Travel Time Stories was created from a deeply personal journey—one shaped by life experiences, unexpected paths, and a commitment to healing and growth.
What began as a love for travel and meaningful conversation has grown into a space where real stories are shared, meaningful connections are formed, and healing begins.
Shannon and her co-host Ann share heartfelt conversations with their guests about adventure, healing, resilience, and the moments that shaped them. Whether the journey spans continents or travels the path of wisdom, these stories remind us that travel has the power to connect, inspire, and heal.
Life is a journey and every journey is worth telling.
As the community has grown, so has the vision-expanding into The Story Circle, where listeners are encouraged not only to hear stories, but to reflect on and share their own. They can make new friends, get more involved with the show, gain support, and connect on a deeper level.
TTS is about connection, understanding, and the belief that when we share our journeys, we remind each other that we are never alone.
Whether you’re navigating change, searching for connection, or simply love meaningful stories, you’re welcome here.
So, grab your favorite beverage and join us on the journey because the best stories are the ones we live.
Shannon is the heart behind Travel Time Stories. A storyteller and traveler at soul level, she believes journeys—both across the world and within ourselves—have the power to heal, connect, and transform. Through honest conversations, she creates space for stories that inspire reflection, resilience, and connection.
Ann is the co-host of Travel Time Stories and Shannon’s trusted partner in exploring life’s journeys. With a keen curiosity and a love for meaningful conversation, she brings insight, humor, and heart to every episode. Together with Shannon, Ann helps create a space where travelers, authors, and everyday storytellers can share the stories that inspire, connect, and transform.
Anthony W. Scott, Esq. (“Tony”) is the Director of Housing and Community Development for Cuyahoga County, but his work is grounded in a deeply personal journey. A first-generation college graduate & Marine Corps Veteran he grew up navigating family mental health challenges that shaped his perspective, resilience, and sense of responsibility. Through I.S.I. Publishing LLC, Tony explores leadership, identity, self-belief, and complexity through both nonfiction and fiction. He is the author of "Unlocking Potential: Insights, Tips and Strategies for Young Black Professionals" and "Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: You Belong at the Table!" He has also recently released another book, "Yes, Mrs. Smith", an erotic short story in the "More Money than Time" series. under the pseudonym T. Scott. Additional works in both genres are forthcoming in 2026.
Belinda Coker is an Australian hiker, writer, and educator who helps women in midlife reclaim freedom and confidence through practical, real-world adventure.
After years of building businesses and raising three children, she began hiking to find space and perspective, completing multi-day solo hikes from Australia's rugged Red Centre to a solo crossing of Greenland in the Arctic Circle.
Along the way she founded Soul Treader, a space that helps women push their limits safely and rebuild confidence through real adventure. Drawing on that same philosophy, she later created the House Sitting Collective to teach responsible, flexible travel that's safe, organised, and built on trust.
She has also worked with local communities in Malawi and Zambia on self-funded clean-water projects, bringing safe water closer to villages where women once walked hours each day.
Christopher is founder of luxury philanthropic travel brands Hands Up Holidays and Impact Destinations, and serves his majority US-based clients from New Zealand where he lives with his wife, two boys, and dog, Zola.
Deepak Chari, MS
Engineer & Certified Biofeedback Specialist
with Advanced Voice Biofeedback
Deepak Chari helps women and men release hidden emotional blocks from stress, anxiety, and past emotional experiences with an Advanced Voice Biofeedback Technology—so they can feel calm, confident, empowered and free!
He is the co-founder of the Chari Center of Health, an Engineer & Certified Biofeedback Specialist and the creator of his Life Transformation Technology™ Program with Advanced Voice Biofeedback to promote emotional healing, mental clarity and peak performance.
During their epic road trip in June of 2025, Taryn and Tori came up with the idea for their podcast, Healing with Traveling Treasures. Healing With Traveling Treasures provides a platform for remarkable women to share their wisdom. Interviews and conversations will center around topics related to health, family, friendship, travel and creativity. On their show they will bring you into their world with wisdom, tears and laughter. You can tune in on Spotify and YouTube!
Tori and Taryn met on the first day of Kindergarten in 1981. Through their 44 years of friendship, They have weathered life's ups and downs together including marriages, divorces, the births of children, the deaths of parents and many other triumphs and tribulations.
Kimberly Haley-Coleman is the founder and Executive Director of Globe Aware, a US & Canada based nonprofit that leads and mobilizes volunteers for short-term service projects in over 25 countries since 2000. With a background in international business development and finance, she previously held leadership roles at global firms including CNBC.com, Space Services International, and Investtools. Kimberly holds an MBA in International Business, an MA in Art History, and a BA from Emory University. A multiple patent holder, SMU Guest Lecturer, and recipient of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Award and long-time Hall of Fame member, Chairman of the Executive Board for the International Volunteer Programs Association (IVPA) and actively engaged with organizations like the Building Bridges Coalition and United Nations ESOC Consultative Status Committee and variety of other nonprofit boards focused on international service, community development, and environmental improvement.
Kristen Crabtree helps people who’ve spent decades being steady, dependable, and invisible rediscover who they are — and remember that it’s not too late to feel alive again.
She’s the author of Be the You That’s More You Than You’ve Ever Been and the creator of Paramour Paradox, a self-recovery ecosystem born from lived experience, not theory. After 52 years of forgetting who she was — including 22 years in a psychologically abusive marriage — Kristen began rebuilding her life by remembering her truth, one layer at a time.
Her book invites readers to do the same through a five-part framework that bridges science, philosophy, and metaphysics in plain language. Each of the four core sections explores a different “body” — Mental, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual
My name is Kristan Swan. I’m a former business coach turned life and spiritual guide, devoted to helping people come home to themselves.
After years of guiding entrepreneurs and leaders to build successful businesses, I now use that same strategic insight to help people build lives that feel deeply aligned with who they are.
My work invites you to explore your deepest truths, question the beliefs you’ve inherited, and reconnect with the inner wisdom you may have been taught to ignore.
I believe curiosity is one of the most powerful tools we have — a way to approach our lives with openness, creativity, and compassion. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I offer hard-won wisdom, thoughtful questions, and practical tools to help you understand your inner world.
Author, travel writer and blogger. Founder of The Smart Travelista.
Previously a travel agent and banker. Have an MBA and studied travel writing and creative non-fiction.
The Smart Travelista created from love of travel and saving money.
I am a Certified Grief Educator and Author. I work with clients in grief and teaching others about grief.
Melissa Rodway is a Canadian Author who recently published her debut memoir, The People You Meet, which chronicles her Southeast Asia backpacking adventure, from the chaos of long bus rides to the unexpected wisdom of chats with strangers. People say it’s a true page turner which has resulted in it being on Amazon’s best seller list twice, for several weeks running. Besides writing, she is the the host of FLY Travel Radio (currently on hiatus) where she's recorded over 180 episodes, getting guests to reveal the sort of honest, sometimes funny stories we all want to hear.
I am the author of three novels: Daughters of Green Mountain Gap, An Enemy Like Me, and Sunflowers Beneath the Snow. 10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure, an inspirational book about my tandem ride across the United States, released in February 2025. This ride consisting of 3102 miles during the summer of 2020 helped me heal my heart from an emotionally abusive 14-year marriage and get the courage to publish my first novel. My first children's picture book, Little Lola and Her Big Dream, helps children dream big. My latest novel, Peg, Unhinged, will release April 21, 2026.
Finally, I am the host of the Online for Authors podcast.