Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast. A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.  

This episode is a special one as it's a recap of our 2022 She Hit Refresh Mijas, Spain retreat that I hosted in April. I sit down with Astrid Provence who is an experienced global facilitator, coach, speaker, and performance artist from South Africa who joined me at the retreat to help facilitate sessions throughout the week. Come listen as we give you an insight into what the retreat is all about!

What we discuss

• The origins of the She Hit Retreat
• The purpose of the retreat
• What kinds of women attend the retreat
• Why they attend the retreat
• Where the retreat took place
• The workshops we led
• What excursions we had
• What we all did in our free time during the week
• and much more!
  

About Astrid

Astrid Provénce (She/Her) is an experienced global facilitator, coach, speaker, and performance artist from South Africa, now based in Madrid, Spain. 

She has spent over 8 years studying personal development, leadership, and spiritual principles. She has worked internationally, having developed and led workshops in over 10 countries. 

Having studied with The International Coach Federation (ICF), Landmark Worldwide, and great teachers like the late Shakti Malan at Shakti Shiva Academy and Mary Morrisey at The Brave Thinking Institute, she has honed her skills in holding groups through deep processes. 

Like many women, she grew up in a culture that did not guide, celebrate, or support her sexual development. She embarked on her own sexual awakening in her early thirties that helped her shed layers of shame and disconnection from herself. This led her on a journey to find her passion as a guide to support women in their own re-membering of their pure and empowering erotic nature. She coaches women in sensual wellness, to find their confidence from within, and live a joyful and juicy life.

Astrid is the co-founder and sensual embodiment coach at Into The Boudoir (ITB). ITB offers sensual experiences for women, workshops, and boudoir photography with a mission that all women celebrate their bodies and reclaim their innate sensual power.

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast. A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak with Siobhan Farr who is 65 years young! In early 2020, right before the pandemic, she was embarking on her solo adventure of ‘6 Countries x 6 Months’ in her 60s! She had planned to spend 3 weeks in Ecuador but due to the pandemic that turned into 13 months! She became an unIntentional Digital Nomad which led her to start Digital Nomads Beyond 50; an online community for people in their late 40s+ who are currently travel/working, planning to, or just curious.

What we discuss

• How and why she embarked on her 6 countries in 6 months at 60
• What it was like to get be in Ecuador for 13 months during the pandemic
• How she became an unintentional nomad
• How she makes a living as a digital nomad
• Her advice for women 50+ who feel like it's too late to change their life
• Her community Digital Nomads Beyond 50
• and much more!

About Siobhan

In 2019 she started selling off 30 years of her Dallas, Texas life to begin her nomad years on 4 March 2020. Siobhan was looking forward to adding new countries to the 34 she had already visited. However, the pandemic locked her in the first destination of her ‘6 Countries x 6 Months’ 2020 itinerary. Those initial three weeks in Ecuador stretched to 13 months!

As a result, Siobhan pivoted her plans to market and manage her business full-time remotely; she became an Unintentional Digital Nomad. In search of others who are older Location Independents, her personal experience growing a meet-up to 1300 members led her to become the Spark Originator of Digital Nomads Beyond 50.

DNB50 is an online community for people in their late 40s+ who currently travel/work, plan to, or are just curious about this life. She turned to her previous profession in corporate Learning & Development to organize the DNB50 Virtual Summit June 2021, 30+ topics presented by 28 experts. This June in Medellin, Colombia she’ll host the first Digital Nomad CoLiveWork specifically designed for older nomads!

Siobhan is truly a home-free Digital Nomad. She has no permanent base; her home is wherever I lay my head on the pillow that night.

September - December she's back in Dallas to work in-person Medicare and ObamaCare Annual Enrollment. The other eight months of the year, from various global locations, she serves her clients via internet.

As a multi-income steam entrepreneur, she publishes the travel blog Bronze Abroad Nomad and, via Amazon, The Ultimate Digital Nomad Travel Planner + Journal series. As a solo Digital Nomad in her 60s, and a woman of color, Siobhan want to inspire others to banish the belief that it's too late to reinvent themselves. Flip the page, the future is still unwritten!

Connect with Siobhan on her website Digital Nomads Beyond 50 and join her Facebook group.

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter. 

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak with Jessica Ellerbrock who is 45 years young and originally from Ohio. Jessica moved up the ranks in retail buying working for large corporations like The Men's Warehouse and Sears but when she was unexpectedly let go after a 10 year run she not only lost her job but also her identity. So she did what any refresher would do in times of uncertainty, she hit the road to travel! Travel has taken Jessica all over the world and has led her to find her purpose and passion. Listen in as Jessica tells us how her road of refreshes led her to London where she currently works as a Sales & Operations Manager for a social enterprise that employs women in creative arts.

What we discuss

• How losing a job in corporate America led to a loss of identity
• The healing process of Walking the Camino de Santiago 
• Losing her mom at 27 to breast cancer and how (and when) she dealt with the loss
• How hitting brought awareness to her trauma and allowed her to seek help
• How a Kiva fellowship to Rwanda in microfinance set her on a whole different path
• Her subscription box Wanderkarma 
• Doing a masters at age 41 and changing careers 
• How she went to volunteer in Greece at a refugee camp and ended up getting a job in London
• How she found her passion from her refresh journey
• What helped keep her moving forward during the uncertainty
• and more!
  

About Jessica

Jessica always had wanderlust, but never had time. At 38 she lost her job in Corporate America and immediately took a refresh backpacking trip through Europe. She spent 2 months in Spain - 1 of those months was spent walking the Camino de Santiago. This journey showed her that she had a lot of work to do on healing from the death of her mother.

Since then, the journey continues from volunteering in microfinance in Rwanda, going back for her masters, and to now working with a social enterprise employing refugee women in creative products.

Her passion is her own small business - Wanderkarma, which is a subscription travel box supporting local artists in a new country each month. 

Connect with Jessica on her website, at Wanderkarma, and follow her on Instagram.


Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak with Christine Job, 35 years young, originally from Atlanta but after experiencing a severe bout of "burnout" she took the leap abroad and landed in Spain where she has been flourishing ever since. Listen in to hear about her journey and how she's been able to create a beautiful life and sustainable business abroad.

What we discuss

• How burnout led her to move abroad
• The life affirming experience of walking the Camino de Santiago
• How she went from teaching English in Spain to Entrepreneurship
• How she helps Black women & WOC create sustainable businesses
• How living abroad can be a pathway to wellness
• Creating a life on your own terms and the work that comes with it
• Why we should listen to the little nudges and ideas that come to us
• Why it's important to stay curious, get clarity, and be honest with ourselves
  

About Christine

Christine Job is a Business Strategist & Host of the "Flourish in the Foreign" podcast which elevates & affirms the voices & stories of Black women living & thriving abroad. Her podcast also explores living abroad as a pathway to wellness. As a Business Strategist, she helps Black women & WOC leverage their talents & expertise into viable & sustainable online businesses. She believes that you can be both professionally fulfilled and financially abundant while you pursue a thriving life abroad. She is originally from Atlanta, but after experiencing a severe bout of "burnout" she took the leap abroad and landed in Spain where she has been flourishing ever since.

Connect with Christine on her website Flourish in the Foreign, Follow her on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.


Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak with Maria Rivera, 48 years young. Maria was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Alabama and spent the past 22 years of her life in Texas before moving to northern Spain for love! If you are looking for love then this episode is for you! Maria gives us all her best advice for setting yourself up for success to find the partner you deserve.

What we discuss:

• Finding in love at 44 in the most unexpected places
• Dating long-distance between continents
• Moving abroad for love
• Advice for finding love “later in life”
• Overcoming limiting beliefs
• Creating a business model that allows you to work from anywhere in the world
• What life is like living in the Basque Country (northern Spain)
• How her mom followed her to Spain at the age of 73!
• and much much more!

About Maria
Maria Rivera is a former New York City advertising copywriter and University of Texas at Austin lecturer. She is the founder of Haven Abode Properties Group at Team Price Real Estate in Austin, TX (havenabode.com) and lives in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain with her husband and scruffy terrier, Frankie. She writes about creativity, relationships, Spain, guts and reinvention. She loves inspiring women to live their most creative life.

Connect with Maria on her website Haven Abode and on Instagram a Frankie and Pili Go to Spain.

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Dr. Kate Green, mother of 5,  who is currently a professor of psychology in the United Arab Emirates. Tune in to hear about her life in the Middle East and how she's chosen to educate her kids as they've moved around the world.

What we discuss

• What life is like in the United Arab Emirates
• Raising a family of 5 around the world
• What exactly is unschooling and worldschooling?
• Advice for parents who want to travel and move abroad with kids
• Why having a safety net, even if you’re married, is so important
• and more!
  

About Kate

As a life-long explorer and lover of learning, Kate Green has lived and worked around the world. She is currently back in the Middle East for a year as a professor of psychology and has moved her family to this region twice before this to help start new universities.

Kate has five children born in various places around the world who are now successful young adults and teens (two still living at home) who have all been worldschooled using an unschooling approach to learning. The older three now live in varying international locations and are now 4th generation Third Culture Kids. As a former Dean and professor of psychology and education, worldschooling has often led to interesting clashes with formal systems versus out-of-the-box learning!

Because of these, she now helps other parents who want to step out of limiting systems to find a new path in their family’s learning journey. The family is currently using a large white board to try and map out where they should move to next summer; getting a PhD was much easier than this. The ideas are numerous!

Connect with Kate on website Dr. Kate Green and blog The World is a Book

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Amy Scott of Nomadtopia. Amy is 46, a mother of two (twins), and currently lives in Mexico. Tune in to hear about her inspiring story of quitting her job at 29 to travel the world and how it changed the trajectory of her life.

What we discuss

• Quitting your job to travel
• How she ended up living in Argentina
• Traveling the world with your partner
• Slowing down a nomadic lifestyle and staying in one place
• What life in Mexico has been like
• Having kids in your 40s
• Raising kids and living abroad during the pandemic
• and much more!

About Amy

Originally from the United States and currently based in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, Amy Scott has spent the past 16 years traveling the world and living abroad while running multiple businesses. She’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs, freelancers, and remote workers harness the power of location independence to create freedom in their life and work. As the founder of Nomadtopia, Amy connects and supports people around the globe who are building their own version of a location-independent lifestyle (aka Nomadtopia).

Clients and colleagues call her “the queen of location independence,” “a true travel/work expert,” and “the go-to resource for anyone looking to make their living while traveling the world.” When she’s not sharing resources with her community or interviewing fellow nomads for her podcast, Amy can be found reading books of all genres, tasting local delicacies, and exploring new places or relaxing in the park with her Argentine husband and their Mexico-born twin toddlers.

Connect with Amy on her site Nomadtopia, Facebook and Instagram.


Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak with Jacinda Fuller, an American living in Spain. Jacinda moved abroad just about 6 months after the pandemic hit the world. Listen in to see why she left the U.S., what it was like to move during unprecedented times, and how life in Spain has been!

What we discuss

• Her former life in the U.S.
• Facing burnout as a teacher
• Coming to Spain to teach English in the language assistant program
• Moving to Spain during a pandemic
• Life in Fuengirola, Spain
• Changing careers from teaching to instructional design or virtual assistant
• Learning Spanish
• Challenges of living in Spain
• The best parts of living in southern Spain
• What her family and friends thought about her move abroad
• and more!

About Jacinda

Jacinda was born and raised in Oklahoma, home of tornado alley. She's an educator and virtual assistant. She have a love for learning and new experiences. You can likely catch her taking in the sun while strolling the paseo. It’s her go-to place. She's currently living in Spain and loving the cañas, vino, and Andalucian lifestyle!

Follow Jacinda and connect with her on Instagram.

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast. A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Melanie Hamlett. Melanie from the U.S., 43 and living her best life in France! This was such a fun conversation and I think you're going to love it!

What we discuss

• Qualify of life in Europe 
• How her career took off after moving abroad
  • How Europeans actually prioritize enjoying life and don't center their existence around their job
• Dating after 40 and using Tinder
• Becoming a "cougar" 
• Living in France
• Dealing with parents passing while abroad
• Living a slower
• Teaching English in Spain (we both participated in Spain's language assistant program)
  

About Melanie

Melanie Hamlett is a comedian, storyteller, journalist and writing coach living in Lyon, France. After over a decade of doing comedy in NYC and LA, she moved to Europe. Since arriving in Europe, her writing career in America has taken off—she writes regularly for Glamour Mag, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Slate, The Guardian, etc etc and is now in talks with production companies to turn her stories into TV shows. This all started when she left LA to become an English teacher in Spain in the auxiliary program at 40 years old. Now she's married to a French man and is happily fulfilling her career in Lyon. She coaches new and seasoned writers on how to get bylines in major publications and get their stories out there.

Connect with Melanie on here: https://linktr.ee/MelanieHamlett and check out her Glamour article Men My Age Wouldn’t Date Me, so I Became a ‘Cougar’

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast. A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Kristin Montgomery a teacher from Wisconsin who has been able to take her profession around the world. She is currently living in Colombia and shares her insights on living in Medellin and teaching abroad.

What we discuss

• What it's been like living in Medellin
• How she started teaching abroad
• Teaching English in Spain (we both participated in Spain's language assistant program)
• What skills does someone need to find work abroad as a teacher
• How to find opportunities at international schools
• Advice for learning a foreign language
• Anxiety, how it has impacted her travels and how she has overcome it
• and much more!

About Kristin

Kristin is a teacher from Wisconsin whose ever-present wanderlust has taken her to live in France, Spain, Switzerland, and Singapore. She has a love for all things international and has visited over 50 countries and counting! After six years of teaching back in Wisconsin she decided to hit refresh and move to Medellín, Colombia to teach at a bilingual school. She's enjoying the year-round spring weather and the beauty of the Colombian landscape and people.

Connect with Kristin on her website Growing Global Citizens.


Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast.  A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Lucy Liu, not Charlie’s angels or Ally McBeal, but an equally if not more inspirational Lucy Liu! A fellow podcaster, I met Lucy when we were both on a panel at the virtual summit, Podthon. I'm excited to share her story for many reasons, and especially because this is our first guest who has relocated to Taiwan!
 

What we discuss

• What it's been like to live in Taiwan for two decades
• What are the challenges and opportunities of living in Taiwan
• How she transitioned from being a financial advisor to becoming a life coach
• What is a life coach and what they can do for you
• What it's like to raise a child between to countries and cultures
• Why it’s important to find your community
  

About Lucy

Lucy Liu is a master life coach helping women in life transitions unstuck, kiss overwhelm bye, cultivate rockstar confidence, see clarity, reach new goals, and live a joyful fulfilling life! She is an unshakable optimist, wife, mother, easy-going entrepreneur, women empowerment workshop facilitator, motivational speaker, author and inspires as the host of her weekly podcast The Lucy Liu Show, She has been featured in Medium, VoyageLA, Elephant Journal, ThriveGlobal, FOX, CBS, NBC and dozens of podcasts.

Connect with Lucy on her website Lucy Liu Coaching, listen to her podcast The Lucy Liu Show, and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin!

Looking to move to Europe? Get your copy of I'm Outta Here! An American's Ultimate Visa Guide to Living in Europe.  Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog and follow us on on Instagram and Twitter.

Check out our Forbes feature: How Americans Can Move To Europe (It’s Easier Than You Think)!