Vanlife, The Sekr Way with Breanne Acio and Jess Shisler

On July 18, 2021November 20, 2023 By Lori ReisingIn Adventure, Outdoors, The Podcast, VanlifeLeave a comment

Podcast Episode Summary

Welcome to today’s episode! The next one in my vanlife series! It’s called ‘Vanlife, The Sekr Way with Breanne Acio and Jess Shisler’.

I sit down to chat with Breanne and Jess about their app called Sekr,, which has helped thousands of outdoor enthusiasts connect, create community and find resources. Through empowerment, connection, and support, they promise to make your life while on the road a home. We talk all about their separate journeys into van life and what motivated them to join forces to create and nurture deeper community in this space. We also get into how important it is to build a life you love, create community for social wellness, find and offer authenticity in mental health, keep your dream alive amidst set backs, the reasons behind their re-brand and the importance of diversity and inclusion in the entire adventure industry. It’s a very informative and timely conversation to have, whether you are in van life or not. I often times find the energies that pop up in vanlife are at their core, the deep messages and themes that are true to human life. I’m super excited for you to hear their mission and message today!

Show Notes

Breanne and Jess’s start to vanlife
The birth of the Sekr app from experiences
Building a life you love
Favorite part of vanlife
Most difficult part of vanlife
Virtual vanlife meetups
How social connection affects our life satisfaction
The importance of mental health transparency and inquiries
The last time you asked how are you and meant it
People nearby feature
Vanlife is not about the vehicle, it’s a way of life
Re-branding to Sekr
The importance of diversity and inclusion in the adventure industry
Who is your dream guest and why?

Links Mentioned

Sekr App
https://www.instagram.com/sekr.official/
Breanne Acio
https://www.instagram.com/theladiesvan/
Jess Shisler
https://www.instagram.com/van.there/

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Vanlife, Making Sweet Sweet Music with Ira Wolf and Lee Henke

On June 6, 2021November 20, 2023 By Lori ReisingIn Relationships, The Podcast, Uncategorized, VanlifeLeave a comment

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Welcome to today’s episode! It is so dang good. It is the first in my impromptu vanlife interviews and the bar has been set crazy high y’all.
Ira and Lee are so warm, hilarious and fun. Our conversation was engaging and thoughtful from the start. We are definitely on a first gathering post-Covid high and you can feel it. The energy is pumping. We get into the power in community, how Ira and Lee’s love and vanlife journey has unfolded, the healing vibration and vulnerability in sharing music, a live performance! What? Yep that and so much more. There’s talk of Alaska, hot tubs, mic drops and money! Come on along for an hour that is going to elevate your spirit in so many ways babes.

Show Notes

How vanlife and music collide for Ira and Lee
The first gathering post-Covid
The unfolding of Ira and Lee’s love
Doing vanlife together
The bond of living parallel lives
The power of support groups and community
The New Earth Living of creating your reality
Reframing bravery
The shared experience of vanlife
“It’s Good To Be Back”
A beautiful live performance with Ira and Lee “Engine Trouble”
Lori loses her shit
Having an emotional support person
Sharing music is the ultimate vulnerability
The energy of live music compared to live streaming
Feeding off the energy of a crowd
The ultimate hot tub gig
An invitation from a place of vulnerability
Nothing is forever
A mic drop moment
We all had a hamster wheel jump in Covid
Some diamonds in the bottom of a dumpster fire
What does necessity mean?
Ira and Lee’s hearts are in the wilderness
Alaska calls
Lee’s dream starts with a saw and goes to Alaska
Being called back to the land
Show me the money!
Figuring out how to value ourselves in a whole new way
Art is necessary
Who is your dream guest be and why?
Generational gap jam session
To be a geese goose

Links Mentioned

Ira Wolf
http://irawolfmusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/irawolfmusic/
Lee Henke
https://www.leehenke.com/
https://www.instagram.com/leehenkemusic/
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Vanlife, The Adventure Allens Create Life Their Own Way

On November 15, 2020November 20, 2023 By Lori ReisingIn Relationships, The Podcast, VanlifeLeave a comment

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