120 | Lean Out with Dr. Dawn Baker of Practice Balance
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
Release Date: 06/14/2023
136 | International Gap Year with Teens via the_Axplorers
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
I didn’t know the concept of a gap year was available to me. As a mom in my 40’s with 3 school aged kids I thought I missed out. There weren’t many examples of families taking a mid-life break from professional careers and taking kids out of school to travel. The examples I had found were existing entrepreneurs and homeschool families. We were entrenched in daily life with activities, work and school schedules that required us to be placed-based. A family gap year meant a complete disruption from what we had to where we wanted to go. Throughout our adventure...
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135 | Building a Business that Supports Your Lifestyle with Jacque Hopkins
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
Much like our guest today, my motivation for pursuing gap year life was not that I hated my job. I just had a vision for something bigger and a window of opportunity with my kids that seemed like it might be closing. When we started to get really serious about Gap Year Life it was pretty obvious that our life didn’t cost that much. I didn’t need to build a business to replace our salaries, we simply needed enough of a runway to support an extended break. Sometimes when pursuing the alternate path, it can feel like all or nothing. Goals may have been crafted...
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134 | Lessons from 466 days of Travel
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
In this episode, we explore our family's transformative journey of 466 days of travel and the lessons we learned along the way. Discover how our gap year experience reshaped our outlook on life and home. Tune in to hear about cultivating a home filled with adventure, self-directed learning, and the joys of living with less while gaining more. Website for this episode Subscribe to the email list to follow updates on their travel memoir style book: Email Heidi for questions you have about gap year or to inquire about 1:1 coaching:
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133 | International Teaching Lifestyle Decisions with Kids (Christine & David)
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
Our guests today are parents we met at a playground in Alaska. Our lives intersect through many similar interests and after a 2+ hour parking lot conversation, some time together geocaching, a beach day with swimmers itch and swapping favorite RV stories I decided it would be great to continue the conversation on the podcast. Christine and David vistit their Alaska roots each summer but align with International Teaching community. With previous placements in Jamaica, China and Guatemala and the unique decisions and lessons that accompanied each stage. Join us as...
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132 | Finding Home through RVing with Joshua Sheehan of RV Gear and Far
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
In true RV fashion, this loop has not been unscathed from RV fixes. As we field more and more inquiries about RV life, one area that comes up are in the technical aspects of RV ownership. In our transition to RV life, my husband went from being a high school tech ed teacher (IE shop classes) to becoming a certified RV technician. If you or someone you know is interested in RVing or looking for resources when it comes to owning an RV and the maintenance required, Brent (my husband) is a handy resource to have. His is a helpful starting point to buying and...
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131 | Grace Periods and Embracing the Power of Pause
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
In the fast-paced world, where every moment seems to be driven by deadlines, notifications, and the relentless pursuit of productivity, there's a quiet revolution taking place—one that involves the deliberate act of hitting pause. II have hit pause several times on the podcast this year. In spite of a underlying sense of guilt, I dug deeper into the transformative power of intentionally taking breaks, as experienced by someone who decided to embrace the "Power of Pause" in a year like no other during our family gap year. I recognize I am publishing this episode while steeped in...
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130 | Better than Average Podcasting with Jonathan Mendonsa from Choose FI
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
Podcasting is a medium that has allowed me to 10x my network, have meaningful conversations with people I wouldn't otherwise have access to, elevate the stories rarely shared in the industry, and establish my voice and share my story. It wasn't until working with a few podcast coaching clients that I realized that while there is more happening behind the scenes, it doesn't mean everything has to be official there for me to share this episode. Show Notes: If you do have a podcast or are interested in starting one the link to schedule a podcast or podcasting resources to...
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129 | 10 Simple Ways to Infuse Adventure into your Life
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
The basis of our gap year is the foundation of simple and inexpensive adventures we do as a family. Within this episode, you'll discover 10 curated simple adventures that can be embarked upon with ease. From hidden trails to local landmarks, from unique flavors to thrilling challenges, each adventure is designed to ignite your family's imagination and create lasting memories. I know this because over the past 10 months (and quite honestly past 5 years) our bustling family of five has tested these simple adventures. Why simple adventures, you may wonder? Well, they are the perfect remedy for...
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128 | Experimenting with Indulgence
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
Periodically during our family gap year life in the RV, we have moments when we start to feel like we are missing the comforts of home. When people ask what we miss from home the kids often - having a bedroom door (instead of a privacy black out curtain), a dishwasher, hot showers that don’t require us to turn on the hot water heater nor having to listen to the groan of the water pump. Much like the novelty of travel, simple indulgences take us out of our daily routine and can offer a refresh. In this episode I want to lean into how we might experimenting with indulgences...
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127 | Adventures in Entrepreneurship with Brad Barrett from Choose FI
Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design
After years in public accounting as a CPA, Brad reached financial independence at the age of 35 through diligent savings and investing. Brad Is passionate about everything from saving money, to living a more healthy lifestyle, to ‘boring’ things like tracking your finances and cutting down on your tax bill. But his favorite topic is leveraging credit card rewards to save more money, and take trips you never would have dreamed possible for pennies on the dollar.Co-Founders and Co-Hosts Brad Barrett and Jonathan Mendonsa, ChooseFI has become home to the largest Financial Independence...
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Our guest today made her first appearance on Ordinary Sherpa at episode 031 | Slowing Down and Being Aware. Dr. Dawn Baker is the physician, writer, speaker, and lifestyle design coach behind Practice Balance. She helps physicians and other professionals step off the treadmill of achievement, rediscover their true selves, and cultivate a practice of balance that’s right for them. She is the author of the book Lean Out: A Professional Woman’s Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. Dawn is also a certified yoga and meditation instructor who is passionate about off-grid living, homeschooling, fitness, and travel.
To Connect with or Follow Dawn Baker
Podcast: Lean Out Podcast
Book: Lean Out
Website: Practice Balance
Instagram: @practicebalance