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How to Choose the Right Travel & Mindset Coach For You

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Pear, Plum, Pomegranate Crumble

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Pear, Walnut, Chocolate Bundt Cake

Hi there, I'm Laura

A solo female traveler turned slow traveler with an unexpected life abroad since 2017. Read more about how I got here.

A Dynamic Life is all about defining what you want, challenging yourself, saying “YES” to enrich your life to pursue your passions. Here you will also find:

Essential tips for emotional, mental, and physical health while traveling.
Travel stories learned the hard way.
Recipes and guides for seeking out local food and exploring destinations easier.
And photography to inspire your next adventure!

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Best things to do in Gaborone, Botswana- The opening images of HBO's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency set and filmed in Gaborone, Botswana. It is the colorful image of the main character pointing to Botswana on a globe on a desk with a teapot, books, and a meerkat next to the globe.

The No. 1 Guide to Gaborone, Botswana

The Okavango Delta – One Month Around NW Botswana

Vegetarian Moroccan Tagine with tomatoes, red pepper, zucchini, paddy pan squash, onion, garlic, chickpeas, and olives

Moroccan Tagine

Explore and travel the world

My compact rental car in front of the Salt Flats of Trapini in Sicily

The Ultimate Sicily Road Trip- 12 Days Around Sicily

Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Travelling Istanbul: A Blacked Out City with Red Flags

Stories & Galleries

The Rock Dealer- How to Handle Pushy Salesmen

Seafood Markets: Exploring Global Gastronomic Delights

Wish You Were Here – Post Collections for my friend Heef.

How Perspective Shapes Your Journey

a table top with a travel journal, pen, smartphone, passport, Travelon wallet, headphones, and sunglasses

Essential Phone Safety & Etiquette While Traveling

woman in Manali, India with a rainbow umbrella and gigantic bunny posing for a picture before askign for money

The Bracelet Scam: Common Scams & How to Avoid Them

Travel Tips

colorful SIM's from different countries around the world

From SIM’s to Data: A Smartphone Glossary for Traveling

A phone in the back pocekt of a pair jeans

Tech SOS: What to Do When Your Phone is Lost, Damaged, or Stolen While Traveling

a photo of a beautiful beach backed to the rainforest in Tayrona National Park, Colombia with an overlayed image of a smartphone frame saying "incoming call Your Next Adventure" and accept and decline buttons. Prepping your phone is one of the best things to do before setting off for an adventure, so you can arrive feeling confident and connected

Ready, Set, Roam: Essential Phone Prep Steps for International Travel

Health and Wellbeing

Our heavy and kitted out Landrover Defender with gas bottle, tool boxes, stuck in the soft sand of a remote region of Namibia. There are mats and rocks underneath the tires to get traction and a shovel sticking out of the sand next to the car. With dunes as far as the eye can see, it was stressful, but an example of a great experience that can from that stress.

20+ Ways to Relieve Travel Stress in Under 20 Minutes.

A couple looking at a map in front of the train bulletin board in the ornate tiled galllery of the Porto, Portugal train station. A Travel and Mindset Coach helps prepare and support you before, during, and after your travels

Travel and Mindset Coach: What They Do and How You Can Benefit

two beach vendors talking one is selliing sand buckes, shovels, and snorkles, the other is selling buckets and colorful floaties.

The Rock Dealer- How to Handle Pushy Salesmen

Hanging off the back of the tram in Budapest carefree and excited

How to Emotionally Prepare for Solo Travel

Food From Around the World

an overhead view of a white plate on a table with a spoon, whipped cream and the pear, plum, pomegranate crumble from above. It showcases all of its various textures throughout this dessert

Pear, Plum, Pomegranate Crumble

A side view of this moist and spiced pear, walnut, chocolate bundt cake topped with powdered sugar

Pear, Walnut, Chocolate Bundt Cake

Lowcountry Boil ingredients set up next to pot ready to cook with whole potatoes, raw shrimp, husked corn, onion, and sausage

Lowcountry Boil

smoked salmon with poached eggs and boxty served with greens and cherry tomatoes

Irish Epicurean- 19 Traditional Irish Dishes & Drinks

Afternoon music playing at the Karoo Saloon, Dive Bar number 3 on our list of best dives in the Western Cape

The Best Dive Bars in the Western Cape

Austrian Epicurean: 72+ Traditional Austrian Food to Try

Guides

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7-Day Ireland Road trip

One of the pools along the Disa Pools hike

Classic Cederberg Hikes

Afternoon music playing at the Karoo Saloon, Dive Bar number 3 on our list of best dives in the Western Cape

The Best Dive Bars in the Western Cape

Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

10 Days in London, Cambridge & Bath