Episode 222 - Special Episode: Women’s History Month
In this special episode of Soul of Travel, Season 6: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine shares a soulful celebration, update and wisdom for Women’s History Month.
Join Christine for this special celebration of Women’s History Month! In this soulful episode, Christine shares…
· Wisdom from Beth Santos, founder of Wanderful and author of Wander Woman
· Celebrations from our incredible Soul of Travel listener and guest community
· Soul of Travel BEYOND, our new subscription platform
· Wisdom, inspiration, and upcoming insights into the growth of Soul of Travel
If you are new to the Soul of Travel community, we extend a warm welcome to you and would love to introduce the host, creator, and connector extraordinaire, Christine Winebrenner Irick.
Christine launched the Soul of Travel Podcast in 2021, and since has passionately educated and inspired listeners to embrace mindful travel and celebrate women making a positive and revolutionary impact in travel and tourism. Named one of "2023's Most Influential Women in Travel" by TravelPulse, her commitment to transformational travel and gender equity is evident in every episode, with her podcast earning a prestigious Bessie Award from Wanderful in 2022. Her belief that travel combined with meaningful connections can transform travelers into agents of change has led her to interview over 100 women from various countries who are creating positive global impact.
Christine also creates and guides transformational journeys to support gender equity, extending her influence beyond podcasting to champion purposeful travel and positive impact for women+. A mother of three daughters, she balances her professional passion with family exploration and finds joy in simple pleasures like reading and spending time in nature, drawing from her Montana roots. Through both her podcast and Lotus Sojourns, Christine has created an inclusive platform that amplifies diverse voices in tourism, consistently advocating for a more equitable and mindful approach to global exploration that inspires her audience to become conscious, compassionate travelers.
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Beyond celebrating Beth’s one year anniversary of WanderWoman, we’d love to take a few minutes to acknowledge what some of the other women in the Soul of Travel Community are up to recently!
Carolyn Ray, Owner and CEO of JourneyWoman, together with Lola Akinmade, celebrated author and photographer, TEDx Speaker and Founder of Geotraveler Media recently collaborated and released JourneyWoman’s book Never Too Late - How Women Travelers 50+ Are Making the Rules. This first volume entitled SEEKERS features women over 50 from around the world, and the forward was written by another Soul of Travel guest, Norie Quintos. You can find the book here. I’d also like to add that you can pre-order Lola’s next fiction book, Bitter Honey, which will be released this fall.
Yulia Denisyuk, Award-Winning Storyteller, Travel Journalist, Writer, Photographer & Filmmaker, Storytelling Speaker & Educator, Founder, Travel Media Lab and Host of Going Places wrote a piece that was recently included in Time Magazine’s Annual World’s Greatest Places List. This year her documentary, "The Story of Abdul Raouf," won a Telly Award.
Alessandra Alonso, award-winning Founder of WIT CIC & IWTTF added TEDx speaker to her list of accomplishments. Her talk was titled "Tour Guiding as a Catalyst for a Peaceful World." You can join Alessandra for my favorite industry event of the year, IWTTF this June 18 and 19 in London.
Jen Ruiz, award-winning author and travel journalist, TEDx Speaker and founder of Jen of an Jet Plane has spent the year sharing her book, 12 Trips in 12 Months and recently celebrated doubling the typical travel memoir lifetime sales in just 6 months and is currently putting pen to paper to get her first draft of her next book to her publisher!
Kellie Kimple is the CEO of Adventures in Good Company, which was named #2 Best Women’s Travel Club in Newsweek’s Readers' Choice Awards; it is their second year being recognized in the top 3.
Becki Rupp, Health coach, Personal Adventure trainer and founder of Trailblazer Wellness upleveled her business and now offers you complete training packages designed to help get you ready for your dream adventure on trips like the Camino, Inca Trail and Kilimanjaro. If you are headed somewhere else or want one-on-one custom coaching, she’s available for that too!
Alice Morrison, Explorer, TV Presenter, Journalist, Best-selling Author, and Speaker recently completed the first leg of her north to south walk across Saudi Arabia, a 2,500 km journey, the entirety of which is expected to take 5 months to complete. Alice is a nominee for the Bessie Award - Lifetime Achievement - presented by JourneyWoman™ which will be announced at WITS in May in New York. Her story is also included in JourneyWoman’s Never Too Late eBook.
Jalisa Whitley is the Founder of BOOKED Trips, an immersive book-inspired travel company. Jalisa translates stories into physical space through curated, immersive travel experiences that connect women through a shared love for storytelling. Today I am celebrating her Maya Angelou Travel Scholarship, given to two women of color. These recipients were announced this week and will receive scholarships up to $5,000 toward selected trips.
Soul of Travel is also proud to support Michael Bennett, Co-Founder of Explorer X in promoting their Hero Travel Fund, which will be announcing the recipient of a $10,000 award toward a trip of a lifetime. This award is designed to honor individuals who are heroes in their communities — those who dedicate their lives to making a positive impact in the world.
Vanessa Karel, Founder of Greether, won Startup of the Year at World Travel Market (WTM) London and was recently featured in a Forbes article that highlights how tech startups are changing travel for good. She’s accomplished so much with Greether, this is honestly just the shortlist.
Vincie Ho, Founder and Executive Director at RISE Travel Institute was recently featured in a New York Times article highlighting travel trends for 2025 and recently launched the e-book, Pathways to Equity: RISE Travel Institute’s Decolonial Guide to Travel for the Conscious Traveler.
Alice Ford is a stuntwoman in Hollywood blockbusters and the host and creator of the TV show "Alice's Adventures on Earth on KSPS for PBS. She also creates travel videos for her award-winning YouTube channel @AliceFordAdventures. Last year, she published her book “10 Steps to Happiness”, and recently received the NATJA Excellence Award in Travel Journalism.
Amina Mohamed, Founder and Executive Director of Cameras for Girls is an author, speaker and ethical photographer. She has been a Vital Voices Fellow and Vital Voices Leadership Fellow and received the Estee Lauder Beautiful Forces Grant, allowing Amina to expand her flagship program from 15 to 75 women who will receive a camera to keep and join the Cameras for Girls curriculum, teaching them photography, ethical storytelling and business skills. Amina is currently in Uganda running Cohort 5 of this program.
Kellie Lewis, CEO of Damesly, Founder and former Director of Women’s Travel Fest stepped into another role this year as CEO of The Wine Spa in Portland OR, bringing another incredible vision to life. The Wine Spa is the first of its kind in the US, and it was recently included in Time’s World’s Greatest Places of 2025 list!
We could share endless recognitions for these groundbreaking women. We am so proud of all they have accomplished and of how they move women forward in the industry, share their wisdom, and support equity around the world!
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Soul of Travel Episode 222 Transcript
Women’s travel, transformational travel, sustainable travel, women leaders in travel, social entrepreneurship
Hey listeners, it's Christine joining you today for a solo episode to wrap up Women's History Month. What a ride this month has been on so many levels. I know I've mentioned this in past years, but I always pause when looking at how to attack this month focused on celebrating women. I always want to do more and take on more.
Then I find myself falling short because. Well, I'm just me. As I begin to reflect, I find myself realizing I spend my energy on amplifying women all year long, and I don't really need a special month for a focused ad campaign or targeted newsletter, so I decide to let myself off the hook a bit. This march has been a particular struggle.
As I kicked off the month on the first with a migraine or series of migraines that really has persisted until today with only some reprieve. So maybe this is my body's way of saying I'm doing enough, or perhaps even too much already. If you have listened to the last two episodes of the podcast. You'll know that my dear friend and brave podcast producer totally stepped up for me.
Thank you, Carly Eduardo, for stepping in and recording the episode introductions so that those episodes could go out as scheduled and so that you. My listener can enjoy each of them. In this episode, I wanna share a little bit more about our new subscription platform, soul of Travel Beyond. I want to celebrate some of the successes of the amazing Soul of travel, guests and community.
Share some wisdom and let you know what you'll be hearing from us in the coming months. Thank you so much for spending this time with me today and always. Let's begin with beyond. Over the past four years, many of you have asked for exclusive access to premium content. Maybe not in those words, but asking for more, asking for additional content, and asking for community.
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Your support will not only enhance your travel experience, but it also enables us to continue creating impactful and inspiring content for listeners like you. As I was thinking about this episode, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Beth Santos, founder and CEO of Wonderful and author of Wonder Woman.
We talked last year, just before International Women's Day to share about the launch of her book, wonder Woman. Which is celebrating its first birthday. Congratulations, Beth. She and I dug into the space of how we can navigate these months that can feel complex. I thought I would share her wisdom with all of you.
Here again today, if you'd like to hear this full conversation, you can head back to episode 1 71.
we're recording this episode a day before International Women's Day, so this is, um, you know, a great timing for us, but also this is a moment when we kind of feel the weight of this week and this month. And, you know, as I mentioned, being women that are really focusing on creating spaces for women and gender equity.
Like we can feel a huge struggle with how to show up right now. And I, again, I feel like I've read posts that, you know, that you have kind of wrestled with this as well. And for me right now, I'm coming off of a year of having some kind of weird health issues. And then last month I had like everything that my kids decided to bring home from the Petri dish of school.
And all of a sudden it's February or it's March and. You know, it's, it's time to be doing all these things that we need to do to get the word out for International Women's Day, for Women's History Month. And I just was thinking like, how much does it honor what I'm trying to say, to be giving a hundred per 110% right now?
And speaking as loud as possible, because this is when people are primed to listen. And how much does that kind of support the actual need to have a month where we're focusing on the fact that women's voices need to be heard and, and I wrestle with this for Black History Month, I wrestle with this for, for every space.
Like I feel like if we are who we are, who we say we are, we're actually doing this all of the time. Right? Mm-hmm. And, and again, back to LinkedIn, you just made a great post about this, about like what we can be doing 12 months of the year, but I wanted to talk to you, how do you. How do you kind of wrap yourself around this struggle?
'cause I'm sure you feel it too, like there's, yeah, there's such a, again, like an emotional dissonance here of like, what's the right thing to do in this, in this space. It's such an interesting paradox. I think that like Women's History month is the time when we are putting the most strain on the shoulders of women.
Same with Black History Month, as you were saying. Like, that is the time when we're expecting the most like mental and emotional labor from black people. Like, you know, I think that is a challenge. And on the one hand, you know, you're, you're trying to speak out at a time when people are listening and I think that's.
That's at the end of the day, kind of like my primary thought. I actually, actually, we, to be totally honest with you, we rescheduled, and I put this in my post. We rescheduled the book launch to March because of Women's History Month. You know, it was originally January. Moved it. The publisher moved it to April when she found out I was pregnant.
And they were like, we're gonna give you three months. And then I said, no, let's push it back to March. Because March is women's history month and March is when people are listening and they're looking for opportunities to talk about women. And the book will give them an opportunity to do that. So like, I absolutely like used the system because like it or not, in March, people are reaching out and they're like, oh yeah, women, huh?
We don't have an article about that crap. Where should we go? You know? And like they're looking for stuff. So, so I think on the one hand it is great to, to take that energy. It's great that there is energy. Like that's lovely. But I think on the other hand, it puts so much work onto the shoulders of women who are like, okay, this is the one time of year everybody's listening to me, so what do I have to say?
What's like my big thing? What's the important thing that I need to say right now in this moment? 'cause I'm not gonna have another moment. And so the post that I had posted was. Yeah, it was kind of like, I don't think, and again, this is all personal opinion, I don't think having, I know some people are like, oh, you know, forget these, like Women history month, that's stupid because we should be celebrating women all year.
I agree. But I also think that we're just busy people that forget a lot of stuff and we're fickle and we just forget. And I think if we, instead of being like, this is my month to talk about women, maybe we make it more internal. We think like, okay, this is my month to consider. What am I doing for women?
Like this is my month to think about it. I'm gonna give myself the month to reflect on it throughout the rest of the year. I'm gonna implement those things. But this is my time to like, to measure up, you know, and to be like, how many women have I hired? What's the diversity of the women on my, you know, C-suite?
Um, how many women in my amplifying in my work, am I going to women own businesses, et cetera. Like if everyone could just take. 10 minutes to think about that and then map out a plan for the rest of the year. Okay, this is how, this is my hiring plan for women going forward. This is how I'm going to, you know, buy for more women.
Like this is, these are the articles I'm gonna read, whatever. I'm gonna follow like a hundred women so that my feed has more women in it from now on, on social, whatever it is. Like, I think that that would be great. Can we have like reminder moments? You know, but then let's make sure we're carrying it on through the year.
So, you know, I do think that as, as advocates, we are opting in in some ways and just like I am saying, Hey, I'm here to talk about women. So I realize that during women's history month I'm gonna get a little bit busier. That's, that's okay with me, that's part of my job. Um, but I wanna make sure that we're really thinking this through and it's not just.
You know, I don't wanna say performative. I feel like that word is actually overused sometimes now, but like, not performative in the sense of not just being like, let's check the box of do the women's thing and move on. Let's use this as a minute to all check in and say, what are we actually doing all year long for women?
So that March is our reflection time, but the, the whole year is the time that we're implementing and executing. As always, I am grateful for Beth's leadership. And Friendship Beyond celebrating her one year anniversary of Wonder Woman. I'd love to take a few minutes to acknowledge what some of the other women in the soul of Travel community have been up to recently. First off, I'd love to celebrate Carolyn Ray, owner and CEO of Journey Woman, who together with Lola Akin Mare celebrated author, photographer, TEDx, speaker and founder of Geo Traveler Media.
Recently collaborated and released Journey Women's Book Never Too Late, how Women Travelers 50 Plus Are Making the Rules. This first volume entitled Seekers features Women over 50 from Around the World and The Forward was written by another Soul of Travel guest, Nori Quintos. You can find the book on Journey Women's website and I'll share the link in my show notes.
I'd also like to add that you can pre-order Lola's next fiction book, bitter Honey, which will be released this fall. Next up. Yulia Dennis Yo, award-winning storyteller, travel journalist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, educator and founder of Travel Media Lab and host of going places. Wrote a piece that was recently included in Time Magazine's, annual World's Greatest Place List, and last year her documentary, the Story of Abdul Ralph Won Elli Award.
I'd like to take time to celebrate Alessandra Alonzo Award-winning founder of Women in Travel, CIC and I-W-T-T-F, added TEDx speaker to her list of accomplishments. Her talk was titled Tour Guiding as a Catalyst for a Peaceful World. You can join Alessandra for my favorite industry event of the year I-W-T-T-F, this June 18th and 19th in London.
Next up is Jen Ruiz. Award-winning author and travel journalist, TEDx speaker and founder of Jen on a jet plane. She has spent the year sharing her book 12 trips in 12 months, and recently celebrated doubling the typical travel memoir lifetime sales in just six months, and she is currently putting pen to paper to get her first draft of her next book to her publisher.
Next I'd like to recognize Kelly Kimmel, who is the CEO of Adventures in Good Company, which was named the number two Best Women's Travel Club in the Newsweek's Readers Choice Awards, and it is the second year being recognized in the top three. I'd like to celebrate Becky Rupp health coach, personal trainer and founder of Trailblazer Wellness, who upleveled her business and now offers you complete training packages designed to help you get ready for your dream adventures on trips like the Camino Inca Trail and Kilimanjaro.
If you are headed somewhere else or want one-on-one custom coaching, she is available for that. Two. Next, I'd love to acknowledge the accomplishments of Alice Morrison Explorer, TV presenter, journalist, bestselling author, and speaker who recently completed the first leg of her north to South walk across Saudi Arabia, a 2,500 kilometer journey, the entirety of which is expected to take five months to complete.
Alice is also nominated for a Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement presented by Journey Woman, which will be announced at WITS in May in New York. Her story is also included in Journey Woman's Never Too Late ebook. Jalisa Whitley is the founder of Book Trips, an immersive book inspired travel company.
Where Jalisa translates stories into physical space through curated immersive travel experiences that connect women through a shared love for storytelling. Today I'm celebrating her Maya Angelou Travel Scholarship given to two women of color, and these recipients were announced this week and will receive a scholarship up to $5,000 towards selected trips.
Soul of Travel is also proud to support Michael Bennett at Explorer X in promoting their hero travel fund, which will offer $10,000 towards a trip of a lifetime. This annual award is designed to honor individuals who are heroes in their communities, those who dedicate their lives to making a positive impact in the world.
Okay, I just have a few more. Next is Vanessa Carroll. Greet her won Startup of the Year at World Travel Market in London, and she was recently featured in a Forbes article that highlights how tech startups are changing travel for good. She's accomplished so much with greet her. This is honestly just the short list.
My next celebration goes out to Vince Ho, founder and executive director at Rise Travel Institute, which was recently featured in a New York Times article highlighting travel trends for 2025. And I'd like to share about the launch of RISE's ebook pathways to equity rise Travel Institute's Decolonial Guide to Travel for the Conscious Traveler.
Alice Ford is a stunt woman in Hollywood blockbusters and the host and creator of the TV show, Alice's Adventures On Earth on KSPS for PBS. She also creates travel videos for her award-winning travel YouTube channel at Alice Ford Adventures. Last year, she published 10 Steps to Happiness and recently received the N-A-T-J-A Excellence Award in travel journalism.
Okay, two more to go. I'm very excited to celebrate Amina Mohammad, founder and executive director of Cameras for Girls. She's an author, speaker, and ethical photographer. She has been a part of Vital Voices Fellow and Vital Voices Leadership Fellow, and received the Estee Lauder Beautiful Forces Grant, allowing Amina to expand her flagship program F from 15 to 75, women who will receive a camera and join cameras for girls curriculum, teaching them photography, ethical storytelling and business skills.
And Amina is currently in Uganda running cohort five of this program. Lastly, I'm here to celebrate Kelly Lewis, CEO of Dames Lee, founder and former director of Women's Travel Fest, who stepped into another role this year as CEO of the Wine Spa in Portland, Oregon, bringing another incredible vision to life.
The Wine Spa is the first of its kind in the US and was recently included in Times World's Greatest Places of 2025 List. Be sure to visit our website for links and more information. I could share endless recognitions for these groundbreaking women. I am so proud of all they have accomplished and how they move women forward in the industry, share their wisdom and support equity around the world.
Now I want to share a bit about what will be happening here on the podcast in the next few months. Before I do, I'd like to mention that we are still looking for supporters of the show. This could be advertising on the podcast. Creating a special series to promote your industry event. You can look at my collaboration with women in travel, CIC for I-W-T-T-F for inspiration.
It might be interviews with inspiring women in your destination or company, including guides, local leaders and your own women leaders. I love offering these collaborations which allow you to take the time to tell a richer story of your company, organization, or destination. You can email me directly at Soul of Travel podcast@gmail.com.
I have several series that I would love to offer, but I am looking for sponsors for these, including a series featuring alum of women's work, another I-W-T-T-F series promoting their upcoming event and a special series I have been waiting to run that I'd like to offer in June entitled. Everybody belongs outdoors where I plan to speak with leaders supporting inclusivity in the outdoor and adventure travel industry.
So if any of this resonates with you, again, reach out. These are great opportunities to show your values for your brand and to support this innovation in the industry. Okay, on to what is next. April will be a listener's favorites, replay of episodes. Our listeners love with special introductions from a few of these listeners.
I'm grateful for this series which will give me a little space to continue to heal from this latest round of migraines, which has been incredibly draining for me. It will also give you listeners a chance to share what you love about the podcast. If you would like to share your favorite episode, you can reach out to me by DM on Instagram or message me on LinkedIn or by email, and you can find all of these links of how to connect in the show notes.
In May. We are featuring a return to Soul of travel. In which I'll speak with past guests who have made great strides and considerable impacts since they last appeared on the podcast. I cannot wait to share these stories with you. As I mentioned in June, I would love to offer the special series everybody belongs outdoors.
I have a few great guests on the list and I think this is a perfect opportunity for a brand to share the values and support this conversation. July will either be a series of summer shorts. Or soulful replays so that my producer and I can take a little break and she can set off on a grand adventure of her own with her family.
From there, we'll see where the magic takes us. Before I wrap up, I wanna take a moment to thank some of the people who have supported me and the podcast through by me a coffee. Thank you so much to Erica Sheen, Vanessa Carroll, Nori Quintos, Eleanor Fish, Vince Ho, Kelly Kimmel, Kathy Dragon, James Nelson, and Tara Bush.
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I think that's it for today. Thank you so much for being with me. Thank you for honoring the wisdom of women supporting women in tourism, and for learning about and taking action in ways that support mindful travel. I look forward to being with you here on the podcast again soon. Until next time, enjoy your journey.
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