Finding Home, Beating Burnout, and Traveling With a Dog with Lora Pope (JUMP204)

What happens when a long-term nomadic traveler rescues a dog and decides not to slow down, but to bring him along?

Jackie sits down with travel writer and digital nomad Lora Pope to talk about building a life abroad, navigating burnout, and how one tiny pug named Puglo completely reshaped her journey. From backpacking solo across the world to creating a home base in Mexico, traveling through 16 countries with a dog, and pivoting her business when the travel industry changed overnight, Laura shares the honest highs, lows, and logistics of designing a life that actually feels good.

This conversation is a refreshing look at intuition, reinvention, and how sometimes the thing you didn’t plan for becomes the thing that grounds you the most.

Resources:

• Find and follow Lora and Puglo at @explorewithlora and @adventuresofpuglo
• Visit Lora’s website at ExploreWithLora.com
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