All of this might be nonsense. Or it might not...I'd love to hear your thoughts. Connect with my on Instagram or Facebook (@radicallydifferentpodcast) or send me an email at sam@radicallydifferentpodcast.com. Support the show

What if you're not seeing the trapdoor? Jon explains why it can be so important to stop pushing.Support the show

Our minds, bodies, and souls sometimes tell us different things. Raul suggests that maybe the feeling of "pull" occurs when all three are aligned. Support the show

Sam, do you know the difference between effortful effort and effortless effort?Support the show

If you're asking the question, you're probably pushing. Support the show

Jon's argument for setting less goals. Support the show

Jon explains his theory that it's possible to end up at the same destination by “pushing” or by “being pulled”—one is just a lot more joyful. Support the show

My friend Jon Hiller recently turned me on to a powerful framework for thinking about decisions, life paths, goals, and dreams: It's the idea of "push vs pull energy", and it's already starting to change the way I approach the world. So what exactly is push vs pull energy? What are some tangible examples? And why is it such an important and powerful idea to grasp? I sat down with co-living housemates Jon Hiller and Raul Espinoza – both of whom have come to embrace a life of "pull" – to explor...

23 episodes into Season 2, I've decided to take a pause from weekly releases. Here's why. Join the Radically Different newsletter and follow Radically Different on Instagram and Facebook for updates and special opportunities. If you have questions, feedback, or ideas for future episodes related to this topic send me an email (sam@radicallydifferentpodcast.com) or send a message on Instagram.Support the show

Taylor Pearson has spent the last decade researching and writing about how you can better invest your time and money in an uncertain world. He's the author of The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5, which illustrates how advancements in modern technology and a rapidly changing job market have made entrepreneurship the safest way to meaningful work, financial freedom, and economic resiliency. I read The End of Jobs two years ago, and it was part of the catalyst for me t...

Christa Romano is a location-independent career coach who’s spent the last 7 years traveling the world while working full time—first as a freelancer, then remote employee, and now as a content creator, coach, and entrepreneur who helps people launch their own location-independent careers. Christa has mastered how to build and nurture a global community while on the road. In this episode, we dive into how she's done it.We discuss:The moments that first lead Christa to live abroad, wo...

Four years ago at the age of 22, Steph Smith left her consulting job and a two-hour commute to redesign her life. She began traveling the world, working from her laptop, and experimenting with different ways to live. Now she’s a growth marketer for top tech and media brands like the Hustle, a self-taught coder and indie maker whos projects have ranked #1 on Product Hunt, and a blogger with over 400,000 readers who writes about remote work, personal growth, women in tech, and learning to code....

Two weeks ago, I joined seven other entrepreneurs and creators for a month-long coliving experience in Baja, Mexico. So far it's been magical... an opening ceremony, attendee-lead workshops, experiential dinners, mastermind sessions, dance parties, photoshoots, jam sessions, daily meditation & yoga, surfing, and deeper connection with ourselves and each other.In this episode, I sit down with housemate Kimberly Rich (creator of The Bold Life Movement and host of The Opposite of Loneliness ...

Are the days of freely backpacking around the world over? What happens when nearly all "knowledge workers" can work remotely due to COVID-19? What does the location-independent movement look like moving forward? In this episode, I sit down with thought-leader, coach, and author David Passiak to discuss the future of travel, remote work, and digital nomadism. We discuss:The state of affairs globally when it comes to Covid-19, travel, and living abroadThe future of air travel, live events,...

Jillian Richardson is on a mission to make the world less lonely. She's the founder of The Joy List (a weekly newsletter featuring events in NYC where you can "come alone and leave with a friend), a connection coach, a group facilitator, and the author of Unlonely Planet: How Healthy Congregations Can Change the World. This interview was one of the most fun, thought-provoking, and useful interviews I've done to date. We discuss:How to build and maintain community during a global pandemicHow t...

Debbie Arcangeles is the founder of The Offbeat Life - a podcast and a website that helps people find remote work or start an online business. She's interviewed over 150 location-independent entrepreneurs, and she’s turned her podcast (which began as a passion-project) into her full-time job. In this conversation, Debbie gives her perspective on how to become location-independent and create income from your passions. She also explains how she ignored conventional advice and was able to m...

When I started traveling and working remotely I kept thinking is this just a phase? Or will I eventually have to go back to the U.S. and start a "real" career?Then I met today’s guest, Wes Wagner, and he proved to me you absolutely can.Wes is a 24-year-old startup founder who typically splits his time between Indianapolis in the U.S and Medellín, Colombia. When I met Wes two years ago in Medellín, he was 22-years old, fresh out of college, and spearheading marketing for a silicon-valley based...

This episode is an interview I did on the That Remote Life podcast with Mitko Karshovski. We discuss how I discovered digital nomadism and got my first part-time remote freelance gig, why I started Radically Different, the “surprising power of remote work” and how it gives you the freedom to follow your curiosity, whether or not you should get a remote job before moving abroad, and the future of the digital nomad movement.Show notes for this episode: www.radicallydifferentpodcast.com/epi...

An update from Tarek on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Nomads Giving Back and the future of the Digital Nomad Movement.Show notes for this episode: www.radicallydifferentpodcast.com/episodes/nomads-giving-back-tarek-kholoussy Join the Radically Different newsletter and follow Radically Different on Instagram and Facebook for updates and special opportunities. If you have questions, feedback, or ideas for future episodes related to this topic send me an email (sam@radica...

Years ago, Tarek Khaloussy made the decision to leave behind the career he'd built in New York City in search of a more meaningful life. Since then he's traveled to over 100 countries, ran over 25 marathons on multiple continents, and founded Nomads Giving Back – a social enterprise with the vision to inspire nomads, ex-pats, and travelers to give back to the communities they call home. In this conversation we discuss:The series of wake-up calls that caused Tarek to leave his corporate c...