This is a panel episode where Sahara Rose DeVore, founder of the Travel Coach Network, interviews two travel coaches: Rachel Verlik and Melinda Alcosser.
Rachel Verlik is an ICF-certified Executive Coach, Certified Travel Coach, and CEO of Curious Traveler and MP6 Consulting.
With more than 30 years of business experience — including 13 years in Federal leadership — she helps women navigate professional and personal transitions with courage and clarity. Rachel is also a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, trained directly by Dr. Brené Brown.
After leaving her Federal career in 2016 to start her own firm and later becoming a solo mom through adoption in 2024, Rachel experienced firsthand how travel can unlock powerful insight and brave decision-making.
Today, she guides women to use intentional travel as a catalyst for aligned leadership and authentic lives.
Website: https://www.mp6consulting.com/curioustraveler
IG: instagram.com/curioustravelercoach
Melinda Alcosser is a Transformational Travel Designer, Travel Coach, experiential educator, and Level 2 IPTPA-certified Pickleball Coach. She is a Signature Travel Expert®, ASTA Verified Travel Advisor, founder of With Heart Travel and Carpe Dink’em Pickleball, and co-founder of Connecticut Experiential Learning Center. Wonder, imagination, playfulness, and joy are her compass, and travel is her greatest gift to that unfolding. Melinda designs immersive experiences - from sailing retreats to pickleball getaways - that use travel and play as forces for good. She is also a percussionist who leads Drum Journeys, a Writing as Heart Medicine facilitator, and founder of the Worldwide Walking Collective, a growing global community of people walking together across distances and languages. Melinda is a believer in the power of travel to spark heart-to-heart connection and in its capacity to deepen and enrich our time on earth.
Website: https://www.withhearttravel.com/with-heart-experiences
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-alcosser-391394238/
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