From Rock Bottom to World Travel: Sandy’s Letting Go Story

In this episode I get to hang out with Sandy, a trilingual world traveler originally from Germany who has been to 39 countries and now runs “Just Travel with Sandy,” leads group tours, and wrote a book about how travel shaped her life.

Sandy shares her “I Got it Girl” turning point of leaving her marriage after spending 28 years with an alcoholic husband. When he threatened their teenage daughter, Sandy asked him to leave and was quickly evicted while being financially dependent and forced to start her life over.

She describes hitting rock bottom, food stamps, odd jobs, giving up her horses, yet feeling happier than she was while rebuilding for her kids. Later realizing that she stayed for the kids but staying “for the children” can harm them more than help them. Sandy credits her new life to a deep spiritual practice, Dr. David Hawkins’ “Letting Go” book, and trusting that life happens for us, not to us. Sandy explains how she pivoted into full-time travel advising after losing her job and is now doing what she truly loves and it never feels like work.

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

00:45 Sandy Background and Passions

02:49 Podcast Theme I Got Girl

04:00 Marriage Breaking Point

05:21 Reinventing at Rock Bottom

09:20 Staying for the Kids Myth

12:14 Identity and Financial Independence

13:15 Spiritual Practice Letting Go

16:20 Radical Responsibility and PAR

19:33 No Perfect Self Care Routine

21:29 Morning Coffee Ritual

22:40 Coffee Origins and Palate

23:38 Mushroom Coffee and Caffeine Sensitivity

25:16 From Traveler to Travel Advisor

27:27 Turning Gifts Into Income

28:46 Pressure Versus Pleasure

29:52 Surrender and Letting Energy Flow

32:27 EU Flight Compensation Story

33:43 Non Attachment and Minimalism

34:38 Trust the Process Takeaway

37:18 Letting Go and Feeling Feelings

38:08 Where to Find Sandy

39:27 Final Thanks and Subscribe

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https://bio.justtravelwithsandy.com/home908934

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