{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4e3eb56a-9f23-4616-a404-e67fac440156","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"EAP 188: From Fired to Founder: Sadie Jordan on Carving Space for Black Travelers","description":"In this heartfelt episode of the Early Accountability Podcast, host Kimi Walker sits down with Sadie, founder and owner of Soul Life Travel. Sadie shares her powerful journey of resilience and purpose after facing racial discrimination in the corporate travel industry. What began as a dream job became a catalyst for something greater\u2014an intentional, soul-centered travel business highlighting Afro-Caribbean culture and Black history in Costa Rica and beyond.\nKimi and Sadie dive into the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, from Sadie\u2019s first $700 group tour in Cuba to the spiritual dream that reignited her focus and drive. Throughout the conversation, Sadie reflects on how her experiences shaped her mission to serve Black travelers through curated experiences that honor culture, history, and belonging. Listeners will walk away inspired by Sadie's determination, her creative vision, and the reminder that sometimes our biggest setbacks lead us to our true calling.\nTopics Covered in This Episode:\n\n\n\u2022 Turning racial discrimination into entrepreneurial fuel\n\u2022 Building a culturally rooted travel company from the ground up\n\u2022 Honoring Afro-Caribbean heritage through curated experiences\n\u2022 The dream that sparked focus and clarity\n\u2022 Navigating the ups and downs of growing a purpose-driven business\n\u2022 Embracing self-trust and community over external validation\n\n\nAbout Sadie: \nSadie Jordan had a chance encounter at a hostel during a solo trip that exposed her to the tourism industry. She immediately enrolled in a community college with a surprisingly robust tourism program and the resources this adult learner needed\u2014academically and personally.\nSadie became the go-to person for culturally-based experiences at the tourism company she worked for, something her Ivy League-graduate colleagues were not qualified to do. She collected research, created itineraries, and proposed countless ideas to her management on curating experiences for people of color that could set them apart in the industry. When those proposals fell on deaf ears, she knew she had the skills to do it on her own\u2014and founded Soul Life Travel.\nSoul Life Travel specializes in unique, authentic, carefully designed tours that highlight Afro-Costa Rican and Afro-Latin heritage and culture\u2014elements often left out of typical Costa Rican travel itineraries. Additionally, they partner with locally-run providers to combat irresponsible tourism, which increasingly threatens local culture and leads to the exploitation of local communities.\nSadie\u2019s passion for diversifying the travel community means she can remove the burden from travelers to find experiences that truly speak to them.\n \nCONNECT WITH SADIE:\nWebsite: soullifetravel.net\nInstagram: Soul Life TravelFacebook: Soul Life Travel \n \nCONNECT WITH KIMI:\nVisit: earlyaccountability.com\nLinkedIn: Kimi WalkerFacebook: Kimi Walker\nInstagram: Kimi WalkerYouTube: Kimi Walker","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/30daedf1-4aac-43dd-a887-cecb8438cbba/early-accountabilty-speakers-personal-flyers-feb-2019-copy004ax.jpeg"}