Our Offbeat Life
A podcast celebrating the amazing world of full-time family travel. Ditching conventional living and classrooms for globe-trotting adventures and world cultures, we dive into this unique lifestyle with our inspiring guests - seasoned digital nomads, new entrants, and gap year families. They share their personal experiences, highs, lows, and lifelong lessons. Whether you're an experienced family traveler or contemplating this alternative lifestyle, join us on this enlightening journey into full-time family travel.
Episodes
About the Guest:
Addie Wieland is a licensed mental health counselor and therapist at Everyday Bravery Counseling. She is also a full-time traveling world schooling mom. Addie specializes in helping individuals navigate mental health challenges, with a focus on fostering resilience and mindfulness. She is passionate about integrating mental health practices into the nomadic lifestyle, empowering families to thrive on the road...
Traveling the world sounds glamorousโuntil you hit a paperwork wall. In this episode, Brodi and I (David) open up about the less excitingโbut super importantโside of travel: visas, vaccines, documentation, and border bureaucracy. We share our personal experiences navigating tricky travel requirements in countries like Cambodia and Bolivia, including what vaccines are needed for travel, how to handle visa requirements, and why check...
About the Guest(s):
Cecilie and Jesper Conrad are the founders of the Conrad Family, a dynamic and adventurous family known for living a full-time nomadic lifestyle since 2018. They are passionate about unschooling and raising their four children while building incredible global communities. Cecilie and Jesper document their family's experiences through podcasts and various media, sharing insights on travel, education, an...
Episode Summary:
In this episode of Our Offbeat Life, David and I get real about the emotional and practical challenges weโve faced as digital nomadsโespecially when things donโt go according to plan. We open up about a tough moment: a sudden drop in traffic to our blog that nearly ruined our long-awaited cruise to Antarctica. That experience became a turning point and gave us the chance to talk candidly about how weโve navigated fi...
In this captivating episode of "Our Offbeat Life," host David Cole invites the Crawford family to share the exciting journey they are about to embark on. With a growing dissatisfaction for maintaining a stable home filled with mundane responsibilities, the Crawfords have chosen to embrace a full-time travel lifestyle. Julie, Kevin, and Leah provide insights into their plans, motivations, and the challenges they anticipate overcomin...
About the Guest:
Mary is a seasoned traveler and author of the memoir "Monkeys on the Road," which chronicles her family's adventurous four-year van life journey from the USA to South America. Raised in England by American parents, she later rooted herself in the USA during college. After a successful career in the tech industry, including a position as a director of program management at Google, Mary decided to embrace an unconven...
Join David Cole on "Our Offbeat Life" as he uncovers the transformative potential of worldschooling in the episode "Transform Travel into Epic Learning Adventures." As an advocate and practitioner of this educational approach, David draws from his family's experiences and those shared by guests throughout the season. This episode serves as a comprehensive guide to turning global exploration into an enriching education experience fo...
Polyn's Inspiring Journey: Embracing World SchoolingJoin host David Cole in an engaging conversation with Polyn, a traveling mother and world schooler, who shares her remarkable life story from personal tragedy to embracing a world of opportunities. After losing her first child in a tragic incident and grappling with an unexpected empty nest, Polyn turned to world travel to enrich the lives of her remaining children. She highlights...
Unlocking the World: Hands-On Travel Learning for World Schooling Families In this episode of the Our Offbeat Life podcast, host David dives deep into the realm of hands-on travel learning, a compelling concept for World Schooling families. The discussion centers around creating immersive educational experiences for children through travel, including field studies, workshops, cultural exchanges, and environmental stewardship. Davi...
In this episode of the Our Offbeat Life podcast, we welcome Christie Ogden, a single mom who has been traveling the world with her kids for 13 years. Christie shares her emotional and inspiring story, from struggling to make ends meet in Canada to living in a school bus and traveling through the Dominican Republic and beyond. She discusses the challenges and rewards of world schooling, budget travel secrets, and how she managed to...
In this episode of Our Offbeat Life, David discusses how over 1.5 million American families homeschool their children, with some taking their classrooms to the high seas. David shares insights on how his family has turned cruising into an educational adventure, balancing traditional learning with unique opportunities offered by the ship's environment. He covers practical tips, such as using stateroom mirrors as whiteboards, and...
Join David Cole for an inspiring conversation with Kelly Kotanidis in this episode of Our Offbeat Life. Kelly shares her remarkable journey from becoming a traveling family by accident to building successful online businesses. Discover how she balances homeschooling, worldschooling, and entrepreneurship, offering valuable insights into creating a flexible and profitable online business. Kelly also discusses the impact of her recen...
Episode Summary:
Welcome to another exciting episode of "Our Offbeat Life," hosted by David Cole. This week, we're diving into the world of travel homeschooling, offering invaluable tips and strategies for blending education with adventure. David discusses how travel can be an enriching educational experience, providing unique learning opportunities that traditional classrooms often lack. By turning every destination ...
About the Guest:
George Avelino
George Avelino, along with his wife Heidi, is the creator of the Kensho Quest YouTube channel. A seasoned digital nomad and IT professional, George started his full-time travel journey in 2008. He made the transformative switch to Worldschooling his children and navigating digital nomad visas, becoming an influential voice in the travel community. George's extensive experience in both the IT s...
About the Hosts:
Brodi Cole & David Cole
Brodi and David Cole are full-time traveling digital nomad parents who are passionate about alternative education, particularly unschooling. With years of experience unschooling their child while exploring the world, they have become advocates for individualized, curiosity-driven learning. They share their unique lifestyle and insights through their podcast "Our Offbeat Life,&qu...
Explaining how to travel to all 7 continents on a sabbatical! To get a free quote from or partner on this episode SafteyWing, visit the link, https://safetywing.com/?referenceID=OurOffbeatLife About the Guest: Susie Chau is a travel expert who specializes in helping families make the most out of their travel experiences. With a background in management consulting, Susie took a year-long sabbatical with her husband to travel to al...
Learn the truth about #roadschooling #travelschooling #worldschooling ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ: David and Brodi Cole are experienced roadschoolers who have embarked on extensive educational adventures with their son. They have spent years traveling and homeschooling their child, turning their journeys into immersive learning experiences. Through their podcast, Our Offbeat Life, they share their insights, tips, and personal stories about ...
About the Guest:
Indira Wislocki, a single mother, full-time traveler, and human rights advocate originally from Argentina, embarked on a life of travel with her autistic son after losing her job during an economic crisis in her home country. With a background in anthropology and a passion for exploring the world, Indira found freedom for her son to be himself while immersing in different cultures.
Indira Wislocki shares her inspi...
In this episode of Our Offbeat Life, host David delves into the concept of deschooling as the first crucial step in transitioning to homeschooling and world schooling. He explains deschooling as a detox period that helps students and parents shift their mindsets from traditional education to a more flexible, interest-led approach. The episode covers the stages of deschooling, from recovery to self-directed learning, and provides p...
In this episode, we're thrilled to have Julia, a digital nomad and part of SafetyWing's partnership team, join us to discuss SafetyWing's innovative approach to travel insurance. Discover how SafetyWing is not just another insurance company but a vision to create the first global social safety net for digital nomads, remote workers, and long-term travelers. We delve into the unique benefits of their flagship Nomad Insur...
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