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Moving Along

Moving Along

De: Christi Cassidy
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Moving Along explores travel, relocation and life transitions. Christi Cassidy shares stories of people who packed up and left--either by necessity or choice; advice from experts in organization, budgeting and moving; and tips on making your life transition a positive new adventure.Christine Cassidy LLC Biografías y Memorias Ciencias Sociales Escritos y Comentarios sobre Viajes
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  • Hiking and House-Sitting - Reimagining Life After 50 with Belinda Coker

    Hiking and House-Sitting - Reimagining Life After 50 with Belinda Coker
    Apr 2 2026

    Belinda Coker (SoulTreader.com), a New Zealand-born Australian currently based in the UK, redefined her life through hiking and travel. Her mission is to get women over 50 outdoors and into the wilderness.

    Belinda recounts early solo overland travel through Southeast Asia and India, volunteering on a solar power project in Ladakh, later working in Japan, and eventually entering corporate life and raising three children.

    During the 2020 pandemic she realized she’d lost her adventurous self, bought hiking boots, joined a Meetup hike with very fit older hikers, and committed to maintaining health and adventure while advocating for trail safety, proper gear, and group hiking.

    She describes a recent near-hypothermia incident on the Canary Islands GR131 when unexpected cold rain and cloud cover forced an emergency exit. She also discusses Europe’s hut-to-hut culture versus wild camping, New Zealand’s extensive trails and huts, and her post-corporate house-sitting work via The House Sitting Collective, including a listener discount code HSTRAVEL.

    00:00 Moving Along - ep. 36 - Belinda Coker

    00:21 Introduction to Belinda Coker

    03:08 The Big OE - Overseas Experience - from Tauranga, New Zealand

    06:07 India and Volunteering on the Solar Power Project in Ladakh

    06:50 From India Home to Australia

    08:04 Look in the Mirror

    09:37 One Hike Was All It Took

    11:25 Hiking: Where to Start

    13:24 Buying Your First Pair of Hiking Boots

    14:46 Near-Death Experience in the Canary Islands

    21:10 Free Resource about Safety for Hikers

    22:05 Hut-to-Hut, Inn-to-Inn Hiking

    23:43 Hut Culture

    25:06 Getting into the Wilderness for Women

    27:13  House-Sitting

    31:56 Benefits of House-Sitting

    34:36 The House Sitting Collective - Special Promo Code for Listeners

    Contact Belinda Coker:

    Soul Treader – Belinda’s website

    https://soultreader.com/

    https://soultreader.com/hike-it-right/

    (Hike It Right. - Free Resource - 78 Pages of Health, Safety & Hygiene on the Trail)

    The House Sitting Collective

    https://housesittingcollective.com/

    Discount Code for 10% off all House Sitting Courses - HSTRAVEL

    CREDITS

    Host and creator: Christi Cassidy

    Contact: christi@movingalongpodcast.com

    Artwork by Phyllis Busell

    Music by Eve’s Blue.

    Post-production help from Auphonic.com.

    Show notes written with assistance from Descript and Claude.ai.

    LINKS:

    More information and to listen to past episodes: https://movingalongpodcast.com

    Past episodes are here too: https://moving-along.simplecast.com/

    Tag and like Moving Along episodes on Facebook and Instagram
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    35 m
  • Bridging Political Divides with Artist David Deighton

    Bridging Political Divides with Artist David Deighton
    Mar 12 2026

    Artist David Deighton was born in Paris and began traveling Europe and the world at age 14. After years of nomadic exploration, he and his wife decided to settle down in Santa Fe in the Southwest United States.

    He installs his unconventional “art experiment,” called Triptych Dialogue, in national parks across the United States and beyond. It is part of his mission to rekindle social connections face-to-face, to seek civility and to resist the digital echo chamber.

    In fact, he first tried the experiment of bridging the political divide using social media. Not only was it an uncivil arena, he was “shadow banned” and even received death threats from across the boundaries he was trying to cross.

    That’s when he knew the only way to find common ground was through words, and in person, by asking three questions and listening. He admits that even starting the conversations is not easy, even with the tool of a microphone in hand.

    Each conversation ends with a question about “one word” that represents and encapsulates the participant’s thoughts in the interview. It is these words that form a kind of lyrical underpinning to the videos and to the project itself.

    David posts videos on YouTube of his interactions with strangers at the Triptych Dialogue art installations. At the national parks, David asks his three questions of Americans visiting and tourists from around the world, who are drawn to the beauty of the national parks, particularly the Grand Canyon.

    Fans of the New Mexico landscape will appreciate David’s ventures to Pecos National Historical Park, White Sands National Park, Carlsbad Caverns and even the Roswell Courthouse.

    David also substitute teaches in the Santa Fe public school system and discusses his successful use of the same technique--three questions followed by the "one word" capper--with his students.

    When we spoke, David was on his way to Colombia to take the Triptych Dialogue art experiment to another continent and see what civility he could find there.

    To see the yearlong social media experiment David ran, check out Triptych Dialogue on Instagram:

    instagram.com/triptych_dialogue

    To see the ongoing Triptych Dialogue videos, check out YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@triptych-dialogue

    More about Servas: https://servas.org/

    Contact David Deighton

    YouTube:

    https://www.youtube.com/@triptych-dialogue

    CREDITS

    Host and creator: Christi Cassidy

    Contact: christi@movingalongpodcast.com

    Artwork by Phyllis Busell

    Music by Eve’s Blue.

    Post-production help from Auphonic.com.

    Show notes written with assistance from Descript and Claude.ai.

    LINKS:

    More information and to listen to past episodes: https://movingalongpodcast.com

    Past episodes are here too: https://moving-along.simplecast.com/

    Tag and like Moving Along episodes on Facebook and Instagram
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    29 m
  • Culture Shock and Awe: Going Beyond Tourism with Renae Ninneman

    Culture Shock and Awe: Going Beyond Tourism with Renae Ninneman
    Feb 19 2026
    Renae Ninneman, founder of Beyond Tourism (goingbeyondtourism.com), helps travelers prepare culturally for international travel and moving abroad. Born in a Dutch enclave in western Michigan, Renae explains how living in Seoul, South Korea for a year teaching English without cultural preparation led her to focus on “below the iceberg” cultural expectations. Travelers often dismiss discomfort as “it’s the culture,” Renae says, instead of naming and exploring what’s happening and seeking a human connection. Stereotyping and ethnocentrism often play a role. Renae contrasts differing expressions of kindness and friendliness in the U.S. compared with Germany and Latvia, and direct versus indirect communication, describing her approach as a mix of research and experience. She earned certification in the Cultural Intelligence Model (with four CQ dimensions, including CQ strategy for preparation and in-the-moment awareness and follow-up reflection). The conversation touches on travel for missionary work, her parents’ initial opposition to South Korea and their later visits. She advises travelers to start with self-reflection on their own cultural values, then identify differences in others and, finally, to adapt behavior, noting that “kindness” does not always translate across cultures. Renae shares some revealing stories of her own learning process, including a humiliating workplace gaff while she was working in the U.S. on refugee resettlement and the damage her collegial relationship suffered because of it. Nearly arrested for jaywalking, she recounts a frightening incident in South Korea where she was confronted by a stranger, police were called, and she narrowly escaped what could have been a dire situation. Timestamps 00:00 Moving Along 00:35 Introduction to Renae Ninneman 01:00 Beyond Tourism 02:16 Teaching English in South Korea 04:06 Cross-Cultural Disconnects 08:42 The Cultural Intelligence Model - Cultural Intelligence as a Skill 10:58 Cultural Intelligence Skills for Business Travel 12:25 Growing Up in Western Michigan's Dutch Community 14:38 Learning the Language 15:32 Cross-Cultural Competence and the Most Humiliating Moment 20:11 When Being Direct Has Its Advantages 20:57 Direct and Indirect Communication Styles 22:45 Where to Start When Preparing to Travel or Move to Another Country 27:16 Kindness as a Universal Language? 29:22 Almost Arrested in Korea 35:15 Contact Renae and Going Beyond Tourism Resources Beyond Tourism https://goingbeyondtourism.com The Cultural Intelligence Center, https://culturalq.com/ The Culture Factor Group, Helsinki, https://www.theculturefactor.com/ Geert Hofstede (1928 – 2020), https://geerthofstede.com/ Erin Meyer, The Culture Map David Livermore, Digital and Divided Contract Renae Ninneman, founder of Beyond Tourism: renae@goingbeyondtourism.com CREDITSHost and creator: Christi CassidyContact: christi@movingalongpodcast.comArtwork by Phyllis BusellMusic by Eve’s Blue. Post-production help from Auphonic.com.Show notes written with assistance from Descript and Claude.ai. LINKS:More information and to listen to past episodes: https://movingalongpodcast.comPast episodes are here too: https://moving-along.simplecast.com/Tag and like Moving Along episodes on Facebook and Instagram
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    37 m
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