by Heather Markel | Feb 6, 2020 | Africa, Culture Lessons, Epiphanies, Insights, Long Term Travel Advice, Peru, Portugal, Travel Tips
Culture Shock, Or Rather, Hemisphere Shock Heather Markel, Writer, Speaker, Photographer, Traveler, Business Strategist So much I didn’t know about the world. After 10 months in South America and Africa, I’ve just returned to the Northern Hemisphere....
by Heather Markel | Oct 24, 2019 | Africa, Culture Lessons, Epiphanies, Insights
Squatters in South Africa – A Hole and a Community Pulling Them Out Heather Markel, Writer, Speaker, Photographer, Traveler, Business Strategist Exploring community and ways of life The Polyoak community, just outside Cape Town center, refers to themselves as...
by Heather Markel | May 12, 2019 | Argentina, Chile, Deep Thoughts, Epiphanies, Insights, Long Term Travel Advice, Solo Travelers
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE Razor Sharp Intuition – A Side Effect of Long Term Travel Heather Markel, Writer, Speaker, Photographer, Traveler, Business Strategist “The combination of emotions and feral energy,viscerally running through the body.A sensing so...
by Heather Markel | Mar 18, 2019 | Argentina, Deep Thoughts, Epiphanies
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE Turning Anxiety Into Opportunity Heather Markel, Writer, Speaker, Photographer, Traveler, Business Strategist Anxiety is really annoying to have. Last year, in Portugal, a friend made me aware of the anxiety contained in my thoughts. It came out...
by Heather Markel | Mar 14, 2019 | Argentina, Epiphanies, Fun Stories, Self Discovery, Travel Tips
TRAVEL & LIFESTYLE What I Learned Hiking the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina Heather Markel, Writer, Speaker, Photographer, Traveler, Business Strategist A chance to confront fears and see what I’m made of. I’ve never seen a glacier before. I mean,...
by Heather Markel | Feb 10, 2019 | Deep Thoughts, Epiphanies, Self Discovery
What’s Really Mine? Breaking away from what others thought I should do and be…. One of the themes coming up for me as I explore what I want to do next is what’s really mine? What I mean is, what are MY ideas and MY way of doing things and MY way of...
