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Have you ever noticed how travel changes you?

You leave home thinking that you're just going somewhere new and you end up learning something about yourself.

That's what today's conversation is all about.

Identity, storytelling, and the kind of confidence that comes from seeing the world through your own eyes, not through somebody else's lens.

My guest is my friend Nicole Phillip.

She lives right at that intersection.

She's a journalist, popular travel influencer, and brilliant storyteller who helps travelers

explore the world, and she does it with humor, honesty, and a perspective that makes

you think.

We talk about what it really means to show up as

yourself, online, in new cultures, and in life. And without further ado, let's jump into the interview.

You know what's funny, Nicole? So I did, so when I was getting started speaking, I started to do this exercise where I would say, all right, I want to see, I want to kind of test myself. And so what I would do is when I'm driving, I would just see random things and I would force myself to talk about that random thing for two minutes, nonstop. As like, okay, grass. Well, let me tell you about grass. Like, as if I'm presenting on this, you know, I see a cow. I'm in Ohio. So I see a cow. I'm like, well, let me tell you about cow. You know, and it's, it's funny to see how a lot of these little training things that I would do from way back when are helping me today when it comes to public speaking.

You are a great speaker, and it has encouraged me to try to speak more, I think, be more

intentional as I speak so that I am more smooth with my delivery.

Literally, just listening to your voice, I was like, hey, he's good.

And I'm like, I got to get better at

especially if I'm trying to be more in the public speaking world. So you are inspiring. Thank you.

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