Make Your Own Map: Are YOU Ready to be BRAVE?

Thank you to Travels with Darley for joining me on my podcast!

Learn about Season 10 of her Emmy Award winning Travel TV show!

On Having a TV SHOW: "it is a dream job. It’s a lot of work but I love it. I figure if I’m going to be working every day anyway I might as well work on something I love and get to travel. That’s really why I started the series. I caught the travel bug early and I wanted to try and see the world and thought if I have to be in an office every day how am I going to go out there and see the world. I don’t want to wait until I retire. I want to do it now."

Read more on We Said Go Travel: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/travels-with-darley-talking-about-season-ten/

Travels with Darley 10th Season Special Edition T-Shirt https://www.darleycnewman.com/shop

Recognized in Forbes for her "PBS Travel Empire,” Darley Newman is the creator and host of Emmy Award-winning series "Travels with Darley” and "Equitrekking" broadcast on PBS, Amazon Prime, Ovation TV JOURNY, Wondrium and networks in over 85 nations. Having led production teams in over 25 nations and 26 states, her filmmaking adventures include traversing one of the world’s largest salt pans in Africa, free diving in South Korea, swimming with sharks in Dubai and biking the WWI 'red zone’ in northeast France. Her series takes viewers to remote and stunning locations to reveal fascinating global cultures, adventure and cuisine, and inspire viewers to break out of their comfort zone to learn more about the world. She’s received six Daytime Emmy Award nominations, for hosting, writing, producing and best series, and has been honored with two Telly awards and the North American Travel Journalist Award. She recently completed her 10th season and 59th half hour of “Travels with Darley."

Happy Launch Day to Andrew McCarthy and Walking With Sam: A Father, A Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain. Buy the book Amazon https://amzn.to/3pbstIs Barnes and Noble https://bit.ly/AMbookSam BookShop https://bookshop.org/a/92429/9781538709207 "The second day of the walk Sam said to me, what’s the point of this F-ing walk, and he didn’t say F-ing. And on the last day he said, Dad, that’s the only 10 out of 10 thing I’ve ever done in my life. I just had to keep him walking." READ the transcript of our interview: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/walking-with-andrew-mccarthy/ "The most important thing we can do is ask for help, on the road and at home, because it makes us right sized. When you go somewhere and you ask for help, nothing more powerful than that. Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. If Americans went out and saw the world they’d come back and say, it’s not what I thought, and they tell two people and they tell two people and they tell two people, and we change." More about Andrew https://andrewmccarthy.com/ "Traveling with kids is creating citizens of the world, the best gift we can give them." More about my PODCAST: Make Your Own Map https://lisaniver.com/makeyourownmap/

Thank you to Meaghan Murphy for talking to me about her book, Your Fully Charged Life!

Read our interview on THRIVE GLOBAL: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/is-your-life-fully-charged-with-meaghan-murphy/

BUY her BOOK: https://amzn.to/3GirBqk

Find Meghan on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/meaghanbmurphy/

https://www.instagram.com/theyaylist/

and on her website: https://meaghanbmurphy.com/

Filmed on Zoom for YouTube June 14, 2021

Thank you to Tiffany Paulsen, Executive Producer and Writer of Holidate, Netflix 2020, for joining me for this interview!

CONGRATS on HOLIDATE being #1 on NETFLIX in 87 countries!

ABOUT FATE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14456350/

HOLiDATE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9866072/

Read all about our interview in my Thrive Global article: "How Did She Do it? Learning about Writer and Executive Producer, Tiffany Paulsen!" https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-did-she-do-it-learning-about-writer-and-executive-producer-tiffany-paulsen/

Look for Tiffany on Instagram @TheTiffanyPaulsen and her website: https://tiffanypaulsen.com/

Interview recorded December 4, 2020

Join Lisa Niver as she sits down with Alex Jimenez, the visionary behind Travel Fashion Girl and Women’s Travel Fest. Alex opens up about her remarkable journey from a corporate fashion career to becoming a leading voice in travel, the challenges of balancing multiple roles, and the importance of community in overcoming obstacles. Discover how Alex’s passion for travel and risk-taking has shaped her career and how she continues to inspire others to follow their dreams. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about friendship, resilience, and the transformative power of travel.

QUOTES FROM MY INTERVIEW WITH ALEX:

"I wanted to be in the fashion industry for as long as I can remember. I wanted to own my own business since I was 6."

"What is the worst that can happen? I took three months off and wouldn't have a job when I got back, and that actually did happen."

"Traveling is refreshing and rejuvenating. Just a little more challenging to get up and go nowadays."

"Reflecting on the person who did that originally and how brave I was then... Looking back at 25-year-old me, I think—WOW! you did that."

"It's always worth the risk and I thought, well, what's the worst that can happen?"

Read the transcript of our interview on We Said Go Travel: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/alex-jimenez/

More from Alex Jimenez

TRAVEL FASHION GIRL & Women's Travel Fest

More about my PODCAST: Make Your Own Map ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lisaniver.com/makeyourownmap/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Lisa's new TRAVEL WRITER 101 class on Udemy

⁠https://bit.ly/TravelWriter101 ⁠

Lisa Niver's book, Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lisaniver.com/braveish/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Show Notes

• Origins of Travel Fashion Girl: Alex discusses how Travel Fashion Girl started, focusing on packing lists and traveler interviews.
• Impact of Community: Alex reflects on taking over and merging Women’s Travel Fest with Travel Fashion Girl.
• Balancing Personal and Professional Life: Insights into managing multiple roles as a new mom and entrepreneur.
• Inspiring Others: Alex’s commitment to empowering others through her work and community efforts.
• Overcoming Pandemic Challenges: Alex’s resilience and the evolution of Women’s Travel Fest during and after the pandemic.
• Taking Risks: Alex’s approach to risk-taking and how it has shaped her career.
• Balancing Multiple Roles: The challenges of managing entrepreneurship, motherhood, and travel.
• Future of Women’s Travel Fest: Exciting plans for the upcoming event in LA.
• Reflecting on Achievements:: Alex looks back at her adventurous past and her bravery in taking risks.
• Travel as Refresh: How travel remains a source of rejuvenation and inspiration for Alex.
• Supportive Friendship: The value of ongoing support and friendship between Lisa and Alex.