Send us a text Hey Beach lover, How is the beach speaking to you today? I’m sure you have noticed that I’ve been doing a lot of solo episodes: like, how I met my soulmate - on the beach, watching fighter jets fly over the beach, and how learning to fly was a lot like moving to the beach - and while it’s been a lot of fun sharing stories about how the beach speaks to me, I thought I’d do something different this time, and share more about my journey to the beach on this episode I recorded with Ra...
Nov 29, 2023•53 min
Send us a text Many of you have asked me how I found the nerve to leave my job - to move to the beach - and not have a job to go to, and what beach? Where was I going to live? I would laugh and say, I’m sure whatever beach I go to, there will be a couple of palm trees where I can hang a hammock, and I’ll make jewelry out of shells! It sounded silly when I said it out loud, but in my head, I was serious. How DID I get here? I’ve done a lot of thinking about that recently, about the times in my li...
Nov 16, 2023•24 min
Send us a text You know I love the beach, but I also love airplanes! This fact is especially poignant because aviation and learning to fly was one of the (many) surprising characteristics that attracted me to my husband, Ernie (You can hear more about that in my recent episode “ How I Met My Soulmate - On the Beach”) Ernie spent the majority of his Navy career on an aircraft carrier where he worked on the F-18s (the same aircraft as the Blue Angels) Jets aren’t a completely foreign concept to me...
Nov 02, 2023•15 min
Send us a text If you are a regular listener to the podcast, you’ll know that I often talk about how I met my soulmate, quit my nine to five and moved to the beach - it almost always comes up in conversation when I meet someone new, and we get to talking about the beach. Of all three, I get the most response from the “met my soulmate” part - like “that’s amazing!” Or “How did you do that?” or “I met my soulmate, too !” - and then they proceed to tell me their story. I noticed how, in the past se...
Oct 11, 2023•19 min
Send us a text Listening to your voicemails is like going on a beach walk, picking up the messages like seashells and adding them to my collection. The voices and stories are different - but what they all have in common is a shared connection to the beach - I love them all - and I’m excited to share them with you! Thank you Terri Maxwell, Jen Hardy, Terry Brock, Meshell Baker, Keith Wilhelm and Teresa Lisum for these messages. It was so much fun connecting this way! My intention for this podcast...
Sep 29, 2023•32 min
Send us a text Today’s guest is Pam Uzzell, the creator and host of Art Heals All Wounds - a podcast that’s changing the world - one artist at a time. Pam and I met as members of the “pod squad,” - the slack community created by Squadcast - a remote podcast platform we use to record our shows. Pam reached out to me a few months ago with a wonderful story about her love-hate relationship with the beach. It starts out in childhood and ends in her adulthood - with the series of events in between th...
Sep 13, 2023•51 min
Send us a text My guest today is Oneike Jackson, the beach manager at the Boardwalk Beach Resort in Negril, Jamaica. I have to say, after editing this episode, I couldn’t stop smiling! His high-vibe Jamaican energy is just that palpable. Oneike is a great storyteller; however, he did not want to come on the podcast at first. He was shy, and he didn’t know what to say - but his partner Cathi, who has been on the podcast numerous times, said “Don’t worry, Paige is so easy to talk to - it will be f...
Aug 30, 2023•48 min
Send us a text I have a slight obsession with books. My house is filled with stacks of unread novels, coffee table books, and hidden gems waiting to be explored. But today, I want to focus on a specific genre that holds a special place in my heart: beach reads! A good beach read is more than just a book you read while lounging on the sand. It's a book that transports you to the beach no matter where you are. It's a chance to let go of everyday stress and immerse yourself in a world of relaxation...
Aug 18, 2023•13 min
Send us a text Take a walk with me on the beach while I share some stories about what I collect there. It’s a personal journey through my experiences of collecting shells on my beach walks and the odd and sometimes disturbing things I discovered along the way. Diving deep into the world of seashell collecting, let’s explore the treasures lost and found at the beach, from mundane items to precious memories with a bit of trash thrown into the mix - and what the beach had to say about that! Referen...
Aug 02, 2023•23 min
Send us a text “One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only collect a few. One moon shell is more impressive than three. There is only one moon in the sky.” ― Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea It’s hard to think about going to the beach and not wanting to take a little something with you to remember being there. It’s like the shore has this magnetic pull, urging you to pick up a seashell or some other treasure and take it home. But what if you found out that if ...
Jul 18, 2023•45 min
Send us a text If you’re as passionate about books as you are beaches, you are going to love this conversation with Jane L. Rosen Jane is an author, screenwriter, and former Huffington Post contributor, and today we’ll be talking about her latest book, On Fire Island - a place Jane knows intimately because she’s been a resident there for 30 years. On Fire Island is a story of love and loss, but even more, it’s about human connection and ways we can help each other through our experiences and emp...
Jul 05, 2023•44 min
Send us a text My guest today is Amanda Soler; the creator and host of the SolFul Connections podcast. It seems appropriate that her podcast is called SoFul Connections because Amanda embodies connecting on a soul level; it's in her DNA. I noticed this from the moment we first met - on the virtual social forum Clubhouse; I'm not sure in what “room” we connected or what the discussion was, but what I am sure of is why - it was our soul's connection to the Beach. Of course, that’s what the beach S...
Jun 27, 2023•48 min
Send us a text How do you feel about seaweed? I bet you could smell it as soon as you heard me say the word! When I think about the beaches here on the Atlantic coast , I never really considered that seaweed could be a problem. I only notice it when it's washed up in small patches along the shore or in the ocean - but it’s never really gotten in the way of my enjoying the beach. On the Gulf Coast, however, when a specific type of seaweed piles up on shore, it’s an entirely different story. For p...
Jun 21, 2023•22 min
Send us a text Is Australia on your beach bucket list? If it is, you’re going to really like today’s conversation with travel podcasters Lyle and Leanne, who live on the beach in Australia! Their podcast is called Beach Travel Wine , and I first heard about it when Leanne sent me a message. She told me that they sold their business and retired to travel, especially the beaches, all over the world - and of course, Australia. They downsized and bought a unit on the beach where they can see the oce...
Jun 06, 2023•52 min
Send us a text The Number One member of The Beach Speaks Podcast Fan Club joins the conversation to talk about the "Mosts:" from the Most Enthusiastic Guest and the Most Inspiring to the Most Popular episode of the entire show (this one might surprise you!) Learn how "Naked on the Beach" became the theme song and what keeps me going when producing the podcast gets tough. I'm coming back with fresh content next month, so now's the time to get caught up on the episodes you might have missed. Let m...
May 01, 2023•33 min
Send us a text I was recently inspired to step out of my comfort zone and write a letter to someone that I deeply admire - my all-time favorite podcaster Rich Roll, host of the Rich Roll podcast. Sitting down to write the letter, I thought - wouldn't it be fun to do it in audio form instead - podcaster to podcaster? It makes sense because, you know me, I love podcasts! My friends joke that I’m always saying, “You know, I heard on a podcast…” and, more often than not, it’s the Rich Roll podcast. ...
Apr 19, 2023•14 min
Send us a text Do you dream of moving to the beach? I dreamed of moving to the beach for so long , and now I can open my front door and walk down to the beach every day! One morning I was sitting on the sand with my eyes closed, tuned in to the sound of the waves, and listening to what the beach had to say about my journey to living at the beach, reminding me of what I had to let go of and what I needed to keep. How did I get here? It all started with a piano! In this episode, I invited Alex Siz...
Mar 29, 2023•44 min
Send us a text I was on the beach taking sunrise pictures with my new iPhone 14pro, and when I opened up my photo app to find some to post on Facebook, I glanced at the number under the “recent” file: 46,454! I wasn’t entirely shocked at the number, but it did make me think about how I could have that many images on my phone! There’s a lot of talk about how our “smart phones” are making us “dumb” - stealing our attention and taking us away from the present moment, and honestly, there are times w...
Mar 01, 2023•18 min
Send us a text What do you think about when you hear the word, Joy ? I’ve noticed in many conversations recently that Joy has come up a lot - like, What makes you feel joy? How can you bring more of it into your life? and If you’ve "lost that joyful feeling," - how do you get it back? We all know what joy is - that feeling of pure pleasure and happiness - but today, my guest Marc Cordon has me thinking about this concept in an even more powerful way - what he describes as the “Joy Revolution.” M...
Feb 14, 2023•54 min
Send us a text When I think about my 2023 beach bucket list, the ones at the top are on the Gulf Coast - the ones on practically every travel guide’s top 10 Florida beaches, like Caya Costa, Captiva Island, Sanibel, Destin, and Pensacola. Jensen Beach was not on my bucket list, but when I got a chance to go - even though I had a lot of work on the podcast left to do - how could I say no? When I hear "go to the beach," - I'm on my way! I spent more time in the hotel room trying to edit and publis...
Feb 01, 2023•13 min
Send us a text This episode is a continuation of the theme, close encounters of a marine kind, from Episode 56, which I recorded with my friends, John and Jennifer. I thought I’d start out telling one or two of my own stories of scuba diving with my family; I was certain that recalling these events would be like an easy drift dive in the crystal clear waters of a Florida Spring, however, as I sat down to take notes, it felt more like doggie - paddling in the murky water of my memories. I could r...
Jan 17, 2023•54 min
Send us a text Happy new year, Beach lovers! I just wanted to check in and tell you a little about what I have planned for The beach Speaks in 2023. Thank you for subscribing and continuing to share the beach love - it means a LOT to me. I just got back from a whirlwind week between Christmas and New years traveling around the Tampa area visiting our close friends - our "Tampa crew" - and a surprise visit to one of the gulf coast beaches on my bucket list! Anna Maria Island! Also, stay tuned for...
Jan 03, 2023•5 min
Send us a text I was on an exercise power walk on the beach (which is really kind of a misnomer because I stop so much to take pictures and videos - I’m not sure how much “exercise” I’m getting!) brainstorming themes for the podcast when I began thinking about all the marine life in the ocean, which got me thinking about SCUBA diving, and of course, our friends John Bailey and his wife Jennifer Young immediately came to mind because, well - they are super into diving. I knew they would have some...
Dec 15, 2022•34 min
Send us a text Remember the commercial for Calgon bath powder? The one where a woman, totally frazzled and exhausted from the day's chaos, cries out: “Calgon, take me away!” Then she magically appears in a bubble bath, soaking in an oasis of relaxing healing water. When I was a kid, I thought it was just a funny commercial, but over the years, when I became that frazzled, exhausted woman, “Calgon, take me away!” had a brand new meaning. The idea of a bubble bath that could magically transport me...
Dec 02, 2022•21 min
Send us a text Aloha Beach Lovers! I’ve been talking a lot about the not so fun aspects of beach life - hurricanes. I thought you might need a break from that and want to hear more about the more pleasant aspects of beach life, so I called Cathi - my go-to beach travel expert and super fan of the podcast, because, lucky her, while we were battling hurricane force winds here, she was basking in the gentle island breeze - in Maui ,Hawaii! I have to admit, I don’t know why Maui isn’t super high on ...
Nov 18, 2022•38 min
Send us a text A friend of mine from “up North” asked me what’s it like to be in a hurricane? That got me thinking about my past 22 years living in Florida. How many hurricanes had I been in? I grew up in the mountains of Pennsylvania. The only “natural disasters” I ever experienced were blizzards - which were fairly common and not all that disastrous. It wasn’t until I moved to Florida that I had ever been in an actual natural disaster - a hurricane. I had just moved to Orlando when four hurric...
Nov 04, 2022•17 min
Send us a text Ever since Hurricane Ian hit Florida a few weeks ago, I told you I would do an episode about what it’s like to be in a hurricane at the beach - and I fully intend to do that - soon, However, in the meantime, as I start collecting hurricane stories, I thought it might be interesting to hear from one of my fellow podcasters, Kevin Lowe, who lives a few hours south of us near Daytona Beach. A few days after the hurricane I reached out to see if everything was OK where he was and aske...
Oct 21, 2022•28 min
Send us a text Did I ever tell you about the time I ran away from summer camp to go to the beach? Well, I guess I might be a little dramatic - I didn’t really “run away.” It was more like I “wandered off.” One summer when I was about 7 years old my parents joined a private boat club on the long island sound that had tennis, boating, and. . . a beach! We didn’t own a boat, but my parents were really into playing tennis. I couldn’t care less about that - the beach was calling, and I just had to go...
Oct 10, 2022•35 min
Send us a text Welcome to my 50th episode!! Now you might be thinking, “Ok, 50 is a good number - but what makes it so special? Why not 100?” Well, here’s the deal, according to the latest podcasting statistics, in the past several years a LOT of podcasts started, but the truth is most of those shows are - dead. There are many good reasons why a show ends but most of the time it’s because people realize that podcasting can be really hard, and really lonely. Then there’s this thing called “pod fa...
Sep 16, 2022•13 min
Send us a text My guest today, Emily Pasnak-Lapchick , lives in Saint Petersburg, FL (we call it St Pete) with her life partner Andres and two cats (there seems to be a theme with cats lately - since my recent guest Alise Sauders travels with her two cats. It just occurred to me that I have a lot of friends and family that have two cats, and I’m allergic to cats ! But what I’m NOT allergic to is St. Pete! And St Pete is what you’ll get to hear more about in this episode. Emily and I talk about h...
Sep 02, 2022•45 min
