Bacchanal Abroad

Happy New Year, mi gente! Let's kick-off 2021 (I know, technically I'm late buuuut hear me out!) with January's bonus episode on radical self-care. You heard the woman! As Angela Davis said, "anyone who is interested in making a change in the world has to learn how to care for himself, herself, theirselves". You can't pour from an empty cup, and burnout is real. Take some time today after you sign up for the newsletter and work on building a personalised self-care practice using the 10-page Radical Self-Care Guide I created for our Self-care Fridays Newsletter earlier this month. Sign up here to get the guide delivered straight to your email inbox! Join the Newsletter Audio Credits: Radical Self-Care Angela Davis Kerriisms Speaks Music Credits  Cruisin Along (By David Renda) Enjoyed this month's reflection? Why not leave a review?

Welcome to the Bonus Episodes! Once a month join our host Aneakaleigh Neils for a monthly reflection on how to make the most of where you are to get to where you want to be. December's Bonus Episode is all about reflecting on 2020 using one of the activities from this month's Intention Setting Guidebook. Aneakaleigh breaks down how to use the Wheel of Life activity to evaluate how we showed up in eight different categories of our lives this year and questions we can ask as we focus ourselves on setting intentional 2021 goals. Download the activity here: Wheel of Life Join the conversation on Instagram: @thecaribbeanmillennial Music: Cruisin Along (By David Renda)

Welcome to the Bonus Episodes! Once a month join our host Aneakaleigh Neils for a monthly reflection on how to make the most of where you are to get to where you want to be. What's one thing you've been sitting on as you wait for perfection to give you the boost you need to get started? Sorry to say sweetie, but perfect ain't coming... you'll have to start without her! November's Bonus Episode is all about shifting your perspective of what perfection looks so you can make the progress you want to make in your life. Hint: focus more on the journey and less on the destination. Aneakaleigh walks us through how the pandemic and her "progress over perfection" mantra helped her bring one of her main 2020 goals to life. Ps. From now until 2021, Bacchanal Abroad will only be updated once a month for our bonus episodes. It's been a phenomenal year bringing you weekly conversations with Caribbean Millennials from across the diaspora about their travel stories and lives abroad! Thank you for your continued support and look out for new interviews next year! Join us and be part of the conversation & community on Instagram: @thecaribbeanmillennial

When you live abroad, finding different ways to stay connected to your roots often involves reaching out to and building a community with others from across the diaspora. Bacchanal Abroad is a space for us to not only share the realities of what life abroad can look and feel like for Caribbean people, but also help us all stay connected and grounded in our identities while we figure out life in a completely different context. Episode 21 of Bacchanal Abroad was recorded in early July 2020 and features a conversation between four Trinbagonians living abroad. A huge thank you to Jessie for making this possible and bringing us together in this space for such an enlightening conversation on: our individual experiences living abroad during the height of the global pandemic the Black Lives Matter Movement at home and abroad navigating blackness in the USA and so much more! Join the conversation with us on Instagram: @thecaribbeanmillennial

Join Kristen Wiltshire (Trinidad & Tobago) - a veteran Trini in Madrid - on this week's episode from the vaults as she talks about why she created an online community geared towards sharing art and cultural events in the Spanish capital with expats and visitors. Museums can be such an overwhelming experience for those of us who are not so familiar with art history.  Kristen breaks down her favourite museums in the city and across Europe, as well as how you can dip your toes in and make museum outings more palatable on your travels. Since recording this episode back in April 2020, the Madrid Art and Culture Facebook group has grown to over 2600 members! Whenever you're in Madrid, this is your go-to source for daily updates on cultural events & art exhibitions on in the city.

Khadija Stewart (Trinidad and Tobago) is an Environmentalist with many travel adventures to share. On this episode of the Bacchanal Abroad podcast, Khadija walks us through how she has been able to turn a Year 2 UWI Geography project into an ocean of opportunities starting with her blog, Ecovybz. Khadija has a knack for finding fully-funded opportunities to travel on youth programs in the field of Environmental Activism - from Norway to Brazil, Spain, and the UK . This episode is also packed with unique insights into navigating the world of Environmentalism as a young, black, Caribbean woman and the challenges faced when tokenism comes in to play.  Join the conversation with us on Instagram! @ecovybz  @thecaribbeanmillennial

Welcome to the Bonus Episodes! Once a month join our host Aneakaleigh Neils for a monthly reflection on how to make the most of where you are to get to where you want to be. October's Bonus Episode is all about the comfort zone and reflecting on how to push past fear and escape it. Aneakaleigh shares four tips you can turn to when your comfort zone starts feeling less like a place you actually want to be and more like a safety net holding you back from going after your dreams. Join the conversation on Instagram: @thecaribbeanmillennial

How do you feel about travel? Hotels or Hostels? Budget Travel or Luxury Travel? Suitcases or Backpacks? Big city or Small Town? Which one are you?  On this week’s episode of your new favourite travel podcast, Paige Andrew (Trinidad and Tobago/Grenada) recounts her lahhays through Colombia, Mozambique, Bali, and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil to help add to the different perspectives of what travel can look like for Caribbean travellers.  Paige is a Fulbright Scholar who first studied abroad at UWI Mona for her undergraduate degree and then went on to receive her Masters in Ohio, USA.  Continue the conversation with us on Instagram: @lahhaytravels @thecaribbeanmillennial

Apryll Williams (Jamaica) is on this week's episode of the show to share her lessons from her first year living in Jaén, Spain on the BEDA Porgram. Apryll and Aneakaleigh talk living outside of your comfort zone, budgeting your money and your time to make the most of your experience, and all the things you might not have considered as you look into your move abroad options. Apryll creates travel and move abroad content on her YouTube channel to highlight her personal experiences as a Caribbean Millennial abroad. Our host, Aneakaleigh Neils, is a recent guest on her channel so go take a look at the latest video for more practical lessons from her five years abroad! Is Living Abroad Worth It? Join us for more conversations on Instagram: @thecaribbeanmillennial  @apryll_wil 

Meet Cinnamon - a Chevening Scholar on a mission to help more Caribbean Millennials successfully claim fully-funded scholarships available through the annual Chevening Scholarship! This week's episode is for you if you are considering pursuing your Masters abroad - tune in to find out everything you need to know about applying for a Chevening Scholarship, what to expect throughout the application process, and how to make the most of such an amazing opportunity!  Ps. The 2020/2021 Chevening application period is now open! Join the conversation with us on Instagram! @thecaribbeanmillennial @ontheroadwithcinn