Travelling Minds

Over the past 40 years, the Student Refugee Program has offered post-secondary education to over 2000 incoming refugees, the only youth-to-youth resettlement program worldwide. Libby talks with the co-chairs of the U of Manitoba’s WUSC Local Committee Carly and Ameen at Les Saj Middle Eastern restaurant, over shawarmas and fries.  For shownotes and more, go to http://libbyj.ca/podcast/ For tickets to the March 7, 2020 event on forced migration, https://bit.ly/2VTjRFT  To donate to the U of Manitoba WUSC Local Committee, click here (WUSC Student Refugee Sponsorship Endowment) Follow WUSC on Facebook, @WUSCUofM, or on instagram, @uofm.wusc

Let’s get curious! Libby tells what she’s learned about curiosity since starting Travelling Minds, and how to become more curious with 3 simple questions. Well travelled starts at home, with a dash of curiosity! Shownotes at www.libbyj.ca/podcast/ Tim Ferriss Podcast with Brené Brown Marie Forleo Related episodes: 14 and 33! Please leave a review on iTunes Episode artwork by Laura Studney

Sometimes the greatest trips happen without leaving home.  In this episode, Kai shares about their gender transition to non-binary. As a mental health and gender advocate, Kai has learned to “…Keep discovering. Keep exploring who you are and different parts of yourself.” Kai mentions Winnipeg organizations that provide support: Sunshine House, Rainbow Resource Centre, Klinic They learned a lot about transitioning from @alionsfear (instagram) Find Kai @k.solom on instagram

If you could work from anywhere, would you? Solopreneur Cynthia has begun 2020 in Chile with the program Remote Year Zenith. I find out about how she is travelling to 12 countries alongside 27 other travellers, AND continues her consulting business in co- working spaces worldwide. This isn’t Cynthia’s first leap. In the past 5 years, she has done a major career change, transitioned from male to female, and built a business anchored to the concept of ‘acceptance without understanding’.  Insurance

Do you have a travel goal that’s always in the back of your mind, but never actually happens?  Black.Kintsugi has an ambitious travel goal to see every country in the world, and has recently gone to the 60th country on her list! In this episode: 4 Steps to Make Your Travel Goals a Reality, get motivated for the New Year!  Check out Episode 23, where Libby learns all about Pelumi's travel goal and travel philosophy. Find @black.kintsugi on instagram and @PhD_flygirl on twitter Watch the episode on Youtub

“This life you are living is one of many you will live.” - Designing Your Life.  Libby explores her favourite self help book of 2019: Designing Your LIfe, to help YOU Design your own adventurous life. Grab a pen and paper, and flick your curiosity switch to ON! Odyssey Plan Worksheet Designing Your Life Website What is an Odyssey Plan? Video Choose Your Own Adventures: Search for the Mountain Gorillas

YES! Season 4 is coming atcha December 20, 2019 with biweekly episodes. By subscribing, embrace your travelling mind!

At the Manitoba Podcast Festival (Park Theatre, Winnipeg), Libby asked local podcasters: Why did you start a podcast? Here are the various show details, in the order that they show up in the episode! This is the last episode for season 3 of Travelling Minds- after a November break, we'll be back + better than ever! Sean and Todd from SeanGeek Podcast  Sam from Witchpolice Radio Marc and Scott from This Ain’t Babysittin Mike and Cory from 2 Black Geeks  Steve from Primarily Critical  Jas and Shar from Giving up the Ghost  Mark from Rise Up! Episode Artwork by Laura Studney. 

Bilingual actor, director, writer, TV personality, coach, Laura Lussier tells about going on a cross-Canada tour promoting Canada’s Official Languages, her own rediscovery of French in Ottawa, France and Benin, and her Spanish studies for an upcoming trip to Peru. We relish in the discomforts, the connections and the importance of trying to understand one another at home and while travelling! Toured across Canada in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the official languages act with CBC’s Bonjour my friend! Represents Western and Arctic Canada on the Radio-Canada show 100% locale Find out more about Laura at http://www.lauralussier.com/home/  Worked as a tour guide at Vimy Ridge in France  Learning Spanish at College Universitaire Saint Boniface  Episode Artwork by Laura Studney

What’s travel hacking? Since having their son, Axel, Michelle and her husband Jonny’s travel style changed. In this episode, we talk about her discovery of Travel Hacking with credit cards, deal websites and tips for international family travel. Axel also joins us at the end with his take on their travels, and becomes the youngest podcast guest on the show!  Michelle has put together a Top Travel Rewards resource which you can find here. Note: American Credit Cards only Are you Canadian? Check out this

"I've washed our underwear in some of the most beautiful settings in the world- the Amazon, Milford Sound in New Zealand, various islands in the South Pacific, the jungles of Borneo, the Galapagos, along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu,- but, in the end, it is still just scrubbing underwear, no matter what your view." (p. 199 of Don't Try This at Home). Remember ep. 16 with Daria? Here's part 2: Rob's side of the story about their year travelling with their kids aged 5 & 8. In this episode, Rob tells about his experience travelling with the family for a year, some favourite spots and what's changed for them since returning home. Their budget for a family of 4 was $150/day, and they travelled to: New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru Ecuador, Colombia, Thailand, Singapore.  Check out ep. #16 with Daria for her side of the story!  Their book is called Don’t try this at home, available here.

Patrick took 4 months this summer to backpack in Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Israel and Turkey. He’s also a 4th year business student, studying financial planning and services. In this episode, you’ll hear all about how Patrick travelled on a very tight budget of $50/Canadian per day, how he managed to switch between travelling with friends and going solo, and more about the misadventures that happened along the way. Patrick recommends checking out Johnny Harris from Vox's show Borders LOVED renting a car with 3 friends to check out the (expensive) Amalfi Coast in Italy. They slept in the car and on beaches  

"It's pretty magical when people get together with good intentions!"  In a LIVE recording with Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, we hear about how the organization 1JustCity is anchored in social justice, as they 'actively love Winnipeg's underloved'. This far-reaching conversation spans questions about privilege, social justice, and needs-based services like providing a free sandwich, somewhere to sleep, and a whole lot more.  Find out more about 1JustCity and upcoming events here, or check out their Youtube channel

"These places are very vulnerable and not visited very often, and that puts them out of peoples minds." Since January 2019, Lynn Englum has travelled in remote parts of the Pacific Islands to better understand the impacts of climate change and community solutions to climate change.  Vanishing Places are among the most vulnerable countries, communities and ecosystems in the world. Lynn will tell more about what this journey has meant for her over the past 9 months, and what she’s discovered as she follows the ‘breadcrumbs of the universe’ with interviews, drone videography and photography. Find a Climate Strike near you September 20-27. https://globalclimatestrike.net Shownotes:  Find Vanishing Places on Instagram, Facebook, or on the Vanishing Places website Learn more about Anote Tong, the former president of Kiribati  In this episode, Lynn mentions nuclear bomb testing on the Marshall Islands  

Candice is an award winning eco-journalist in Toronto who tells about growing up in South Africa, and learning more about media while travelling in Australia and the US. Candice sees travel, animal welfare, consumption and climate change to be incredibly interconnected, and she’ll share why in this episode. Check out www.theecohub.ca for ways to make a difference- big and small! 

Anny's interest in Experiential Learning started when she participated in Canada’s Katimavik program, then experienced another side of it while teaching in Thailand. Today, Anny works with University Students on Community Service Learning trips to Belize and Leaf Rapids, MB. Anny has some great insights for anyone who wants to travel in a way that is respectful of the local community. In this episode, she shares her story and reflects on the importance of realizing our assumptions about people or a place, accepting what you can’t change while travelling, and how important relationships can be to having a great trip. Hop on over to http://libbyj.ca/podcast/ for show notes and more! 

With a goal of seeing every country in the world, Pelumi has already gone to 55 countries out of 193. Her message that travel is safe, easy and doable is echoed in the community she has built around @Black.Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese tradition of mending broken ceramics with gold- thus, fixing an item and increasing it’s value. For show notes and more, visit http://libbyj.ca/podcast Check out Pelumi's blog at www.blackkintsugi.com 

Having started out as an English teacher with the JET programme, Brad has now lived over 12 years in Japan! We talk about teaching English abroad, how much learning a local language can transform a trip, and the little things that led him to pursue a Doctorate of Education in Postsecondary Leadership. For show notes and more, go to http://libbyj.ca/podcast/

Sherrod was born in Guyana, lived in Barbados, and travelled throughout the Caribbean with a performing arts company. Today, he calls Winnipeg home. Hear about how Sherrod’s life has led him here, and how he connects with community in Winnipeg. “Only put off till tomorrow what you’re willing to die having left undone” (Pablo Picasso) For show notes and more, visit http://libbyj.ca  

What if you returned home from a trip having achieved a very specific goal? Purpose Driven Travel is choosing a focus for the duration of a trip, but there are also less-obvious benefits to it.  SHOWNOTES Libby + Brad stayed at the Wu Wei Si Monastery in China, and also studied mandarin at Keats School in Kunming, China, and worked in a rice paddy in Japan as a part of helpx.net  Check out episodes 10, 13 or 19 to hear more from Travellers that have engaged with purpose driven travel in different ways!  Episode artwork by Laura Studney!