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Vanlife, The Unseen Experiences with Linnea Schmelzer

On By Lori ReisingIn Relationships, The Podcast, VanlifeLeave a comment
Vanlife, The Unseen Experiences with Linnea Schmelzer

Episode Summary

Today I get to talk with Linnea of Linnea and Akela.  She is a self-taught van life builder, a solo female van lifer and very authentic human being and creator.  We had such a ball talking about the intricacies of women van builders and lifers in various ways, the soul growth that comes along with the whole process and finding joy in the ways the ways that we stretch ourselves in life. She’s helping to pioneering the way on youtube sharing her videos in an environment that’s typically male and couple dominated,  We also find out how this enormous transition has come at one of her most vulnerable times in life.  If you want to take a leap in your life, to embrace the fear to transform it or if you just want to get giddy and excited about all the things, come along for our fun, authentic and vulnerable exchange!  

  Show Notes

  • Linnea Schmelzer
  • Solo female van lifer
  • Solo female van builder
  • Why Linnea decided to create instructional videos for her van build
  • What Linnea does really well in her videos
  • Our Divine Feminine is coming online now
  • Learning from women
  • Let’s talk signs!
  • When people are triggered by your choices
  • Linnea’s draw to vanlife
  • How Linnea created a path to vanlife
  • We are nature
  • How van life might create a balance in technology and being outside
  • Linea’s family life in nature that led them to nomadic living
  • The very real meaning of how precious life is every day
  • Linnea shares a very deep grief from the loss of her father here on Earth
  • How vanlife supports the grieving process
  • Linnea’s sidekick Akela
  • Building the van around Akela’s needs
  • The benefits of a swivel seat
  • Redefining relationships
  • The soul growth in opening up and reflecting
  • Linnea quote
  • Taking a leap that your soul already knows
  • The negative effects of projecting fears onto others
  • We are taking risks every day
  • A big project catapults us into self discovery
  • Representation in all areas of life matters
  • What was your biggest discovery about yourself in the van build?
  • What was your biggest roadblock in the van build?
  • The puc light process
  • Embodying the Divine Feminine and Sacred Masculine
  • What does vanlife with intention mean to us?
  • “Bury your damn poop!”
  • Doing a van build on a budget
  • Encouragement to take on big projects alone for soul growth
  • Who is your dream guest and why?

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Vanlife, The Adventure Allens Create Life Their Own Way

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Vanlife, The Adventure Allens Create Life Their Own Way

Episode Summary

Chris and Taylor Allen are an absolute delight!  They totally radiate love, joy and positivity, even after experiencing some devastating tragedies very early on in their relationship.  We dive into the pillar of their strength together, how they navigated life-threatening hospitalizations, the ways that vanlife has supported them throughout those experiences, vanlife community and diversity and how they leaned into the learning curve of living small and mobile.  We also get to hear their perspective on diversity and representation for people of color in vanlife and how it has evolved and progressed.  They share exciting ideas for supporting others through caravans for representation, an inclusive Ebook about how they’ve done vanlife on their own terms and a developing tour guide business in the works for them.  Seriously, we have such a ball in this episode!  As my inaugural vanlifers for the podcast, I feel immense gratitude we made this connection.  They have such love, openness and beautiful wisdom, there are many areas to draw from in this conversation!

Chris and Taylor also gave us some fantastic vanlife tips and tricks.  Click on the link in the show notes below to receive this free download!

Show Notes

  • The beautiful couple energy emanating from The Allens
  • How The Allens met and what made it align so quickly
  • Online dating mishaps and persistence
  • Going old school and what made them jump all in
  • Partners as part of a whole, two halves working together
  • Learning experiences in the beginning created their groove
  • Tragedy early on in vanlife
  • From boatlife to vanlife
  • How Chris used his recovery to learn about vanlife
  • Community was a key to Chris’s recovery
  • Chris keeps calm as an EMT
  • Humor as medicine
  • Taylor goes through a medical trauma
  • Chris held it down through Taylor’s recovery
  • The van’s supportive role in both recoveries
  • What the vanlife community means to Chris and Taylor
  • The philosophy of adapt and overcome
  • Vanlife encourages creativity and innate human skills
  • The evolution of diversity in vanlife
  • The evolution of representation
  • New podcast called Nomads at the Intersection
  • Another called Black Nomads Meet featuring People of Color
  • Making uncomfortable conversations more comfortable
  • Covert vs overt racism
  • “If the vanlife community can transform in the celebration of diversity, that’s representation that the whole world can do it.”
  • Developing caravans for representation
  • An E-book in the works from a couple that started vanlife in a different way
  • The benefits of being in a caravan
  • There’s no book to how to live in the van correctly
  • Vanlife tour guides
  • Baha caravan!
  • Who are your dream guests and why?
  • The Adventure Allens are a safe space for your questions
  • Vanlife can look any way you want it to look

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My Vanlife Dream and Mindset Shift!

On By Lori ReisingIn Vanlife2 Comments

VANLIFE!!!

See that smile?? That smile is in large part to some big mindset work I’ve been doing. And also because I’ve worked harder on my dreams this year than I EVER have before, which has led me to my upgrade from part-time camper to full time vanlife! It  has also led me to the ability to sever my tie and reliance on the safety of my business in Portland and the security of the home I’ve lived in for the past ten years. It’s the dedication to shifting my mindset and belief system around money and soul purpose that have allowed me to take this huge leap of faith. I have always held on to money so tightly and come from a scarcity mindset of not enough, rather than more than enough. While I’ve always been a hard worker and very responsible, with that lower frequency belief I held money in a negative light, worried every time I spent it. Even when I had it to spend and spent it on my passion of traveling. It’s been a constant source of stress because at any point I could be broke. But why would I think that? It’s because I did not obtain the belief that I was infinitely talented and resourceful, but to constantly be worried that everything will go away. I’ve been hoarding my “stuff” believing that I wouldn’t be able to afford it if I needed it again. What a joy to finally feel money in a new light!

Money flows in and out (but can’t if you hold on so tightly there’s no flow), money is all around and it’s time for money to be in the hands of heart-centered, small business, pro-community humans. As I invest in my dream life that I now know is absolutely possible and definitely probable if I continue to practice a healed mindset of abundance, trust and flow, I offer that to all around me, they ripple it out and money becomes an exchange from love.

There’s a big awakening happening right now about money, who’s got it, how it’s used and what could happen with a better distribution of it. It’s an awakening of our true humanity and how far off course we’ve been steered for a very long time. Let’s take action. Be intentional, know that your money can make change. Where does it go? Who do you support? How does that feel? Stop habits, build your light! ✨

For me, the open road, the communing with Mother Earth and the freedom of spirit await.  There’s a whole lotta work ahead of that, though, loves.  I’ll bring you along every step of the way.  Manifestation is work, spiritually, emotionally, physically.  Here’s to staying the course, believing in myself and holding the truth of my soul’s calling!

Come join in the journey on my Instagram page and Youtube channel!