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From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Jon Sumple & Karen Bernhardt-Sumple

53 episodes

6 months ago

Episode 53 of From Sumplace New is an homage to the friendships we made during our time in Cape Town, South Africa. While some might say eight months is a long time, we left feeling like it wasn't enough. We also left with a heavy heart and shed a few tears because we made great friends -- friends for life, and friends we can't wait to see again. And it's all because we're open to creating connections during our travels. We don't travel with our heads down; we travel with our hearts open. We ...

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Episode 53 of From Sumplace New is an homage to the friendships we made during our time in Cape Town, South Africa. While some might say eight months is a long time, we left feeling like it wasn't enough. We also left with a heavy heart and shed a few tears because we made great friends -- friends for life, and friends we can't wait to see again. And it's all because we're open to creating connections during our travels. We don't travel with our heads down; we travel with our hearts open. We ...

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Places & Travel

Society & Culture,

Self-Improvement

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From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Why Cape Town stole our hearts (Part 1): Friendships for a lifetime (E53)

Episode 53 of From Sumplace New is an homage to the friendships we made during our time in Cape Town, South Africa. While some might say eight months is a long time, we left feeling like it wasn't enough. We also left with a heavy heart and shed a few tears because we made great friends -- friends for life, and friends we can't wait to see again. And it's all because we're open to creating connections during our travels. We don't travel with our heads down; we travel with our hearts open. We ...

4 years ago

38 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Barber Alex Culley cuts to the chase: Don't wait to live a life you'll love (E52)

"I'd rather be at the bottom of a ladder I want to climb, than half way up one I don't" says the Barber of Carlisle (aka Alex Culley), who drops some sage wisdom in Episode 52 of From Sumplace New about not just chasing dreams, but realizing them. After choosing an engineering program at a hometown factory, Alex realized he was on a path that didn't suit his personality and long-term vision. Despite advice from those who "knew better," Alex quit the secure job and began a career he connected ...

4 years ago

56 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Monitoring mental health while traveling makes the journey more enjoyable (E51)

Episode 51 of From Sumplace New may be the most important episode yet because it focuses on mental health, understanding needs, navigating obstacles and creating solutions while living a travel lifestyle. Jon shares the story behind Karen's decision to step back from the podcast and why he felt it was in the best interest for everyone involved -- especially the Karen and Jon relationship part! The key takeaway from this episode: Overcoming or removing stress takes understanding and support. A...

4 years ago

21 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Language learning tips from traveling hyperpolyglot Sarah Tarvin (E50)

Hola! And welcome to episode cincuenta of From Sumplace New! For this milestone 50th episode, Sarah Tarvin, a hyperpolyglot, joins us to discuss the importance of learning a language while traveling, and the language acquisition process — which will help you learn in a way that's most efficient and productive for you. Sarah currently speaks eight languages with a few more in the works, and she has been teaching her 18-month old daughter six — yes, SIX — different languages since the day...

4 years ago

55 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Leave your job for a travel lifestyle? Jenn Jennings shows us how (E49)

Jennifer Jennings (aka Jenn) and husband Kendall are living proof that you can build your ideal life by following your dreams and goals. In two short years, they went from living in Alberta, Canada, and working in the oil and gas industry to living in an RV in Baja Mexico and making a living doing what they enjoy. Jenn shares how much "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss inspired them to make changes, and she reveals the "declaration napkin" moment, which was their commitment to universe to l...

4 years ago

45 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Erin Thomas shares the secret to being a 'professional leaper' (E48)

Erin Thomas is a professional leaper. Period. Envious of her husband's travel for work, she hit a wall after an a-ha moment encouraged her to return to the office from lunch and resign on the spot. What transpired was a series of intentional planifesting for a life of travel, which also lead to an unexpected business for people who want to travel, too, but don't know how to manage their home while away. Erin to the rescue with a service that leads most of her clients away from "home" because ...

4 years ago

54 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Florian Hornig left a successful career for a life of simplicity and travel (E47)

To the point: Florian Hornig blew up his life and is happier for it – and that's not an understatement. Florian guides listeners on his journey from doing what was expected ... to trying and failing ... to climbing the ladder of success ... only to discover he was unfulfilled. While sitting at a cafe in 2012, Floh had his a-ha moment when he realized what he would like to be doing. And he began the journey of a thousand steps with the first one, which led him to a life on purpose -- one that ...

4 years ago

57 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Purpose-driven, impact-maker Bob DePasquale pursues a life of travel (E46)

Bob DePasquale is on a mission to spread the message of positivity to a billion people -- yes, a billion! You can add two more to his list of positively inspired people: Jon and Karen! After this episode, we were truly inspired by Bob overcoming his personal struggles, his journey forward after having his sports career derailed, serendipitously finding his future wife Trisha while traveling, fostering a desire to travel more frequently and then doing it, and now building a business that will ...

4 years ago

1 hour 4 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Essentials of mindful & meaningful travel with Erica Boucher (E45)

Erica Boucher is an author, counselor, yoga instructor, retreat leader and world traveler, and we're happy to call her a friend of the show! Episode 45 is chock full of travel wisdom, common sense, ah-ha insights and guiding mantras. We delve into: the explorer/traveler vs. the vacationer mindsetwhat it means to be in the moment when travelingadopting the mantra of "no matter what happens it's all part of the adventure"embracing the awkwardness of travelunderstanding that life shows up and al...

4 years ago

54 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Will & Jess Sueiro share their long journey from suburban living to WorldTowning (E44)

Anybody else in disbelief that it’s already April? 2020 was a year that felt like a decade and, now, 2021 is just flying by. But it's all good because we’ve dusted off our podcast gear and are excited to share a very special conversation with two amazing work-from-anywhere travelers. We stumbled upon Will and Jess Sueiro while researching info on travel visas in February 2017. We loved their passion and energy and proceeded to binge-watch every video on their YouTube channel about their trave...

4 years ago

1 hour 8 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Kirsten McCormick is 'Cheerfully Imperfect' about family travel (E43)

We're back! It's our first episode of 2021, and it's the first episode of our new and improved format where we interview a guest. This week, we spend time with Kirsten McCormick who shares why and how she and husband Justin manage a full-time travel lifestyle with their five children. After spending a year and a half traveling the US in a converted school bus, the McCormicks spent a few years back home in Texas before hitting the road again. The original goal was to head to Argentina, but Cov...

4 years ago

47 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

The Bonus Episode: Erica Boucher interviews Karen and Jon (E42)

We're transitioning! No more podcast episodes with just Jon and Karen droning on and on. Moving forward, episodes of From Sumplace New will feature guest interviews. To help prepare you for this new format, we're sharing an interview we did with podcast host Erica Boucher for her All Ways Evolving podcast last October. Erica, too, wants to move into a long-term, ongoing-travel lifestyle, so she has questions about how we got to where we are and how we make it work. If you've been listening t...

4 years ago

47 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Last episode of the year & big announcement for FSN! (E41)

It's hard to believe we started this podcast just weeks before the pandemic struck, and here we are 41 episodes later and we're still in pandemic-ville. *sigh* We're going to take a break from podcasting for the rest of 2020 so we can come back refreshed for 2021 with a new vision for the podcast! Listen in to learn more. We're excited about what's next for the podcast and the new year, and we hope you are, too — it just has to be better than 2020! Here's wishing all of our friends around th...

4 years ago

12 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Pros and cons of travel during COVID-19 (E40)

Episode 40! Where has the time gone? Seems like the pandemic started just yesterday, no? Speaking of the pandemic, it has wreaked havoc on travel plans around the world. Trips have been cancelled, travel influencers have been grounded, and everyone is yearning for a time when travel restrictions are no more. Despite the frustrations resulting from COVID-19, travel IS possible if you plan correctly and find yourself a member of the "responsible travel" category. In this week's episode, we offe...

4 years ago

42 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

How to maintain a minimalist and stylish capsule wardrobe for full-time travel (E39)

Trying to be stylish while living out of a suitcase 365/24/7 is challenging. If you're considering a work-from-anywhere, open-ended, long-term travel lifestyle, you need to determine your fashionista quotient — practical (like Jon) or stylish (like Karen). While preparing for our journey, Jon focused on packing lightweight, performance-based clothing that was easy to manage. Jon admits he'll never win any style awards, but he leads the league in comfortable clothing. Karen, on the other hand,...

4 years ago

45 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Benefits of a travel mindset vs. vacation mindset (E38)

Despite the pandemic limiting our full-speed ahead travel mindset, we're grateful we can move around (a little) and experience new things. One thing we've learned over the past two-plus years is how rewarding long-term travel is. In so many ways. We discuss a few of these in E38 of From Sumplace New: No end date or feeling of finality. No pressure to have an amazing time in a concentrated period. Revisit coffee shops and restaurants and get to know the staff — and even forge friends...

4 years ago

41 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Travel Stories: Surviving (barely) a violent hail storm hiking to Peru's Waqrapukara (E37)

This is the story of how Karen and Jon turned a 4-5 hour hike into an 8-hour ordeal in a violent hail, lightning and thunder storm while hiking back from the Inca ruins of Waqrapukara near Cusco, Peru. Besides the storm, why did it take so long? Short answer: It's all Jon's fault for wanting to take hundreds of photos and chatting with the guide. Really, this one is all on Jon. Learn how hail lit the way and helped guide us home! Follow us on Instagram: @SumplaceNew Follow us on Facebook: @S...

5 years ago

29 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

How to choose the ideal work from anywhere location (E36)

We're big believers that there has never been a better time than right now to begin planning a work from anywhere lifestyle. And even if you don't think the time is right for you, where would you go if you could? Just going through the exercise will help you better understand what your options could be. Armed with that information, you may realize this is a lifestyle worthy of contemplation (and planifestation!) In Episode 36 of From Sumplace New, we recommend these six resources to help you ...

5 years ago

38 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Work from anywhere Q&A: Jon answers Karen's secret questions (E35)

Jon offers some insightful answers to Karen's questions about travel and our work from anywhere lifestyle. But first, the best thing that happened to Jon last week: freezer boots! The covid clampdown is coming to Scotland, but first, Karen wants answers from Jon to these questions: What was your first international trip? Highlights?When did you realize travel was important to you? Or What about you makes you wired for travel — and/or exploring new territory?Where have we been in our travels t...

5 years ago

45 minutes

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Digital nomad visas: Six countries currently offering one-year programs (E34)

Six countries officially offer visa programs directly targeting digital nomads, and two more have programs in the works. Check back in a few months, and there likely will be more countries added to the list. Why? In an effort to boost local economies — especially on the heels of the Covid pandemic — countries are looking to lure workers who have the ability to work from anywhere. And there are more and more of them every day. (Make sure you check out Ep. 16: There has never been a...

5 years ago

31 minutes