YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER VACATION. YOU NEED A RESET THAT ACTUALLY CHANGES SOMETHING. 

I’m Heather Markel, Travel Reset Catalyst and full-time traveler. I help midlife professionals plan career breaks, sabbaticals, full-time travel, and other life-shifting travel experiences without sacrificing the security they’ve spent decades building.







I don’t teach this from theory. I teach it from lived experience, corporate reality, coaching expertise, and years of full-time travel across the world.

25+

Years

Worked in corporate

8+

Years

Traveling full-time

45

Countries

Visited (and counting)

18

Years

Certified Professional Coach

Heather's Story

In 2018, I left a 25-year corporate career in sales and marketing for a 6-month career break. I left because I realized I had built a life that looked successful, but I no longer felt connected to who I was becoming.

Travel gave me something I couldn’t get from another promotion, another vacation, or another year of pushing through: unique experience that reconnected me, and space to figure out what I wanted next.

Since then, my nomadic life has taken me through more than 40 countries, countless logistical curveballs, and even two years marooned in New Zealand during the pandemic. So when I talk about travel as a reset, I’m not talking about pretty Instagram scenery. I’m talking about what travel can do when it becomes the container for real-life reinvention.

My Background

I don’t approach travel like a 20-something influencer with a backpack. I approach it like a midlife professional. I understand where you're coming from because I have the corporate background, an entrepreneurial mindset, and now, years of personal full-time travel experience to teach from:

25+ Years in Corporate Leadership: I understand the value of the career you’ve built and the financial security you’re protecting.

Certified Professional Coach (ICF): As a certified coach and former board director with the International Coaching Federation in NYC, I’m trained to help you navigate the "internal" shifts, the fears and the mindsets, just as much as the "external" logistics.

Over 8 Years of Full-Time Travel: I’ve navigated world events, health scares, and logistical nightmares in real-time. I know what it actually takes to stay safe and sustainable on the road. I even did a TEDx talk about the benefits of nomadic living.

Why Your Travel Reset Needs More Than A Destination

Most people start by asking, “Where should I go?” or "What can I afford?" But, the better starting point is around your expectations and the reset you're trying to create.

Whether you’re planning a 3-month career break, a 6-month sabbatical, a part-time travel lifestyle, or full-time travel, the “how” matters more than the fantasy.

My work helps you turn the dream into a grounded plan. 

How We Can Work Together

I help midlife professionals move past the research loop and into a Travel Reset plan they can actually trust.

That may mean a career break, sabbatical, adult gap year, part-time travel, full-time travel, or simply exploring whether a more flexible life is possible.

You don’t need 47 spreadsheets, 300 YouTube videos, and another Facebook group thread from someone named BackpackSteve telling you to “just go.”

You need a plan built around your money, your timing, your responsibilities, your comfort level, and the life you’re trying to create.

Choose your ideal path below:

Take The Travel Reset Reality Check

Not sure whether you’re ready for a travel break, full-time travel, or something in between? Take the 2-minute quiz and get your customized next steps.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Create Your Travel Reset Master Plan

Ready to stop wondering and start planning? In this 90-minute session, we’ll look at your timeline, budget, logistics, and biggest concerns so you can see what’s actually possible.

BOOK A SESSION

Join The Travel Reset Planning Lounge

Do you prefer a group setting, and more time to plan your reset? Join the six-month guided planning experience that helps you turn your travel-reset idea into a financially sound, logistically workable plan.

JOIN THE LOUNGE