Episode 457: What My Recent Trip to Jamaica Reminded Me About Wealth, Gratitude, and Resilience
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode, I reflect on a deeply personal trip back to my home island of Jamaica following a devastating hurricane. What began as a planned celebration for my younger sister's 30th birthday became a powerful homecoming filled with mixed emotions, difficult decisions, and meaningful moments of family, service, and reflection.
I share the internal debate I faced about whether to still travel after the storm, how I ultimately decided to go, and what the experience revealed to me about community, resilience, gratitude, and wealth beyond money. From being reunited with all my siblings in one place, to giving back through supplies and local spending, to leaning on my village back home as a mother of three, this episode is a reminder that financial freedom is meant to support a full, connected life.
In this episode, I discuss:
- How leaning on my village at home made it possible for me to travel as a working mother
- What visiting my father and grandfather's gravesite stirred emotionally and spiritually
- Why supporting Jamaican-owned businesses felt especially important during recovery
- How giving back without performing it publicly shifted my perspective on service + more
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| 0:00.0 | I'm so happy I went because I said to myself, |
| 0:05.0 | this is how I kind of make decisions when I'm confused |
| 0:09.0 | or I don't know what I'm gonna do is, |
| 0:11.0 | will you regret doing this thing or not doing this thing? |
| 0:14.0 | So I kept thinking to myself, will you regret not going, |
| 0:17.0 | or will you regret going? |
| 0:19.0 | And I thought before I went that either way, I'd be okay. |
| 0:23.5 | And now that I've come back, I'm like, I'm so glad I went. |
| 0:26.6 | I would have regretted not going. |
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| 1:38.9 | Hey, hey, hey, journeyers. Welcome to the Journey to Launch podcast. I'm your host, Jamila Sue Front. I am going to be |
| 1:46.5 | recording a solo episode for you today, and it's going to be about my recent trip to my beautiful |
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