Digital Nomad Life Podcast
by ChristabellaTravels
This podcast is for the dreamers who feel stuck in a life that looks good on paper but feels wrong in their heart. It is for the people who know they were meant for more than fluorescent lights, two weeks of vacation, and waiting for retirement to finally feel free. Welcome to the Digital Nomad Life Podcast, hosted by long-time digital nomad and online business & career coach, @Christabellatravels If you have ever wondered how to turn your skills, interests, or personality into income, dive into the free training: 5 Steps to Work From Wherever. In 90 minutes, you will: - learn how to choose a profitable direction based on what you already know - get a roadmap for the 1st steps you must take to walk into your life of freedom - get clear on what your dream life looks and feels like Access it here: 📺 www.digitalnomadlifeacademy.com/biztraining
Episodes
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130) How Ania Replaced Her Income With an Online Business in Less Than a Year
In this episode of The Digital Nomad Life Podcast, I’m chatting with Ania Boćkowska, who has an amazing story about how she went from working multiple jobs at one time as an English teacher to now being fully booked out with clients, working completely for herself, having completely replaced her...
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129) Digital Nomad Psychology: 10 Ways You’ll Change After Becoming a Digital Nomad
When you adopt the digital nomad lifestyle, your brain chemistry changes. and today, I wanted to make this episode to share with you essentially the spiritual journey or the spiritual awakening that you will have when you choose this path. And when I say spiritual awakening, please don't leave if...
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128) From 12-Hour Nursing Shifts to Building a Remote Business: How Katie Quit Her Nursing Job
Today we have on my Digital Nomad Life Academy client Katie Souza, who went from working 12 HOUR nursing shifts with only 30 cent yearly raises, to now finally quitting nursing altogether living in Tennessee with her remote podcast manager business, Narrative Nest Studio. And this is so common. I...
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127) Why the 9 to 5 Doesn’t Work for People with ADHD ( But Perfect for Digital Nomads )
🌍 Wondering if you are ready to take the next steps to become a Digital Nomad? DM me @christabellatravels “RRR” on Instagram to book a Remote Readiness Rating call. If your ADHD isn’t the problem… but the life you’ve been trying to force yourself into is? If you’re an ADHD entrepreneur who has...
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126) How to Get Your First Clients for Your Digital Nomad Business
Today I wanted to make this episode to give you an understanding of what "getting clients" actually even really means from a practical perspective. And I want this episode to be something where you can immediately get to work taking action on things I'm going to share with you today. But before…
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125) From Stressed BBC Journalist to Becoming a Digital Nomad: How Lara Escaped Corporate
I'm so excited for today's conversation because I'm sitting down with my friend Lara Maysa from Haus of Light from a live studio here in Bali, Indonesia. We've only known each other for a short time, but the moment I heard Lara's story, I knew I had to bring her onto the podcast. If you're…
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124) How Gabrielle Became a Digital Nomad Mom & Started Her Family Abroad
Today I am in a studio in Bali, Indonesia, recording this episode with my dear friend Gabrielle Martorana, who I've known for many years and since I know her her life has changed so much. Gabrielle is a new mom with her first child who is living abroad in a Southeast Asian country. She didn't…
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123) The 5-Step Plan to Quit Corporate & Build a Digital Nomad Business - with Luiza Samarova
Today I'm joined in the podcast studio in Bali with my friend and fellow remote business mentor, Luiza Samarova who transformed her life from climbing the corporate ladder in Germany to building a thriving location-independent marketing business and helping others do the same. One of the things I...
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122) How Lorna Built THREE Remote Businesses That Let Her Travel the World as a Digital Nomad
Today, I am recording this episode live in Bali and I am joined by my now dear friend, Lorna, who actually started off as one of my clients in the Digital Nomad Life Academy four years ago. She's gonna be telling us all about her third business that she has created since she stepped into her...
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121) How Bella Quit a $140K Corporate Job, Moved to Spain, and Built Her Dream Digital Nomad Business
Today, I'm interviewing Bella , a client of mine with an incredible journey. She went from a corporate job earning $140,000 a year to building her own business and creating a life on her terms. Fast forward just one year after joining the Digital Nomad Life Academy, and she's recording this…
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120) Exactly How I'd Help You Replace Your Income and Start an Online Business If You Hired Me Today
What if you had a step-by-step roadmap to replace your income and build a business that gives you complete freedom? In this episode, I'm gonna teach you literally the step-by-step things that I would do if you actually hired me to help you replace your income so that you can have the lifestyle of...
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119) How Jess Went All In On Her Remote Business & Quit Her Healthcare Jobs
Less than a year ago, Jess was commuting to her healthcare job in Australia, feeling exhausted, overworked, and secretly wondering if there had to be more to life than the traditional path. Now? She’s in Bali ( recording with me in a live studio) building her own location-independent business,...
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118) How to Go From Burnt-Out Freelancer to Freedom Filled Business Owner
There are two main ways to make money online and become a digital nomad: being a freelancer or being a business owner. Inside the Digital Nomad Life Academy, I help people become business owners, but I’ve been noticing a lot of people are stuck in freelancer energy without realizing it — and...
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117) How to Know if it's Time for Your Online Entrepreneur Era
Today I want to talk about why you haven’t taken the leap yet into entrepreneurship and to go after your dream of a digital nomad life of freedom. But here is the thing… you landed on this episode for a reason. A small part of you believes it is possible more than being scared. On this episode…
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116) If Starting a Business Sounds "Too Complicated" Listen to This
If starting a business FEELS hard, it’s because you don’t understand these fundamental mindset concepts. In today’s episode, I want to go through a series of topics that I tend to talk about with my clients often, where it's like they're thinking about business with a mindset that actually keeps...
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115) The Trip That Changed My Life: My Digital Nomad Origin Story
Today, I want take you back to where my nomad life all began because I happen to recording this where it all started, Costa Rica. And to be honest, being there on this trip has surfaced some emotional stuff for me that I wasn't fully expecting to surface and it’s kind of caught me off guard. I…
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114) How Aleigha Went From Working in a Basement to Owning Her Digital Nomad Business in Bali
Today, I am interviewing one of my previous clients, Aleigha Knight, who has such an amazing success story I wanted to share it with you. We are now recording this in Bali where she lives with her digital nomad business she built, but that isn’t where she started. She started in New York working…
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113) Doing It Scared: How Virginia Started Her Entrepreneur Journey Without Having It All Figured Out
Today's episode we recorded in Bali, Indonesia, where I live with my good friend, Virginia Campo, who like many of the listeners comes from a pretty traditional corporate background but ultimately networked her way into an amazing digital nomad opportunity with Selena Hostels. She coins the word...
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112) Saying YES to Life, Even When It Looks Irresponsible
Today's episode is not a normal business episode. It’s more of a life episode with business woven through it. I’m taking you behind the scenes of the six weeks where I basically ignored my to do list and said yes to life instead. I share what was going through my head as work piled up, why I…
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111) How to Become a Digital Nomad in 2026
Today's episode is about making 2026 the year you finally make money from anywhere doing work you actually enjoy. We are not talking about affiliate marketing, e-commerce, or get-rich-quick schemes for your online remote business.. I’m talking about real, sustainable, high-ticket online…
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110) How to Set the Price For Your Offer and Make More Money in Your Online Business
Today’s episode is for any entrepreneur out there who has already started their digital nomad business, but isn’t quite sure what to charge their clients. I’m here to help you come up with a price that you feel really good about—a price that makes you feel well compensated for what you’re doing,...
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109) Not Sure If You’re Cut Out for Entrepreneurship? Here’s How to Find Out.
A lot of people want the digital nomad lifestyle and the perks of being an entrepreneur, but they think “ but I'm not cut out for it because I'm not entrepreneurial or I'm not Insert whatever quality it is that you think that you need in order to make that lifestyle happen.” Well, here is the...
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108) The AI Wake-Up Call: Save Yourself, Start Your Business and Take Back Your Time
Hate to break it to you, but AI isn’t going anywhere , but your job might. In today’s episode, I want to teach you how and why you need to save yourself. We’re diving into how AI can fit into your business, how to protect your time, and how to start building your freedom. Technology is evolving...
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107) How Reverse Culture Shock Maybe Your Wake-Up Call to Move Abroad
Today I want to talk to those who are truly not resonating with the country that you were born in and how you are not stuck and you CAN move abroad. There is another way to live life. The is another way to not be part of a system that, that you were born into, but you didn't really actually have...
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106) Why Evan Left Medical Sales and Chasing Money for a Spiritual Fueled Digital Nomad Life
Today we have on Evan Gage to talk about his journey of becoming a digital nomad and how he has exited the matrix and he is never going back. Evan started his career in medical sales chasing money, women and just really doing the whole corporate nine to five thing for many years. Now we are...
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105) How to Go From an Employee to Freedom-Focused Digital Nomad
Today I sit down with my friend and entrepreneur Phoebe Kuhn- a marketing genius and seasoned digital nomad who’s been living and working around the globe for over six years. So, you maybe listening to this episode from your car on the way to work and listening to us record this from Bali as two...
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104) How Jessica Stopped Feeling Like a Black Sheep and Became a Digital Nomad in Bali
EPISODE WARNING: Discussion of religion, suicide and abortions are discussed in this episode if you are sensitive to those topics. Today is an episode for any listeners out there that feel like their are "black sheep" in their hometowns, society and career. This episode is here for you to realize...
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103) What My Recent Identity Crisis Taught Me About Being a Digital Nomad
Recently, I’ve been having an identity crisis around my business, and you may have seen me talk about it on my social media @christabellatravels. Today, I wanted to make this episode for anyone who is currently going through an identity crisis and to let you in on what’s been going on in my…
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102) Europe Working 6 Hours a Week: Recap of my Digital Nomad Summer
I just got back from a big grand digital nomad adventure and today I want to fill you in on the behind the scenes of what I wasn't able to post on my Instagram stories. From Greece to Malta to Georgia to Armenia AND experiencing my 7th tour on the Nomad Cruise, I was able to travel and only work…
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101) Becky’s Digital Nomad Journey From Burned Out Corporate VP to Feminine Energy Coach
This episode might be the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed. Today's guest and my former client Becky Evans was a former vice president in corporate investment banking who found herself have a panic attack from serious burnout and stress from her current life. She vulnerably shares how she...
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100) The 6 Freedoms That Change Everything (Q: How Big Would You Dream If You Had All 6?)
Today marks the 100th episode of the Digital Nomad Life Podcast, and I want to celebrate by talking about my favorite subject: abundance. I’ve traveled to over 66 countries before the age of 30, hit the million-dollar mark in my business just four years in, and now I’m living out my dream digital...
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99) How Long Does it Actually Take to Build an Online Business?
Let’s get real. Are you tired of online gurus telling you that you’ll hit 10K months in 90 days- or is this just a smooth marketing tactic? Well I’m breaking down the real timelines and mindset shifts behind launching a location-independent business so you can finally live your dream digital…
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98) How to Stop Letting Fear of Failure Hold You Back From Your Dream Business
Today we’re diving into a conversation most people avoid. We’re talking about fear of failure: why it keeps so many aspiring digital nomads stuck and how to completely shift your relationship with it. I share the raw story of getting fired from my “dream job” in New York City and the shame spiral...
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97) Successfully Asking Her Company to Be Remote: Noemely's Story
Are you ready to go remote in your current job and transform your life in 2025, but don't know how to ask your company? Today we have on my client Noemely, who is a graphic designer who loved their current job, but also wanted her dream life of becoming remote as a digital nomad. We talk about…
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96) How Starting His Digital Nomad Business Forced Daniel to Grow Like Never Before
Have you ever felt trapped in a high-paying corporate job that looks perfect on paper, but leaves you feeling empty inside? What if you could quit the grind and create a remote, freedom-focused career that aligns with your true desires? Today we sit down with Daniel Lawson in our studio in Bali…
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95) How to Step Into Your Power and Get Out of a Rut: My Sister’s Digital Nomad Story
A few years ago, my sister arrived in Bali feeling completely lost—heartbroken and unsure of her next step. Today, she’s a thriving six-figure digital nomad entrepreneur, living her dream life. How did she turn it all around? Today is a special episode with my sister Emily Romano who is a...
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94) Lucy had the Perfect Job- But She Wanted More. Why She Quit for Digital Nomad Life
Lucy love her corporate job, but it wasn't giving her the freedom of travel or financial freedom she wanted. Today we are sitting down with Lucy who is a former corporate employee who took a leap of faith, quit her job, and built a remote business that allows her to live and work from anywhere in...
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93) 10 Myths That Hold People Back From Becoming a Digital Nomad
What is actually holding you back from working remotely, traveling the world, and experiencing the ultimate freedom as a digital nomad? What if everything you thought you knew about becoming a digital nomad was wrong? Many aspiring digital nomads believe that remote work is only for tech experts,...
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92) How Angie Quit Corporate, Lost 55 Pounds, and Built her Dream Digital Nomad Life in Thailand:
Starting your Digital Nomad Business isn’t just going to change your location, opportunities, money or career, but also your health. Today I am sitting down with Angie, a former corporate analyst who was skeptical of the digital nomad life she saw on Instagram and even my stories. So she went to...
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91) How Johannes Created Multiple Income Streams as a Digital Nomad – His Best Advice for Beginners
How do you start your first digital nomad business? Today I am in a studio in Bali with the founder of the Nomad Cruise Johannes Voelkner to talk about his story of how he became a digital nomad and also how he created one of the most well known significant digital nomad communities, The Nomad...
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90) How to have a passion-led Business and Life as a Digital Nomad
I think you deserve to life a passion filled life, but what if you don't know what you passion is? If you are the kind of person who doesn't know what your passion is or how to make a dream digital nomad life career out of it this episode is for you. Many of us feel stuck in unfulfilling jobs,...
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89) Advice to my Broke Younger Self, who wanted to Become a Digital Nomad
In today's episode, I am talking to my younger self and anyone out there who has lost their job, quit their job or wants to know the next steps to freedom as a digital nomad. I tell my honest story of how I lived in a shoebox apartment with no light or privacy in New York City and even eventually...
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88) Scared to be Lonely as a Digital Nomad? Julia Kallweit on How & Where to Find Digital Nomad Communities
A big fear stopping people from traveling the world as a digital nomad is the fear of loneliness on the road. I personally have experienced feeling lonely as a digital nomad until I found digital nomad communities, specifically one fateful trip with Wifi Tribe. So today we have my friend and...
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87) How to Live Extraordinarily and Design Your Dream Digital Nomad Life ( + journal prompt)
Today I am recording this this episode for anyone who thinks differently and doesn’t feel like they want the same life as everyone around them. We are talking about designing your dream digital nomad life and have your pens and paper ready to journal by the end of the episode. We are also talking...
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86) Dying to Become a Digital Nomad, But it's not Happening? THIS is probably why ( Tough Love on Work Ethic)
Today I'm sharing with you some tough love advice on why you haven’t become a digital nomad yet and it has to do with Kim Kardashian, yes Kim Kardashian. If you are tired of your commute to work, the boss you hate, or the job that gives you no pleasure, I get it. If you are tired of watching…
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85) How (& Why) to Balance Masculine & Feminine Energy in your Digital Nomad Business
Today I want to turn you on to the topic of masculine and feminine energy and how masculine and feminine energy are actually really important concepts when it comes to building a digital nomad business that feels sustainable for you. Building your digital nomad business is all about balance and...
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84) How to Become a Digital Nomad in 2025
It's 2025 and I thought that what better opportunity than to actually dive in on what I truly believe is the best way to become a digital nomad. So that way this time by summer 2025 you are traveling the world to that tropical dream destination or you’re just able to quit the job your hate and...
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83) How Olatz Built her Digital Nomad Business in the Busiest Time in her Life
This episode is for anyone who thinks they don't have enough time to learn a new skill and create a business to become a digital nomad. Today we have on my client Olatz from Repurposing for Revenue who created her digital nomad content repurposing business while she was on her working visa...
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82) The Secret to Online Marketing and Creating a Thriving Digital Nomad Business
Guess what your not bad at marketing, you just might not understand the science and strategy behind it.there are so many people who are digital nomads or they want to become digital nomads and it's just not really working and it's because this whole marketing beast that they can't get a grip on....
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81) The Realities of Having Your Own Digital Nomad Business. Client Interview w/ Marie Walker
Today we have on my podcast editor and former client Marie Walker from the Culture Cult Show and Anarie Productions to talk about the real difference between being a backpacker and a digital nomad with a digital nomad business. We cover digital nomad romances, digital nomad decision fatigue, work...
About this show
This podcast is for the dreamers who feel stuck in a life that looks good on paper but feels wrong in their heart. It is for the people who know they were meant for more than fluorescent lights, two weeks of vacation, and waiting for retirement to finally feel free.
Welcome to the Digital Nomad Life Podcast, hosted by long-time digital nomad and online business & career coach, @Christabellatravels
If you have ever wondered how to turn your skills, interests, or personality into income, dive into the free training: 5 Steps to Work From Wherever.
In 90 minutes, you will:
- learn how to choose a profitable direction based on what you already know
- get a roadmap for the 1st steps you must take to walk into your life of freedom
- get clear on what your dream life looks and feels like
Access it here:
📺 www.digitalnomadlifeacademy.com/biztraining
Hosted by
ChristabellaTravels