Climb Out Of The Cubicle: A Podcast For Real People | Get Inspired; Take Action; Change Your Life

Fiona Barrows is an ex-literary agent, freelance copywriter, a location independent living in Ubud, Bali.  Before she arrived in Bali, she traveled solo around Asia for almost a year.   Her determination to make her dream life work is highly inspiring.  She's very honest about the ups and down of freelance life, which is quite refreshing.  Her focus right now is to be "curiously creative," and she's taken on this mission quite seriously, but with her own personality and to create for creating sake.  This is something I really struggle with, and we take a dive into how to be creative in the life that you have.  Find Fiona Online Website  Twitter  Instagram 

Danielle is the chief-bossypants at Merriweather Council – she teaches handmade shops owners how to grow their online presence and make more sales. How awesome is that! She's also the co-host of She Percolates, a twice-weekly podcast. They ask women to define what success means to them and then facilitate a conversation about success. If you haven't listened to it, it's quite inspiring. If you are interested in MY episode, you can listen here. What I love the most is that Danielle was willing to shift in her business, which has proven to be super successful. She's also willing to expand her creativity and try to fit all of the pieces together after she's flexed her creative muscles. Danielle defines a creative person as someone who takes pieces and puts them together in new ways.   See why I love her so much! J      

Yasmine Khater is an award-winning entrepreneur and the host of The Sales Success Show. She's known for whipping business owners into shape through her Earn $5K program, Fearless Sales Intensive, and Sell Out Service. This may be the most business-y podcast interview I've done. We nerded out about business, sales, strategy, and growth. The best part is that you can see how much Yasmine and I truly have in common! Yasmine calls herself a "fearless sales strategist." She helps people overcome fears around sales and then building an awesome sales strategy to create an endless growing machine. She says that fearless is not the absence of fear, but pushing through and working on it anyways. I think we can learn a lot from this podcast episode. I listened to it 3 times, and I can't recommend it enough.

Hayley Griffiths is obsessed with traveling. She's either working in travel or working in the travel world. She started travel blogging as a way to document her life and her worldly adventures. She's more interested in seeking a happy life, and that's what she focuses on in A Life of More. Instead of checking off things from her bucket list like she used to, she cares more about enrichment. Hayley thinks more about what she can give back to the world as she goes through everything. Inspiring, right! To Hayley, a life of more means growing through travel and making travel meaningful. More importantly, her tagline, travel often, live simply, be happy, encompasses everything she believes in. Hayley did her first round-the-world trip at age 23, which was the pivotal travel moment. She was hooked! Long-term travel, she believes, is enriching in a way that short-term travel isn't. Long-term travel allows her to maintain her life in the UK but gives her stints to travel around the world. Even back in the UK, Hayley

Rachel Moffett is the genius behind The Haute Notes. She's a content and blogging coach for creative, female entrepreneurs. As you'll hear in this interview, she and I have a lot in common. She's been blogging since 209, and her major goal is to create amazing content online. She quit her job a little over a year ago to be a full-time, and she has allowed herself and her blog to change and evolve over the year. If this doesn't speak true to your heart, I don't know what does! Rachel is most open when she's talking about her goals. She lists her monthly goals on her blog, which is highly inspiring for me. She stays organized by using Asana, a paper planner, and lots and lots of to-do lists. Soul. Mates. Rachel also gives some really personal insight to what life is like as an entrepreneur, such as staying motivated, working from home, and getting things done. She breaks up her day by taking walks to make sure that she can be the most productive as possible. Rachel is such an expert on blogging, so I wante

Derek Pankaew is a personal friend and travel hacker I met in Ubud, Bali.  He has been traveling for almost 4 years, and has been to to 28 countries.  He runs 3 online businesses (gasp!) and earns all of his income from his online businesses.   Derek is the genius behind the Fly Free Academy, which teaches American and Canadians how to get frequent flyer miles for free to travel all over the world for next to nothing.  Brilliant, right! The Fly Free Academy is teaching about credit, using points, picking flights, and learning the travel hacking process.     Don't you just love the Climb Out of The Cubicle podcast? It would mean the world to me if you would take the time rate and review the show in iTunes. A little bit of effort on your end helps more and more people find the show! Here are the steps: Click onto "View in iTunes," Click on "Ratings and Reviews" Under Customer Reviews, click "Write a Review".

Listen to the live #FirstMondays workshop!  We are talking all about PASSION PROJECTS. Passion Projects are important and they aren't talked about enough.  If they are, they aren't given the validity they deserve.  I am here to break that stigma.  Passion Projects are worth pursuing. Listen in to find out why!

There's nothing to say here.  Sucky things happen.  Sometimes you think you're going in one direction only to find out that you're going in another.   It's hard work.   It sucks. And you have to put in the work.

Jennifer Lachs is a scientist turned PhD traveling the world as a freelance writer, translator, and social media manager. Most recently, she has founded a Digital Nomad Girls Facebook group that has taken off in ways that she couldn't have imagined. She tapped into the digital nomad world by doing an internship on a Thai island and now she's consumed with many more opportunities. Her digital nomad challenge when she arrived in Chiang Mai. She learned about Wordpress, jobs people could do if they wanted to be a digital nomad, and she documented her process as the moved through this new world. She is highly transparent with her monthly income reports. Her most recent project, Digital Nomad Girls, started as a Facebook group that grew quite organically. The goal is the meet in real life: the group has meetups happening all around the world so that like-minded women can support each other on our journey.   Don't you just love the Climb Out of The Cubicle podcast? It would mean the world to me if you would ta

After I tell you a fun story from my childhood, I dig deep into ways that YOU can begin learning, studying, and experimenting in your life. I use a few resources to keep my brain working. Of course, there are regular books. But I also listen to courses and lectures from iTunesU, a free resource on iTunes. They have classes from MIT, Stanford, Ohio State, Harvard, Oxford, and more! If you are looking for something more traditional, I would suggest Khan Academy, Coursera, Udemy, and Ted talks. One of the books I'm reading is The Artist's Way, a 12-week study into creativity and a deep-dive into what makes you an artist. You know that if I'm working through this book that you don't have to have the visual "eye" and you don't have to have experience with art. The beauty of the book is that you're allowed to explore your creativity in a way that feels natural to you. One of the ecourses I'm currently taking is the Better Lettering Course from Made Vibrant. For only $20, Caroline teaches you how to create awesome h

Karen Wojciechoski is a corporate escapee and the owner of Real Energy Food. She tailors programs to help people stay healthy and energized. In a past life, she worked for corporate entities, and now she’s a digital nomad, just like me! Karen really stumped me because she challenged me on the idea that people are tired all the time. I have always had a ton of energy, so I didn’t really understand, but then, once she explained it to me, I totally understood. Karen looks into sleep patterns, stress, food, and movement to design ways to feel the best in your body. She also taps into relationships and your career to help make sure you are as energized as possible to have an awesome day.  Karen is hosting a 30-day challenge that focus on food and movement to get you energized. There’s nutritional information and a FB group to keep you motivated too!   This starts on the May 2, and you are interested, she’s offering some bonus recipes in that you can make in 15 minutes and wor

Kayla is a community coach for creative entrepreneurs. She helps them build community through content that connects. She helps with strategy, implementation, and everything in between. Kayla has recently transitioned from a full-time job at a PR agency to full-time entrepreneurship. Kayla works with people who are pursuing creativity in a way that allows them to profit off of their passion. We talk about our tribe, connection, and the creative process.

I get vulnerable and go in-depth into exactly how I quit my job.  I talk about my decision making process, my fears, my support system, and MONEY!   I left my 9-5 in November 2015 and used a one-way plane ticket to fly to Thailand.  4 months later, I'm living the good life in Bali, surrounded by people who support everything I do.  It's been an amazing change. My journey is just another example that you can do anything you want.  I'm not living off of a trust fund.  I am not a genius.  I am just trying.  That's it.   If you find my story inspiring, please consider supporting me here.  It would mean the world to me!    

Brandon Boyd is the blogger behind Unruly Grownups and CEO of Swashbuckle Media.  Recently, he packed up his wife, his kids, and the family cat in an RV to travel around the United States.   If you ever made the excuse that you "couldn't" follow your dreams because of your family, you are about to be set straight! To take part in the Climb OUt of Your Comfort Zone challenge, head on over to CLIMB OUT OF THE CUBICLE and sign up today!  You won't regret this.

Louise is a highly successful instructor on Udemy, and she's giving you all of the secrets from how to get started to what makes a course successful.  After listening, you will be able to start creating your own courses on Udemy.  In no time at all, you can start bringing in some really solid passive income, just like Louise.   If you need more ideas for how to get started, head on over to CLIMB OUT OF THE CUBICLE.  

After listening to this episode about Ashley and her quest to climb all 5 active volcanoes in Washington State, you are going to be motivated to turn off Netflix and do something awesome in your life.   If you are looking for a bit of inspiration, head on over to CLIMB OUT OF THE CUBICLE to download a free resource I created for YOU.  I am giving you 20 ideas of how to be more adventurous in your life....and no, you don't have to be an outdoorsperson to be adventurous.    

Scott is a poet who created a quest for himself to write 1,000 poems in a single year. I first heard about him at World Domination Summit where he set up shop and wrote poems for attendees on the spot. I couldn’t find him at WDS, so I sent him an email and asked him to be on my show. We talked a lot about The Artist’s Way* as a way to begin your morning on a creative path. I am happy to announce that I am now an Artist’s Way convert.   Scott divulged his creative process a bit, and he even wrote me a poem…on the spot….live on the podcast.   To see the image, go to www.climboutofthecubicle.com/six It would mean the world to me if you would take the time rate and review the show in iTunes. A little bit of effort on your end helps more and more people find the show! Here are the steps: Click onto “View in iTunes,” Click on “Ratings and Reviews” Under Customer Reviews, click “Write a Review”.   *Affiliate Link – if

Sofia Li is the impressive teenager behind Loving the Language of Literacy, a BookTube channel.  She's a writer, avid reader, blogger, and vlogger.   Be sure to check out the shownotes at www.climboutofthecubicle.com/five   For more information about the free training from CLIMB OUT OF THE CUBICLE, visit www.climboutofthecubicle.com/firstmondays    

In this episode, I interview myself....kinda.  I give you the backstory of who I am and how I started my business.  I talk about my very normal childhood, and how I made changes in my life to get out of the norm I was destined for and created my own life.   You can read more about my story HERE.   ----------------------------------------------- Head on over to iTunes and leave me a rating and review for the show.  Your encouragement means the world to me + more people will get to learn about the show.   If you want to get out of your comfort zone and live and more adventurous life, take the 7-day CLIMB OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE CHALLENGE.  

Crystal Blue is the lovely woman behind The Enlightened Globetrekker. Crystal has taken her daughter all around the world, and now she makes a living help other people travel and appreciate the world a little more.   Crystal used the live the “good life:” good job, good house, and a lot of material items. But she was disconnected to her daughter.  Was that worth it?  Obviously not.   Today, she uses the world as River’s school. She focuses on experiences and learning more about the human connection rather than materialism. If you are interested in getting out of your comfort zone, check out this free training: www.climboutofthecubicle.com/challenge