work with successful brands online? We’re also exploring how to make people reflect about themself into an artistic piece of art, how to not miss the essential and dismiss the unessential, how to learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable, the art of slowing it down and how to find your higher frequency. Get ready to be inspired, as we embark on this deep artistic journey of personal growth, capturing the essence of nature's boundless wonders through the lens of @Matthias.Explores.
    Timeline for this episode:
    11:03: When did you realize that your photography hobby could become your full-time job?17:39: How could you position yourself on the market, make it for a good leaving?28:01: How do you manage to create a story behind your work?34:01: How did you manage to discover your editing way and find your “personal touch” to your material?40:09: How do you manage not to be burned out when it comes to work and dealing with being away from home at the same time?44:30: How to not forget the essential, what feeds you?54:03: How did you manage to work with brands such as Samsonite, Columbia, or Abu Dhabi?58:57: What about your plan & projects for the future?More info about Mathias Fernandes:
    -Instagram
    -Website/portfolio
    -LinkedIn
    -Algarve guide
    -Algarve photo tours
    -Podcast "the lost frame"
    Thank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Building your personal brand and getting paid while travelling the world & the art of not being scared anymore - with Sheila Flores

    Building your personal brand and getting paid while travelling the world & the art of not being scared anymore - with Sheila Flores

    In today’s episode, we’re welcoming Sheila Flores, she’s a digital nomad/entrepreneur & solo women traveller. As a user-generated content creator/influencer with tens of thousands of followers, she managed to turn her hobby into her full-time job as one of her main sources of income. Thanks to social media and content creation, she created a digital business that today allows her to work remotely and get paid to visit and stay in the most wonderful places on the planet. With these wonderful experiences and content learning, she now guides other people to fulfil their dream of being a digital nomad and making the world their home. We’ll explore with Sheila how to create a fully remote lifestyle based on our passion, how she survived after her first startup failure in Australia and what she learned from it, and what are the best tips for becoming a User-generated content creator. Sheila will also share with us the top 3 anecdotes that happened during her worldwide trip and give her recommendation about travelling the world as a solo women traveller.

    Timeline for this episode:
    2:50: Introduction about yourself15:28: About your first startup in Australia21:45: How did you create Btiquenomad & decided to build your personal brand as a content creator?27:58: From 0 to 1 how did you find your first clients?31:08: What have you been struggling with during your worldwide trip?34:01: Top 3 anecdotes that happened during your trip37:27: Top tips when travelling by yourself as a solo women traveller39:20: Why would you recommend to anyone to become a digital nomad? How to empower yourself, be free41:32: What about your next steps?More info about Sheila Flores:
    - Btiquenomad
    - Instagram
    - Tiktok
    - Youtube
    - LinkedIn
    - One-to-one sessions
    Thank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 44 min
    Finding your balance & empowering yourself - with Lifestyle Coach, Kristin Vierra

    Finding your balance & empowering yourself - with Lifestyle Coach, Kristin Vierra

    In today’s episode we’re starting a casual conversation with Kristin Vierra, an American Remote Career & Lifestyle Coach while exploring various subjects & challenges in order to empower your digital nomads #slomad journey. We’ll explore how to create a fully remote lifestyle, the culture of slowmadism & slow travel, how to find your balance, how to feel grounded, and even a bit about nomad relationship dynamics, amongst others. We’ll also uncover some best tips to follow while arriving in a new city! Kristin Vierra is a Digital Nomad Career & Lifestyle Coach, and credentialed Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaches Foundation. She is originally from California and has been working and travelling throughout Latin America.

    Timeline for this episode:
    04:55: How and why did you start your digital nomad journey?07:55: How to create a fully remote lifestyle09:28: What are the main feedback from the digital nomads regarding your coach sessions?13:15: What is slomadism/slow travel and what does it bring to you empowerment? How to feel grounded in a new environment29:20: Top tips from hundreds of nomads while arriving in a new city38:25: About nomad relationship dynamics47:14: About transformation & empowering tipsMore info about Kristin Vierra:
    www.kvierracoaching.com
    https://www.instagram.com/kristincvierra/
    kristin@kvierracoaching.com

    Thank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 58 min
    Starting the story of Nomad Cruise and Nomadbase - with Johannes Voelkner

    Starting the story of Nomad Cruise and Nomadbase - with Johannes Voelkner

    Today’s episode is about Johannes Voelkner, a German slowmad, passionated by kitesurf, who traveled in over +50 countries while working remotely. After his numerous trips, Johannes launched a worldwide destination guide for digital nomads then one of the biggest Facebook nomad group - today cumulating over +60K members until ending up creating the nomad cruise, that 1500 digital nomads have already joined. After the cruise ship company bankruptcy during Covid-19, he then started the first international business & travel club for digital nomads named Nomad Base to connect like-minded nomads during physical events in beautiful places around the world. As a great inspiration for the whole digital nomads community, Johannes will share how he started from scratch his journey with his vision, but also his failures and how he did switch his entire model during Covid-19 to keep supporting what he loves the most: the digital nomads lifestyle.

    Timeline for this episode:
    00:03:26: About your first Blog Webworktravel.com00:05:11: How did you become location independent?00:06:57: About your first remote job as a virtual assistant
    00:09:31: Digital nomads & Kitesurfing after work: how it started 00:12:02: Traveling over 50 countries  00:14:58: The story of the nomad cruise: how did it happen?00:18:00: What was the nomad cruise program about?00:23:51: Covid-19: what's happened to the nomad cruise00:26:37: How did you start Nomadbase?00:32:09: What about your vision and your next locations?00:33:01: How your daily routine looks like?More info about Johannes Voelkner:
    - NomadBase https://nomadbase.com/
    - Digital nomads Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428340887415620
    Thank you for listening! I hope you will uncover some useful tips to inspire you in your journey towards happiness and success. Please make sure to share it with a friend and subscribe to our channel as well. I‘d really like to hear from you so please leave me a review and let me know what part of this episode resonates with you the most!
    If you want to join Palma coliving to work, live and boost your productivity with like-minded digital nomads, feel free to apply directly on our official website: https://palmacoliving.co
    Each month I'll select 3 lucky digital nomads to win a 100€ gift card for one of our Palma coliving locations: just tag 3 like-minded friends on our last Instagram post @palmacoliving.co
    Wish you all the best for your nomad journey!
    Matthieu Zeilas
    Let’s connect on IG! @matthieuzeilas

    • 35 min

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