Digital Nomad Life Podcast

Welcome to the Digital Nomad Life Podcast hosted by long-time digital nomad and online business coach, @ChristabellaTravels.

These episodes are for people who WANT to travel the world and live a life of freedom, BUT feel stuck in their current situation.

Whether you’re in a thankless 9-5, working your @$$ off in hospitality ora hospital, or even currently out of work, this podcast is meant to serve the masses as a place of inspiration and (seriously helpful and actionable) information & advice.

Your host, Christa Romano (aka @christabellatravels on IG, TikTok, etc) started her digital nomad journey way back in 2013. Since then she has traveled ALL OVER THE WORLD to dozens and dozens of countries, all while working full time online.

Christa been a freelancer, a remote employee, a content creator, influencer, consultant (so she has tried all the ways to become a digital nomad) and now business coach. She specifically works with people who want to create online businesses to become digital nomads.

Christa’s digital nomad coaching in the Digital Nomad Life Academy takes people who have “no idea where to start” or people who have “no online skills” from start to finish: you’ll discover what skill you can leverage (or learn!) to become a digital nomad, and then walks you through the step-by-step process of creating a business around that skill.

In a matter of months, clients can gain a full time online income, ultimate freedom of location, and of course bragging rights to truthfully call themselves an online entrepreneur.

Follow Christa at @christabellatravels / @DigitalNomadLifeAcademy on IG or TikTok and get in touch!

Enroll in the Digital Nomad Life Academy here: https://www.christabellatravels.com/dnla

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Episodes

10) How I Broke Out of The Matrix and How You Can Too

As a digital nomad, it is crucial for you to be aware of how the matrix works so that you can overcome your limiting beliefs. In today's episode, I will define what it means to be in the matrix and how much it can affect our everyday lives. I will also share the most impactful experiences that encouraged me to escape the matrix to become a digital nomad and how you can do it too! Support the show Message me on Instagram: (tell me you came from the podcast!) https://www.instagram.com/christabella...

Jul 05, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 9

9) What About Benefits? (for aspiring digital nomads)

When I started my digital nomad journey, one of the first questions I would get from my family members, my boss, and friends was “what about benefits?”. Employment benefits are often associated with stability which is why people around you might ask you this question. Today, I take a dive into the psychology behind this question and how you can live your digital nomad life while still having the benefits. \ Support the show Message me on Instagram: (tell me you came from the podcast!) https://ww...

Jun 16, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8

8) Why You Shouldn't Aspire to Get Paid to Travel (& what to do instead to become a digital nomad)

Today, I discuss why being paid to travel is not the same as becoming a digital nomad. I go in depth on the meanings of getting paid to travel and what digital nomadism truly is. Many people assume that the only way this can be accomplished is by working in the travel or hospitality industry, but that is not true. I believe that I can help you from wasting your time by sharing my journey in the many positions that allowed me to travel but, unfortunately, did not fulfill my dreams of being a true...

Jun 07, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 7

7) How to Handle Judgement When You Tell Others You Want to Be a Digital Nomad

In this episode, I discuss how to handle judgment from others about your digital nomad dream life. I discuss the ways you can compassionately approach the judgment. Whether you have been a digital nomad or are thinking about it, the lifestyle is so new to our society that judgment and side eyes will be inevitable. I go into depth on why people judge in a human evolutionary way that will allow you to see it from a logical sense. Judgment will come with the territory but what is not okay, is to al...

May 23, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6

6) Why Shadow Work is So Important for Digital Nomads

In this episode I get super super vulnerable and share the mind hacks to be able to free myself from my childhood trauma. I go into how I had to do a deep dive into the shadow work to be able to analyze and accept the moments from my childhood that really hurt me and were holding me back. Being able to free myself through shadow work has freed me from limiting beliefs and helped me embrace relationships that used to scare me and business and money mindsets. I can confidently say that if I didn’t...

Mar 03, 2022•43 min

5) What it is Like to be Coached by Me

In this episode I will take you step by step on what being coached to become a digital nomad will look like. Throughout my program I have been able to help dozens of people get over their fears and whatever is holding them back from becoming a digital nomad to living the lifestyle from anywhere in the world. By having myself and many other like minded people who are cheering you along the way of breaking out of the matrix to create your own business you’ll feel super supported and inspired. Even...

Jan 31, 2022•24 min

4) Four Proven Methods in Becoming a Successful Digital Nomad

In this episode we discuss four proven methods that have worked time and time again for thousands in the digital nomad community to create a sustainable Listen closely as I go through how to successfully negotiate with your boss to take your job remotely to work anywhere, how to find a remote job successfully and how to create your own service-provider business that gives you even more freedom, and much more! Each method is different but at the end of the day, this lifestyle is possible and sust...

Jan 19, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4

3) Loneliness As a Digital Nomad

In this episode we’ll dive in deep into stories and things i've experienced while traveling the globe such as loneliness. This episode will bring to light my raw stories of the feeling of loneliness that i've experienced in the past throughout places like Brazil when I was traveling COMPLETELY SOLO . Traveling solo sounds daunting but when you do it right and strategically there are so many ways to network and connect with people who understand you and can connect with you on a deep level. Digit...

Nov 05, 2021•26 min

2) How Anyone Can Get Started As a Digital Nomad

I've learned a lot about what it takes to make a full-time income online while traveling. I've done it all, I've freelanced, I've been a Remote Employee, a Contractor, an English Teacher, and much more. But, there is ONE specific way that has been proven time and time again to help those looking to become a full-time traveling digital nomad which I explain in depth in this episode. I break down the steps on how ANYONE can get started as a digital nomad regardless of your current skill set and be...

Oct 29, 2021•15 min

1) How I Got Started as a Digital Nomad

My life changed entirely when I booked my one-way ticket to Thailand 8 years ago on October 22nd, 2013. In honor of my 8-year travel anniversary, I'm sharing with you all the steps it took for me to get to where I am today. Throughout the years I've been able to travel through over 60 countries. Learning each step of the way from the world by working the multitude of jobs there are to be worked as a digital nomad. My diverse skill set throughout the years brought me so much experience that I now...

Oct 21, 2021•37 min•Ep. 1

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