A Dynamic Life- Travel Mindset for the Unexpected Adventure

travel bravely. Live dynamically.

Travel mindset tools and honest stories to help you stay grounded, confident, and resilient on the road. Travel isn’t about perfection, it’s embracing the experience.

Currently in: Colombia 🇨🇴

Hi, I'm Laura

A solo female traveler turned wanderer, expat, & travel mindset coach since 2017.

A Dynamic Life is about celebrating the imperfect trip and embracing the beautifully unexpected and unconventional moments that make life surpising and exquisite.

Here you’ll find:

• Essential tips for emotional, mental, and physical well-being on the road (things I wish I knew)
• Travel stories– funny, raw, & uncomforatbly honest
• Recipes, guides, and photo journals to spark inspiration for your next adventure

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What You'll Find Here

Travel Mindset & Health

Tools to build confidence, navigate fear, and travel with purpose.

Guides & Tips

Practical itineraries, road-trip plans, and how-to resources.

Stories & Photo Journals

Personal travel stories and vivid photo galleries from the road.

Recipes & Food

Recipes, foodie hit lists, and culinary guides from around the globe.

The Latest

Girl hiking in a dense forest but standing in the glowing light coming through the trees. Highlighting the differnce between loneliness vs. solitude

Coaching

Loneliness vs. Solitude: How to Turn Time Alone Into Empowerment

Four women sitting on a mountain bench at sunset, two on each side with a gap between them, illustrating space and independence in travel relationships.

Coaching

Breaking the Travel Codependency Cycle

A couple sitting side by side on a park bench overlooking Altaussee in Austria, surrounded by blue skies, mountains, and green grass — capturing a quiet moment that may reflect signs of travel codependency.

Coaching

You, Me, & the Map: Signs of Travel Codependency & How to Reclaim Your Voice

two hiker's shadows captured in the snow symbolizing travel interdpendence rather than travel codependence

Coaching

Travel Codependency & How It Manifests

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.

Coaching

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

Coaching

How to Choose the Right Travel Mindset Coach For You

Featured Travel Mindset Articles

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

Coaching

How to Emotionally Prepare for Solo Travel

Jumping freely excitedly off the dock into a dam in the sunshine. Having a healthy mindset allows you to enjoy your time more readily.

Coaching

10 Steps to a Healthy Mindset When Travel Feels Tough

Health & Wellness

The Travel Burnout Survival Guide

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

Essential Phone Safety & Etiquette 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

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

10 Steps to a Healthy Mindset When Travel Feels Tough

Travel Guides

the contrast of soft grass and hard sandstone on the way down to one of the inlets along the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland

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

It's Kinda a Long Story...

For the story lovers. I share my trials, triumphs, and so much Type-2 fun. Kindness, love, and the loss of my s***.
I share my unexpected, unhinged, and deeply real stories from the road.

Meditation and Monsoon- A Vipassana Experience in India

All Things Epicurean

Pear, Plum, Pomegranate Crumble

Pear, Walnut, Chocolate Bundt Cake

Lowcountry Boil

Roasted Butternut and Harissa Soup

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

Irish Epicurean- 19 Traditional Irish Dishes & Drinks

The Best Dive Bars in the Western Cape

Austrian Epicurean: 72+ Traditional Austrian Food to Try

Travel Mindset Coaching

Support for the Emotional Side of Travel

A Dynamic Life Coaching helps you find clarity, build confidence, and embrace change, so you shape a life you truly love and live dynamically!

Big life transitions, whether traveling abroad for the first time, or starting fresh in a new place can often feel overwhelming, messy, and uncertain. These are incredible catalysts for growth, resilience, and self-discovery.

As an ICF certified travel mindset & life coach, I offer personalized one-on-one coaching to support you on your journey. We explore your hopes, your challenges, and create solutions for you to live your dynamic life. A life full of possibilities.

My goal is to help you feel grounded, capable, and excited about the journey ahead.

Your dreams are waiting and today is always better than ‘someday.’