Beyonder - The Podcast
Beyonder is a podcast about going beyond borders — country borders and inner limitations.Host Veerle Beelen Da Costa David (Vee) and her guests explore how our inner and outer journeys shape one another.
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You Don’t Need a 5-Year Plan. You Need a Compass (opens the original)
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Where do you see yourself in five years? It’s a question we’re taught to have a confident answer to but a rigid five-year plan can keep you chasing a future that no longer fits who you’ve become. In this solo episode of Beyonder the Podcast , your host Vee explores a more flexible way to create direction in your life: replacing the map with a compass. A compass helps you move towards what matters without requiring you to predict the exact destination or every turn along the way. We’ll explore: -
Life is not to be postponed: A mini retirement in your 30s (opens the original)
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What if you stopped postponing the life you truly want to live and decide to go on a mini retirement or sabbatical in your 30s? After burnout, a serious ankle injury and the realization that life cannot be postponed, Bianca decided to take a mini retirement in her 30s. What followed was a life-changing journey that would take her to more than 90 countries. In this episode, Bianca shares the lessons she gathered along the way; from walking the Camino de Santiago and road-tripping across Africa wi
The Courage To Change Your Mind (opens the original)
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What if changing your mind does not mean you failed but simply means you have changed? In this solo episode, your host Vee explores why we sometimes remain committed to careers, places, goals and identities long after they have stopped feeling right. We may worry that changing direction will waste everything we have invested or make our original decision look like a mistake. Drawing on her own experience of moving countries five times and leaving a decade-long career, she shares why our past dec
15 Countries, 25 Moves: What does Home Mean? (opens the original)
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After living in 15 countries, making 25 international moves, and raising four children across borders, how do you define home? In this episode, your host Vee talks with Sam, who shares what life between cultures has taught her about identity, belonging, community, and connection. She opens up about the grief of leaving people and places behind, the importance of goodbye rituals, and how she helped her children embrace change while maintaining meaningful relationships around the world. As a third
How To Build A Life You Love (opens the original)
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How do you build a life you truly love, not one that just looks good from the outside, but one that actually feels like yours? In this episode, your host Vee explores the role of self-discovery, energy, relationships, environment, and daily routines in creating a meaningful life. She shares why it’s important to stop copying other people’s definitions of happiness, redefine success for yourself, and recognise when you’ve outgrown an old dream or chapter. You’ll also discover why small experiment
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