Ep.01 10 Takeaways From 3.5 Months of World Travel
featuring Ewelina Olechowska, Founder of studio domka
Happy 2024 friends! Season 2 is kicking off with a personal episode recapping some recent world travels and DEEP revelations. This one is jam packed with vulnerable shares and intimate sentiments from nearly 4 months of travel at the tailend of 2023. I followed an intuitive YES to live and work abroad in Valencia, pursue my 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training Certification in India, and re-find myself in Lisbon. For those sitting on that trip or vacation and seeking that “sign to book”, curious about a digital nomad lifestyle, or simply open to hearing a heart-felt life lessons share, this one’s for you!
breakdown of topics covered:
0:00 Introduction
2:56 What to expect from Season 2 of the podcast
6:50 What called me to live abroad in Valencia, India and Lisbon for 3.5 months
8:53 (Takeaway 01) Surrender and let go of all expectations — how I released control during my travels and learned to go with the flow
12:02 How my perspective and relationship to creativity changed and why I felt zero motivation to show up on social media and share my experiences
16:20 (Takeaway 02) Finding purpose outside of work — how living in Spain completely shifted my perspective around purpose and what it looks like outside of solely working on my business
20:25 How I navigated shame and guilt around not working and feeling “irresponsible”
22:20 Why it’s important to craft your life to support your most important values
25:07 (Takeaway 03) Reconnecting with spontaneity, play and fun — saying yes when I normally would say no, allowing myself to have more fun, channeling my “college self” but in a much more conscious and mostly-sober way
26:51 How my relationship with alcohol has evolved over the years
30:06 Deconstructing the stigmas around age and “being too old” to go out and have fun and why I love getting older
34:48 (Takeaway 04) Setting boundaries, honoring your needs and using your voice — how I navigated FOMO and embraced saying “no” with more certainty and zero regrets
41:30 (Takeaway 05) Allowing myself to rest and slow down — how I embraced the slow Spanish lifestyle and shifted my perspective on urgency
45:30 (Takeaway 06) Connecting to my intuition — why it’s been hard for me to trust myself and make decisions all my life, how solo traveling has deepened my intuition, and how I use my discernment when I meet new people
51:02 (Takeaway 07) Finding peace and grounding within myself — why I decided to consciously unplug from my business, social media, and people in December and how it helped me cultivate the deepest peace I’ve ever experienced in my life
56:02 (Takeaway 08) Embracing deeper courage and taking bigger risks — why I almost said no to my travels out of fear and how my resiliency to fear has grown over time from making a lot of scary decisions
1:02:12 (Takeaway 09) Connecting with new and likeminded humans — why solo traveling is the perfect vehicle to connect with incredible people and how I put myself out there to meet strangers
1:04:34 How my experiences in India completely humbled me
1:10:02 (Takeaway 10) Falling in love with myself — how my travels have deepened my relationship with self and left me the most fulfilled in my life
