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Heidi Siefkas

Author, Speaker & Adventurer
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Land of the Rising Sun – Kyoto, Japan

Exploring Japan’s cultural and artistic capital of Kyoto is more like walking through an outdoor museum than a bustling city

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Kyoto Adventure Travel – Top 5 Adventures in Kyoto Japan

The allure of the Land of the Rising Sun caught me this fall. Enticed by an invitation to visit Kyoto

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Ichi-go Ichi-e – Living in the Moment Along the Kumano Kodo of Japan

“While hiking the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route in one of the most scenic areas in Japan, a visitor starts to

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Hiking the Kumano Kodo Japan – Adventure Travel to Japan

Kumano Kodo Japan If you are like most of the world, you probably have never heard of the Kumano Kodo.

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Top 7 Cities to Visit in Japan

I must admit many of my bucket list destinations are in Asia. Amongst my top destinations is none other than

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Escape the 9-5 grind 🌍➡️ Discover Cuba's vi Escape the 9-5 grind 🌍➡️ Discover Cuba's vibrant life! Ready for your adventure? 📚✨ #CubicleToCuba #DreamJob #TravelGoals #LinkInBio #CubicleToCuba #AdventureAwaits #WanderlustWednesday #TravelInspiration
Sometimes the hardest detours lead us to the most Sometimes the hardest detours lead us to the most breathtaking views. 🌄

With New Eyes is my story of how perspective can transform loss into strength and ordinary moments into extraordinary ones.

🎥 Watch this clip and remember: when life shifts, so can you.
📗 Listen to the audiobook or grab a copy:  https://a.co/d/9hbukH6

#WithNewEyes #Resilience #LookUp #Books #Audiobooks
🌅 Want an inspirational listen for your walk ar 🌅 Want an inspirational listen for your walk around the block, next road trip, or a needed distraction while adulting (ex. going to soccer game, grocery store run, laundry)? 🙌

🎧 Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience is available in audio.

🗯️Listener James Lee Rasch says, "The book is inspiring…it gives hope to all of us, no matter what challenges we face."

➡️ Get it and be inspired: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J36F34/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-447290&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_447290_rh_us
🎶 Channeling my inner Jagger after a work confe 🎶 Channeling my inner Jagger after a work conference in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Spoiler alert: the moves are all mine. 😎✨ 

Although this is from last September, it reminds me to dance, play, and adventure often, if not daily. 

#MovesLikeJagger #adventure #dance
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