Lila: The Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Closing out season 1 on todays episode! Thank you so much for being here, I'll see you in season 2 with more incredible guests, inspiring stories, and real life $h*t.

Wishing you many Lila moments until then <3

With love,

Alexa Jo

On this episode I'll take you through the past few weeks I spent in Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, & Albania. I'll take you through my recs & anti-recs. You can find my full guide at lilabyalexajo.com

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This week we're talking all things summer camp! Me, a person who never went to summer camp, but volunteered as a camp counselor for week and Clara who grew up going to camp and worked as a camp counselor for years talk all about the summer camp experience. Mine more treacherous, hers more magical....

make it to the end and we share a few of YOUR summer camp stories

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This week I'm joined by my BFF Sarah! We have been best friends since we were 9 years old. Hanging tight through all the ebbs and flows, Sarah and I talk about maintain friendship over the years and managing long-distance friendship. We touch on being in toxic relationships, having tough conversations with friends, competition dance, silly teenage antics, what being a good friend looks like, and how life took us different directions.

From being inseparable ("butt buddies as one of our old friends called us) to being separated (college)

Everyone, meet my bff Sarah.

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This week I'm joined by my friend Lola to talk about her most recent backpacking trip to Europe! For the past 7 weeks she has been bouncing around Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, England, and Portugal. With plenty of stories - odd and awesome, Lola spills all her thoughts.

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This week I'm kickin' it solo to talk about, you guessed it, solo travel. This one is for the solo-travel curious who want to know more about this world of backpacking and adventuring on your own, how I got into it, and address some of the main reservations/concerns people have. Check out the blog for more advice and solo-travel stories!

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This week I'm joined by my friend Sara Isaac on the Big Island of Hawaii! Sara is a free spirit who moved to the island after heartbreak a few years ago. She shares stories of odd work exchanges she agreed to, bad living situations, and what it was like to immigrate from Iraq to Michigan as a kid.

Sara adopts the "work to live, don't live to work" mentality and spends a lot of her time pouring into her hobbies of upcycling clothes, making jewelry, and exploring the nature of Hawaii. She is so sweet and fun and has truly mastered the resilience of creating a new life for yourself.

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A few years ago my dad wrote a book for his kids; a guide to life. "What I Meant To Say" is full of life's greatest lessons and all the things my dad wanted to teach us. Today he hop son the pod to tell you all about it

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Adventures in Vietnam from North to South with my best travel buddy, Minke! You know her, you love her....here's our antics

This week I'm joined by my Hānai (chosen family in Hawaiian) uncle Shaheer Faltas! This name might sound familiar to you if you listened to last weeks episode with his wife, Maria Faltas.

Shaheer took a chance by hiring me for a work-exchange in Hawaii helping manage their vacation rentals back in 2022 in exchange for a room in their home. He has so much wisdom and I'm constantly learning and growing from his guidance. He was one of the people I knew I wanted on the podcast back when it was just an idea. In fact, I launched Lila in Maria & Shaheer's kitchen!

Shaheer talks about growing up with immigrant parents, losing his dad at 19, returning to Egypt to connect with his family's culture, and making strides in the teaching space. After an extremely successful career as a teacher and administrator in Waldorf schools, Shaheer has shifted his attention to personal training and life coaching.

Back in 2004, Shaheer was offered a job to run a school on the Big Island of Hawaii. In the last 20 years, they have gone back and forth between Hawaii and California while building a successful business called Kona Mountain Refuge. They've created a big, beautiful life on the island, welcomed many into their home, and for that it has become a home to me.

I'm overjoyed to share these amazing people with others and to bring the spirit of traveling to people at home.

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