How Living Seasonally and Wild Entrepreneurship Led Tamara Jacobi to Run a Mexican Jungle Eco Lodge

For The Love Of: Trade-offs we make in pursuit of our passions

What do you get when you mix a business idea with an out-of-the-box lifestyle? Wildpreneurship.

Tamara Jacobi is the author of “Wildpreneurs” and founder of the Tailwind Jungle Lodge in San Pancho, Mexico. She's lived in the jungle on the Mexican Pacific for nearly 20 years.

We talk about…

- Blending personal and professional dreams to build an unconventional business that involves moving internationally twice a year

- Living and operating a business in a touristed area and leaving an impact on the community

- Writing a business plan in college in Vermont, then moving to the jungle at 21 to build it

- Being mindful of a "Then what?" lifestyle trap, being satisfied with "enough," and learning to say no

- Choosing a small scale business model with no desire to expand

- Following passion first; taking a financially nonviable idea and making it work over time

- Raising children and working with a partner while moving seasonally

- Hosting many visitors, but making sure they leave inspired to protect the natural world

- The process to bring her book to life (through a manuscript, baby, and pandemic to now)

- Creating space and flexibility through shifting roles in business with her husband

How to connect with Tamara:

• Wildpreneurs book

• Tailwind Jungle Lodge

• Thermal

👋How to connect with Jeni and Angie:

• Jeni on Instagram

• Angie on Instagram

• Angie’s website

• Angie on LinkedIn

• FTLO on Instagram

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Shout-Outs:

• Music: The Kind of Sandwich Island by Shut-ins

• Thank you to The Ruins, the best wedding venue in Oregon, for supporting the show.

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