The One Where I Talk To Author & Modern-Day Nomad, Lisa Jansen

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In this week's episode, I’m talking to author and modern-day nomad, Lisa Jansen.

Lisa was born and raised in Germany, but has lived in New Zealand for 17 years. When she was 33, she realised that the ‘traditional’ life path of marriage and babies wasn’t necessarily for her, and she decided to buy a camper van which she lived and travelled around New Zealand in for four and a half years. During her travels around New Zealand, Lisa wrote her first book, ‘One Size Does Not Fit All’, and she has since written ‘Life Done Differently’ which documents the high and the lows of her time on the road. Lisa is happily single and childfree, and is currently housesitting in Auckland, whilst working part-time in marketing which has been her career since she arrived in New Zealand. 

Topics that Lisa & I cover are:

• how her 33rd birthday weekend was the beginning of her ‘mini life crisis’;
• how the ‘dream’ of marriage and babies didn’t seem to resonate with her;
• how Lisa initially planned to live and travel in her camper van for a summer;
• Lisa’s journey of personal growth and how important self-awareness and mindset are to her;
• thinking ‘outside the box’ and considering other options when it comes to the 9 - 5;
• the challenges of ‘swimming against the tide’ and how Lisa’s whole life had prepared her for it;
• relishing alone time, and how Lisa has a very rich inner world;
• how the most valuable lesson Lisa has learned from her nomadic lifestyle, is how little she needs to be happy;
• the idea in society that the ‘normal’ path in life inevitably leads to happiness, whereas anything else is ‘risky’;
• how and why Lisa differentiates between being ‘solo’ and being single;
• Lisa’s top three places in New Zealand;
• what can be gained from travelling on your own.

Follow Lisa on Instagram:
@lifedonedifferentlynz

Find Lisa on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/LifeDoneDifferentlyNZ 

Check out Lisa’s website:
www.lifedonedifferently.com 

Buy Lisa’s ‘Life Done Differently’:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Done-Differently-Journey-Travelled-ebook/dp/B0CD969CXW