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On the Edge!

Today we start our mini series on families that are just at the beginning of their adventures. They’ve been inspired, maybe here, maybe elsewhere, they’ve downsized, and minimized, and are now on the edge of the abyss, staring down into a fascinating new adventure, not sure what to expect, what they will learn, or how it is going to change their lives.

Not an easy undertaking! This week, let’s listen in as we chat with Colin and Andrea as they fill us in on read more…

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Selling it All:

It’s a common dream of so many families….especially as we all get seemingly more connected to our ‘gadgets’ and Facebook:

The dream is to sell it all and head off into the great wide open and travel. That’s exactly what Mike and his wife and 3 teens did in 2008!

Armed with read more…

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Familypreneurs!

Tired and burned out of the rat race? This family had enough of other stresses and pulls on their time/life/schedule and decided to do something about it!

They got a spark of entrepreneurship from a New Media Expo conference, and started building a plan to get out and travel! After purchasing a trailer, they hit the road, not sure read more…

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Learn to Sail!

Psychologists tell us that sailing off into the sunset is one of the top 3 fantasies of most people. However, most people are totally overwhelmed by where to start!

This week we are joined by Chris who has recently launched his website: Sail Mentor. He is passionate about introducing people read more…

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A Life Afloat!

Ever dreamed of living on a sailboat? That’s what our guest this week, Cindy has done with her husband and now two children! Her children have never known life “on land” and she joins us this week to tell us all about her lifestyle.

We cover: homeschooling, unschooling, living aboard, and of course read more…

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Travel has become a massive part of our society, a ‘rite of passage’ for many wandering souls. The trouble is, when they settle down, and start a family, they are convinced their travel days are over. Not SO!!

This week we hear from Sharon of Where’s Sharon, a long time traveler, but now her and her husband travel with kids. She tells about read more…

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Grab Life!

This week was a HUGE thrill for me. I got to interview some good friends of mine who have recently launched out from the suburbs to hit the open road in a camp trailer with a 13 month old. That’s right, a 13 month old. On the road. Full time. How could we not interview them?!

We got to dive into all the details on how they made it happen, how they are able to support themselves on the road (very cool!) and what the read more…

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6 Continents!

Like the idea of taking a year to take your family on a round the world adventure? This family did just that. During a job change the lure of the road became too much and they thought, ‘why not?’ and bought round the world airline tickets and never looked back.

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Sell it All!

Today we are joined by the Kortman’s who tell us of their amazing experiences trotting the globe with 4 children. Like many couples, Paul and Becky traveled before they ‘settled down’ and started their family.

But the pull of the road being what it is, and the suburban life sometimes being very unfulfilling, they decided read more…

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Simply Going!

This week, we are thrilled to have the Morgan’s on the show,  Jarred and Irirangi (pronounced Eddy), after a tramatic family experience, decided life was too short to be taken for granted. They pulled up stakes in Australia, and hit the road for a year….or more?

We caught up with them in Bangkok, Thailand before they headed to the European leg of their adventure.

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Live Life!

This episode wraps up the Q & A series (for now) but a lot of people have really liked it and written in, so we’re going to think more seriously about adding it as a weekly feature.

If you need a ‘nudge’ to get traveling, hopefully this show will get you thinking in the right direction. Life is short, and we don’t know what’s around the corner. Better to grab it with read more…

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Travel Tales: 

Ok, hopefully these are helpful and not just annoying. These are questions we thought we’d answer and see if people liked it and more importantly, were helped by it!

If you have plans to travel, we’d love to hear about them, and if we can help in any way at all, we’d love to!

If you have questions about read more…