On this week’s episode, our next guest is another friend/mentor that I met whilst on Koh Tao at Ban’s Diving Resort. She has become a role model for me and my friends, I nicknamed her “Mama Claud,” affectionately. Of course, our next guest is Miss Claudia Catlett from Arkansas, United States. Claudia was born in Mexico but was adopted during infancy by a Mexican mom and an American dad. She grew up to join the American Marines as the supply guy, she still gets great thanks every day for her service. Post-service, she attended college but at age 23 her path was changed when she was in a motorcycle accident. The accident severed her left arm and, tragically, it could not be reattached. Claudia shares the entire story with our listeners as well as her path to healing. She tells the story of how she and her boyfriend, Grant, met and how they ended up becoming scuba diving instructors together. For our listeners that know Claudia and Grant, this episode is a treat. For listeners that don’t, this woman has been through everything you could imagine and has persevered through it all. Her story is a beautiful one. Enjoy :) 

Links: 

Coapt - Pattern Recognition Control Technology

https://coaptengineering.com/technology

Cleveland Clinic 

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 

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On this week’s episode, Jessie is joined by a dear family friend and professional life coach: Kat Frati! Kat is the first American Jessie has brought on the podcast!  As a life coach Kat has a wealth of knowledge, life experience, and compassion for helping young people. Kat graduated from Tufts university and started her career as a software engineer, but after 16 years in the business and 4 children later, Kat was feeling burnt out. She turned to the Clifton Strengths to help her find her path forward. She’s now a Gallup-certified Strengths coach and works with young adults on how to use their “strengths” to their advantage. Her thought process is, “If you put all your energy towards fixing your weaknesses you will still only end up being average.” By tapping into our strengths we, as individuals, can live up to our very best potential. Kat was one of the very first people to encourage Jessie to create a podcast and has been it’s biggest fan and supporter ever since! 

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Welcome to the 10th episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast! On this week's episode of the podcast Jessie Rae brings on another friend she met whilst volunteering at Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. Her guest, Clare Hebdige, moved around a bunch during her younger years, but her family eventually ended up in Singapore. Clare still calls Singapore home, though she has been in the United Kingdom for most of her higher education. She’s now studying to be a veterinarian! During this episode Clare and Jessie have an important conversation about animal tourism. Clare speaks about the five freedoms an animal needs to thrive and tells listeners what to look out for when engaging in animal tourism. Clare is a passionate animal advocate so she gives some great tips on what to look out for when booking an experience with exotic wildlife. While the pandemic begins to wind down in the UK, Clare shares about her future goals, travels, as well as a tidbit of life advice for listeners. 

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On this week’s episode of “Let it Flow” I bring on a young singer/songwriter, photographer, and videographer: Antonia Buchner! She is an almost 21 year-old from a small town outside Munich, Germany. Over the course of the pandemic Antonia has been honing her music and has published her first EP titled “Bloom.” Her music, she says, is influenced by all the countries she’s visited and from poems/lyrics she wrote as a young teenager. I met Antonia on Koh Tao at both of our favorite hostels, Spicy Tao! We gush about living in the magical place that is Koh Tao and the beautiful unique people we met there too. Antonia is just beginning her musical journey so do listen to her music on Spotify! 

Music by Antonia Buchner - Song: “Empty Words”

EP- “Bloom” on Spotify 

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On this week’s episode of “Let it Flow” Jessie’s next guest is a freelance freediving instructor and underwater photographer: Tony Myshlyaev (aka @tones.ofblue)! Tony was born in the south of Ukraine close to the Black Sea, and at six years old his family moved to Vancouver, Canada. Now 32 years old, Tony left home to travel at 24 to pursue his travels and photography.  Eventually, like so many do, he found Koh Tao, Thailand and has been living on and off the island for the past 7 years. As a formally trained fine art photographer, Tony loves to shoot portraits in natural environments. Eventually he combined his two loves, freediving and underwater photography, and began creating the work that drives him to this day! Tony tells listeners a little about his life, what freediving & photography mean to him, and also gives some  advice for all the “perfectionists” out there. Genuine, patient, and kind; Tony was a joy to speak with and I can’t wait for y’all to get to know him! 

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Our next guest has a unique and beautiful life story. She is another friend from the WFFT clan and I can’t wait for you guys to get to know her too! Her name is Mara Matagne and she is a French speaking Belgian who moved to the United States for 14 years...that is until her dad got another job back in Belgium! She speaks fluent American English and Parisian French (listen to how I found this out) and is currently attending art school in Dublin, Ireland. Where she is studying sculpting clay and animation. On top of that coolness, she’s also a pole dancer! Her pole dancing style is artistic, elegant, and beautiful. Lastly, we hit a quick tangent speaking about traveling and having the will to travel. Mara and I bring our own versions of sugar & spice to this week’s episode, we hope you enjoy it! 

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On this week’s episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast Jessie is joined by her good friend, Larry Capuno! Larry is from the Philippines and is originally from a province about 7 hrs north of Manila, the country’s capital. Larry is residing in Manila while studying at medical school. He is currently in his third year! Like many other developing countries, the Philippines is still suffering under the heavy burden of the coronavirus (aka Covid-19). Larry offers a medical student’s perspective on the coronavirus and how the virus is severely affecting his country. As well as discussing Covid-19, Larry also opens up about his own struggles with mental health over the past couple of years. Larry is another friend Jessie made while at Wildlife Friends Foundation in Thailand, in 2017,  and they have kept in touch ever since. Though this week's episode is a bit heavier than previous episodes, we hope that our listeners will find value in our discussions of the coronavirus and our personal journeys with mental health. 

Mental Health Resources:

US - National Suicide Prevention Hotline, 24/7 call: 1-800-273-8255 

International - Befrienders Worldwide - visit https://www.befrienders.org/ is find a suicide prevention hotline near you 

Better Help - Download the app (Android or Apple) and get started with a therapist today! 

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On this week’s episode of the “Let it Flow” podcast Jessie is joined by her friend and guest: Lisa Kleeven! Lisa and Jessie met while doing their divemaster training on the island of Koh Tao, in Thailand. The two girls realized they possessed the same kindred spirit and have since remained the best of friends. Lisa is a 21-year-old Austrian who has been diving since she was 12 years old, making her the perfect candidate to speak about diving and the ocean! We speak about how we found diving individually, some of our experiences working for Ban’s Diving Resort, as well as some great advice on how to be a better advocate for our Ocean! The episode will also give you suggestions on how to become a better ocean advocate and give you some important facts about the state of our “Blue Planet.” As the amazing marine biologist Sylvia Earle says, “Without blue, there is no green.”

Ocean Resources: 

Netflix: Mission Blue, My Octopus Teacher, David Attenborough: Witness to life on Earth, Our Planet 

Books: Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs, Deep by James Nestor, The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s are One by Sylvia A. Earle

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