Soul of Travel: Women's Wisdom and Mindful Travel Christine Winebrenner Irick, presented by JourneyWoman

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by JourneyWoman, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with author and visual storyteller Lola Akinmade, founder of Geotraveler Media Academy. Lola is an award-winning visual storyteller, international bestselling author, and travel entrepreneur based in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the editor-in-chief for Slow Travel Stockholm and has written for National Geographic Traveler, BBC, and CNN, among others. She has been named a 2022 Hasselblad Heroine and received the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award. In addition to contributing to several travel books, Lola authored Due North, LAGOM: Swedish Secret of Living Well, In Every Mirror She’s Black, and Everything is Not Enough.
Christine and Lola discuss:
Creating balance in our lives as mothers and travel professionalsOur shared value of connection and how our travel values show up in our photography, travel, and lifeThe question: Who Gets to Share the Story of a Place?An update from Lola about Local Purse, first featured in Soul of Travel Podcast Episode 26Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with Lola Akinmade.
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Visit https://akinmade.com/ and Geotraveler Media Academy. Connect with Lola on your favorite social media network. Instagram / Instagram / LinkedIn / Twitter
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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Lola Akinmade (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.
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In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by JourneyWoman, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Jo Swann, Co-Founder and Director of Adventures in Borneo by Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures. Jo is a dynamic and multi-talented individual who has made significant contributions to the fields of adventure travel and personal development. Alongside her husband, she is the co-founder of "Adventures In Borneo," an esteemed adventure travel company based in Malaysia.
Christine and Jo discuss:
· Jo’s early connection to animal welfare, conservation, and travel
· The connective and immersive qualities of diving
· How Adventures in Borneo supports the local community
· The transformational power of travel highlighted in Adventures in Borneo’s Journey of Self Discovery itinerary
Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with Jo Swann.
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Visit the Downbelow Website for more information!
Connect with Jo on LinkedIn. 
Learn more about Adventures in Borneo on your favorite social media network! Facebook / YouTube / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter.
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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Jo Swann (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.
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In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Dawn Booker, Founder of Pack Light Global.
Dawn Booker founded Pack Light Global with the mission to inspire women to travel the world fearlessly and joyfully. Grounded in reverence for sustainable and equitable travel, Booker facilitates shared experiences and creates life-long memories with the women who choose her thoughtfully curated cultural adventures.
With an emphasis on Black women over 40 who are often overlooked by the travel industry, Booker caters to a niche group of women who prefer experiences over things and privilege meaningful connections between travelers and local cultures. Her bespoke travel itineraries have taken women to Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Morocco, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, and Tanzania. Her customers and their circumstances are as diverse as the locales Dawn selects: they are at a career crossroads, recently retired, empty nesters, child-free, recently divorced, happily married, blissfully single, life changers, or work-life balancers, all labels that Dawn strongly encourages her clients to leave at home. 
Christine and Dawn discuss:
· How knowing leads to confidence
· What “Packing Light” truly means
· How travel can help us get to know ourselves beyond the labels we create–and those created for us
· Travel marketing and the gap that exists when Black women are not included in the marketing and storytelling of travel
· Travel values and their importance in helping us guide and shape our experiences
Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with Dawn Booker.
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Visit Pack Light Global for more information.
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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Dawn Booker (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.
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In this first episode of Soul of Travel, Season 5: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Melissa DaSilva, President, TTC Tour Brands North America, The Travel Corporation.

Melissa DaSilva is the president of the TTC Tour Brands North America and has an industry career spanning over 30 years. Travel is both a personal passion and a professional pursuit. An avid and lifelong traveler Melissa has been to more than fifty countries and has lived in both the US and the UK. Her contagious enthusiasm comes from a deeply held belief she shares with The Travel Corporation; travel helps broaden perspectives through the connectivity of shared experiences of adventure, exploration, learning and laughter showing how we are all more alike than different.

Christine and Melissa discuss:
Inherent Passion and Impactful Purpose, and how these areas of focus create a foundation for travel with a positive impactChallenges some businesses may face quantifying and measuring impact and TTC's Sustainability StrategyDifferent ways to put sustainable strategy into actionUsing your seat at the table to create the most impact possibleThank you to TTC Tour Brands and The Travel Corporation for joining us as our first founding sponsors and helping Soul of Travel Podcast to tell the stories of women creating a positive impact in travel!

Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with Melissa DaSilva.

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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Melissa DaSilva (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.
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In this solo introduction to Season Five of The Soul of Travel Podcast, Christine shares the privilege it’s been to sit across from so many incredible, beautiful people, to learn from them, and to witness how the ways in which they work weave into the tapestry that truly is the soul of travel.
Christine shares:
The history and future of the Soul of Travel PodcastSoul of Travel’s reach around the worldSoul of Travel joins the JourneyWoman familyOur Amplification Allies: Women’s Work, The Travel Coach Network, and Women Travel LeadersHow to Support the Show
Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with you, our Soul of Travel listeners. 
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To read our episode blog post, access a complete transcript, see full show notes, and find resources and links mentioned in this episode, head to the Soul of Travel Website. LOVE these soulful conversations? Click here to subscribe to Apple Podcasts so you don’t miss the latest episodes! We rely on listener support to produce our podcast. Make a difference by making a donation to The Soul of Travel on PayPal.  
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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.


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In this special replay episode, we revisit one of the most popular episodes of Soul of Travel Season 4: Women Influencing Change.⁣

Christine shares the possibilities of redefining solo travel with Tess Millhollon, Founder and CEO of Her House and author of Sherbet Skies: A Woman’s Solo Journey to Find Adventure, Fun, and God.

Tess explains that her time solo traveling was the most confidence-building, healing time in her life, and that no job experience compared to the transformation she experienced while traveling.

Her House is an app that makes it easy for solo women travelers to connect with background-checked hosts so they have safe places to stay and save money while they travel. Tess believes solo women travelers need a way to easily connect with local women so they can find safe accommodation, support, and friendship while traveling alone.

Christine and Tess discuss:

∙ The magic of solo travel and redefining what it might look like
∙ Helping women heal and grow through travel and connection
∙ Traveling in times of transition
∙ The benefits of hosting travelers and getting to know your own backyard
∙ Increasing women’s opportunities for life-changing travel experiences
∙ The link between solo travel and entrepreneurship

Join Christine for this soulful conversation with Tess Millhollon.

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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Tess Millhollon (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.
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