There is something magical that happens when you sit with someone who has lived adventure as both an inner and outer journey. My conversation with Melissa Rodway brought me right back to why I love exploring the heart of travel. It is not only about the places we go. It is about the inner shifts, awakenings, and quiet truths that rise up when we let ourselves be present to what the road is teaching us.

Melissa is an author, journalist, and former host of Fly Travel Radio. In today’s preview, she shares how her relationship with travel has changed as she has grown and how purpose found her on a long eco luxury trip fifteen years ago. What began as simple emails eventually became the start of her book. We touched on travel fatigue, travel judgment, creativity, and the honest moments in between that shape who we become as travelers and as people.

This short preview is just a taste of what is coming later this week. We saved the deeper stories for Wednesday's full episode including an unforgettable encounter she had on the road and the new adventures she is dreaming into. If you love conversations that explore travel, humor, reinvention, and the paradox of finding yourself through movement, you will want to come back for the full interview.

A couple of reflections to carry with you

• Travel changes as we change and each season of life invites a new way of exploring
• Purpose often finds us in quiet moments when we least expect it

Where to find Melissa

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fly_travel_media
• Website: https://www.flyrodway.com
• Podcast Archive: https://on.soundcloud.com/bLhpxbhiQRk0J0mTWW
• The People You Meet book: https://a.co/d/6PCUKN4

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As the year comes to a close, I wanted to pause and say thank you.

This episode highlights the top ten conversations from our 2025 podcast year. These are the episodes that resonated most deeply with our listeners and stayed with me long after the mic was turned off. Each guest offered a reminder that the adventure is not something we arrive at later. It is happening now, in real life, in the middle of our days.

I am deeply grateful for these conversations and for the people behind them. They met us in the paradox of everyday life, holding responsibility and freedom, effort and surrender, caregiving, creativity, recovery, leadership, and our connection with animals and nature.

Below are the guests, their episodes, and the work they are sharing in the world.

Top 10 Guests of 2025

05:31 Arwen Becker
Episode link: https://rb.gy/0mm44s
She Handled It Book: https://a.co/d/2MZBPuH

13:16 Beth Mills and Robey NeJame
Episode link: https://shorturl.at/JpITJ

16:52 Cathy Heller
Episode link: https://shorturl.at/xfBkE
Abundant Ever After Book: https://a.co/d/7YU7fPU

23:13 Dana Hunter Fradella
Episode link: https://shorturl.at/FC23a
Girls Who Recover Podcast: https://shorturl.at/f6GVf

27:38 Heidi Johanningmeier
Episode link: https://bit.ly/48KcEgh
A Mother’s Mission Book: https://a.co/d/9xwIwNj

30:45 Kathy Pike
Episode link: https://bit.ly/4q8VC1c
Academy for Coaching with Horses: https://tr.ee/LIjVHKg4zq

37:41 Kim McElroy
Episode link: https://bit.ly/4s5qmSt

46:52 Natalie Tackett
Episode link: https://bit.ly/4aUxhYn

50:05 Sherle Stevens

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Spending time with Karen Wickerson feels like opening a quiet doorway into the wisdom of the animals who walk beside us. Karen is an animal telepath, a former clinical counselor, and the author of Listen to Your Animals: They Know More Than You Think. Her connection to animals began when she was three years old and realized she could communicate with them. As she grew older, she learned to silence that gift because the people around her didn’t understand it, until her soul eventually pulled her back toward the work she was meant to do.

Karen shares how she reached a point in her counseling career where she knew she was “about to hit the wall” and feared she might make a severe mistake with a family. That moment pushed her to plan her exit and step toward a life that aligned with her true calling. It led her to a trek to Mount Everest base camp with asthma and only 70 percent lung capacity, a journey that taught her the power of moving forward even half an inch at a time.

We explore how she connects with animals across distance, how she reads their unique energy signatures, and what she has learned about their emotional worlds. Karen describes what really happens when animals cross over and how they often explain it as simply taking off a coat they no longer need. She also shares stories about grief, soul agreements, and the ways animals guide their humans through important life decisions.

Karen’s work is a reminder that our animals are not just pets. They are teachers, companions, and wise, sentient beings who understand far more than we often realize.

Key Reflections

• Animals communicate through energy, emotion and intention.
• Our relationships with them are true partnerships that often stretch across lifetimes.
• When an animal passes, its essence remains connected to us.
• The choices we make at the end of their life are guided and never wrong.

Links and Resources

• Karen’s website: https://karenwickerson.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenwickersonanimaltelepath/
• Karen's Book:

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