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Send us a Text Message.In today's episode, I am thrilled to share the enlightening conversation I had with Jim McCarthy. Jim is an extraordinary healer with a message that delves deep into the realms of energy, light, and emotional clearing. Throughout our discussion, Jim elaborates on the profound importance of recognizing negative energy in others and why shielding oneself from such vibrations is crucial, especially in business settings. As an empath, Jim offers invaluable insights into protecting oneself from absorbing others' emotions by staying connected to light. His personal anecdotes and compelling techniques on using divine light to purify spaces and enhance positivity are truly transformative.Jim also shares his profound journey of healing and understanding how light can transmute trauma and emotional wounds, touching upon generational patterns and the law of resonance. His wisdom on navigating life's emotional ups and downs, and learning to be present with one's emotions rather than avoiding them, is both practical and deeply moving. Together, we explore the art of connecting with the divine presence and how it can bring peace and healing to oneself and others. Jim's compassionate approach and methods for emotional clearing are inspiring, and I encourage everyone to visit his website for more guidance. This episode is brimming with light and positivity, aimed at helping you step out of your comfort zone, heal, and of course, Ignite Your Spark.Connect with Jim [HERE]Connect with Kim [HERE]

Welcome back to a new season(??) of Upstage Left! After a long hiatus we're back with actor Kim Blanck who plays Ruza Wenclawska in Broadway's Suffs. We're so excited to be talking our dear friend who's been singing and acting on New York stages for more than a decade. You may have seen her in MCC's Alice by Heart or Dave Malloy's Octet at the Signature Theater.In this episode we discuss:Kim's unconventional journey as a musical theater phenomNavigating the industry as a HAPA actorHow she ended up in the Broadway production of Suffs after she thought her journey with the show was overThis episode was a joy to record, and even more a joy to listen back to. We hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more episodes this season!---Music by David HilowitzLearn more about Kim HERE!Support the Show.

What if you could transform your hobby into a full-time career? Join us on Mind Over Medium as we chat with Kim Hassel, a remarkable mixed media artist from Greenville, South Carolina. Once a successful magazine editor, Kim shares her inspiring journey of transitioning from the world of publishing to embracing her true passion: painting. She gives us a glimpse into the vibrant art community in Greenville and her participation in the enchanting Flowers Magic Art Fest. Kim's story offers a compelling look at the challenges and triumphs of balancing a regular job while cultivating an artistic career.Mentorship is a powerful catalyst in an artist's journey, as Kim vividly illustrates through her experiences with renowned artist Alice Williams. Kim recounts how a transformative workshop with Alice rekindled her love for painting, leading to a profound mentorship that took her on artistic adventures from the scenic Amalfi Coast to Alice's charming home in France. These enriching experiences highlight the importance of seizing opportunities and the lasting bonds formed through shared creative endeavors.Marketing art in today's digital age requires a strategic approach, and Kim shares her insights on making the most of workshops and leveraging social media platforms like Instagram. From embracing new techniques to the practicalities of sourcing the right supplies, Kim opens up about the highs and lows of the creative process. We also discuss the emotional rollercoaster of promoting new work and the importance of building anticipation. This episode is packed with valuable advice for artists aiming to turn their passion into a sustainable career while navigating the complexities and pleasures of the creative journey.Connect with Kim Here and on Instagram Get your ticket for Flowers Magic Art Fest HereConnect with Lea Ann HereSpecial Thanks to CEI Media for the podcast magic

OVERVIEW: In this episode of Cheers to Your Success! In this episode Ashley chats all about menopause with a special guest, exploring the truth behind the misconceptions that often surround this natural phase in a woman's life. Ashley and Kim discuss common menopause misconceptions. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Debunking menopause misconceptions When are you officially in menopause? When should you see a doctor? Should you consider HRT(hormone replacement therapy) RESOURCES: Are you ready to start the the Metabolic Fix Method™? If you're sick and tired of waiting until later or pushing your health on the back burner, NOW is your opportunity to apply for my most premium and successful 1:1 virtual coaching program. We will work you through each phase: Repair, Rebuild, and the Results phase. We will support you from start to finish and address any hormonal, metabolic, or mindset barriers. If you're interested in learning more about this program, apply HERE, and you can set up a FREE discovery call, so we can discuss your goals and determine together if this program is the right fit for you! Join my RISE program HERE! Join the waitlist for my group coaching program HERE! Are you wondering if you're eating enough for your goals? If you're not sure how much you should be eating for sustainable fat loss, use my FREE weight loss calculator to see how many calories you should be eating for sustainable results. Click this link to access my free Weight Loss Calculator! Are you wondering which Metabolic Fix program is a good fit for you? If so, take my FREE services quiz to determine which Metabolic Fix program is the prefect fit for your needs and goals. Click HERE to take my quiz! Follow Ashley On Instagram: @ashley_fillmore1 Check Out Ashley's Coaching Programs: metabolic-fix.com Join Ashley's FREE Facebook Group: Connect Here! Email Us: info@purfitstudio.com Connect with Kim HERE!

You and your child have what probably feels like a million appointments scheduled. Medical specialists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists. All of these people are members of your team. Your child's team. They are supposed to work with you and your child toward a common goal. But who decides what that goal is? And who decides when you've reached it, or how to get there, or when it's time to take a break? Today, we have a chat with Kim. Kim is a physical therapist and owner of a therapy company that specifically works with young children in Early Intervention and outpatient. We talk about the importance of establishing goals that are meaningful for your everyday life. She tells us what to do when the activities in the therapy session don't feel like they match what makes sense for your family, or when personalities clash. Kim gives us insight on knowing when to step back, take a break, and focus on living life rather than making it to appointments; and how to navigate coming back to therapy after a break, when the time is right. Most importantly, she drives home the important point that communication is key with your team.  “No one knows what they don't know if somebody doesn't speak up.” -Kim Here are the details from Kim and Susan's chat: Getting to know Kim Early Intervention  Using what you have  What should parents know? What if it's not working?  Taking a break  Realistic expectations  Finding Kim  What gives Kim hope?  Medical motherhood is often filled with so many appointments. I hope that Kim has shown you that your child's therapist is on your team. Do you have questions for Kim?  Let me know in the When Autumn Comes Society or send me a DM on Instagram! I'd love to hear about how this helped you.   This episode was sponsored by Children's Therapy Concepts, LLC. You can learn more about their pediatric therapy services that are offered across the state of Virginia at childrenstherapyconcepts.com   Catch up with Suz: Instagram   When Autumn Comes: WAC Instagram WAC Facebook Page WAC Society Facebook Page WAC is a program of the Apricity Hope Project Apply for a Caregiver Package   Connect with Kim: Instagram Facebook Children's Therapy Concepts Email: admin@childrenstherapyconcepts.com Thank you so much for joining me on this journey. Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on our upcoming stories from other members of our medical and disabled community.  If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5-star rating and a review so we can reach more moms with medically complicated, rare, beautiful children.  Top 3 tips from this episode: Communicate with your team Identify goals that are meaningful to your family Its ok to change course if that is what your child needs

Kim Crossman catapulted into fame in New Zealand when she was cast as Sophie McKay on the hit show Shortland Street in 2007. Since then Kim has boldly put her hand up for a number of gigs, including TV presenting and acting between NZ and the States. In this ep we talk about the reality of juggling the unknown between jobs, how unglamorous things can really be when chasing your dream and what has to be sacrificed to get to the top? What is it like growing up in the public eye when you are still working out who you are and how much does this impact body image issues? I recorded this chat with Kim a couple of months ago when she was hosting the NZ TV show Snack Masters and she's an absolute delight. Enjoy! And check out Kim HERE xx Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Post-nasal Drip, Reflux and Inflammation | You probably know that sensation you get when you're coming down with a cold…that gooey drip that runs down the back of your throat. Gross, yes, but a sure sign your immune system is working to protect you. But what if you have that dripping sensation all the time. What's that a sign of? You get an answer to that exact question in this episode of The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast. Our guest, Dr. Minna Kim, is a licensed Naturopathic Physician. She shares what chronic post-nasal drip really means. She also gives us uncommon insights into all-too-common problems like reflux, gut issues, and inflammation. And, of course, she reveals their intimate relationship with Counterfeit Sleep®. So get ready to connect the dots with Dr. Kim and get the insights you need to get on the path to healthy sleep! And listen for Dr. Kim's billboard message at the end of our conversation to find out why farmers are a natural part of any health-centered philosophy. Find out: what chronic post-nasal drip really means why reflux, gut issues, and inflammation are signs you should not ignore how these common problems are related to Counterfeit Sleep®. BIO Dr. Minna Kim is a licensed Naturopathic Physician who earned her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Master's in Acupuncture from the University of Bridgeport. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from Brown University. Dr. Kim's primary focus is to help patients identify obstacles that are preventing optimal health and to support the body's own innate healing abilities. She firmly believes in the "doctor as teacher" mantra and enjoys building collaborative relationships with her patients in order to address health issues as a team. Patients who are empowered and active in their own wellness will achieve greater long-lasting results. She has experienced great success in treating a variety of conditions through natural solutions like dietary and lifestyle changes and botanical herbs and supplements, in addition to traditional Chinese medicine treatments such as moxa therapy, cupping, tuina massage and acupuncture. Dr. Kim provides a safe, quiet, and compassionate healing environment where she can listen to patients' needs, provide support and start them on their way to a healthier lifestyle. Health and vitality are the natural state of the human body and mind and her goal is to harness their innate self-healing capabilities to restore balance and harmony. CONNECT WITH DR. KIM HERE: www.ifmct.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you're ready to harness the benefits of high performance sleep™, clink the link below. You take the first step, and we'll take care of the rest! Sleep Performance For you: Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com For your workplace: Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep to your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Post-nasal Drip, Reflux and Inflammation | You probably know that sensation you get when you're coming down with a cold…that gooey drip that runs down the back of your throat. Gross, yes, but a sure sign your immune system is working to protect you.  But what if you have that dripping sensation all the time. What's that a sign of? You get an answer to that exact question in this episode of The Counterfeit Sleep® Podcast.  Our guest, Dr. Minna Kim, is a licensed Naturopathic Physician. She shares what chronic post-nasal drip really means. She also gives us uncommon insights into all-too-common problems like reflux, gut issues, and inflammation. And, of course, she reveals their intimate relationship with Counterfeit Sleep®. So get ready to connect the dots with Dr. Kim and get the insights you need to get on the path to healthy sleep! And listen for Dr. Kim's billboard message at the end of our conversation to find out why farmers are a natural part of any health-centered philosophy.  Find out: what chronic post-nasal drip really means why reflux, gut issues, and inflammation are signs you should not ignore how these common problems are related to Counterfeit Sleep®. BIO Dr. Minna Kim is a licensed Naturopathic Physician who earned her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine and Master's in Acupuncture from the University of Bridgeport. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from Brown University. Dr. Kim's primary focus is to help patients identify obstacles that are preventing optimal health and to support the body's own innate healing abilities. She firmly believes in the "doctor as teacher" mantra and enjoys building collaborative relationships with her patients in order to address health issues as a team. Patients who are empowered and active in their own wellness will achieve greater long-lasting results.  She has experienced great success in treating a variety of conditions through natural solutions like dietary and lifestyle changes and botanical herbs and supplements, in addition to traditional Chinese medicine treatments such as moxa therapy, cupping, tuina massage and acupuncture.  Dr. Kim provides a safe, quiet, and compassionate healing environment where she can listen to patients' needs, provide support and start them on their way to a healthier lifestyle. Health and vitality are the natural state of the human body and mind and her goal is to harness their innate self-healing capabilities to restore balance and harmony. CONNECT WITH DR. KIM HERE: www.ifmct.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you're ready to harness the benefits of high performance sleep™, clink the link below. You take the first step, and we'll take care of the rest! Sleep Performance For you: Find out your risk of Counterfeit Sleep®. Take the screening here: www.counterfeitsleep.com For your workplace: Bring the benefits of High Performance Sleep to your workplace! Learn more about high performance sleep and our sleep performance assessment in your workplace. Visit www.hipersleep.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Budget is often cited as a top reason why families don't travel. Given how many of us are having our budgets squeezed right now, how can we start to save for a future trip? This week we talk to Danielle Desir from The Thought Card podcast and get some insights on turning your dream vacation into a reality. About Danielle Desir Danielle Desir, and she is an author, blogger, podcaster and Founder of The Thought Card, which is an award winning affordable travel and personal finance blog and podcast, empowering financially savvy travelers to make informed financial decisions, travel more, pay off debt and build wealth. She's also the co-producer of Millennial Wealth Builders, a three time grant funded audio docu series highlighting women of color building wealth. Follow Danielle on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. You can also subscribe to her podcast, The Thought Card or purchase either of her books:  Affording Travel: Saving Strategies For Financially Savvy Travelers Planning Local Trips During A Pandemic  Tips for How to Save for Travel Start with creating a monthly household budget so you are tracking how much you spend (and how much you can spend) in different categories Sit down at least quarterly and review your budget to see where you might need to adjust Create a wants versus needs list and see what you can take off of your wants list and do without Streaming services, gym memberships, ordering in using delivery services...these are common expenses that can be reduced Create a separate bank account that will be your travel fund, so you it isn't intermingled with money that you use to pay bills or daily spending Look for a bank account that you can open with little or no money to start, that doesn't charge a lot of fees or have a lot of restrictions, such as with Charles Schwab or Ally online banking See Danielle's tips on why you need multiple bank accounts Take a look at your top three expenses. Usually you can't reduce your housing expenses but can you reduce your transportation expenses (especially now when more of us are working from home) or food expenses (avoiding expensive delivery services, cooking more, etc.) Automate as much as possible using direct deposit, including contributions to your travel fund Danielle recommends the Digit app. It will automatically take a set amount out of your account everyday and put it into different funds that you set up for different expenses (such as travel) Have your family buy into your savings plan and name your bank accounts for that specific trip you are saving for to give everyone an incentive to save for that purpose Make sure you educate your kids about how to manage a budget and talk about spending decisions Think about what you value when you travel to determine where to spend your money. For example, do you prefer to have a better hotel experience or more money to spend on activities but you don't need a luxury air experience To find affordable airfare, Danielle recommends SecretFlying.com for finding cheap deals online Signing up for airfare deals emails lets you establish a baseline of flight costs to particular destinations, so you know whether or not you are getting a deal when you are ready to book, as well as helps you find those special deals that you can jump on when available TheFlightDeal.com and The Points Guy also offer daily flight deal emails. For hotels or package combination deals with flights, hotels and activities, Danielle recommends TravelZoo. TravelZoo is especially good when looking for deals to China. They have a Wednesday top 20 list Gate 1 Travel also has a weekly deal list every Monday and they do both independent travel and packaged group trips You can often find good deals even in expensive locations if you travel off season Lisbon and Mexico are very affordable international destinations Traveling locally is also a great way to travel now and you can save money on transportation If you are using an Airbnb or vrbo now, be sure to start looking about 4-5 months earlier. Fees and rates have increased recently because of demand and cleaning costs Local hotels, especially in towns/cities that don't usually cater to leisure travelers are very affordable right now For those traveling locally, be sure to check each state's travel and quarantine restrictions Full Episode Transcript [00:00:00.120] - Kim Here's some tips for filling up your piggy bank for your next trip.   [00:00:15.730] - Announcer Welcome to Vacation Mavens, a family travel podcast with ideas for your next vacation and tips to get you out the door. Here are your hosts, Kim from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara from We3Travel.   [00:00:30.550] - Kim Tamara, we are fast forwarding through 2021. Some of us knew it wouldn't be a big reawakening. But I can't even believe that we're in February. So have you been thinking about travel? Do you see hope on the horizon? Are you making any plans yourself?   [00:00:48.580] - Tamara Well, I'm definitely thinking about it. It's kind of all I can think about because otherwise I'm just so bored. You know, the other day was Groundhog Day and it feels like that. Like every day one of my friends had texted me and saying, like, how are you doing? And I'm like, you know, same old, same old.   [00:01:05.290] - Tamara She's like, pretty much like work, work out, cook, eat, TV, sleep, repeat. But I'm starting to think about it. I've started to look into a couple of things I think I have mentioned before that like our Greece trip, but I doubt it's going to happen.   [00:01:19.900] - Tamara So I'm trying to come up with other kind of backup plans and we're still kind of hoping that we can go look at some colleges this spring. So we're looking into that and booking things tentatively. Everything is like, if things are going well, so I guess it's written in pencil, not in pen.   [00:01:39.940] - Kim Yeah. I felt all excited. We, you know, attended a conference recently, virtually, of course. So our listeners don't get shocked. But it was just nice to talk about travel again. But it really it made me excited and I would love to plan a trip for spring break and do something. But I'm kind of torn on, you know, will California like, we've done the road trip to California, a few spring breaks and it's always such a nice trip and I'm tempted to do that again. However, California right now doesn't want people from out of state and even people in state are not supposed to go without like 100 some miles from their house.   [00:02:21.400] - Kim And so I'm kind of torn on do I make plans or because I'm kind of tired of canceling stuff, it's it's almost discouraging. So I'm almost in a holding pattern.   [00:02:31.000] - Kim I thought about booking a Lake Front Cabin or something on Airbnb, where for spring break we could just go and relax and bring Sophie and just kind of get out of our space. But we you know, we have this nice backyard now and some of our space, we live on a lake. And so, I mean, we're not on the lake, but we're, you know, very close.   [00:02:52.510] - Kim So it seems kind of stupid to spend money to go have kind of a lifestyle that we already sort of have. And yeah. So I'm just torn. I guess I don't really want to cancel anything. I don't know what to book. I don't I still don't know. I probably need to just make a tentative plan of doing something in state, even if it's a weekend getaway, just kind of having a hotel stay again. It was so nice when we did that for Christmas. We went to one of our local hotels and did a shopping trip and just kind of stayed in the hotel. And it was it was nice. It was nice just to get out of our house for a little while. But yeah, I guess the cancellation is holding me back.   [00:03:27.910] - Tamara I brought that up to Hannah recently. Like, what about doing like a staycation at a hotel? And she's like, well, it's like dumb to spend the money. And part of me feels like, yeah, you know, I would like to save it for like real travel. But on the other side of the coin, like, I do know that it's just been so long that you forget. But I do know that every time we have gotten away, you know, even for a weekend, we always look at each other and we're like, we feel like we're so far away. Like we feel like everything changed so much. Like, you know, it's just so nice to have that change of scenery. So I do think we're all craving it right now. But it is definitely a cost consideration, right.   [00:04:06.580] - Tamara Because like you said, do you want to still do those fun things when they come up? And I know the episode we're talking about today with Danielle is all about how to save for a trip. And so spending on things you don't need is probably not the advice, but sometimes mentally you do need it. But I mean, as we're looking into different things, I'm definitely seeing like a trend in terms of pricing. Like we're looking at doing this road trip to visit some colleges. And there we would be staying close to the college and, you know, more like in a city or small town kind of thing.   [00:04:41.230] - Tamara And those hotels are actually really affordable because there's just not a lot of that kind of tourism happening right now, you know?   [00:04:49.750] - Tamara So I've even been like, well, if we do this, I want to book a suite because I want to have space. Like, I don't want to feel like we're on top of each other, but I also want to have a place where we can bring food in and eat because, you know, it's still going to be cold.   [00:05:02.920] - Tamara And so we're not really doing outdoor dining, but we're not going to want to do much indoor dining unless something has a very low capacity, you know?   [00:05:10.810] - Kim And a place where the microwave is helpful because we are in a hotel that had a. And it was nice to get the food and take out and bring it back, but, you know, every once in a while you'd want to heat it up and we didn't have it.   [00:05:22.040] - Tamara So, yes, I found that actually for what I thought would be the cost of a regular room, I can get a suite, so that's good. But then when it comes to summer, I'm looking at doing something that feels more resort, like more, if we can't go to Greece, I would like something. I know it's not going to be Greece, but can it be something like nice? And I think you know me. You know that I don't really love the big high rise hotels and that type of thing because I want something a little bit more intimate, more personal, has more character or whatever.   [00:05:56.410] - Tamara and also like now in times of covid, like, I don't want to have to always be in an elevator, in a hallway or a crowded pool area or like any of that kind of stuff, like I want more like open air. So I found a couple of places that I absolutely fell in love with in the Florida Keys. But oh my God, the price like it is insane. So it was one of those moments where I've always told Glenn, don't show me things that I can't afford. I don't want to look at houses that I can't afford, and I want to look at cars that I can't afford. I don't want to look at clothes that I can't afford.   [00:06:27.220] - Tamara And there's also some things where it's like even if you could afford it, like there are times where I've gone to, like, shopping for a store and I'm like, I'm sorry, but I am not spending 100 dollars on jeans.   [00:06:37.840] - Tamara It's just not like I grew up so frugal that it's like really hard for me to, like, spend on certain things. And I am more willing to do it on like travel. And I look at it, I said, look, I want something special. Like we gave up, you know, our special trip last year. We're probably giving up this year. I still want to do it in the future.   [00:06:55.240] - Tamara But can we have something special like not just we went away for like four days, but like, can it be to a special place, you know, to try to find that in an environment that feels safe, knowing that this summer is still, you know, all the protocols are still going to be in place. Like whether or not we will be vaccinated is still a big if. And so they're still going to be a lot of travel and safety concerns. And, you know, I wanted to feel special, but I can't spend two thousand dollars a night. I mean, it's just insane.   [00:07:24.850] - Tamara Every time I look at things, I'm like, are there really that many rich people in the world like? And then I realized, there are.   [00:07:32.320] - Kim yeah, obviously. So I mean, I'll never forget the time that I spent five hundred dollars for one night at a Disneyland hotel and I thought that was just stupid. I felt like an idiot then. But it was important for me to have the extra hour and make the most of our time and stuff.   [00:07:46.960] - Tamara I feel like sometimes I'm willing to do it like it gives you enough pleasure. It it provides something that you're really looking for, you know, and I would I would even spend, you know, a good amount more than that, but not two thousand dollars a night.   [00:07:59.810] - Tamara And then have to buy food, you know, food and drink and everything else on top of that. And so all I can say is if anybody just won the lottery, look up little Palm Island in Florida and you'll be very happy. And I found another place that looked really good, too. It's called Bungalows Key Largo. They look pretty good.   [00:08:15.970] - Tamara It's like an adult, only all inclusive in Florida because we're just trying to stay where can we get that tropical feel without necessarily leaving the country and having to deal with, like, all the bubbles and testing and, you know, just all the kind of hassles for a fairly short trip.   [00:08:31.280] - Tamara So anyway, I'm still searching and maybe using some of Danielle's tips will help me, you know, continue to save, although I don't think I'm saving quite that much.   [00:08:42.160] - Kim Yeah, well, maybe she'll inspire you to realize that you don't need the 2000 night hotel that you know. I know. But now I've seen it. I definitely think that Florida is probably attracting a lot of those kind of, you know, snow escapers right now. So I'm not surprised to hear that there.   [00:09:01.240] - Tamara This is because I'm looking for July, everybody's making plans. Everybody wants to make it now. Well, and I think the other tip is like, you really do need to plan in advance. The reason I want to book something now is because for those things that if you want what you want, like, so does everyone else.   [00:09:18.670] - Kim I think that's a good tip. Well, let's talk to Danielle and hopefully she can inspire us all to put away a little bit of savings so maybe we can splurge on something that's safe and fun for this summer.   [00:09:28.780] - Tamara Sounds good.   [00:09:38.030] - Tamara So this week, we're here with Danielle Desir, and she is an author, blogger, podcaster and Founder of the Thought Card, which is an award winning affordable travel and personal finance blog and podcast, empowering financially savvy travelers to make informed financial decisions, travel more, pay off debt and build wealth. She's also the coproducer of Millennial Wealth Builders, a three time grant funded audio docu series highlighting women of color building wealth. Welcome, Danielle.   [00:10:03.950] - Danielle Thank you so much for having me.   [00:10:06.230] - Tamara We're always excited to talk to another podcaster here. And we focus so much on family travel that sometimes we forget we need to get out of our little family travel bubble and talk to some new people, too. So I know you have a very interesting, back story when it comes to paying off debt, building wealth and traveling while you're doing it.   [00:10:26.220] - Tamara And I think this is a time, especially so many families are struggling right now, given everything we've all been dealing with for the past year and trying to afford a vacation when the time is right is definitely a challenge. I think now is the time maybe to start thinking about strategies and ways for that. So that's why we want to talk to you today. But before we jump into that, can you tell us a little bit more about your own personal journey?   [00:10:51.200] - Danielle Sure. So I would say that I have a love for travel at a really young age. And I also grew up in a family where money was talked about all the time. So it wasn't a secret. My mom was very transparent about how to save, how to spend. I even remember seeing her student loan with so many zeros at the end, like a really young age, so that that love of travel and that love of, I guess, the love of money or appreciating money and understanding, using it as a tool came early on. Now, my family, every summer we would go to Haiti.   [00:11:28.010] - Danielle That's where my family's from. And that's where I would spend all summer there with my grandparents running around with the chickens and the farm and learning the culture, the food, speaking the language. So, I mean, since I was like five years old, so I was about 15 when it kind of became uncool to, like, leave your boyfriend back home for the summer. So that's really like my back story of like how travel has been a really big, integral part of my life since I was really young.   [00:11:53.990] - Danielle And money, again, was talked about all the time. Now, I would say when I got to high school, I started to see travel as being uncool. It was taking me away from my friends.And like I mentioned, my boyfriend at the time. And I was I was really hanging out with my friends and I was really friend focused. So I gave up travel. It really just the left it alone until I got to college and travel emerged again.   [00:12:21.530] - Danielle But now it was like, it's the cool thing to do. Everyone was going on spring break trips and, you know, study abroad programs. And unfortunately, at the time my study abroad, I couldn't study abroad on a financial aid package. I had a ton of scholarships that helped to put my costs down for school, but they weren't going to cover studying abroad. So I had asked my mom, I said, Mom, listen, I would love to go to spend a semester in Paris. Is that possible? And she was like, of course I would do anything that I can. And that was great. But the back stories that we were losing our home to foreclosure. So a part of me felt so guilty that my mom couldn't even keep the lights on. Right. We're about to lose our house. And here I would be gallivanting off in Paris.   [00:13:08.480] - Danielle So I made the decision that I wasn't going to study abroad, but I made also the vow to myself and a promise to myself, which ultimately has helped me become the traveler I am today, that once I graduated from college, graduate from grad school, I would work really hard to be able to save and prioritize travel in my life. So that vow now, like almost ten years later, has been something that kept me grounded. I went on my first trip in 2014. My had graduated in 2011, so it took me three years to, like, get out to save enough funds.   [00:13:46.280] - Danielle But it started off with saving twenty five dollars every two weeks when I actually did get a job so that twenty five dollars every two week transformed into a week long trip to Paris in 2014. And then every single year I just try to learn more about being a savvy traveler, saving more money, you know, going on more trips. And here we are in twenty, twenty one.   [00:14:09.470] - Tamara That's nice. It makes me think of like growing up, we really didn't do any travel and we were just visiting family and I had such a passion for travel and stuff like travel posters on my walls. And my first real trip was to Mexico with like a school class in high school. And I think my mom, like, actually cashed in an insurance policy so that I could go on that. So, yeah, I've had my own little journey to being able to travel, but it means so much and you can make it happen.   [00:14:38.240] - Kim I agree. I was kind of in the same situation. My family did not have a lot of money growing up and there was travel wasn't really anything a part of it. The most I traveled was for like a softball tournament to a nearby city. And I think I went from Kansas, Oklahoma once for a tournament. And then I remember taking one epic trip to visit family in Southern California in like fifth grade. And that was kind of a big you know, that was a big deal for me.   [00:15:02.270] - Kim But once I got married, I was like, OK, travel is going to be a part of our life. And so I kind of started planning and getting into it more. But it's interesting how it can, you know, like you have this passion even if you didn't experience it as a kid.   [00:15:15.770] - Danielle So, yes, I totally agree. One of my dreams when I was a little kid was to go to Disney World, I'm sure, as a lot of kids have that goal. And it wasn't until I was, you know, 22, 23 that I actually ended up going to Disney. And I make fun of my mom now. I was like, mom, like, you never took me to Disney. We could laugh about it now. But I'm at the point now where it means so much more to me that I can take my mom and Disney when I have the finances to do that.   [00:15:45.200] - Danielle So I think sometimes when you are growing up and you may not have the ability or maybe maybe like for me, I was going to Haiti every single summer, which was a part of travel, but I also did dance lessons. I also did like so many extracurricular activities. So I think when it comes to like family saving and prioritizing and travel, there are a lot of other things that may come before travel. So as an adult, I feel so much like more equipped to to make it work.   [00:16:15.680] - Kim Yeah, exactly. Well, I know that there's probably a lot of people right now and then in in the grand scheme of things that feel like they can't afford to travel. I know I've had people say to me, like, how do you afford to take so many trips? And of course, being a travel writer now, they don't ask that as much. But when we first started traveling all the time, they would ask that all the time.   [00:16:35.390] - Kim So what do you think are some top budgeting tips that you would give for people who, you know, want to travel but don't see how they could financially do it?   [00:16:45.650] - Danielle So I know that budgeting is a bad word for a lot of people. It's the B word that everyone tries to avoid. But I definitely see budgeting as empowering because who set your budget? You do, right? Like, of course, we all have limitations based off of our income, but we have the ability to dictate how our money is moved around and where it gets allocated to. So no one seeing your budget as a tool that's going to be that you're going to use to really determine what your future is going to look like.   [00:17:16.160] - Danielle Another thing I want to say is that when it comes to budgeting, I really like to sit down, I would say on a quarterly basis, especially after and during the pandemic, like right now, it's a good time to reassess and to do of wants versus needs list. So out of all of your expenses for the month, what are the things you absolutely need to survive versus the things that are nice to have?   [00:17:38.450] - Danielle And the easiest place, if you're looking to save more for travel is to reduce from the wants list. So things that maybe maybe nice, maybe not. Maybe you have Hulu, Netflix and HBO. Maybe you don't need all three. Right? Maybe you just need one of them. So that that needs versus wants list is really, really powerful and it can help you to remove some unnecessary expenses. Like for me, I've been doing a lot of jumping rope at home, which has significantly reduced my gym costs. But I was paying for my gym for like the last six months because I just kept it on autopilot.   [00:18:15.260] - Danielle So this is the time to go through. What are you spending your money on and what are things that, OK, I no longer need. Maybe that was my old life and now I can move on and and make sure you capture that and put it towards your travel savings.   [00:18:28.940] - Danielle So my third tip is to create a travel fund. So a travel fund is simply a separate account that's devoted solely to your travel savings.   [00:18:37.430] - Danielle There's a number of reasons why you want to do this, because no one at a glance you can see undistracted how much money you have available to go on a trip. That is very empowering. And also you're not commingling with other funds. So just being able to see it separately is really helpful.   [00:18:54.950] There are a lot of online banks right now, for example, like if you're in the U.S., Ali or Charles Schwab, actually have a blog post on my Web site that recommends about three different big accounts that where you could open up a bank account for no money, you know, little to no money compared to brick and mortars, a lot of them have like maintenance fees and minimums and and it has all these and restrictions.   [00:19:20.360] - Kim So, yeah, I was just chiming in again, one of those tips of those online, don't they? Also, a lot of times the ATM cards work well, like overseas and things. There's not fees on those as well. So that's another like travel perk. If you have your travel fund in a in one of those, then it also works for helping you get cash if you're overseas. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I just wanted to add that is another little thing.   [00:19:46.550] - Danielle And also, realistically speaking, like you're not necessarily going to be needing to run over to your brick and mortar to take out money on a consistent basis when it comes to your travel fund. It's usually going to be maybe a couple of times a year. So an online bank is just a great way to have some buffers and a little bit of a boundary and a space from just being able to go to your brick and mortar and take money out like willy nilly whenever you need to.   [00:20:09.800] - Danielle So I definitely think a travel fund is just a just a great budgeting tip.   [00:20:14.450] - Danielle And last but not least is to really take a look at your top three expenses. So for a lot of people, that's shelter like your housing costs, which is primarily fixed, like if you can't house hack or anything like that, like your housing is fixed. Transportation is another category that I've seen that I have significantly reduced since the pandemic. I'm not commuting as much. I'm not really driving that much. So that has been a place where I can funnel money into my travel fund and other goals and food.   [00:20:45.200] - Danielle Food is a huge category, especially if you're like using insta cart, which I've become addicted to recently. So those are my my budgeting tips that's to get you started, really prioritizing, figuring out the things that you need versus the things that you want and try to funnel as much money as you can toward your travel savings.   [00:21:09.860] - Tamara I mean, I love that you have these concrete tips because just the idea of putting it in a separate fund and watching that grow, it's such an incentive. You know, like when you see something, whether it's like in your business or whatever it is, when you see it growing, it's just I don't know. It's almost right now Kim knows this. I'm like lacking for positive, like a feedback loop in my life right now.   [00:21:32.480] - Tamara And so even like a little thing like watching my bank account grow would be like, yeah, I'm doing it and feeling good. So I love that. I was also just thinking that my credit card expires or will renew, you know, next month. So I need to sit down with my bill and go through and see what's automatically billed every month, because you know how I will then stop being automatically billed, because your expiration date came up and I thought this is going to be a good time for me to look at it and figure out what things do we really not need.   [00:22:01.760] - Tamara You know, because sometimes just looking at that bill, you skim it. But, you know, if you're not looking at every line item and realizing how much that that adds up, it's a good exercise to kind of go through every now and then just to say, hey, do I really need this? Do I really need that? But, you know, those are some great budgeting tips.   [00:22:18.710] - Tamara But I'm wondering when it comes to actually saving for travel, do you have any other ideas? You know, how do you take the budget and make it a reality?   [00:22:29.030] - Danielle So once you've identified areas where you can start funnelling into your travel fund, I would highly recommend to automate as much as possible. And I think you referred to this year, like, I just want to set it, forget it and just watch it grow.   [00:22:42.470] - Danielle And that's so powerful, being able to dictate where money is going to go and not having to actually think about it. So I try to best as possible. I have a direct deposit automation since I have a 9:00 to 5:00 employer. Even if you're a freelancer, you can still do like a bank transfer every so often except the frequency. But that's been really helpful. So throughout the entire pandemic, I've been fortunate enough where I did not even touch that automation at all. So now I have a stash of cash to pull from to go on that bigger, bigger trip one day when we can travel because it's been automated. So automation really allows you to just kind of let things happen in the background.   [00:23:27.260] - Danielle Now, one of my favorite apps to help me save a little bit extra cash for travel is digit. So digit is a auto saving app. There is a small monthly fee, but for me, it's been able to pay like it's paid for itself, just one little automation it's been able to pay itself. But what it does is that every single day it takes maybe a little bit like a couple of cents out of your account to a couple of dollars out of your account every single day.   [00:23:56.720] - Danielle Or you could also say whenever you're swiping your card, you could really determine how frequent you want it. And it just stashes it for you and you could determine what type of goals you want to have. So I have a mini travel fund goal. I have a mini shopping spree goal. So all of these automation's happening in the background is actually in twenty nineteen. When I went to Disney for a week, I didn't even look at my travel fund because I just pulled from digit. I was like, oh there's just all this cash sitting there like I did even I literally did not even feel it. And if you're worried like oh my gosh, are they going to overdraft my account? They do have stops in place, which prevents that from happening. So and you could even say, listen, pause this until X, Y, Z, which is helpful.   [00:24:41.780] - Danielle So in addition to my travel fund, I also have like this digit stash I pull from, which has been been awesome. And then the last tip I have when it comes to money saving tips for travel is having family buy in. So getting your family involved in the process of planning a trip, saving for travel from start to finish, getting them involved as early as possible. One of the things that I like to do is I like to name my bank accounts with my with my husband. And that allows us to both say, OK, what is it that we're both really excited about for our next trip?   [00:25:20.870] - Danielle And we named that account and we we both collectively try to work on that goal together. And then when we're going to plan the trip, all that hard work we can celebrate. I just think it's really great to not only the practical tips, but also just getting your family involved as much as possible with the planning process.   [00:25:39.000] - Kim We've always kind of said that with family travel, especially like with getting kids involved in it and, you know, excited about the destination, giving them a little control over it. And I think when people you know, when you when you combine the enthusiasm and the focus, it can make a difference. And I think that's a good tip. And that digit sounds really cool. Like I remember in the old days I don't remember which bank account would let you round up. So every time you would swipe your card, it would round up and that money would go into a savings account for you. And so it's really it's a really clever way of just kind of I think automating it, like we've mentioned, is a huge factor so that you're not feeling like it's costing you something to put the money away.   [00:26:20.850] - Tamara It makes me feel like going and looking at how much is in there would be like when you find the 20 dollar bill in your pocket, they forgot you had there, you know.   [00:26:29.310] - Danielle Or like when you're doing laundry and then you find that money in your pocket, like, oh, my gosh.   [00:26:35.970] - Kim And I think my girls have experienced that recently, you know, that we have savings accounts for them. And I started giving them the savings account like their statements and then being able to see that, like, interest does add up, even though it's so minimal now. But that's, I think, seen how interest accruing and all that works is very motivating for a lot of people.   [00:26:56.730] - Tamara And I feel like even when you make a decision, like I know I always try to talk to Hannah about things like when I'm making a decision, I'm like, well, you know, I just feel like that's too much money to spend. And I'll explain why, you know, kind of explain the rationale behind it.   [00:27:10.260] - Tamara And you know why making the choice that I am and maybe what that then allows us to do, you know, versus if we did, you know, X, Y, Z all the time, you know. So I think having those conversations, like you said, Danielle, like your mom was very open with you, I feel like it's really important to kind of it's an education, too. And it's really important to educate our kids about how to manage their money.   [00:27:31.560] - Kim Yeah, I totally agree. So, Danielle, do you have any, you know, top you mentioned digit is one of your favorite apps, but do you have any other tips or apps for finding travel deals? So once you've saved money, maybe, how can you get a good deal on your vacation?   [00:27:47.010] - Danielle Yes, this is my favorite part about both parts of my favorite parts, because that's what I think makes up a financially savvy traveler, is not only being able to accrue enough money to go on a trip, but also to be able to spend it as wisely as possible. But value based spending.So it's really like, what are you valuing and making sure that your spending aligns with that versus just spending frivolously.   [00:28:12.960] - Danielle So just to just to really think back in terms of what is a financially savvy traveler for me, prior to the pandemic, I was I was cornering the cheap flights market like that was that was me that I was finding the cheapest deals ever.   [00:28:31.980] - Danielle And it was just so exciting. And this goes back to the Value-Based Spending Idea, because for me, I just want to arrive safely at a destination. I don't really care that much for luxurious comforts in the air, but everyone is different, right? If you prioritize your your flight experience and you may not necessarily prioritizing your hotel or accommodation. So everyone has something that they're prioritizing. For me, it was not airfare. So that's where I focus my energy on trying to maximize like just spend as little as possible.   [00:29:04.830] - Danielle So some of the sites that I I look at when I'm thinking about cheap flights and I'm going to also offer some sites as well, that's more general travel planning because a lot of people are not flying right now. One of my favorite is secret flying. So secretflying.com is a free website which offers daily flight deals every single day, which is really helpful from all over the world. So I would sign up for their free newsletter and everyday they will send you a couple each day.   [00:29:35.160] - Danielle And this is important because it's helping you to establish a baseline for your flight costs, which is important because you want to be able to know when you're maximizing and when you're finding a really good deal. Not everything that comes across your desk is a good deal. But how are you going to know that if you're not using data, making a data driven decision?   [00:29:54.120] - Danielle So I would use websites like Secret flying to just really understand, like, OK, to Europe baseline, how much do I expect to spend? And then I'm always looking for like that below average costs. So secret flying is a good one.   [00:30:07.620] - Danielle The flight deal is fantastic they are another free web site that again offers you daily deals, which is helpful. I really like to keep an eye on. The PointsGuy also has been really helpful. They have a daily deal section. Those are more for like the flights now.   [00:30:25.440] - Danielle I really love Travelzoo. So Travelzoo dot com. They have a weekly Wednesday top twenty list now prepandemic make those deals were amazing.   [00:30:36.510] - Danielle Those deals were amazing. And I'll give you like a quick example of the deal that I found there. The deal, one of the deals that I will never forget is I found a 299 dollar deal, a ten, ten day all expenses like flights, hotels, some food to China, China.   [00:30:53.980] - Kim Yes, I saw that my my husband and father in law did that deal.   [00:30:58.980] - Danielle Yes. I mean, there there are some pros and I believe that's its own episode. There's a lot of with that.   [00:31:03.600] - Danielle There you go. Yes, you're right. It is. It's own episode. It's its own episode. We'll put an asterisk on that for everyone who also wants to go book that there's an Asterix.   [00:31:12.090] - Danielle Yes, there's a lot of Asterisk on that. But it was a deal that I spotted through Travelzoo, which is incredible. So Travelzoo not only offers flights, but sometimes they offer hotels or combined packages. So that's a free newsletter that I highly recommend to.   [00:31:28.620] - Kim Some other hotel deals are amazing, unlike luxury, you know, nice four and sometimes five star resorts. They they offer some great deals.   [00:31:36.660] - Danielle Exactly. Exactly. And then the last website that I really like is gate one travel. So gate one travel. They have not only independent trips where they pretty much like book your flight and they book your hotel, but they also run tours, too. So you could have like the full fledged experience where you have a tour guide and all of that and they have a weekly deal list every Monday, which they've actually reinstated since the pandemic. And it's just good to see like they have frequently like a thousand dollar deals to Dubai or other other really cool destinations. So I'm really all about signing up for all the free newsletters and keeping an eye out to see what's happening.   [00:32:17.370] - Danielle And then, you know, being able to not only couple that with the finances and then book it and go and love that, especially it does.   [00:32:26.010] - Tamara When you see a lot of those deals, you kind of get a sense for not just like what that base price, you know, is what is a good deal, but also just. What are some of the destinations that come up a lot for deals, because there are certain places that you'll see pop up like kind of over and over and you're like, OK, so I know if I want to go there, I'm going to be able to find a deal. I just need to hold out and wait for it. You know what I mean? And I really like your point about prioritizing. It's one of the things that Kim knows that we really like to enjoy local food. We're kind of foodies. And so we will spend a lot more on food when we're in a destination than some other people.   [00:32:59.600] - Tamara So it's one of those things when I'm looking at, you know, like my overall budget, I'm like, well, we spent this, but you may not need to, you know, like, there are other options. So like you said, it all depends on what is important to you. So it sounds like you probably have found a lot of your kind of budget trips through some of these deals and such.   [00:33:21.250] - Tamara But through your travels, have you found some destinations that you feel are more, you know, kind of favorite budget destinations, like places where people kind of should keep an eye out? Because if you're looking for a budget deal, you're apt to find one?   [00:33:35.920] - Danielle Yeah, I think it depends on the time of year. So I would frequently go to Ireland. I've been to Ireland twice in January because I found years apart the same or similar price deals to go to Ireland, to go to Dublin. So I it's funny because Dublin in Ireland is not necessarily the cheapest, the cheapest places to go do. And it's interesting because I the places I love to visit are actually some of the most expensive in the world. So Iceland. I love Iceland, I love Bermuda, I love Ireland.   [00:34:08.500] - Danielle These places are not necessarily cheap, but again, it's all about like the expenses and how you spend there. But in terms of my own personal experiences, I found Lisbon, Portugal to be affordable, especially as a European destination. I found that pretty affordable. I also found Mexico to be affordable as well, which has been really helpful. And let's see if there's any other. China was also very affordable as well.   [00:34:39.690] - Kim Tamara and I were in Lisbon and, you know, so that's great. And we were actually been in Ireland together, too.   [00:34:46.060] - Kim So I can remember in Lisbon, we had that like five euro lunch. That was a lot of food.   [00:34:51.340] - Tamara Yeah, I was thinking of that. I think Tamara and I both realized that in some ways Lisbon is extremely affordable as a European destination. Like even there are tourist attractions that you go to are still like priced fairly well.   [00:35:06.550] - Danielle Yes, there's a couple, actually, a family, a family that they're on YouTube. They're called Our Rich Journey. And they recently moved to Portugal after retiring early and being financially independent. And it's just really interesting to hear why. Like, why did they pick Portugal out of all the places in the world? So, yes, definitely. I definitely agree. Lisbon has really great food beaches. So many great things to do at a at a really good price.   [00:35:35.320] - Kim So we've covered, you know, kind of some big destinations and definitely places for a lot of our listeners that they would be putting off right now. But, you know, one of the hot topics I think right now for a lot of us is kind of local travel, you know, sticking around your own backyard or maybe, you know, around your own region. Do you have any tips for families that might be thinking of exploring around them that you think could, you know, be beneficial from a savings standpoint?   [00:36:03.040] - Danielle Yeah, last summer was, for me, the Great Awakening, because I realized, like, OK, travel's changed completely for me. I'm no longer flying. So I did a lot of more road trips and I live in the Northeast. So I visited towns or cities like between four and five hours away from home. One of the things I personally think that's important is to really think about if you prefer to stay at a hotel right now or if you prefer to stay at an Airbnb, each of them have their own pros and cons.   [00:36:37.780] - Danielle If you want to be necessarily like, let's say, secluded or you prefer to be like in a more remote location, then you have a lot of more options with Airbnb. Now, the problem with Airbnb is that there's so much more expensive now. A lot of hosts actually have higher fees, the cleaning fees. That has been astronomical. So if you are thinking about going on a, you know, more local trip or road trip, definitely start looking at Airbnb early. I would say anything from like four to five months early just to start to see, OK, what are price trends? Is it even affordable to stay at an Airbnb or do I prefer to stay at hotels? Now, in the countryside, a lot of hotels are offering really deep discounts. So a lot of financially savvy travelers are telling me that staying at a luxury hotel is like the most affordable it's ever been, right, because the capacities are down. The demand is down, which means prices are down, which is really helpful. So that I think is is number one is really great.   [00:37:45.970] - Danielle I think for the majority of all the money saving tips and ideas I was sharing before are all relevant, like using digit and making priorities in your budget and and getting your family involved. These are all things that regardless of the destination or the type of travel they could, still going to be beneficial.   [00:38:05.050] - Danielle Some other tips I would just share for those who are thinking about local travel. The thing about it right now, especially what I've discovered from last summer, is that each state has its own restrictions. Each state has its own quarantine. Or I mean, there's 50 states and each state is different. So really making sure that before you set out and go looking at what the state requirements, not only the state that you want to visit, but also your state as well, because some states are actually fining folks if you're not like being compliant. So that that's really helpful. And I would also say look at the tourism board website.   [00:38:42.560] - Danielle So tourism boards are going to keep you up to date with what's going on. And that's one of the places I actually look for for the most important information.   [00:38:51.520] - Tamara And sometimes they have deals to like sometimes they might have like a pass or, you know, sometimes some of their attractions. If you book online, you get a little discount. So Kim and I always talk about like looking at the tourism board website. And it's amazing. Kind of the I don't know, it's very helpful just to figure out what's there, but it's just helpful, you know, also finding some of those little deals and things that you may not have known about, like which restaurants offer kids eat free or which, you know, might have a Monday half price wine night or something like that, you know?   [00:39:23.500] - Tamara Well, you've given us a lot to think about. And I love that a lot of your tips have given us some apps and things, too, that we haven't necessarily talked about with some of our other guests. But we do have a question that we ask all of our guests, and that is, what do you wear when you travel? Do you have a favorite brand? You know, any particular go to travel outfit?   [00:39:43.750] - Danielle I would say I'm more of obsessive over footwear, so I really, really want to make sure that I have something comfortable with my feet. So I usually go to with vans. I like that their slip on that they're super comfortable and that I can just be more relaxed in them. No high heels for me, no high heels.   [00:40:04.210] - Tamara I'm with you there.   [00:40:05.470] - Kim Yes. So Danielle, why don't you tell our listeners where they can find you online?   [00:40:11.500] - Danielle Well, thank you again so much for having me. It was really fun chatting all about traveling money. You could head over to thought car dotcom. That's my affordable travel website. I also have the thought card podcast, which is my Affordable Travel and personal finance podcast. And I actually have two books that I think would be relevant to today's conversation. So the first book I have is called Affording Travel Saving Strategies Financially Savvy Travelers. And another book I published recently is planning local trips during a pandemic. So I think those two books would be really great to take the next step.   [00:40:52.810] - Tamara So thank you again for being on and chatting with us and looking forward to following your future travels. And I need you to tell me which luxury resorts in the Northeast are offering discounts, because I'm telling you, all the ones I've been looking at are way beyond my price range.   [00:41:07.360] - Danielle You know, it's so funny. I've been sticking to Airbnb, so I've been hearing rumors that they're cheaper. But I just prefer Airbnb out. They have been out in the cabin. So the countryside   [00:41:18.280] - Tamara We've done some of that. So I'm looking at something for the summer. I'm like, oh, man, I know the hotels are hurting, but these prices are outrageous. So I'm going to keep dreaming on that one for a bit. Keep dreaming and keep saving.   [00:41:31.000] - Kim Now, if you keep saving, maybe something, then sign up for some emails. You never know what I'll fall.   [00:41:34.690] - Danielle You never know. You never know.   [00:41:37.390] - Kim Thanks so much, Danielle. It was great chatting with you.   [00:41:39.490] - Kim Thanks so much as always. Thanks for joining us. For another week of vacation mavens next time, which is two weeks away, we're going to be celebrating something big. It's our fifth year anniversary of Vacation MAVEN's. We are five years old, so we are celebrating in a manner that, you know, truly is fitting for Tamara and I, for those of you that know us, we are going to be talking all about wine tasting and wine tasting tips.   [00:42:05.410] - Kim So I hope you will join us in two weeks and we will talk to you again soon   [00:42:10.510] - Tamara Come raise a virtual glass with us to celebrate and look forward to it and send us a picture. Yeah, definitely. Say cheers to us.  

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Podcast Description “I want every US presidential candidate…to give me a list of what they are going to in order to address institutionalized racism. I want to know what regulations, I want to know the policies, I want to know the data. And I want to be able to review your plan. Give me a plan for that. How are we going to address inequity in education? How are we going to address the fact that we have books written for and by white men? How are we going to start putting things in that highlight more than slavery when it comes to Black people?” Dr. Brandeis Marshall is a computer science scholar, educator and founder of DataedX. Her work focuses on the racial, gendered and socioeconomic impact of data in technology, including designing data science pedagogy for marginalized communities and assessing the socio-technical implications of BlackTwitter. Dr. Marshall participates in increasing data literacy and understanding, sharing best data practices and broadening participation in computer + data science through speaker and workshop leader engagements. For more info visit www.brandeismarshall.com.  Transcription 00:31 Kim Crayton: Woo! Hello, everyone, and welcome to today's episode of the #CauseAScene podcast. I'm already giggling. So this will be a very interesting episode. I'm not gonna hesitate. I have Dr. Brandeis Marshall on the show today. And if you could introduce yourself to the audience, please. Dr. Brandeis Marshall: Oh, sure. I am a computer scientist by training. I am an instructor/educator like yourself by occupation. I teach at the college level and above, and I am running a startup. So I just started a startup about a couple months ago, so we could talk about that too. I'm working day and night, traveling, speaking, resting, dealing with a lot of wellness. So it was very nice to get a little rest and relaxation over the past few days, and now we're gonna get back to the grind. So that is me in a nutshell. 01:29 Kim: All right, so I start the show as always, as you know: Why is it important to cause a scene? And how are you causing a scene? Dr. Marshall: All right. Oh, here we go. Kim: Here we go. Let's dive into this. And also, just to let you know, this is an uncensored show, so you can use whatever words, whatever phrasing you feel like, go ahead. Dr. Marshall: OK, the United States, and in fact, I think the world, is becoming more Black and Brown. Yet our educational system does not reflect its constituents in the books that we learn from, in the instruction that we have. In particular, since I'm in this data science space, I work a lot with trying to broaden participation, access, inclusion and representation in computing and in data science. We don't have any people of color, just period. So, as someone that has been teaching for a long time, I'm just now moving into trying to find nuggets and examples and showcase all of that. It could be at the collegiate level, it could be at the professional level, but I'm trying to build in race, gender, class to whomever I'm instructing. 02:56 Kim: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, when Dr. Brandeis logged in, I had to pause her for a second cause I had to complete a tweet. And I sent her the tweet, and we just started laughing because this tweet by an individual—and I'm gonna share it in the links—but it says, "Sorry, Beale Street was too much for me. Though beautifully acted, written, and shot, I'm exhausted by examples of Black love engulfed in trauma and horrible endings." I had to tweet this because I said, "This is why I won't view any more video of Black bodies being beaten by police or terrorized by whiteness going about our daily lives. Yes, Blacks have had to endure the horrors of white supremacy. YET I REFUSE to allow this to be the only NEGATIVE NARRATIVE that's told." I just, I get it, this is the thing for me here on this. And then I want to talk about—cause I wrote some notes—I want to talk about your learning the language of Black Twitter.

This week we continue our discussion with Maura Sweeney – the trademarked “Ambassador of Happiness”. Maura shares her experience in managing teams that proved to be highly successful, loyal and energetic as well as what it means to be happy at work. Here are Fulyana’s comments after hearing Maura and Kim Here, as we discussed […]

Kim Tran is known as the Queen of Skincare. An ambitious #BeautyBoss who once shied away from any attention on her incredible achievements she was receiving. That all changed when Kim was named Australian Telstra Young Business Woman of the year in 2016 and since then has not let anything stop her.  Kim is actually living one of my dreams of owning the property that her gorgeous skin clinic La Belle Peau is located.  In this episode Kim speaks about some incredible tips on matching our staff members personalities with our clients so we can step off the floor without fear, plus the importance of our vision and believing in our dreams.  Yes, Yes, Yes! Kim is super inspiring so enjoy this episode and keep an eye out for her next steps as she is literally unstoppable.  Win a 1 hour phone conversation with Kim herself or a coffee if you happen to be In WA. Tell us your biggest takeaway from this interview under Kim's Podcast graphic on our social accounts.  Find Out more about Kim Here:  https://www.labellepeau.com.au/ https://www.thekimtran.com/  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/labellepeauperth/ https://www.facebook.com/kimtran.wa   Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thekimtran_/ https://www.instagram.com/labellepeauperth/   

Do you ever hear those pesky voices in your head that say, "You're not good enough," "You're not doing it right," or "No one wants to hear what you have to say?" On this candid and vulnerable episode of Coaching with Kim, you'll get an inside look into how to turn down the volume on these messages that hold you back from being yourself, staying present and making a genuine connection with others on dates. Listen as Kim coaches Adam, a great personable guy who has so much to offer but he has one big problem…the voices tell him that he’s NOT enough.  When it comes to dating, he finds himself hesitant to express himself fully and nervous to get vulnerable and make a more intimate connection with women he's interested in.  We all have those voices of self-doubt that creep into our heads to varying degrees but most people don’t know how to soften or get rid of them. Kim talks through some specific techniques that worked for Adam that you can apply in your everyday life. This open and real conversation will help you access and recall powerful, confident states that you've experienced in your life that you can call upon during moments of self-doubt in order to transcend those negative voices. If you want help quieting the gremlins in your head, take advantage of your opportunity to sign up for a FREE breakthrough session, just like Adam's with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

On this week's show, Kim talks all about how perfectionism is holding you back from putting yourself out there in the dating world. Are you reluctant to build a dating profile because you're waiting to take the perfect profile photo? Are you avoiding opportunities to meet new people because you're feeling self conscious or unconfident in your appearance? This episode will teach you that for whatever reason you are putting things off, underneath your need to be perfect is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of failure -- whatever it is -- until you take action, you will never move forward. Kim tells the story of 2 different clients, both experienced a form of "perfection paralysis", but they took different approaches to handling the problem. Waiting for everything to be perfect can feel easier and safer, but if you want to accomplish something new or create change in your life, you have to get out of your comfort zone and get into ACTION. This episode is honest, direct and gives you a little tough love to recognize that your perfectionism might be an excuse to stay stuck. If you need a jolt in your life to help you get unstuck, take advantage of your opportunity to sign up for a FREE breakthrough session with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

This week on Coaching with Kim, Kim talks to Marion -- all the way from France! Marion is a school teacher, who got divorced 10 years ago, and has dated several men over the years since her split. Now, she's dating an amazing guy she really likes and can see a future with, but there are a few red flags and she needs some advice on. This guy just got out of his marriage and Marion is worried that she's his rebound. Kim discusses how men respond to break ups and Marion’s family and dating history might be impacting her decision to stay in this relationship.  Kim also uncovers some key issues from her childhood that have crept up in her dating life consistently. Listen as Kim provides Marion with some tangible steps to help her determine whether this guy truly has the qualities she wants in a partner, or if she's blinded by what she hopes he will be. When you're ready to uncover why you're choosing the same people over and over, sign up for a FREE breakthrough session, just like Marion's with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

Fear manifests itself in so many ways in relationships. There's the fear of intimacy, the fear of abandonment, the fear of being alone and countless others. This week Kim talks to Melanie Curtis - author, speaker and fierce life coach, about how to take a leap of faith and crush your fears!  Melanie has been skydiving more than 10,000 times - something that would terrify most of us - but that means she's a pro at facing scary things head on and pushing through no matter what. Kim and Melanie discuss the fact that inspiration means nothing without the action to back it up. Melanie shares her process on how to confront fear by acknowledging it exists, drilling down to the core of that fear and determining if it's is real or imagined. Kim and Melanie talk through how important it is to normalize our fears through validation and most of all, focus on solutions. This conversation will show you that you are capable of conquering your fears in relationships, because it's all about building social and emotional skills. If you want help conquering your fears in the dating world, sign up for a FREE breakthrough session with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

This week on Coaching with Kim, Kim talks to Dena, who's having trouble trusting the men she dates. This episode is all about how to trust others, without giving away your power. Dena is struggling with some ghosts of her past - two divorces and an experience with infidelity. She embodies the role of "giver" in all areas of her life and has attracted men who are "takers". In the past, she's fallen victim to dynamics where men take advantage of her giving nature and she lacks the tools to set boundaries, ask for what she wants and not lower her standards in order to please the other person. This coaching session is a great lesson on how you can build your self-confidence and trust your own value.  Kim gives some great tips about how and when to lower your guard and allow yourself to be vulnerable in order to open yourself up to new opportunities. If you're ready and willing to step in a new direction in your love life, sign up for a FREE breakthrough session, just like Dena's with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

This week Kim interviews Benjamin Ritter, host of the Live for Yourself podcast. Ben is a leader in public health and an executive and personal consultant with a focus in dating and relationships. Benjamin and Kim talk about their personal experiences with BIG, life-altering changes. Kim deep dives into the topic of how states of change can alter your perspective and that practice should be encouraged.  Ben and Kim discuss that when you're not truly living for yourself, it feels like the world is acting on you, instead of you making conscious choices to live in alignment with your goals and priorities. Ben gives some concrete action steps towards reprogramming your training so that you can align your values, your goals and your actions. This conversation focuses on our stressors, their causes and how to use those things as fuel to change ourselves for the better. If you're ready to make a MAJOR change in your life and even induce your own break state, sign up for a FREE breakthrough session with Kim HERE: https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough

This week a powerful and emotional live coaching episode with Kim's client, Anne.  She's mastered the art of getting guys to the first date, but when it comes to securing the second one, she's stumped!  Kim uncovers the REAL reasons why Anne can’t get past the first encounter and why she can’t find chemistry with any guy she meets.  And it’s not what you might think!  Here Kim helps Anne face some surprising and revealing truths.  Anne learns that when you gain clarity about what you want, and you express that intention directly, you begin attracting the kind of partners that match that intention.  There are some juicy tips in how to get past fears and create connections upon first impression.  If you are tired of feeling burnt out with dating and are interested in having your own breakthrough session either on air or off…sign up and book a time to talk with Kim HERE https://meetme.so/kimbreakthrough