Badass Digital Nomads

Why Expats Leave Mexico with Author Michael Dash

As you know, Mexico is a hotspot for expats and digital nomads, but they don’t often last long here… Why, you ask? Join Kristin for a candid conversation with author, Michael Dash, about the main reasons why expats leave Mexico after a few short months.

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April 23, 2024

Why Expats Leave Mexico with Author Michael Dash

As you know, Mexico is a hotspot for expats and digital nomads, but they don’t often last long here… Why, you ask? Join Kristin for a candid conversation with author, Michael Dash, about the main reasons why expats leave Mex…
April 16, 2024

Finnish Pilot-Turned Poker Player on Starting a New Life in Mexico

Kristin speaks with a European pilot-turned-poker player who moved to Mexico and changed his life. Hear why he made the life-changing leap to digital nomadism, his tips for thriving as an expat in Mexico, and more.
April 9, 2024

Female Solo Traveler Finds Freedom in Paris and the Digital Nomad Lifestyle

Kristin and Dinah, a digital nomad and online entrepreneur in Tulum, chat about the rewards and challenges of traveling and working abroad as solo female entrepreneurs. Hear how a breakup turned into a breakthrough that led …
April 2, 2024

Slow Traveling Europe + Van Life with Chase Warrington from About Abroad

Chase Warrington, the host of About Abroad podcast, joins the show again this week for a fireside chat about slow-traveling through Europe and why he and his wife want to move from Spain to Italy.
March 28, 2024

From Canada to Mexico – How a Near-Death Experience Changed This Expat’s Life

After a near-death experience working at his manual labor job in Canada, Phoenix Sen re-evaluated his priorities in life and focused on healing himself and eventually starting a coaching business. Kristin met Phoenix in T…
March 21, 2024

Tulum, Mexico: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Kristin shares the highs and lows from her experience traveling to Tulum this month, including some harrowing stories about police corruption and hospital scams. Is Tulum a tropical heaven or "hell", as one famous travel blo…
March 12, 2024

Female Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Make Money Online

Five female entrepreneurs from the US, Canada, Nigeria, UK, and Germany sit down with Kristin to share how they went from regular 9-5 day jobs to working for themselves making $10k+ months (all without any prior online busin…
March 5, 2024

Top 10 Best Places To Retire Abroad

Where are the best places to retire or live in the world? Kristin analyzes International Living's 2024 Retirement Index and gives details on the cost of living in each country, residency requirements, safety, healthcare, and…
Feb. 27, 2024

Travel to Costa Rica with Kristin!

Have you ever wanted to visit Costa Rica? If so, now you can travel there with Kristin as your host! Kristin will be leading her first-ever from August 9-12, 2024.
Feb. 20, 2024

Sailing into the Unknown with Ruby Rose: Navigating Burnout & Mental Health in a Freedom Lifestyle

Throwback to one of Kristin's favorite podcast interviews with Nick Fabbri and Terysa Vanderloo of the YouTube channel, Sailing Ruby Rose. In this podcast, they share how they quit their medical jobs in London to sail the wo…

About the Host

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Kristin Wilson | Traveling with Kristin

Host of Badass Digital Nomads Podcast / YouTube's Traveling with Kristin

Kristin Wilson is a long-term digital nomad and location-independent entrepreneur who has lived and worked across 60 countries in 20 years. Since founding a fully-remote, international relocation company in 2011, she has helped more than 1,000 people retire or live abroad in 35 countries. Today, she helps aspiring remote workers, digital nomads, and expats achieve their lifestyle goals through her YouTube channel (Traveling with Kristin) and podcast, Badass Digital Nomads.
 
Kristin is the author of Digital Nomads for Dummies. She's a Top Writer on Medium and Quora in the topics of business, travel, technology, life, productivity, digital nomads, and location independence. She has been featured on The Today Show, Bloomberg Businessweek, ESPN, The New York Times, WSJ, Huffpost, HGTV’s House Hunters International, and more.