In this podcast inspired by the spirit of ‘Into The Wild’, listen to real stories and real chats, shared by real people. Raw and in the moment, embark on this journey as each episode of personal experiences reveal the joys, struggles and lessons learned through navigating an unconventional life. Tune in, laugh, cry and find inspiration to blaze your own trail in this wild world.

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The final episode before Naia departs for New Zealand! Updates about how life has been in this weird, unfamiliar, challenging and transitional time of her life. Goodbyes, unknowns, facing cruelty from a devil-worshipper, living in a &#34;spooky tear-down house&#34;, becoming homeless.. not knowing what the heck is going on! Meanwhile trying to fly to NZ with absolutely no plans.

#40 - Chaos. Goodbye!

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The final part of the solo road trip is here! Naia shares her experience staying a couple nights at Bella Pacifica (and the drive to and from Tofino). She also chats about her final night camping before setting off to catch the ferry the next day. Laughs, tears and sweat in this episode!

#39 - Solo Road Trip (Part 3)

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We&#39;re continuing on! In part two of the road trip, Naia wraps up her experience at HipCamp and she shares her journey around Campbell River and the drive down to Port Alberni. What started as a lonely, depressing time at the hostel, turned into a very strange, yet entertaining night (and a weird morning the next day).

#38 - Solo Road Trip (Part 2)

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Naia recently went on a solo road-trip to Vancouver Island! In this first part, she shares her experience traveling to her first campsite with no sleep the night before, her challenges with no data and a dead phone, and her creepy encounter after arriving at a HipCamp site.

#37 - Solo Road Trip (Part 1)

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RWS is back! Life lately has been wild and all over the place! Naia chats about camp trips with her van, her weird health situation, a garage sale, a mushroom trip, etc.! A lot to unpack and share with you as she begins to pack up her life.

#36 - "Some Time Has Passed And I'm Getting Emotional"

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Let&#39;s just say dating in your mid 30&#39;s heckin&#39; sucks. In this episode, Naia shares what happened during a weekend-long date. The story (&amp; aftermath) of a man who claimed to be someone who he wasn&#39;t... Ps. she still needs her poetry book back!!

#35 - Man Of Love

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Naia finds time during a weird in-between phase of her life to chat about her thoughts and feels on taking the &#39;path less travelled&#39;. If plans work out, will living out of a backpack have her feeling more like herself again or will she feel more lost than ever?

#34 - Back To A Backpack?

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We&#39;re back! Naia shares her experience buying a vehicle for the first time. Count how many times the word &#34;nervous&#34; is used! Was it the right decision? And what should the van be named?!

#33 - I Got A Van!

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After an anxiety-inducing event this past weekend, it inspires Naia to get vulnerable. She shares her harrowing experience growing up bullied and navigating life with social anxiety. Experiences we have during childhood shape who we become.

#32 - People Are Scary

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After an unexpected mini hiatus, RWS is back! We&#39;re smoothing into things with a fun, light-hearted episode: a game of &#34;Would You Rather&#34;, and a bit of chatter in-between.

#31 - Would You Rather

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Happy New Year! We&#39;re kicking the year off with a vulnerable episode. Naia shares why she&#39;s been a &#34;ghost&#34; lately and what she&#39;s currently struggling with as her 35th birthday approaches.

#30 - Why I'm Hiding

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A quickie episode for the last one of 2024: Naia chats about what&#39;s been happening in life lately. See you next year where the adventures and stories continue!

#29 - Little Life Update

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Through a whirlwind of emotions, Naia wraps up the 2nd half of the story, with hopes of leaving this behind in 2024. Though the event has negatively affected her relationship with dogs, she remains paw-sitive moving forward.

#28 - Rover Horror Story (Part 2)

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We&#39;re back! The second half of Season 2 kicks off with a traumatizing dog-sitting incident that has left Naia with PTSD; ruining her side bizz and love of dogs. Stay tuned for Part 2.

#27 - Rover Horror Story (Part 1)

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It&#39;s nearly summer! Naia talks about life lately and some loose summer plans/things she wants to get up to as the days get warmer.

#26 - Feels Like Summer

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In this episode, Naia shares an interesting experience from the past weekend. She talks about what it was like being invited to &#34;a millionaire&#39;s house party&#34; and the unpleasant/uncomfortable aspect of trying to make connections as a female in the film industry.

#25 - Naia... Hugo?

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For the final part (for now) of Becoming An Actor, Naia shares what the process is like during &#34;emotional core week&#34; in scene study and she shares what it was like being part of two short films last year.

#24 - Becoming An Actor (Pt.3)

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In part 2, as the days get busier in the film world, Naia talks more about what it&#39;s like being a background actor- from long hours and hair troubles to being a blue alien...

#23 - Becoming An Actor (Pt.2)

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Naia chats about what life is like as someone trying to become an actor. She shares how she got started with it all and where she&#39;s at now -- hello nude auditions!

#22 - Becoming An Actor (Pt.1)

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In this episode Naia shares her experience hiking the trail called &#34;Three Brothers Mountain&#34;. Through many struggles and a terrifying night, she surprised herself when she completed it and made it out alive.

#21 - Oh, Brother!

Real Stories, Real Experiences, Really Wild

In this podcast inspired by the spirit of ‘Into The Wild’, listen to real stories and real chats, shared by real people. Raw and in the moment, embark on this journey as each episode of personal experiences reveal the joys, struggles and lessons learned through navigating an unconventional life. Tune in, laugh, cry and find inspiration to blaze your own trail in this wild world.