Welcome to You Are Here, the podcast where we have conversations with people who have

courageously taken the road less traveled. I'm your host Rachel Ree and in each

episode we'll be exploring stories from people who have followed their own path and are living life on their own terms

Know that we're here to meet you where you are and where you'd like to be. This is you are here

Welcome back. If you have thought about moving abroad, I think today's episode might resonate with you.

Today's guest is Valerie Alvarez, who is a wellness blogger and entrepreneur, who was a US-based resident, but relocated abroad to Madrid, Spain.

Valerie shares her journey as well as some information about some considerations to think through if you navigate through that

process. I know that I find it personally so inspiring when people can leave the unfamiliar

and go towards a destination that feels more authentic to the life that they envision for themselves.

I hope that you enjoy today's episode and if you do, a follow rate and review on this podcast would mean so much. Now let's get into the conversation.

We talked a little bit a couple weeks ago, just catching up and I was just trying to

recall exactly how we met.

I know that we met in the wellness space.

I feel like you and I, we started our Instagram's

generally around the same time frame

way before the Tik-Toc era and we were in that first phase of people

making sense of and trying to understand what influencers slash content creators are.

But take me back towards that time of your journey where you just

started your Instagram, what drew you to do that, what drew you into wellness, and what

was going on in your life at that time?

Yeah, absolutely.

So I feel like, yeah, when we joined Instagram or just crossed each other's paths,

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