Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design

After exploring the world and embracing adventure often in my teens and twenties, I realized the shift to motherhood and a professional career was threatening the amount of adventure that showed up in my life. I responded by reframing the destination to a journey. In designing a life of adventure we nurtured the creation of new experiences, challenged the status quo, and tested our risk tolerance. 10 years and 3 children later, these intentional family adventures were far greater than any destination. These simple and authentic adventure experiences had a noticeable impact on every member in the family. Adventure is an ingredient in our lives that allows everyone to connect deeper and show up as their authentic selves.The quest for the summit requires support from a tribe of helpers, a noble force of goodness and strength known as Sherpas. They push each person toward their summit and celebrate peaks and pits together. This mighty crew of listeners and the community we are formi

Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design is a education podcast hosted by Heidi Dusek, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Heidi Dusek hosts Ordinary Sherpa: Family Adventure Coaching and Design, a education show with 100 episodes published.

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  137 | Moving abroad with the Appino Family

  Mar 12, 202535 minS0

  <p >Welcome to Ordinary Sherpa, the podcast dedicated to helping families embrace adventure, challenge the status quo, and design a life that aligns with their values. I’m your host, Heidi Dusek, and today, we’re diving into a topic that’s both exhilarating and daunting—moving abroad with your family. </p> <p >After years of exploring the U.S. and traveling the world, today’s guest, Jon, and his family found themselves craving something deeper than just another trip. What if, instead of just visiting a place, you actually lived there? What if you intentionally chose a location based on the peop...

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  136 | International Gap Year with Teens via the_Axplorers

  Oct 16, 202452 minS0

  <p >I didn’t know the concept of a gap year was available to me.  As a mom in my 40’s with 3 school aged kids I thought I missed out.  There weren’t many examples of families taking a mid-life break from professional careers and taking kids out of school to travel. The examples I had found were existing entrepreneurs and homeschool families.  We were entrenched in daily life with activities, work and school schedules that required us to be placed-based.  A family gap year meant a complete disruption from what we had to where we wanted to go. Throughout our advent...

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  135 | Building a Business that Supports Your Lifestyle with Jacque Hopkins

  Sep 11, 202452 minS0

  <p >Much like our guest today, my motivation for pursuing gap year life was not that I hated my job.  I just had a vision for something bigger and a window of opportunity with my kids that seemed like it might be closing.  When we started to get really serious about Gap Year Life it was pretty obvious that our life didn’t cost that much.  I didn’t need to build a business to replace our salaries, we simply needed enough of a runway to support an extended break.  Sometimes when pursuing the alternate path, it can feel like all or n...

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  134 | Lessons from 466 days of Travel

  Jun 11, 202436 minS0

  <p>In this episode, we explore our family's transformative journey of 466 days of travel and the lessons we learned along the way. Discover how our gap year experience reshaped our outlook on life and home. Tune in to hear about cultivating a home filled with adventure, self-directed learning, and the joys of living with less while gaining more.</p> <p>Website for this episode: https://ordinarysherpa.com/134</p> <p>Subscribe to the email list to follow updates on their travel memoir style book:  https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/</p> <p>Email Heidi for questions you have about gap year or to i...

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  133 | International Teaching Lifestyle Decisions with Kids (Christine & David)

  Feb 7, 20241h 8mS0

  <p >Our guests today are parents we met at a playground in Alaska.  Our lives intersect through many similar interests and after a 2+ hour parking lot conversation, some time together geocaching, a beach day with swimmers itch and swapping favorite RV stories I decided it would be great to continue the conversation on the podcast. Christine and David  vistit their Alaska roots each summer but align with International Teaching community.  With previous placements in Jamaica, China and Guatemala and the unique decisions and lessons that accompanied each stage.   Join us as we talk through how they navigate us through their adven...

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