The Nomad Together Podcast | Location Independent Families & Digital Nomad Families

  https://nomadtogether.com/healthcare/   Many people wonder how families can travel long term when healthcare is "so bad" outside of the US. If you are one of them then listen this episode which is all about healthcare elsewhere with John Cote. John is an award winning author who has published three Amazon.com #1 Best Selling books. As the creator and host of Healthcare Elsewhere, the worlds leading medical tourism podcast. In his role as patient advocate and educator, he interviews patients who share their inspiring success stories along with leading doctors and healthcare experts worldwide. In 2014 he published an international best selling book based on the show, also titled Healthcare Elsewhere.   https://nomadtogether.com/healthcare/

    https://nomadtogether.com/jennifer/   Are ready to be taken to a worldschooling tribe? Fasten tight as Paul invites Jennifer Sutherland-Miller, who will walk you through. Together with her husband and four children Jennifer has spent most of the last nine years adventuring full time across six continents. Worldschooling the young people, birth through university and building a career as a successful travel writer and editor while exploring far and wide have been fantastic adventures. She is deeply involved in grassroots efforts to alleviate malnutrition and combat the root causes of poverty by creating sustainable, dignified work for women and through expanding educational opportunity.   https://nomadtogether.com/jennifer/  

nomadtogether.com/thehollands   Do you want to know more about location independent families? The you MUST listen to this episode where Paul interviews Jana and Craig Holland. At the end of 2010 The Hollands! recognized a huge disconnect in their marriage, family, spirituality, global footprint and finances. They were the typical middle class American family, working full-time, pursuing their musical passion, school committee's and organizing neighborhood gatherings. Trials came their way which lead the Hollands through a major transformation process that included deeper connectivity, reconciliation and purpose. They cast a dream/vision for a life that was transparent, holistic and community driven. They launched in their MCI-9 bus conversion in 2011 and have been rolling ever since.   nomadtogether.com/thehollands

https://nomadtogether.com/entrepreneurship   This week's episode is especially for those who want to run a business, or who are running a business. Listen carefully as Paul invited Awilda Rivera. Awilda is a trusted, results oriented Success Coach, Spiritual Advisor and Yogi who has dedicated her life to helping others succeed. Whether you are an Entrepreneur or Career Professional, Awilda has the tools to assist you in making the progress you desire.   https://nomadtogether.com/entrepreneurship

https://nomadtogether.com/volunteer/   On today's episode Paul invited Ricky Shetty. Ricky is the owner and operator of Daddy Blogger, where he writes about parenting from a father's perspective with a big emphasis on family travel with young kids. Currently, Ricky and his family are on a 1 year Round-The-World Trip visiting Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Central America.   https://nomadtogether.com/volunteer/

nomadtogether.com/virtualbusiness/   This week's episode focuses on how to earn location independent income. Paul invited Bryanna Royale from Crazy Family Adventure who was already featured in episode #30. If you are aspiring family wanting to explore the world or interested how you can earn online money, then listen to this episode! Bryanna, her husband, 4 kids, and 2 dogs sold everything, bought an RV and have been traveling full-time around the US since May 2014. If they aren't out climbing mountains, hiking to a waterfall or playing at the beach they are most likely at the local donut shop trying to find the best donuts in the US! They write about things to do with kids at the destinations they visit, deepening your family bond through travel, full time family travel and working from the road at www.crazyfamilyadventure.com.   https://nomadtogether.com/virtualbusiness/

  https://nomadtogether.com/naturalliving   On today's episode, you will hear Paul talking with Lerato Majikfaerie about midwifery and natural birthing as a modern nomad. Lerato (LE-RRATO, Magic Farie) is a home birth midwife having practised remotely around South East Asia and a mother to a 13 year old daughter who was raised Unschooling and traveling around the world. Lerato is Very focused on natural living, and now based in Australia in the rainforest where they're establishing an intentional community with a goal of creating a birthing house.   https://nomadtogether.com/naturalliving

nomadtogether.com/ytravelblog/   This week's episode focuses on travel blogging. Do you want to start a blog or are you already a blogger, but struggling what you can create out of your blog? Then listen to Paul and Caroline Makepeace, the co-founder of ytravelblog.com one of the world's biggest travel blog and have been featured by notable brands such as Forbes, CNN, The Today Show, Virgin Australia, Expedia, and Lonely Planet and was one of the top digital travel influencers to be invited to the White House. Caz wants to live in a world where people fearlessly unplug from the chaos, follow what's in their heart and travel more. She travels full-time with her two daughters. They road tripped around Australia for 18 months and are weeks away from road tripping across the US for 2-3 years on their America Unplugged road trip. When not traveling and writing about it, you can find her swinging in a beach hammock at sunset to the tunes of Jack Johnson, or buying another crystal to meditate with at a local market.   nomadtogether.com/ytravelblog/

https://nomadtogether.com/startup   On today's episode, Paul talks with Eli David about startups for nomads. Eli is a founder of StartupBlink, a global startup ecosystem map. He is also a digital nomad for more than 6 years and writes about his adventures at Become Nomad. He traveled in more than 60 countries and lived in more than 30 (for more than a month).   https://nomadtogether.com/startup

https://nomadtogether.com/multi-family/   On this week's episode, Paul talks about earning Location Independent Income through Real Estate with Paul Moore. When Paul entered the real estate sector, he completed over 85 real estate investments and exits. He also appeared on an HGTV Special Real Estate episode, rehabbed and managed rental properties, built a number of new homes, developed a waterfront subdivision, and started two successful online real estate marketing firms. Three successful developments, including assisting with development of a Hyatt hotel and a multifamily housing project, led him into the multifamily investing arena. Paul is married with four children.   https://nomadtogether.com/multi-family/

NomadTogether.com/Web   On today's episode, Paul invited Joe Kashurba. Joe grew the freelance web design business that he started in high school into a digital agency with a virtual team and clients around the world. He went from building $300 websites to building $30,000 websites and managing 6-figure digital advertising budgets for some of the largest manufacturing and construction companies. Joe now advises and mentors other freelance web designers and digital agency owners on how to develop and scale their businesses.   NomadTogether.com/Web

https://nomadtogether.com/revolution-education/   On today's show, Paul talks with Ashley Dymock de Tello about revolutionizing education through Worldscooling. Ashley is originally from Utah, but has spent five of the past seven years living abroad. She currently lives in Mexico with her husband (who she met while doing research there) and their son. For the past year and a half Ashley has worked as the head writer and editor at Nomad Capitalist and she has just written her first book, “World Schooling: How to Revolutionize Education Through World Travel.” If you are listening right now, the book just came out (April 1st on Amazon) and you can purchase and download it here. Are you skeptical about the already happening revolution in education through Worldschooling? Then you definitely should listen to this episode.   https://nomadtogether.com/revolution-education/

https://nomadtogether.com/independent On today's show, Paul and Becky Kortman, founders of the NomadTogether Podcast grab the mic and bring the audience up to speed on what they've been doing and where they have been over the last two months. Finally, they chat through what it means to be independent. You might think this is insider baseball only meant for those who are location independent or who are digital nomads, or even for the friends of Paul and Becky, however, the message throughout this episode is that you too can do this!  You can have your dream lifestyle. No matter if you're an independent person, or an extrovert, or an adventurous person... or not. No matter who you are, you can do this! https://nomadtogether.com/independent

NomadTogether.com/childbirth On today's show Becky talks with Chris Alonso. Chris is a midwife (CPM) and holds a Masters in Public Health. After consulting in sexual and reproductive health in Central America for several years she founded Luna Maya Birth Center in Chiapas, Mexico where she worked for 13 years. In 2014 she moved to Mexico City where she opened Luna Maya in Mexico City. She currently serves as president of the Mexican Midwifery Association. She continues to mentor midwifery students while advocating for the midwives model of care in Mexico. If you've ever thought of birthing a child in another country this is a great episode to listen to. NomadTogether.com/childbirth

NomadTogether.com/Unschooling3 On today's show, Paul interviews Pam Laricchia to dig even further into the unschooling movement. Pam is a longtime unschooling mom from Ontario, Canada. Her three children left school 14 years ago. She loves writing about what she has learned through their experience, and has been published in a number of magazines. She has also written three books on the topic, and she regularly shares her experiences and stories on The Exploring Unschooling Podcast. Since there is no manual on how to do this, the wisdom and advice that parents like Pam share with us is crucial for those of us who are pursuing this new and exciting means of education.  NomadTogether.com/Unschooling3

NomadTogether.com/Essentialism On today's episode, you'll hear from Gen and Nick, the co-creators of The Great Anomaly, a blog and podcast where they share their journey as "couplepreneurs", digital nomads, and owners of three online businesses. This conversation focuses on a concept called essentialism, which is similar to minamalism in a lot of ways. Stay tuned to find out the difference between the two and see how this mindset impacts your family, your travels, your business, and just about everything else in your life. NomadTogether.com/Essentialism

NomadTogether.com/GGG On this week's show, we've invited Jessica Sueiro from Goodie Goodie Gumdrop and WorldTowning.com on to the program. The Sueiros are a family of four who are slow traveling around the world, and they are currently spending a year in Southern France. They are world schoolers, digital nomads, dream chasers, minamilists, and much, much more. Their goal is to inspire other families to slow travel, learn through the world and live a life authentic to their desires. NomadTogether.com/GGG    

NomadTogether.com/WanderlustLiving After a short hiatus, we have returned this week to share an interview with Harris Fellman, who created WanderlustLiving.com with his wife Andrea. They both own and run online businesses, which allow them to work from anywhere in the world. The Fellmans have two children, 10 and twelve years old, and they have chosen to live a nomadic lifestyle a little bit differently than most. They prefer to live in the places that they travel to for a few years at a time. If you like the sound of traveling the world and living in a place for the long-term, stay tuned because this episode is for you.  NomadTogether.com/WanderlustLiving

NomadTogether.com/Texas This week's episode is a special audio update on our family. We just wanted to reach out to our audience and fill you in on what has happened since our most recent Visa Run to Texas. Listen in as we explain the process that we went through in attempting to establish permanent residency in Mexico. If you are considering applying for residency, this is one podcast you don't want to miss. NomadTogether.com/Texas

NomadTogether.com/WorldSchooling In episode 31, we spoke with Cassandra Vore about the ins and outs of radical unschooling. Today, you'll be hearing from Lainie Liberti (and briefly from her son Miro Siegel) of Project Worldschool. They will be digging into some deeper concepts on how to facilitate worldschooling with teens. For those of you who don't have teenagers yet, don't fret. Lainie's message teaches us about how worldschooling can apply to children of all ages. NomadTogether.com/WorldSchooling

NomadTogether.com/WorldschoolerConnect This week's episode is a pretty unique conversation. There are three major topics covered in this podcast, as well as some extra goodies. You'll hear from C.J. Singer, who is better known as 1/4 of the Traveling Chimps. On today's episode, Paul and C.J. discuss house sitting, worldschooling, masterminds, and a new community that C.J. has been developing called Worldschooler Connect.  NomadTogether.com/WorldschoolerConnect

NomadTogether.com/Reka So many people wonder how location-independent lifestyles affect our kids. On this week's episode, we hope to clear up some of those questions as we'll be speaking with 15 year old world traveler Réka Kaponay and her father George Kaponay. Réka is no ordinary teenager. She is a published author of fiction who is currently traveling the world on a book tour. Stay tuned to hear Reka's story and be inspired about the ways that our children can thrive as nomads. NomadTogether.com/Reka

NomadTogether.com/Unworking On last week's episode, we spoke with Erin Bender about how the Benders make money through travel blogging. This week's guest has an even more unique source of location-independent income. Clark Vandeventer has a background in politics and has recently written a book titled "Backdoor to the White House". That's not why we have invited him on our show, though. Clark and his family have managed to turn a life event that many would consider to be a major failure into a means of making a living. Does that pique your curiosity? We don't want to give away too many details, but this is one episode you don't want to miss. NomadTogether.com/Unworking

NomadTogether.com/TravelBlog We are often asked how a nomadic family can make money from the road. One of the many ways to do that is through Travel Blogging. This week's guest is Erin Bender from TravelWithBender.com, the #1 family travel blog with over 100,000 page views a month. Erin has been traveling with her husband and their two children since May of 2012 and they are on an open-ended, unplanned, round-the-world trip. If you have ever wanted to run a travel blog, or are interested in how it works, this is the episode for you.  NomadTogether.com/TravelBlog

NomadTogether.com/BabyWearingDad This is the third and final installment in our three part series on Babywearing. On this episode, you're finally going to hear the dad's perspective, as Becky is speaking with Danny "The Babywearing Dad" LeBron. Danny has a passion for supporting and bringing awareness to women's rights, especially regarding breastfeeding and body autonomy. He is also a babywearing advocate, and encourages male caregivers to be active in attachment parenting lifestyles. Tune in this week to find out why Danny believes babywearing and attachment parenting are important for parents, and especially fathers. NomadTogether.com/BabyWearingDad

NomadTogether.com/WrapYourBaby Today's episode is the second part of our three part series about babywearing. Click here to listen to the first part. This episode is all about how to properly wrap your baby while babywearing, and there was no better person to speak to about this than Diana Rosenfield. Diana is a mother of three and has been wrapping her babies for ten years. She founded Wrap Your Baby in 2005 to show others how you can include babies and toddlers in an active lifestyle. She and her husband have also spent many years on the road as a nomadic family, so her advice here is invaluable for nomads with young children. NomadTogether.com/WrapYourBaby

NomadTogether.com/Babywearing This week's episode is the first in a three-part series about a topic that a lot of parents hold very dear: Babywearing. In this episode, Becky is speaking with Jay McMillin, a professional babywearing and lactation educator, and mother of a four year old daughter. Jay is also certified with the Center for Babywearing Studies and is the voice behind the blog Modern Babywearing. Jay is working to normalize the practice of Babywearing and has a lot of advice and knowledge to share on this topic. We believe that this is some really valuable information for location independent parents who are traveling with babies in tow. NomadTogether.com/Babywearing

NomadTogether.com/Income-Streams Today's podcast is the second in our two-part series about money. On this episode, we'll be speaking with Avery Breyer, the multiple-time bestselling author of the Smart Money Blueprint Series. Avery has been featured on live radio, along with many other national publications. We talk with Avery about redesigning your life from the ground up, building online income streams, and living the digital nomad lifestyle with a family. If you want to know how to make money online, listen to this show.  NomadTogether.com/Income-Streams

NomadTogether.com/Financial Today's podcast is the first of a two-part series about something that we all love, hate, need, want, and spend way too much time thinking about: money. In this first episode, we're speaking with Joshua Sheats from RadicalPersonalFinance.com. You'll hear Joshua talk about ways that you can save more, ways that you can spend less, and whether home ownership is really worth it. The financial tips that Joshua shares in this episode are fantastic and can apply to anyone who is listening, not just the nomads.  NomadTogether.com/Financial

NomadTogether.com/Tupy On this week's episode, you'll be hearing from Michelle Tupy of AndOffWeWent.com and MichelleTupy.com. Michelle and her husband have been living a nomadic lifestyle since they were married twelve years ago. Over those twelve years, they have brought two lovely children into the world, and they have not stayed in one place for more than a year. It's rare that we get to talk to a family with multiple children who has been doing this for so long, so we are very excited to share their story. NomadTogether.com/Tupy  

NomadTogether.com/FamilyOnBikes On today's episode, we're speaking with Nancy Vogel from Family on Bikes. Nancy started traveling 30 years ago as a peaceful volunteer in Honduras. Since then, she has backpacked around South America, spent years teaching on the Navajo Nation, as well as several stints in Ethiopia, Taiwan and Malaysia. Nancy is best known for her 4 years of travel on bicycle with her husband and their twin sons, where they cycled as a family from Alaska to Argentina, pedaling over 27,000 miles. Today the Vogels are living in Idaho and their boys are getting ready to head off to college. Listen in to hear how Nancy reflect on their nomadic days and talks about what life is like after this kind of traveling winds down. NomadTogether.com/FamilyOnBikes

NomadTogether.com/Affiliates On this week's episode, we're speaking with Kimberly and Joe of Young Fulltimers. Kimberly and Joe began their journey the day after they were married, and they soon found out that it was harder to earn money on the road than they anticipated. One of the major ways that digital nomads earn money is through affiliate marketing, travel blogging and the writing industry in general. You'll hear Kimberly and Joe talk all about the challenges of affiliate marketing and why it might not be right for everyone. NomadTogether.com/Affiliates

NomadTogether.com/Unschooling Today's episode is going to be a little bit out of the ordinary. On this week's show, you're going to hear Becky speak with her good friend Cassandra Vore about a topic that both of them are very passionate about: radical unschooling. This a topic that can generate a lot of fear and confusion, so we're hoping that this episode will clear a lot of things up for parents who are exploring these alternative schooling methods and teach those of you out there that are considering this that you can do things differently. NomadTogether.com/Unschooling

NomadTogether.com/CrazyFamily Today's episode features an interview with a really crazy family. No, really. Craig and Bryanna Royal run a website called CrazyFamilyAdventure.com. Craig and Bryanna are parents to 4 young kids and 2 big dogs who sold their home and most of their possessions to travel full-time in an RV. On this week's episode, you'll hear the Royals talk all about what it means to live a "crazy family lifestyle". They'll also discuss freedom and flexibility, and how those two things are not necessarily one and the same. NomadTogether.com/CrazyFamily

NomadTogether.com/Pearce On this week's podcast we are speaking with Brandon Pearce of PearceOnEarth.com. We affectionately refer to Brandon as the "Sage" of location independent families. If you only listen to one interview on this podcast, this should be the one. Brandon has all kinds of practical advice on what it takes to become a location independent family, and how to truly cultivate happiness that lasts. NomadTogether.com/Pearce

NomadTogether.com/VisaRun After a short break, we have returned with a genuinely amazing story. What you are about to hear is not a dramatization. There were real people and real things that got hurt in the making of this podcast episode. This is the story about our most recent visa run to Guatemala; the good, the bad, and the ugly. Fair warning: most of it was very ugly. NomadTogether.com/VisaRun

NomadTogether.com/StayAtHomeDad On today's show, we are speaking with Doug Duvall. We met Doug and his wife Marcy while we were camping in La Paz, Mexico and we thought they had one of the most unique location-independent situations we have encountered yet. Doug is a stay-at-home-dad, while Marcy is the main breadwinner in the family. The Duvall's story is proof that you don't need to follow the traditional western script in order to be a successful location-independent family. NomadTogether.com/StayAtHomeDad

NomadTogether.com/GapYear On today's podcast, you're going to be hearing from Mike Cooney of CooneyWorldAdventures.com. Six years ago, Mike and his wife Catrell sold nearly everything they owned to take their three teenage sons on an adventure around the world. They wanted their sons to see the world and have a hands-on immersion education before heading off to college. This idea of taking a "Gap Year" to travel before beginning higher education isn't new, but the Cooneys decision to do so as a family is a very unique and exciting way to do it. NomadTogether.com/GapYear

NomadTogether.com/Blend This week's episode is a little different for us, as we are going to be sharing two different interviews with digital nomads who have taken outside the box approaches to making money and living a nomadic lifestyle. First, you'll be hearing from Reinder de Vries and his partner Geerjte, who will talk about their website LearnAppMaking.com, a resource for people who are aspiring to develop their own apps (which can be a great source of location-independent income). After that, you will hear from Marcela Fernandez, who will be talking about how she is using the techniques she has learned while operating her educational tour service, BeOnBoard.org to build a learning community for nomadic families.  NomadTogether.com/Blend

NomadTogether.com/Passion On this week's podcast, you'll be hearing an interview with one of our good friends, Jeremy Vore from TheVoiceNinja.com. We were blessed to visit the Vores at their homestead in Michigan last year. Jeremy is somewhat of a Jack-of-all-trades, with experience as a sea kayak instructor, photographer and a pilot, as well as holding corporate career paths in aviation, health care and more. He currently has transitioned to a location-independent source of income as a voice over talent. On this week's episode, you'll hear Jeremy talk about what it takes to build a lifestyle around passion and how to build success. NomadTogether.com/Passion

NomadTogether.com/ReturningHome On this week's episode, we're speaking with Sharon Gourlay from WheresSharon.com. Sharon and her family left their home in Melbourne, Australia in 2014 with the dream of a better lifestyle. Since then, they have built a successful travel blog and a series of other sites while visiting many countries in Asia and Europe with their preschoolers. They recently decided to return back home, which is something that a lot of digital nomads consider during their travels. You'll hear how the Gourlays managed to build a successful location-independent business on the road, and how they were able to face the challenges of settling into life back home. NomadTogether.com/ReturningHome

NomadTogether.com/FamilyCulture2 This week's episode is the second of a two part series all about our day to day lives as a family of digital nomads. On this part of the series, we get a lot more candid about our personal lives as parents. We'll be answering some more listener questions about how we are able to nurture our relationship and keep our batteries recharged. We'll also share some stories about what it is like to maintain an intimate relationship while living on the road. These are some of the questions our listeners ask us the most, but don't worry, we keep the answers "family friendly". NomadTogether.com/FamilyCulture2      

NomadTogether.com/FamilyCulture This week's episode is the first of a two part series all about our day to day lives as a family of digital nomads. What is it like to travel with children on the road, and how do we cultivate the kind of culture that we want for our family? A lot of these decisions are intentional, but sometimes these things can happen by accident. We'll be sharing all of the routines, experiences and traditions that have made the Kortmans who we are today. This episode is all about how to live each day as a nomadic family.  NomadTogether.com/FamilyCulture

NomadTogether.com/Heath On this week's episode, you will be hearing from Heath Padgett of the RV Entrepreneur Podcast. After Heath and his wife Alyssa got married, the decided to buy an RV, and honeymoon by traveling all 50 states in the US. Eventually, they decided that they wanted to live on the road full time, and they set out to see if they could work a job in each state as they traveled. They even created a documentary following their exploits. We talked to Heath about his family adventures, and how he has been able to create a source of location-independent revenue to support his lifestyle. NomadTogether.com/Heath

NomadTogether.com/Saskia This week's episode features a unique interview with Saskia Esslinger. We met Saskia, her husband Matt and their two boys when we were living in Cabo Pulmo in Baja California. They are originally from Alaska and they traveled to Mexico in a small tow-behind RV. Like us, they are new to this lifestyle, and they are learning what it is like to become location-independent. Join us this week as we chat with Saskia about the ins and outs of parenting and living on the road. NomadTogether.com/Saskia

NomadTogether.com/Naysayers After a brief hiatus, we have returned to the podcast. What happened during those few months? Well, to be honest, we have struggled through some negative feedback and discouraging times. We thought it would be fitting to return with an episode that talks about one of the most difficult things that location-independent families face during their travels: naysayers. We're going to be talking about how to face the people who don't understand us and hate on the lifestyle that we love. NomadTogether.com/Naysayers

NomadTogether.com/Teenagers On today's podcast, we are speaking with Mike Boyink from Ditching Suburbia. The Boyinks have been on the road for over five years, and they have been raising two teenagers along the way. A location-independent lifestyle means taking teenagers away from their friends and outside of their comfort zone, so you can expect that some problems may occur. We have young children, and for some of them this is the only lifestyle they remember, so we are really curious and excited to find out how this lifestyle can work for parents of teenagers.  NomadTogether.com/Teenagers

NomadTogether.com/Revenue Today I'm going to be talking about how you can start to make your own location independent money. This is what fuels your dreams, the ability to earn money without having to go into an office or punch a clock. I'll be sharing ten ways you can turn your expertise and your experience into legitimate location independent income. This is the key to creating a digital nomadic life. I'll be talking about a number of different ways that you can start earning location independent money today. NomadTogether.com/Revenue

NomadTogether.com/Caravan On this week's podcast, we are talking to Ryel Kestano, a fellow American who is living a nomadic lifestyle with his family. The Kestanos have four children and are RVing in Europe, or "Caravaning" as it is called over there. They have an incredible outlook on life and such a great story. Our family has learned a lot from the Kestanos, and we are already location independent. This is a very powerful interview that might just change your outlook on how to live your life of freedom. NomadTogether.com/Caravan

NomadTogether.com/Andrea On this week's podcast we've invited Andrea Watters on to the show. Andrea is an Aussie and her story is incredibly unique because she traveled the world as a child. She is going to be sharing what life is like as an adult after traveling the world in her younger years. We know there are a lot of parents out there who wonder how the nomadic lifestyle will impact their children as they get older. Andrea talks us through a lot of those concerns and helps us see some of the real-world benefits that our kids will see for the rest of their lives. NomadTogether.com/Andrea