The Travelers

How does a small-town, girl-next-door working in Maine as an insurance salesperson become a digital nomad, living in Thailand, visiting friends and clients in Saigon, and freelancing to support her freedom? Her adventures weren’t always as seductive. Almost immediately upon arrival in Bali, she was involved in a harrowing motorbike wreck that left her hospitalized in Indonesia and nearly having her leg amputated. After overcoming a trauma, four surgeries and the biggest challenge of not only her travels, but her life, all within the first week of her journey, Elisa dusted herself off and continued where many would have given up and gone home. Elisa describes her satisfaction with her globetrotting lifestyle as a different kind of happiness, one in which she still needs to make sacrifices, but different sacrifices. In the end, she believes she’s doing what she feels is best for herself and the people close to her, and she’s proud of it. On this two part episode, Elisa brings a grounded perspective to shatter a