Full Transcript for Introducing Graced and Grounded Journeys

most peace I have ever felt in my entire life and I was getting ready to move to Thailand and then COVID happened. 00:05:17.586 --> 00:05:29.642 So I didn't get to do that, but it has always held a special place in my heart since my last visit and I have been dreaming of the day that I can get back there. 00:05:29.642 --> 00:05:39.550 So now that I'm certified, I'm a certified Thailand expert and now I get to take a group of 10 back with me. 00:05:40.071 --> 00:05:44.524 So let me tell you about Grace and Grounded Journeys before I go into this Thailand trip. 00:05:44.524 --> 00:06:00.932 So at the time, depending on when you listen to this podcast episode, we are in the planning stages right now, so I'm going to give you a little glimpse into what I'm doing with the planning, what the trip is going to consist of, where we're going to go, how you can register. 00:06:00.932 --> 00:06:11.244 So if you're listening after this, after we go, I'm sorry you missed this one. 00:06:11.244 --> 00:06:13.853 There may be others, but make sure you're following me so you'll know when there's another retreat. 00:06:13.853 --> 00:06:26.942 I'm going to try to do one of these annually and my thought process process is to have other trips later, like locally, so to speak quotation marks and when I say local I'm meaning within the United States. 00:06:26.942 --> 00:06:29.596 So international trip is the first one. 00:06:29.596 --> 00:06:31.302 So let me tell you about Grace and Grounding Journeys. 00:06:31.822 --> 00:06:39.129 Grace and Grounding Journeys is your new favorite way to travel with purpose, rest, with intention and heal in community. 00:06:39.129 --> 00:06:51.992 So I started Grace and Grounding Journeys out of my love for travel and my love for seeing people get breakthroughs, and I knew, I know what travel does for me. 00:06:51.992 --> 00:07:00.934 It is a great way for me to just disconnect from the world, silence the noise and connect with myself, connect, reconnect with God. 00:07:00.934 --> 00:07:09.543 I get so many downloads and ideas in all of these things when I'm traveling because I'm rested. 00:07:09.543 --> 00:07:10.786 It's a different. 00:07:10.786 --> 00:07:15.884 I don't know about you, but for me, being away from home does something different. 00:07:15.884 --> 00:07:21.322 For me, I can even go to a local hotel and have a staycation for my self-care weekends. 00:07:21.322 --> 00:07:25.940 I can have a staycation and just be refreshed because I'm away from my house. 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:31.221 Now, I'm not saying that my house is chaotic, but y'all know what I mean, especially for women. 00:07:31.221 --> 00:07:34.430 We always tend to find something that needs to be done in the house. 00:07:34.430 --> 00:07:43.588 So if I'm away from the house, I'm not thinking about what needs to be done, what I didn't get to do, the pile of clothes that need to be folded, the pile of clothes that need to be washed, the dishes that need to be washed. 00:07:43.588 --> 00:07:44.810 I'm not thinking about all that. 00:07:44.810 --> 00:07:50.415 And God forbid not God forbid, but God bless you all who are mothers and wives. 00:07:50.415 --> 00:07:51.497 Now you got to think about the kids. 00:07:51.497 --> 00:07:57.591 Did I pick up little Johnny and little Elizabeth from their afterschool activities? 00:07:57.591 --> 00:07:58.805 Does my husband need to eat? 00:07:58.805 --> 00:08:11.867 I don't have those responsibilities, but I still have a life and all of those things can be heavy on you and you don't have a moment to just sit, be still and think. 00:08:11.867 --> 00:08:13.149 Sit, be still and just be. 00:08:13.149 --> 00:08:16.220 And so traveling for me does that. 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:18.766 It gives me the opportunity to just be. 00:08:20.249 --> 00:08:28.353 Now, I do take trips, sometimes that are for adventure, and I do take trips sometimes that are just for planning purpose refreshing. 00:08:28.353 --> 00:08:37.573 So Grace and Grounded Journeys was born out of that, and I'm a firm believer that you don't have to pause your healing to travel. 00:08:37.573 --> 00:08:44.053 Matter of fact, I have a t-shirt that says grief has no time limit, but my travel rewards do. 00:08:44.053 --> 00:08:47.379 I'm going to use the travel rewards up, okay. 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:51.126 I have another t-shirt that says my healing has a passport. 00:08:51.126 --> 00:08:56.769 I'm going to use this passport and I'm going to get my healing as I am traveling. 00:08:56.769 --> 00:09:00.380 So that's kind of where Grace and Grounded Journeys came from. 00:09:00.380 --> 00:09:15.461 So the heart behind it is I created Grace and Grounded Journeys for women like us who are navigating grief, who are navigating growth, or they just want space to breathe and be like I said before. 00:09:15.461 --> 00:09:17.628 And what we're going to do? 00:09:17.628 --> 00:09:21.038 I'm creating intimate group getaways. 00:09:21.038 --> 00:09:23.404 I'm doing faith-based healing retreats. 00:09:23.404 --> 00:09:34.945 It's not going to be what y'all may think is spooky stuff no, but I'm creating a space where it's sacred for you to reclaim your rest. 00:09:34.945 --> 00:09:35.525 I'm excited. 00:09:35.525 --> 00:09:45.451 I can't even talk, but I'm creating a safe space for you to gain and build community, for you to rest and reclaim your joy. 00:09:45.451 --> 00:09:48.347 So that's what Grace and Grounded Journeys. 00:09:48.347 --> 00:09:52.485 My hope is for Grace and Grounded Journeys to do so. 00:09:52.504 --> 00:09:58.048 G&g for short, g&g is for the woman who needs a break without guilt. 00:09:58.048 --> 00:10:04.610 You know, we deal with the mom guilt, we deal with the wife guilt, we deal with the guilt of just breaking away from everything. 00:10:04.610 --> 00:10:11.212 We're creating a space for you not to feel guilty about you getting away and traveling. 00:10:11.212 --> 00:10:19.734 This GNG is for the woman

who is ready to rest, release and reconnect. 00:10:19.734 --> 00:10:25.893 You need to release all of those things that have been holding you down all of this time. 00:10:25.893 --> 00:10:38.989 Reconnect with self, because one thing about us as women we put everything and everyone ahead of ourselves, and then we wonder why we're burned out. 00:10:38.989 --> 00:10:42.947 We're wondering why we're snippy, wondering why we're snippy. 00:10:42.947 --> 00:10:55.025 And baby, when you add in perimenopause and menopause, the emotions, the hormones and everything is going to go flying every which way, it's going to turn you every which way but loose. 00:10:55.025 --> 00:11:02.946 So you need a space where you can just exhale and not have to worry about anybody calling your name and asking you for anything. 00:11:04.629 --> 00:11:13.192 Gng is for the woman who craves community and a place that holds space, a community that will hold space for you and not pressure. 00:11:13.192 --> 00:11:24.948 The community that I have been building over these years is small but mighty, and I see all of these women in my DMs. 00:11:24.948 --> 00:11:28.722 I see all of these women when we are out and about doing things. 00:11:28.722 --> 00:11:31.589 You all have so much in common. 00:11:31.589 --> 00:11:33.471 This is my way. 00:11:33.471 --> 00:11:38.014 Grace and Grounded Journeys is my way to bring this community together face-to-face. 00:11:38.014 --> 00:11:46.322 Get it offline and everybody be face-to-face, and then you have that good girlfriend that you can call up when you need something. 00:11:46.322 --> 00:11:49.212 Got your prayer partner, you got your workout partner. 00:11:49.212 --> 00:11:52.282 We're really creating a community of support. 00:11:52.282 --> 00:11:54.947 Accountability, whatever. 00:11:54.947 --> 00:12:07.004 The mission of Grace and Grounded Journeys is a faith-based travel experience brand created and curated for women seeking intentional rest, healing and transformation. 00:12:07.908 --> 00:12:19.798 One thing about Grace and Grounded Journeys is I'm incorporating coaching into these retreats, so I will be teaching my proven methods. 00:12:19.798 --> 00:12:22.783 I will be teaching workshops while we're on these retreats. 00:12:22.783 --> 00:12:23.745 Now, don't get me wrong. 00:12:23.745 --> 00:12:27.214 We're not going to be sitting in a conference room all the ding-ding time. 00:12:27.214 --> 00:12:34.850 I'm going to go over the agenda for the Soulful Escape to Thailand, which is happening October 22nd through 30th 2026. 00:12:34.850 --> 00:12:37.609 I'm going to go over that itinerary for you. 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:42.745 This has been released to the public, but here's how you get on the list. 00:12:42.745 --> 00:12:44.167 First, let me just back up. 00:12:44.167 --> 00:12:45.808 I feel like I'm all over the place, but I'm trying to. 00:12:45.808 --> 00:12:48.111 I'm not, I don't have any notes, I'm just winging it today. 00:12:48.111 --> 00:12:49.634 So y'all just go with me. 00:12:49.634 --> 00:12:50.875 All right, just flow with me. 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.600 So October 22nd through the 30th, 2026 is the Soulful Escape to Thailand. 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:06.572 During that time, I have intentionally built this itinerary, first of all for it to be an all-inclusive package. 00:13:06.572 --> 00:13:10.692 We're taking care of everything. 00:13:10.692 --> 00:13:29.437 You basically just show up and in this itinerary I have space for rest, I have space for me to teach and we have space for people to explore, because there is no way we're going to fly halfway around the world and not experience the beauty of Bangkok and the beauty of Phuket. 00:13:29.437 --> 00:13:31.241 So we're going to Bangkok and Phuket. 00:13:31.241 --> 00:13:40.831 We're spending four days in Bangkok and spending four days in Phuket, and in that time I will be teaching my workshop, one of my workshops. 00:13:41.192 --> 00:13:58.889 Now let me tell you something this workshop that they're getting basically for free the women who are blessed enough to get a hold of me for eight whole days and have me teaching them and they get one-on-one. 00:13:58.889 --> 00:14:01.480 First of all, my one-on-one is not available anymore. 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:06.926 I don't do one-on-one coaching anymore, at least not right now, at least until the Lord say otherwise. 00:14:06.926 --> 00:14:11.423 But you're getting me one-on-one coaching and you're also getting a workshop. 00:14:11.423 --> 00:14:16.177 Those two things alone you can't get for a few hundred dollars. 00:14:16.177 --> 00:14:18.562 You cannot get them for a few hundred dollars. 00:14:18.562 --> 00:14:27.615 The workshop itself let me back up my one-on-one coaching itself you have to commit to six months. 00:14:27.615 --> 00:14:31.206 Six months worth of coaching. 00:14:31.206 --> 00:14:39.772 At the time when I used to do it on the retainer, six-month retainer was $5,000. 00:14:39.772 --> 00:14:52.405 But these ladies are getting five-star luxury flights, coaching, all of these things. 00:14:52.405 --> 00:14:55.904 So that alone is a deal within itself. 00:14:55.904 --> 00:14:58.163 But we're going to go back into this itinerary in just a little bit. 00:14:58.195 --> 00:15:01.741 But let me continue to tell you about Grace to Grounded Journeys. 00:15:01.741 --> 00:15:14.167 So if you are wanting a place to get intentional rest, healing and transformation, look out for the next retreat, depending on when you're listening to this podcast. 00:15:14.167 --> 00:15:21.451 So, because I love to travel so much, I was like you know what T? 00:15:21.451 --> 00:15:23.797 It might be time for you to get back into the travel space. 00:15:23.797 --> 00:15:34.746 Because one thing about being a travel consultant, travel agent, whatever you want to call it, I call myself a travel consultant because I consult with you about what you want to do. 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00:15:41.745 Well, when I did it for people, individual people the one thing about being a travel agent we get some good perks, y'all. 00:15:41.745 --> 00:15:46.155 You get perks with hotels, you get perks with cruises. 00:15:46.155 --> 00:15:48.037 You get perks with the. 00:15:48.037 --> 00:15:48.638 You get perks with cruises. 00:15:48.638 --> 00:15:53.000 You get perks with the well, maybe not the railway, you used to get perks with the railways. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.062 You get perks for river cruises. 00:15:56.202 --> 00:16:09.552 You get perks for these things called fam trips familiarization trips where you actually go to a resort and you pretty much stay there for pennies on the dollar. 00:16:09.552 --> 00:16:19.599 But with fam trips you're working because you have to tour wherever you are. 00:16:19.599 --> 00:16:22.888 So say, you go to a resort in Jamaica I'm just going to use Jamaica because that's another one of my favorite places. 00:16:22.888 --> 00:16:41.404 You go to a resort in Jamaica I'm not going to name a resort because you know we're not giving away free ad space but you're on this resort, you fly in, you meet with, say, the head of sales or marketing or whomever they have you touring with. 00:16:41.404 --> 00:16:50.340 You have to experience everything about that resort from top to bottom all of the service, all of the food, all of the amenities. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:54.327 And you are actually working the time that you're there. 00:16:54.327 --> 00:17:15.428 And what you do is you write a review or you do things like what I'm doing right now you put it on your podcast and you advertise what that resort offers and you provide that resort to your clients to sell. 00:17:15.428 --> 00:17:19.557 So fam trips can be fun, but they are a lot of work. 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:23.365 You get things like inspections on cruise ships. 00:17:23.365 --> 00:17:41.507 You can go on a particular cruise and do an inspection where you are going from the top to the bottom of the ship and, again, experiencing everything that the cruise ship has to offer, from the entertainment to the food to the cabins. 00:17:41.507 --> 00:17:46.330 All of those things, the activities you experience, all of those things. 00:17:46.330 --> 00:17:52.768 You may not be cruising with them, but you're inspecting the ship and so you can go back and provide. 00:17:52.768 --> 00:17:57.326 You can be knowledgeable about the product that you're selling to your clients. 00:17:58.795 --> 00:17:59.738 So a lot of perks. 00:17:59.738 --> 00:18:03.655 The only perks we don't get is with the airlines, because y'all know the airlines chair. 00:18:03.655 --> 00:18:09.064 They used to give travel agents travel consultings good rates, but not anymore. 00:18:09.064 --> 00:18:10.285 Gone are those days. 00:18:10.285 --> 00:18:22.301 But you can get a lot of perks with being a travel consultant and you can do like I'm doing Create your own groups, create your own trips, things

like that. 00:18:22.301 --> 00:18:24.709 You can go on the trips with your group. 00:18:24.749 --> 00:18:30.021 So, like the group that we have going to Thailand, the group doesn't happen if I don't go. 00:18:30.021 --> 00:18:41.659 So I have to go and at the same time I'm working because I'm providing a service for the people that are coming, but I'm also looking at the hotels that we're staying in. 00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:45.606 I'm looking at the actual attractions, the tours that we're going to take. 00:18:45.606 --> 00:18:54.240 So I'm taking in all of that information so I can present that to people who may be interested in traveling to Thailand. 00:18:54.240 --> 00:19:01.536 So I love traveling and for me, 2025 has been the busiest travel year. 00:19:01.696 --> 00:19:07.409 Actually, 2025 feels like Tracy of old, where I used to stay gone. 00:19:07.409 --> 00:19:19.070 It was nothing for me to get in the car and be in the mountains for a weekend, or I would go down to Atlanta for the weekend. 00:19:19.070 --> 00:19:21.063 I was going somewhere, I was on a flight. 00:19:21.063 --> 00:19:35.545 It was nothing for me to do that, and I'm loving the fact that 2025 has rebirthed that within me and 2026 is about to take it up a whole nother level, because when I tell you I'm going to be outside, I'm going to be outside. 00:19:35.545 --> 00:19:37.381 The only thing that's holding me back is this PTO. 00:19:37.381 --> 00:19:41.965 So I got to figure out my paid time off, because I do have a nine to five y'all. 00:19:41.965 --> 00:19:44.661 I got to think about the nine to five. 00:19:44.661 --> 00:19:46.615 The nine to five put the food on the table. 00:19:46.615 --> 00:19:47.618 It pays the bills. 00:19:47.618 --> 00:19:50.244 It allows me to keep doing this podcasting thing. 00:19:50.244 --> 00:19:54.099 So I got to figure out the PTO, but I will be outside, okay. 00:19:55.782 --> 00:20:22.862 But I realized in 2025, you know, I spent a lot of money on hotel rooms and rental cars and things like that and I was like girl, if I had my travel agent certification back, I can do this for a fraction of the cost and also still get points in my travel rewards. 00:20:22.862 --> 00:20:26.647 So I was like, huh, let me do some research. 00:20:26.647 --> 00:20:30.278 And so I was able to find a host agency. 00:20:30.278 --> 00:20:34.207 And there may be people online who say you don't need a host agency. 00:20:34.207 --> 00:20:35.497 That may be true For me. 00:20:35.497 --> 00:20:38.424 I needed a host agency because I knew what I wanted to do. 00:20:38.424 --> 00:20:44.883 I wanted to have mentors, I wanted to have access to education, things like that. 00:20:44.883 --> 00:20:47.166 So I found a host agency. 00:20:47.166 --> 00:20:49.509 That has been fabulous. 00:20:49.509 --> 00:20:53.318 Fabulous, the education that they give us. 00:20:53.318 --> 00:20:59.789 We have contacts in different arenas of the industry. 00:20:59.789 --> 00:21:00.576 It's just been. 00:21:00.576 --> 00:21:02.640 I don't have anything negative to say about them. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:06.566 So I've been doing a lot of learning. 00:21:06.566 --> 00:21:12.301 It has been fun and 2025 has been my. 00:21:12.321 --> 00:21:14.849 I thought 2025 was going to be my travel year. 00:21:14.849 --> 00:21:17.717 No, I think 2026 and beyond is about to be my travel year. 00:21:17.717 --> 00:21:26.580 But I'm happy that I'm able to pair two of my loves into one thing, because it was driving me nuts trying to figure out how can I put all of my loves into one thing. 00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:44.903 Because it was driving me nuts trying to figure out how can I put all of my passions into one package and then not look crazy, because you listen to the internet gurus and things like that, the coaches and everything, and some of them do have great skill and knowledge about a lot of things. 00:21:44.903 --> 00:21:53.385 But at the end of the day, I had to choose what was right for me and now that I've done that, I feel free. 00:21:53.385 --> 00:22:05.980 I don't feel bound into this little box of being the grief coach, because I'm going to be honest with y'all Coaching people through grief is hard because you run into two things. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:21.528 You run into people who want a quick fix and get upset when it's not fixed quickly, or you have people who don't do the work, and that's two of my biggest pet peeves, even though you see me thriving through grief y'all. 00:22:21.528 --> 00:22:30.809 I've been doing this for years, decades, decades 20 years since my daughter passed away. 00:22:30.809 --> 00:22:33.924 We can go 30 years since my mother passed away. 00:22:33.924 --> 00:22:39.505 So I've been doing this for a long time and also I continue to do the work. 00:22:39.505 --> 00:22:43.865 It's not like I wake up one day and like, oh yeah, my grief is gone. 00:22:43.865 --> 00:22:55.174 No, let April 16th roll around, I'm gonna be in the whole wave of it, but now I have the tools to adjust and maneuver and thrive through it. 00:22:55.174 --> 00:23:01.208 So when people see the finished product, they don't understand the work it took to get there. 00:23:05.821 --> 00:23:10.470 It's like working out In order to get to and keep the physique that you want. 00:23:10.470 --> 00:23:11.938 You got to work out every day. 00:23:11.938 --> 00:23:17.777 You have to move your body some kind of way every day, and grief is the same way. 00:23:17.777 --> 00:23:26.569 In order for you to combat grief and kick it in as high parts, as I say, you have to do some kind of work every single day. 00:23:26.569 --> 00:23:39.884 So now that I'm able to step outside of just grief coaching which is important, don't get me wrong, I still do it, but I do it in a way that I want to do it. 00:23:39.884 --> 00:23:43.276 I do it in a way that fuels me instead of drains me. 00:23:43.276 --> 00:23:44.398 Ha, there we go. 00:23:44.398 --> 00:24:01.522 I grief coach in 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way that fuels me instead of draining me, and so now I get to pair my love for travel with helping people get the breakthrough that they deserve, that they desire and that they deserve. 00:24:03.357 --> 00:24:09.885 So a couple of things that I'm working on with Graced and Grounded Journeys, of course, the Soulful Escape to Thailand 2026. 00:24:09.885 --> 00:24:12.083 That's my big priority right now. 00:24:12.083 --> 00:24:15.023 But I'm also working on a blog. 00:24:15.023 --> 00:24:24.295 I got this really cute, nice little fancy camera that takes really great video and really great pictures. 00:24:24.295 --> 00:24:26.176 That takes really great video and really great pictures. 00:24:26.176 --> 00:24:43.511 And so, with my travels, I'm going to be doing blogs about my travels and I'm going to come from a perspective of this is what I do, how I combat my grief while I'm traveling or showing you different cultures, things like that. 00:24:43.511 --> 00:24:47.276 So anything that y'all know. 00:24:47.276 --> 00:24:53.538 If you've been following me for a minute, you know that I share a lot of things, so I'm going to be sharing with you my actual journey in this next phase of my life. 00:24:55.742 --> 00:24:58.729 I'm also going to be creating group retreats. 00:24:58.729 --> 00:25:11.055 I think our first well, our first retreat, I know, is going to be international, but I'm also wanting to do some local retreats, and when I say local, again, that's within the United States. 00:25:11.055 --> 00:25:33.163 I'm probably going to start in my native North Carolina, south Carolina, georgia areas, because I do realize that some people are not going to get on a plane but they want to break through through. 00:25:33.163 --> 00:25:35.634 So I'm trying to think of ways to make it easier for people to get to wherever we are. 00:25:35.634 --> 00:25:49.538 So I'm excited about it, I am looking forward to it, I'm looking forward to getting back to Thailand to experience that peace that I felt, and also I'm hoping and praying that the women that come along on this trip get the breakthrough that they're looking for. 00:25:49.538 --> 00:26:04.000 I'm hoping that they get transformed, find peace, joy, all of that good stuff, because that is my goal, that is my intention, and I'm just really, really, really, really excited. 00:26:04.321 --> 00:26:12.324 So if you have any questions about Grace and Grounded Journeys, I put the link in the show notes to sign up for the email list. 00:26:12.324 --> 00:26:20.221 I'm going to be honest by the time you guys hear this podcast, it just may be sold out. 00:26:20.221 --> 00:26:23.846 So don't get mad, please don't get mad at me, don't get mad, don't, please don't get mad at me. 00:26:23.846 --> 00:26:25.528 But I will. 00:26:25.528 --> 00:26:27.931 Will you signing up? 00:26:27.931 --> 00:26:37.845 We'll put you on my email list for Grace and Grounded Journey so you will get information first Anytime you're on my email list.

00:26:37.845 --> 00:26:44.943 You get the info first before I release it out to the public, because I understand our emails are like gold right now. 00:26:44.943 --> 00:26:54.163 So I treat my email list like y'all, y'all the VIP, you the vips, you the very important people, so you always get the information first. 00:26:55.195 --> 00:27:00.000 Those who are on my email list right now with Grace, the Grounded Journeys they got the itinerary first. 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.202 Oh, let me tell you about this itinerary. 00:27:02.202 --> 00:27:15.659 Girl, hold on, hold on, hold on, because I want to get it right, I want to get it right, I want to get it right. 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:19.826 So, first, we are going to fly out from the US of A and we're flying into Bangkok. 00:27:19.826 --> 00:27:22.916 So, like I said, we'll be there for four days in Bangkok. 00:27:22.916 --> 00:27:26.727 While there, of course, we're going to be doing some touring. 00:27:26.727 --> 00:27:31.503 And hold on, just a second, I'm trying to pull up the itinerary. 00:27:31.503 --> 00:27:35.961 Itinerary is such a funny word, especially when you Southern. 00:27:35.961 --> 00:27:38.799 Y'all hear how my Southern came out when I said itinerary. 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:42.421 Okay, here we go. 00:27:42.421 --> 00:27:45.101 So this itinerary, y'all. 00:27:45.101 --> 00:27:49.948 I put my heart and soul into this and I hope that it shows. 00:27:49.948 --> 00:27:51.260 I hope that it shows. 00:27:51.895 --> 00:27:54.344 So we're going to fly from the US to Bangkok. 00:27:54.344 --> 00:28:00.167 Of course, when we land in Bangkok, we'll be greeted by our guide. 00:28:00.167 --> 00:28:12.564 So we have an English-speaking guide who, of course, is a Thai native, and we will be escorted in our private transport from the airport to our hotel. 00:28:12.564 --> 00:28:14.428 I'm not going to tell you where the hotel is. 00:28:14.428 --> 00:28:17.299 Okay, you got to get on the wait list for that. 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.942 You got to get that info. 00:28:18.942 --> 00:28:38.326 So once we get to the hotel, we will have time, you know, to get settled, get dressed for the evening, because there I will be hosting a welcome dinner welcoming everyone to Thailand and kind of going over the itinerary, what to expect on the trip, things like that. 00:28:38.326 --> 00:28:50.819 Just reiterating, because I'm planning on doing a virtual meetup for everyone who's going to go on the trip, because I want people to feel comfortable when they book this. 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:54.085 So we'll have a welcome dinner. 00:28:54.746 --> 00:28:56.990 I will say our hotel is five star. 00:28:56.990 --> 00:29:00.640 It's in the heart of downtown Bangkok. 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:11.108 We got a view of the river, the main river that runs through the city, and our restaurant, where we're having our welcome dinner, is on the rooftop. 00:29:11.108 --> 00:29:12.921 So it's going to be real cute and sexy. 00:29:12.921 --> 00:29:13.903 It's going to be a vibe. 00:29:13.903 --> 00:29:16.844 It's going to be such a good, good, good vibe. 00:29:16.844 --> 00:29:29.141 So throughout the tours, throughout our stay there, we will have an English speaking local guide and all of our interest fees will be included in this tour. 00:29:31.183 --> 00:29:46.683 So on our first day in Bangkok well, actually, let me back up after I welcome dinner, we will have the opportunity to do a tour. 00:29:46.683 --> 00:29:53.875 Nope, nope, I changed that, nevermind, nevermind, nevermind, I changed that, nevermind. 00:29:53.875 --> 00:29:58.038 So after our welcome dinner, you know you go back to your room if you want to. 00:29:58.038 --> 00:29:59.695 You're probably gonna be jet lagged. 00:29:59.695 --> 00:30:03.838 So you just get some rest or whatever, or you can explore the city a little bit. 00:30:03.838 --> 00:30:09.082 But on the second day we get breakfast at our hotel. 00:30:09.082 --> 00:30:16.970 So we get all breakfast meals and then we will move into the workshop. 00:30:16.970 --> 00:30:29.368 So I'm doing a two-hour workshop and this first day is just laying the foundation for what we're going to work on workshop, and this first day is just laying the foundation for what we're going to work on. 00:30:29.368 --> 00:30:33.575 And then that evening is when we're going to do a tour of the city. 00:30:33.615 --> 00:30:37.867 So we're actually going to do a food tour of Bangkok, where we'll be chauffeured around in the traditional tuk-tuk. 00:30:37.867 --> 00:30:38.971 So I'm excited about that. 00:30:38.971 --> 00:30:41.017 If you've never been in a tuk-tuk, it's an adventure. 00:30:41.017 --> 00:30:43.021 Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk everywhere. 00:30:43.021 --> 00:30:47.633 Okay, it's an adventure. 00:30:47.633 --> 00:30:48.076 So it's an adventure. 00:30:48.076 --> 00:30:50.409 We're going to do a food tour into Bangkok and visit one of the night markets, things like that. 00:30:51.530 --> 00:30:57.460 Day three, we're going to go to the railway market. 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.693 This is the place. 00:30:58.693 --> 00:31:00.291 I don't know if you've seen it online? 00:31:00.291 --> 00:31:01.657 If you haven't, you can look it up. 00:31:01.657 --> 00:31:08.711 This is the place where the train actually goes through the market, where you're going to be shopping, y'all. 00:31:08.711 --> 00:31:10.759 I'm telling you, thailand has some primo shopping. 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:26.103 So the train goes through the actual marketplace and the vendors at the marketplace pull all of their products out of the way so the train can come through. 00:31:26.103 --> 00:31:27.404 It's pretty amazing to see. 00:31:27.404 --> 00:31:35.364 So we'll be doing that that morning and then, once we do the market, we'll go to the floating market. 00:31:35.364 --> 00:31:46.623 So I don't know if you've seen this online, but the floating market is where you actually are on a boat and you're shopping

on the river and you're visiting vendors and things like that. 00:31:46.623 --> 00:31:47.673 So that's going to be pretty cool. 00:31:47.673 --> 00:31:51.531 So after that, we go back to the hotel and then you have time to yourself for that evening. 00:31:52.093 --> 00:31:58.977 The next day we're doing part two of the workshop, and this is the final day of the workshop and this is where they can. 00:31:58.977 --> 00:32:02.124 This is where implementation is going to happen. 00:32:02.124 --> 00:32:17.496 Implementation is going to happen, and so day two is where they're going to take what they did on day one and then use day two to actually make a plan, and then the rest of the trip you have time for the reflection of that. 00:32:17.496 --> 00:32:20.691 So I told you it's going to be real quick and I'm just going to give y'all a little taste. 00:32:20.691 --> 00:32:22.433 That's just what we're going to do in Bangkok. 00:32:22.433 --> 00:32:24.897 But then I'm not going to tell you everything we're going to do in Phuket. 00:32:24.897 --> 00:32:33.123 But I will say this, I will say this when we fly from Bangkok to Phuket, we're going to be landing at another five-star resort. 00:32:33.123 --> 00:32:36.451 It's absolutely stunning where we're going to be. 00:32:36.451 --> 00:32:44.823 But I will say one of the tours we have, we're going to be on a speedboat, a private speedboat. 00:32:44.823 --> 00:33:06.403 I'm excited about that and I also have something special planned at the end of the retreat just to culminate and close out everything that we've done, transformations we've had and it's just a good way to release whatever we brought with us, whatever came up during the workshop. 00:33:06.403 --> 00:33:08.150 So I'm super duper excited. 00:33:08.210 --> 00:33:18.385 When I tell you I put my heart into this retreat, I must say, if I do say so myself, I'm proud of myself. 00:33:18.385 --> 00:33:19.835 I'm proud of myself for this. 00:33:19.835 --> 00:33:23.075 Baby, if you can't sell yourself that you're proud of yourself, I don't know what you're doing. 00:33:23.075 --> 00:33:25.558 You're doing life wrong, baby, if you can't tell yourself that you're proud of yourself, I don't know what you're doing. 00:33:25.558 --> 00:33:26.039 You're doing life wrong. 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:30.948 But yeah, I am looking forward to having this experience with 10 beautiful women. 00:33:30.948 --> 00:33:37.861 I don't know who they are at the moment, but I'm pretty sure I will by the time y'all get this podcast episode. 00:33:37.861 --> 00:33:47.576 I'm just saying, I'm just saying, but again, I'm putting the link in the show notes about the retreat you can check out Grace and Grounded Journeys. 00:33:47.576 --> 00:33:51.854 Grace and Grounded Journeys does have its own Facebook and Instagram page. 00:33:51.854 --> 00:33:58.916 It's Grace and Grounded Journeys on both, or you can just follow me on Live In my Empowered Life, because I do cross post on both. 00:34:00.721 --> 00:34:06.121 But I just wanted to share that update because some of y'all got on me because I didn't go into detail. 00:34:06.121 --> 00:34:12.061 I didn't go into detail on the last episode, but it wasn't that wasn't the time it was. 00:34:12.061 --> 00:34:17.621 Last episode was the focus on my sister, so I just wanted to share Grace and Grounded Journeys with you. 00:34:17.621 --> 00:34:20.876 I will be sharing more like even on socials. 00:34:20.876 --> 00:34:29.737 My plan is to show a few of the behind the scenes things Y'all going to get whatever face I give you, because who putting on makeup every day? 00:34:30.157 --> 00:34:32.242 Okay, who's doing that? 00:34:32.242 --> 00:34:33.925 Not me, not me. 00:34:33.925 --> 00:34:37.760 Unless I'm going into the office, you're not going to get a face full of makeup every day. 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:56.184 Matter of fact, if you could see me right now, my lashes are a little lacking because in a couple of weeks I'm going to be in a wedding and I'm just trying to keep all of my beauty services held off until it's time closer to the wedding, because I don't want to be looking crazy at my friend's wedding. 00:34:56.184 --> 00:35:02.179 Right, I'm a bridesmaid, I got to be cute, but anyway, y'all, I just wanted to touch base right quick. 00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:09.961 Let you in on what's happening on this end and thank you again for coming along with me on this journey. 00:35:10.951 --> 00:35:14.521 I hope this encourages you to pivot. 00:35:14.521 --> 00:35:21.579 I know pivot is the popular word now, but yeah, pivot and step out on faith. 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:31.485 Like, do what if you had, if you can remember that one thing that you wanted to do and didn't do it because of whatever circumstance? 00:35:31.485 --> 00:35:37.621 If you could do that thing right now, even if it's just a taste of it, do it, do it. 00:35:37.621 --> 00:35:44.141 Life is too short to not try new things, do it. 00:35:45.594 --> 00:35:49.780 And if you want information on how to become a travel consultant, hit me up. 00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:56.079 I will give you the name of the host agency that I'm with. 00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.717 Again, I say that it's amazing. 00:35:57.717 --> 00:36:02.896 There is a monthly fee, or you can pay it quarterly, but it's worth it. 00:36:02.896 --> 00:36:03.958 It's worth it. 00:36:03.958 --> 00:36:07.896 And the commission ain't bad either, y'all, I'm telling you, the commission is not bad. 00:36:07.896 --> 00:36:14.697 The training is awesome and you get to see the inside scoop in this travel industry. 00:36:14.818 --> 00:36:17.362 But yeah, anyway, I'm not going to hold you up. 00:36:17.362 --> 00:36:19.054 This has been long enough as it is. 00:36:19.054 --> 00:36:20.559 I feel like I've rambled through the whole thing. 00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:22.360 But if you have questions, you know how to hit me up. 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.541 Hit me up, y'all. 00:36:23.541 --> 00:36:27.384 I hope that this has inspired you in some kind of way. 00:36:27.384 --> 00:36:33.766 Per usual, I hope it has inspired you and I hope that you'll come back next week for the next episode. 00:36:34.648 --> 00:36:36.992 And if you think of something that you want us to talk about, let me know. 00:36:36.992 --> 00:36:38.373 Oh, oh, oh. 00:36:38.373 --> 00:36:41.978 And before I go, before I let you go, this is the last thing for real. 00:36:41.978 --> 00:36:47.791 For real, if you are a woman and you have a business, hit me up. 00:36:47.791 --> 00:36:56.233 I am going to start listing advertisers for the Charging Station podcast and I want to support women. 00:36:56.233 --> 00:37:07.021 I want to support black women-owned businesses, and it won't be an astronomical fee, because I want to support your business. 00:37:07.021 --> 00:37:16.119 So hit me up, let me know if you're interested and we can get something on the books for you, but in the meantime, please know that I love you. 00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.900 God loves you. 00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:19.036 It ain't nothing you can do about it. 00:37:19.036 --> 00:37:20.775 Boo, until next time. 00:37:20.775 --> 00:37:21.637 Bye.