Ep. 151 | Karen The Nomadic Chef On Motherhood And Following Your Passions
Release Date: 02/19/2020
Chronicles Abroad
Nubia and Frantzces get candid about podcasting. They share 5 specific reasons why Chronicles Abroad hasn’t been as consistent as they used to be. A lot has changed since the inception of Chronicles Abroad and Nubia & Frantzces are juggling quite a few different businesses. Nubia’s Black & Tulum group recently hit 10k, she’s also managing the BlaxIt group, and her travel consulting/coaching business, while Frantzces is finishing her book and re-launching her coaching program on top of working full-tim
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Shanette from The She Voyage shared with us that self-care is the best care. She felt like she wasn’t growing in her home environment. She felt stagnant as if she wasn’t growing. Shanette made herself too accessible to the people at home and felt that she continued to put herself last. She was looking for several opportunities outside of her home state. In Asia, she placed herself first. Shanette spent that time alone discovering herself and being by herself. She most importantly learned to say no. “T
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Liz is a global marathon runner who has run in various marathons in countries such as Afganistan, Beirut, Malaysia, the Ivory Coast, and more. She took to running as a way to grapple with her father’s passing. Soon after, she decided to combine her new love of running with her passion for travel and deep, deliberate exploration of other cultures. In early 2019, Liz launched Run to Reach, an 18- month marathon fundraising campaign with the goal of running 30 marathons in 30 countries before turning 30 in
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Cepee has been supporting women to reinvent themselves in various stages in their lives. We caught up with her to see how she and her community of Refreshers of She Hit Refresh were doing. This episode was recorded during the early stages of COVID-19. During this time, Cepee had to pivot and readjust her business to meet her community’s needs. We talked a lot about what it means to reinvent yourself and how to embrace learning new skills and the reinvention journey. She believes that moving abroad allows
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This episode is all about risk-taking and entrepreneurship with Natalie, creator, and founder of Beautiful Booze. An award-winning resource for cocktail enthusiasts, professional bartenders, brands, and travelers alike. Beautiful Booze is the spirited brainchild of a former home bartender turned cocktail influencer, who turned her passion for cocktails, entertaining and global adventures into one of the top booze and travel accounts in the U.S. You don’t have to have a recipe for everything. You have to b
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Don’t ask for permission to live your life. Nubia gets even more personal in this deeper segment about her life. She discusses parenthood and making tough decisions that impacted her relationships with her family and friends. In this episode, Nubia is candid about how she works through her limiting beliefs and how despite these limited beliefs she’s living a life filled with . You can also check out Nubia's about her involvement with BlaxIt and how she created Black In Tulum. In this episode, you’ll be inspired by the following:1. Don’t ask for permission to live your life.2....
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Frantzces interviews Nubia who says you are the creator of your life. She shares what she’s been up to for the last 16 months living in Mexico. In this episode, she shares how and why she built Black In Tulum a wildly popular Facebook providing events and excursions and other related guided tour services for people of color visiting Tulum, Mexico. She also shares why she became heavily involved in BlaxIt, another popular group providing resources and support to Black Americans who want to leave the US. The last 16 months have been a bit of a whirlwind for Nubia, who shares her...
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Nubia interviews Frantzces about trusting the process. This episode is in full transparency as Frantzces shares her personal story about what made her transition abroad, and the internal battles that she experienced throughout the years. could've stopped her from taking risks but she leaped forward without a real game plan so that she can not only heal but also to find deeper in her life. In this episode you'll be inspired by the following: 1. Don't allow society to define you, define your role and identity for yourself. 2. , do all that you can to live a full life because that will inspire...
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We're spilling the tea!
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Perspectives help us to reframe the challenges in our lives. It's the subtle shift in perspective that allows us to understand what's happening in the world around us. It's a conscious decision that we must decide to make.
info_outlineKaren is a Worldschooling mom and a nomadic chef. She has cooked professionally, in restaurants, commercial kitchens, and private homes on four different continents over the last decade.
Karen followed her husband to Japan for what was supposed to be a one year journey. It turned into 10 years of living abroad in Asia. Her husband helped to push her outside of her comfort zone to try something different and a bit scary. She shares with us how as a couple they decided to make this drastic move in their lives when one person was reluctant about it.
But after being accepted to this one and a lifetime opportunity at this culinary program in Italy, Karen and her family’s life would drastically change yet again. She would finally pursue this nomadic chef lifestyle.
Karen encourages people to embrace a Slow Food Lifestyle. She teaches people of all ages how to cook for themselves and why it's important to share that gift with those they love.
We talk about motherhood, self-care and what it means to slow food lifestyle. Slow down so you can be present for the ones you love.
In this episode, you'll be inspired by the following:
1. Ask yourself what would it take to make the one thing you want to happen, happen?
2. There’s no richer and more cultural experience than to travel the world with your child.
3. Always fill your cup first before you fill anyone else's.
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