Freedom Lifestyle

No you can't pick my brain.

Discover how to get paid to give advice and stop doing work for free. While it can be uncomfortable - and some people might even judge you - most people will respect you for knowing the value of your own time. #PayMe
Additional Links:

• You Can Book Me - charge for your meetings
• Clarity - join database of paid experts
• Currnt - paid focus groups and advisory panels
• Podia - create an online course
• Get Resources for Freedom Seekers
• Join the Freedom Lifestyle community
• Follow Sam

About the show:

✨ Freedom Lifestyle is an online community and podcast series that empowers the movement towards flexible work. Sam Laliberte interviews remote workers, digital nomads and self-employed people who've pursued a lifestyle that allows them to work from anywhere. Sam discovers their version of the Freedom Lifestyle, learn how they got there and reflect on the impact its had. ✨

How are Digital Nomads responding to life in quarantine?
As a Digital Nomad, this pandemic has been an aggressive change of plans. As we collectively slow down and stay put this year, will we like it?
What is the future of travel for seasoned Digital Nomads? In this episode I interview two long term nomads - Saurav Arya (Indian Digital Nomad) and Samantha Elisabeth (Co-Owner of Female Digital Nomads) to find out how they're coping during quarantine and the impact it's already had.
Additional Links:

• Follow Indian Digital Nomad
• Follow Samantha Elisabeth
• Join Female Digital Nomads
• There She Goes Again Blog
• Get Resources for Freedom Seekers
• Join the Freedom Lifestyle community
• Follow Sam

About the show:

✨ Freedom Lifestyle is an online community and podcast series that empowers the movement towards flexible work. Sam Laliberte interviews remote workers, digital nomads and self-employed people who've pursued a lifestyle that allows them to work from anywhere. Sam discovers their version of the Freedom Lifestyle, learn how they got there and reflect on the impact its had. ✨

Meg O'Hara is no starving artist.
She's a landscape painter based in Whistler, Canada, whose paintings currently range from to $5-$20k per piece. For other artists though, she says this is still child's play.
Understand the economics of art and important considerations for selling higher ticket items when it comes to perceived value and attracting higher net worth clients.
Takeaways:

• Why entrepreneurs have a tendency to lower our prices and race to the bottom
• Selling high ticket art piece and attracting higher network clients
• Diversifying your revenue streams as an artist (mix of active and passive)
• How to pitch and secure mentors who will give you their time and free advice

Sponsored by: SafetyWing Travel Insurance

About the show:

Sam Laliberte - Entrepreneur, Digital Nomad and Freedom Seeker, hosts the Freedom Lifestyle Podcast as an effort to make alternative living, less alternative. Her guests push the boundaries of what it means to live a life that’s courageously authentic and on your own terms. Topics like remote work, passive income, financial freedom, gig economy, lifestyle business, van life, entrepreneurship, minimalism, consciousness, and more! Get exposed to and learn from the various ways to create your dream life and finally unlock the lifestyle you know you deserve.

In lieu of this week's interview episode, I'm proudly participating in #PodcastBlackout to protest the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, racism, injustice, and inequality.
I've spent the last few days going back and forth about what I "SHOULD" post this week and what type of episode I "SHOULD" create.
This concern about doing the "right thing" and awareness of my own image is one of the core issues of performative activism. It's ineffective and unsustainable.
In my effort to transition from "not racist" to "anti-racist" I'm focusing on what I CAN do to contribute, as a white person and ally, and making it less about how I'll be perceived if I make mistakes along the way.
Instead of spending this week learning about flexible work, I hope you’ll take the time to educate yourself and identify what you can uniquely contribute to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This episode contains 6 actions I'm taking and resources I'm leveraging this week to help unlearn and become a better ally to the Black community.
Links to Resources:

• Trevor Noah (The Daily Show) IGTV on Looting
• Shine Brighter Together Podcast with Monique Melton
• Black Lives Matter Petition (Release of Covid-19 Racial Data)
• Netflix Self Made (Mini Series) on Madam C.J. Walker
• Black Owned Shopify E-Commerce Stores
• Books: White Fragility and The Book of Negroes
• White Privilege Conversation Starters and Journal Prompts
• Cheryl's Anti-Racism and Unlearning Resources
• Cheryl's Business Please Notes

About the show:

✨ Freedom Lifestyle is an online community and podcast series that empowers the movement towards flexible work. Sam Laliberte interviews remote workers, digital nomads and self-employed people who've pursued a lifestyle that allows them to work from anywhere. Sam discovers their version of the Freedom Lifestyle, learn how they got there and reflect on the impact its had. ✨

Kicking off Season 3 with an episode over 100 people have already heard. This recording is from the live podcast taping I hosted July 2018 at WeWork in Toronto.

Part 1 of this special evening featured mini interviews on-stage with Victoria Hui (Full-Time Blogger + Instagram Influencer ) and Meghan Kraft (Fashion Designer and Freelance Creative). Just listening to the recording will make you feel like you were right there with them - giggles from the audience and all!
Victoria and I dug into the Influencer Marketing industry:

• Her journey to 88k followers while being an early adopter of blogging
• Transitioning from a side hustle to being a full-time blogger and influencer
• How much money she and others are making from influencer marketing
• Factors to consider when pricing a sponsored post (see Hashtag Paid)
• Dream collaborations and her favourite brand partnerships to date
• Her tips for taking a great photo!

My conversation with Victoria was sponsored by Hashtag Paid - the world's leading influencer marketing solution.

Meghan and I explore for career story:

• Her decision to permanently delay medical school for entrepreneurship
• The evolution of her "freedom lifestyle" definition
• How to leverage your natural gifts and design your career
• Self-promotion and effectively utilizing your personal brand
• Pricing yourself as a freelancer
• Finding work in the gig economy

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Links:

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About the show:

✨ Freedom Lifestyle represents the movement towards freedom in life and work. We interview entrepreneurial people who've created a lifestyle of independence, that's on their own terms. We discover their version of the Freedom Lifestyle, learn how they got there and reflect on the impact its had. ✨