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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

71) The Emotional Experience of Becoming an Entrepreneur: Elana's Story

Elana started her financial coaching business and then paused to take a corporate job to learn more about her craft and also out of societal pressures. However, her dream of becoming a digital nomad simply just wouldn’t go away. Elana is a goal getter and in the span of one year she has quit her job, raised her networth to $100k at the age of 23 and has now just signed on her first high-paying client. I wanted to share this episode today because I want to share Elana’s story that starting your o...

Sep 17, 20241 hr 10 min

70) The 5 C's Framework to Make Your Life Unrecognizable ( as a digital nomad + so much more!)

How did I go from this burnt-out, corporate girly, who was seasonally depressed, crying after work, and being bullied by her co-workers and who felt unhappy and unfulfilled in my life and having to ask for permission to travel, to living life where I am now? And now my life is completely autonomous, freedom-focused, and self-made. I live life as a successful digital nomad, where at this point I have traveled to 65 countries and have my dream house in Bali. So today, let's dive into the 5 C’s fra...

Sep 10, 20241 hr 38 min

69) Why You Don't Have to Travel Full Time to be a Digital Nomad ( Sarah's Story)

Being a digital nomad doesn’t mean you have to live out of your suitcase full time and only travel to far-away exotic places, it actually means you can live whatever life you want. Today’s guest career coach Sarah Singer decided full-time travel wasn’t her desired life and had chosen a life of more routine, and balance and lives near her hometown with her husband in the woods. So today, I want to cover why being a digital nomad doesn’t mean travel and backpacking, but just the opportunity for fu...

Sep 03, 202455 min

68) How to Know if You Have Untapped Potential ( & are meant for more as a future digital nomad entrepreneur)

Today, I want to speak to a very specific kind of person in this episode. I want to talk to somebody who is possibly an overachiever archetype, or maybe someone who considers themselves a perfectionist, someone who has advanced in their corporate career. Or maybe you might not have been working in corporate for that long, but let's say it's only been two years and already you've gotten a promotion like that could be you. Or maybe you are the kind of person or someone who has been with the same c...

Aug 28, 20241 hr 12 min

67) Eran's story is PROOF that anyone can become a Digital Nomad ( even with NO money or experience)

Today, we have a friend from the Nomad Cruise Eran Bucai, whose story will give you NO excuses not to go after your dream life as a digital nomad. Eran is an exception to many things; he didn’t go to high school, didn’t have any hard skills as he volunteered and traveled around the world for almost 15 years without knowing how to make money online, and didn’t even have Instagram till 2017. Now Eran is here recording with me in Bali, he bought a house in Australia and has a multi-business digital...

Aug 13, 202455 min

66) How to Make More Money in Your Digital Nomad Business

Today, I am going to be talking all about why you're probably not making as much money in your digital nomad business as you want to be making and what you can do about it. I hope that this episode serves for you as a big motivational pep talk and also gives you some practical tips and things that you can do that can help you start making more money and I bet you these things aren't going to be things that you have heard before, or they might be things that surprise you. Check out: The FREE Noma...

Aug 06, 20241 hr

65) Updates on my Digital Nomad Life in Bali ( + recent revelations )

Today, I wanted to create a more personal episode and just a life update in general on my life in Bali and the crazy way I even landed here in the first place. In this podcast we talk a lot about the logistics of becoming a digital nomad, but what can day-to-day life actually look like when you become a nomad? If it's anything like my life it's having the complete freedom to live and move anywhere, buy your dream home, and feel utterly connected to this life and earth. So today, let's do a littl...

Jul 30, 202456 min

64) How to Find Motivation to Build a Digital Nomad Business

Starting your own business so you can travel the world and have the ultimate freedom as a digital nomad sounds amazing, just as much as it sounds intimidating. So today, I want to focus on a call I had with a recent client struggling to find motivation to work on her digital nomad business. I want to talk about how you can tune into what your values are and start infusing them into every aspect of your life and your business as a digital nomad and entrepreneur. And guess what, your business does...

Jul 23, 202451 min

63) Practical Lifestyle Secrets Every Digital Nomad Should Know

Today I am going to be demystifying common questions people have about the digital nomad lifestyle. As a digital nomad for 10 years and has traveled to 65 countries I have learned a lot through trial and error that maybe I can help save you on or help ease any questions you have about the lifestyle. In this episode, I want to dive into all the logistical and practical questions I get in my DM's and when I talk about the digital nomad lifestyle such as taxes, healthcare, accommodation, wifi, how ...

Jul 16, 20241 hr 1 min

62) What is Life Like as a Brand New Digital Nomad in Bali? Camilla's Interview

Today, I want to share what life is actually like as a digital nomad living in Bali, and joining me live in a studio in Bali is my client Camilia! Camilla is originally from Norway and felt pressured to work a high-stress 9-5 job by society and her family. She actually was a listener of the podcast for a whole year before deciding she wanted to make a change in her life and invest in her dream of becoming a digital nomad. So Camilla quit her job, booked a one-way ticket to Bali, and joined the D...

Jul 09, 202448 min

61) How a Lawyer/Electrician Couple Become Digital Nomads: David & Georgia' Story

Dave and Georgia used to work very traditional careers as a lawyer and electrician in New Zealand with a house and everybody’s dream of a white picket fence life, until they decided they wanted more. In today’s episode, I am interviewing my client Dave, and his wife Georgia on how they took challenges and seized them as life’s opportunities to become digital nomads. Dave thought his only way to travel and remote work was to become an English teacher until he found my program, while Georgia was l...

Jul 02, 202449 min

60) How Julia Became a Digital Nomad (while working 3 jobs with no digital experience)

Today's episode is a perfect example of why you don't need previous specialized skills to create remote work and start traveling the world as a digital nomad. Today, we have my client Julia who used to work three jobs in her hometown of San Fransisco dreaming of a better life: one of freedom and travel. She decided to take a risk and join the Digital Nomad Life Academy and book a one-way ticket to New Zealand with her digital nomad bucket list and is now traveling the world with her graphic desi...

Jun 25, 202452 min

59) How I Manifested Becoming a Digital Nomad ( a pragmatic approach )

This episode is all about manifestation how I personally manifested my dream life and how you can follow the same steps that I took in order to manifest your dream life. And we are breaking it down into eight different steps that I think are critical to creating your dream lifestyle. By the end of this episode, you will have a really good understanding of what it will take for you to actually create your dream lifestyle, and hopefully give you a lot of motivation and the belief that it is absolu...

Jun 18, 20241 hr 11 min

58) Client Interview: How Brittany Left Corporate America and Moved to Costa Rica

On today's episode, we are hearing Brittany's story which proves that in many ways having your own business as a digital nomad gives you so much more freedom and stability than a corporate job. Brittany actually has a similar story to when I was living in New York. Brittany one day was fired from her corporate job and she decided to take the chance to leave America and start a new life. Now instead of working her corporate job, driving her car, and buying off Amazon every day, Brittany lives in ...

Jun 11, 20241 hr

57) Just Lost Your Job or Facing a Difficult Situation? How to Transmute it & Come Out On Top

Sh*t happens to all of us. There was a time when I got fired from my job in New York City when I had ZERO savings today or the time my house caught on fire, or the time I broke my neck.. Bad unexpected things happen to all of us and today I want to talk about how you can transmute some of the WORST moments in your life into the most positive. We are going to talk about how it’s crucial you FEEL your feelings and to not play a victim in your own life, but to adapt, heal, and move forward with tru...

Jun 04, 20241 hr 5 min

56) Can't Decide On a Remote Career? How to Finally Make a Decision and Get Started as a Digital Nomad

If you still don’t know what career is best for you, a remote job, or what direction to go in next in your career so you can love your work and travel the world, then this episode is for you. We spend almost a third of our life at work and you should at least be doing a job you love or a job that can help you live out your dream of traveling the world as a digital nomad.. In this episode, we are covering: Why you don't need to have it all figured out to start your path of becoming a digital noma...

May 28, 202448 min

55) Having The Audacity To Go After Your Dream Life as a Digital Nomad

Today I have on two close friends, Jenelle and Krystal, who also took the leap and quit their corporate jobs to start their own businesses that were aligned with their purpose and start travelling the world! We are really diving into finding the audacity to pull the chord on the life you're living and go for the life you want as a digital nomad. This means going against society, expectations, and even your own self doubt. I hope all three of our stories can be living proof that with some self tr...

May 21, 202446 min

54) Digital Nomad Interview with Tarek: Travel, But Do It as a Good Human Who Cares About the World

Today we have on a special friend Tarek Kholoussy from Nomads Give Back . This is also a special episode, because this is a LIVE interview from the Digital Nomad Life Academy. Tarek used to live in New York ( same time as me!) working a major corporate job and following the rules. It wasn't till a series of tragedies such as 911, Hurricane Sandy and family deaths propelled Tarek to start changing his life. He also wouldn't have made the leap to start travelling to over 100 countries if he hadn't...

May 07, 202455 min

53) How To Become More Confident: ( So you can become a digital nomad & transcend into the next level version of yourself))

Today, we are talking about how to cultivate confidence to become a digital nomad, to show up on social media, and to transcend into the next level version of yourself. I am making this episode specifically for a listener who reached out to me in my DM's asking how I am so confident showing up on social media, and how do I not let fear of judgement and cyber bullies stop me? Well we have to take this conversation further and talk about the real root of how the lack of self confidence and trust i...

Apr 30, 20241 hr 2 min

52) Is it the Right Time for YOU to Get Started as a Digital Nomad? ( Or Should You Wait?)

I just recently held my Five Steps To Work From Anywhere Masterclass and the most common question I got was “I don't know if now is the right time?" Well, when is the right time? That is what we are covering in today’s episode. How do you know when to take action towards your dream life and when your hesitation is your subconscious stopping you? How do you know if you are just self-sabotaging? We will be going over Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs where we can figure out what is really triggering you...

Apr 23, 202450 min

51) Digital Nomad Entrepreneurship vs. Remote Job ( Which Is Best For You?)

I have worked every job under the sun. I worked 9-5 corporate in New York City, hustle and gig jobs, teaching english abroad, freelancing, remote jobs etc.. Today I want to go over the MILLION ways you can make money while travelling, but which is best for you? Each job has its pros and cons and will take different qualities and dedication. No matter what there are a million ways to make this lifestyle happen, but let's figure out which is best for you. Message me on Instagram: @christabellatrav...

Apr 16, 202457 min

50) Why Creating a Digital Nomad Business Will Awaken You

If you really want to unlock your dream life that means facing your triggers, procrastination and taking risks to start your own digital nomad business. Having a digital nomad business means you get to work how you want, with who you want, and live how you want. In this episode, I want to go over the fears and triggers you may be feeling in starting your own business. We cover: Why there is a reason you picked this episode The steps you must take to become a digital nomad Why you need to learn t...

Apr 09, 202437 min

49 ) How Your Money Mindset Will Dictate Your Success as a Digital Nomad

Today, I want to cover why your money mindset could be holding you back from becoming a digital nomad with the ultimate financial freedom. We all have misconceptions about money and I used to also. Over the years my money mindset has completely changed, I went from living in a shoe-box in New York City to now making over 6 figures and living in a tropical paradise I always dreamed about. My life has changed once I addressed my money blocks and today I want to cover the most common limiting belie...

Apr 02, 20241 hr 7 min

48) Spiritual Beliefs That Led Me To My Dream Life ( As a Digital Nomad)

Today I am revealing my spiritual beliefs that have guided me towards living the life of my dreams. I really do live my dream life now where I can live on a tropical island, have an uncapped income, and can travel the world, unlike the life I used to live in my 9-5 job in New York. I recently went to a spiritual retreat and it really made me want to share these beliefs I hold with you and new things I have learned so you can change your life too. In this episode we will cover: Projection and the...

Mar 26, 20241 hr

47) How to Live Authentically in Your Life and Career

Today let's talk about living outside societal expectations and if you are actually living your true authentic life? I have had many moments in my life when I was not living authentically, from going to college with an undeclared major to trying to fit into the corporate "Sex In The City" lifestyle in New York. Frankly I was lost and miserable and life doesn't have to be this way. You can live the life you truly dream of, forge your own path, and step off society's "conveyor belt." This life is ...

Mar 19, 202441 min

46) Are You Actually Scared of Become a Digital Nomad? ( Unlocking your Subconscious )

In today’s episode, I want to speak to your higher self. In this episode, we are unlocking your subconscious thoughts and what is really stopping you from being a digital nomad. Whether it be shame, fear, or projection of others we have to do the shadow work for you to achieve your dream life. I do this shadow work with my clients and I wanted to share my thoughts and some of my client's fears with you. I know going against the grain of society and being a black sheep feels scary, so let's unloc...

Mar 04, 202436 min

45) Why It's NOT "Easy", But it IS Possible to Become a Digital Nomad

This episode, I am being honest how it isn't easy to become a digital nomad. There are alot of digital nomad scammers out there and if they are selling that it is easy to you , it is a lie . BUT, I believe it is absolutely possible, even if you have no experience or skills you can think of. So in today's episode I am getting down to the TRUTH about how to really change you life and what it will really take . Because there is real freedom and you can have it. If you are ready to work hard, be wil...

Feb 27, 202432 min

44) Client Interview: Pat's Advice for Aspiring Digital Nomads

In today's episode, we are talking to my client Pat where it has been a whole year since she has taken my Digital Nomad Life Academy program. Pat used to work a corporate remote job in the UK and since the program she has surfed in Morocco, been on safari's in South Africa, but most importantly she does a job she loves. Pat is now a Life Design coach with a full roster of clients and is now moving to her dream home, Sydney Australia. In today's episode we will cover: How you can date non-digital...

Feb 20, 202441 min

43) Dating as a Digital Nomad: Navigating Love and Relationships as a Nomad

Today we are going to talk about if dating is possible as a digital nomad. The answer is definitely yes, if not more than a "normal" life. There are so many different ways you can have romance and relationships as a digital nomad, but you have to get clear on what you want and do the internal work. So I am excited to share this episode and my personal experience in dating as a digital nomad. This has been a topic I have been wanting to share for years, but I needed to do the internal work myself...

Feb 13, 202458 min

42) Are You Too Old / Young To Become a Digital Nomad? (What is the best age?)

Today I am going to talk about which age group I have seen the most success in becoming digital nomads time and time again. With that said anyone can achieve this lifestyle truly, because I have had clients from ages 16 to 67. Take Kayden for an example. Kayden was my youngest client , she was 18 and working in Walmart and came to me wanting to change her life. She decided instead of paying for college, she worked hard in my program to become a digital nomad. And guess what, since my program she...

Feb 06, 202434 min
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